The Employment Support Service (ESS) can run your monthly payroll, pay your Personal Assistants and HMRC (Inland Revenue) providing we hold your Personal Budget in our dedicated client account.  We will also ensure that all HMRC end of year legal requirements are met.

ESS Payroll Service Benefits

• Initial consultation by phone or face to face

• Confidential

• Flexible and adaptable approach

• No worries about confusing, complex legislation

• Avoid penalties for non-compliance

• Processing and quick turnaround of monthly timesheets

• Dealing with P45s, P46s, SSP, SMP, Student loads and all Inland Revenue queries

• Production of payslips and summary reports

• Processed to current Inland revenue statutory requirements

• Year end on-line filing

What the ESS will do:

• Offer you unlimited telephone support

• Provide you with payslips for your employees and copies for you own records

• Raise cheques for your Personal Assistants (PAs) (if we hold your funds in our client account*)

• Provide you with copy time sheets for your records, if required

• Pay the Inland Revenue (if we hold your funds*)

• Submit legal end of year on-line information to HMRC

• Deal with Inland Revenue queries on your behalf

 What you, the employer, need to do:

• Complete and sign employees timesheets at the end of each month, including details of any holiday or sickness (if you PA is off for more than 7 days, a sick note should be obtained from a doctor and sent to the ESS).

• For new employees, complete an Employee Information Form and submit it together with their P45 or 46

• Advise payroll as soon as possible of any changes of address for Personal Assistants (PAs) so that the correct information is help for Inland Revenue purposes

• Forward any forms received from the Inland Revenue or Department of Social Security for action by us

*If you hold your own funds you will need to pay your PAs the NET pay in the bottom right hand corner of the payslip and also pay the Inland Revenue the amount which we will advise you.

Financial Administration Service (FAS)

The Financial Administration Service can support you to manage your Personal Budget and complete your financial monitoring accounts as required by the Finance team at Social Services.

Our team have many years of financial experience and can offer a fast, accurate and reliable service which will take the pressure off you.

Benefits of using the Financial Administration Service are:

• Initial consultation by phone or face to face

• Confidential

• Flexible and adaptable approach

• No worries about confusing form filling

• Completion and reconciliation of income and expenditure forms so that expenditure is currently accounted for

There are two options depending on how much involvement you want:

Option 1

The ESS can hold all the funds in our dedicated client bank account, make all payments on your behalf  (including PA salaries and inland revenue) and submit your monitoring accounts to the Finance Team at Social Services.

For current charges please contact SIL on 01432 353397

Option 2

You manage the funds in your own bank account, you will need to provide the FAS with bank statements, cheque books (which we will pass straight back to you by return once we have the details), remittance advices for your direct payment / Personal Budget. Also any other invoices and receipts (in fact any payment or receipt which relates to your funding).

For current charges please contact SIL on 01432 353397

We also provide the service to individuals who do not receive local authority funding.