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Payroll Services in Catford
Payroll run for small employers in Catford and across South East London: processed and payslips issued every month, with the HMRC reporting handled in the background so your team gets paid correctly and on time.
Reviewed by Rehan Razzaq FCCA, founder of REYS Accountants. Last reviewed October 2026.
What's included
- Monthly payroll processed and payslips issued to your team
- Real Time Information (RTI) submissions filed with HMRC each pay period
- Pension auto-enrolment set up and ongoing compliance managed
- Starter and leaver paperwork handled as your team changes
- A clear monthly summary of what's due and when
Do you need payroll for a single employee?
If you have anyone on payroll, including a director paying themselves a salary through their own limited company, you need to be registered as an employer with HMRC before the first payday. It catches a lot of new limited company directors out, since it's easy to assume payroll is only something you set up once you're hiring actual staff. Our guide on when you need to run a PAYE scheme sets out HMRC's test and the 2026/27 figures. How much of your own pay to take as salary rather than dividends is a separate decision, covered in our dividends vs salary guide.
Most employers also have pension auto-enrolment duties from day one, even with just one employee, unless specific exemptions apply.
What does running payroll actually involve?
Payroll isn't a once-a-month task that ends with a payslip. Every pay period, PAYE income tax and National Insurance need calculating correctly for each employee, reported to HMRC through Real Time Information on or before payday, not after, and any student loan or pension deductions applied accurately. Get any of that wrong and it's the employee who feels it first, an incorrect payslip or a pension contribution that doesn't match what was promised.
At year end there's also P60s to issue to every employee still on payroll, and P11Ds if anyone receives benefits in kind such as private medical insurance or a company car. None of it is complicated in isolation, but it adds up to a lot of small, date-sensitive tasks running in parallel with everything else in the business.
None of this needs to be complicated for a small team. Once bank details, tax codes and pension enrolment are set up correctly the first time, most months are routine, it's the initial setup and the year-end reporting where mistakes tend to creep in if nobody's watching closely.
How it works
From new starter to filed payslip.
Tell us what changed
Hours, salary changes, new starters or leavers, sent to us each pay period, however you find it easiest.
We run payroll and issue payslips
Calculated correctly, including tax, National Insurance and any pension contributions due.
We handle HMRC and pension reporting
RTI submitted on or before each payday, and pension duties kept compliant in the background.
Common questions
Payroll, answered.
Yes, before your first payday, whether that's your first member of staff or you paying yourself as a director. Registration is done through HMRC and can take up to two weeks to come through, so it's worth doing early.
A legal duty to automatically enrol eligible staff into a workplace pension and contribute towards it, with ongoing compliance checks required even if no one's eligible right now.
Matching your employees' actual pay frequency, usually monthly or weekly, with RTI reported to HMRC on or before each payday, not after.
Late RTI submissions can trigger automatic penalties from HMRC, and errors that short-change an employee's pay or pension contribution are a compliance problem as well as a trust one. Most issues are avoidable with a consistent monthly routine and someone checking the numbers before payday, not after.