I have taken over as a trustee of a local charity. The charity employs about 20 people between May and September while for the rest of the year it has zero employees.
Our requirements are:
1. Online payroll service that allows the payslips to be emailed out and to be password protected. The ideal solution would be for the emails to be sent unencrypted but for the PDF's to be password protected.
2. Cost effective solution. Many of the solutions I have looked at charge per employee but typically for 12-months, rather than for just the months we need.
Does any one have any recommendations?
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Have a look at BrightPay.
It's not an online service, but can be networked via apps such as Dropbox or Googledocs.
It's very cost effective, can email out payslips (password protect pdfs) or has a cloud facility for staff to access payslips etc.
Intuitive at dealing with Auto Enrolment.
Very straightforward to use.
You won't regret it @Leadville... its excellent software at an excellent price. We moved to BrightPay a few years ago and we've never looked back.
You "need" payroll software for all 12 months of the year in order to submit nil RTI reports online to HMRC for the months in which no-one is being paid and at the end of the tax year (March/April). If you don't know what I am talking about, you might wish to consider using a payroll bureau.
I am a fan of Moneysoft.
20 employees is too many for free software.
As above - Brightpay or Moneysoft.
Trial them both and see which you like the better.
Like Euan, I'm a Moneysoft voter.
I’d second the BrightPay recommendation. Good value and does what you need - just not a cloud app. But I moved from Payroo on the cloud to BP.
I also tried MoneySoft along the way which was too dated for my liking.
BrightPay offer free payroll software to UK registered charities. I found out recently when I put a local charity in touch with them. Best of luck!
Thank you for this information. I had no idea Brightpay offered a free payroll licence to UK charities. They really are a breath of fresh air in the market.
We use BrightPay Connect cloud portal which allows the employee to access their payslips and payroll information securely via an app on their phone.
I chair a charity with 40 employees and multiple projects. Brightpay provide the software free to us. Give them a call, they are a great company and may provide it free to you? It is the full program. Departmental reporting is good which is great for our restricted funds. Used it for years now. Highly recommend it.
Just wanted to throw in that BrightPay is offering free software to registered UK charities. Just send their support team an email to ask about it.
The email is [email protected]
Couldn't vouch for this software enough, to be honest.
Brightpay for sure. Excellent software, superb support and completely affordable. You can’t go wrong.