Early-onboarding discount: £250 off setup on a DPNI, a DCNI, an NI-only or a tax-only scheme, if you go ahead within two weeks of your quote. see how it works →
UK payroll & finance, built for overseas employers

UK payroll for overseas employers, from one UK partner.

Expanding into the UK? Onshore Partners runs your UK payroll end to end, PAYE, DPNI or NI-only, pensions, HMRC, the lot, and grows with you from there.

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DPNI, NI-only & overseas-employer experts Our side moves in days, not months Secure & confidential
Hiring in the UK? Three ways to run payroll.
PAYERun your own UK scheme
DPNI & NI-onlyNo UK entity needed, our speciality
EORA third party employs them for you. See what an employer of record costs
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✓ Transparent, published pricing
✓ Replies within 1 UK business day
✓ Professional indemnity insured
✓ ICO registered
✓ HMRC AML supervised
✓ Email-first, built around your timezone
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Which one are you?

OUR SPECIALISM

An overseas company hiring in the UK

With or without a UK entity, we set up the right scheme (your own PAYE, or a DPNI or NI-only scheme if you have no UK presence) and run it end to end, across time zones. We will ask HMRC for the scheme that fits your facts, and they may suggest a different one once they have the full facts. If your UK hire works for a UK business that isn't their employer, that business may have to run PAYE instead.

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A UK small business

From your first employee to fifty, accurate, on-time payroll with auto-enrolment handled and a real person on the end of the email.

Managed UK payroll →

Need a personal tax return instead? We also handle fixed-fee Self Assessment for directors, contractors and the self-employed.

Our services

Specialist UK payroll, done properly.

Payroll

Full UK payroll for overseas employers and UK businesses, PAYE, RTI, pensions, HMRC, the lot.

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Self Assessment

Personal tax returns for directors, contractors and the self-employed, including the people behind the businesses we run payroll for.

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Expanding into the UK

Landing in the UK, without the admin landing on you.

We set up your PAYE, DPNI or NI-only scheme, handle the HMRC authorisations and run every pay period, so getting started here is one less thing on your plate.

Start your UK setup →
Why Onshore Partners

Specialist where it counts, modern where it helps.

Most payroll bureaus treat overseas employers as an awkward exception. DPNI schemes, NI-only schemes and PAYE for a company with no UK entity are the work we built the practice around, so it is the work itself rather than a favour.

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A real partner, not a portal

You deal directly with the specialist who runs your account, not a call centre or a ticket queue.

Overseas-employer experts

We focus on DPNI, NI-only and overseas PAYE, so foreign-owned companies get advice that fits.

Checked twice, filed once

Every run is prepared, checked and signed off before anything goes to HMRC, faster turnaround and fewer errors, at a fair price.

Transparent pricing

Clear, published prices and fixed quotes. No hidden fees, no annual surprises, no lock-in on payroll.

Compliant & secure

Secure data handling on every client by default, with confidentiality and privacy built into how we work.

How it works

From "we're hiring in the UK" to fully handled.

1

Tell us your situation

A short message or email. We work out the right route, your own PAYE, a DPNI or NI-only scheme, or an EOR, and a fixed fee.

2

Onboard, compliantly

We handle the engagement letter and the AML and identity checks, and set everything up securely.

3

Switch without re-registering

Already running payroll elsewhere? We take over your existing scheme without re-registering it, and check our first run against the old numbers.

4

We run it

Payroll each period (or your tax return), prepared, checked and on time. You approve; nothing is filed without you.

5

You're covered

We deal with HMRC, track every deadline, and tell you exactly what to pay and when. No surprises.

Overseas employer, UK team

Wherever you employ from, one UK partner on the ground.

We run the UK side end to end, PAYE, DPNI or NI-only, pensions and HMRC, so your people are paid right and nothing slips. No UK entity required.

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Keep the tools you already use

Send us your pay data however it lives today. We take it from there, and run your payroll on software that files directly with HMRC.

XeroQuickBooksSageFreeAgentExcel / CSVOr just email us
Free guide

Hiring your first UK employee from abroad?

Our free guide walks you through the whole decision, the three payroll routes, what a UK hire really costs, and the compliance steps nobody tells you about. No email required.

Download the free guide (PDF) →

Hiring now? Get the four-page UK hiring checklist (PDF) →

Prefer to read online? See the full web guide

Two common questions: do you need a UK company to hire in the UK? and how do you pay a UK employee from abroad?

About us

A specialist UK practice, with a named person on every account.

Onshore Partners is a specialist UK payroll practice for overseas employers and growing UK businesses. The work that catches most firms out, PAYE for foreign companies, DPNI and NI-only schemes, workplace pensions and HMRC compliance, is our everyday, not an awkward exception.

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No jargon, no surprises, just a straight answer and a clear price.
How we work
  • ✓ Every deadline tracked, so you always know what to pay and when.
  • ✓ Over five years of payroll and finance experience behind the practice.
Our hard rules

The rules we run the practice by, published for anyone to read.

Most firms keep these as internal policy. We think you deserve to see them. They apply to every client, every run, every day. We’d rather you held us to them.

  • ✓ We only show credentials we actually hold. If you see a badge here, it’s real, and you are welcome to check it.
  • ✓ Every HMRC submission and payment file is checked and signed off before it goes out, no exceptions.
  • ✓ We never move your money. We tell you exactly what to pay and when. Your bank stays in your hands.
  • ✓ Client data stays in secure channels only: confidentiality and GDPR by default.
  • ✓ We keep an audit trail of everything prepared, checked and changed.
Set up properly, from day one

Your UK payroll, run the way HMRC expects.

Fixed, published pricing and a real named person who answers. We take over your existing scheme without re-registering it, or set a new one up clean.

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Early-onboarding discount

The smart time to sort UK payroll is before your first payday

Commit within two weeks of your quote and we take £250 off the scheme setup.

Early-onboarding discount

£250 off setup on a DPNI, a DCNI, an NI-only or a tax-only scheme, if you go ahead within two weeks of your quote. see the published rates.

A direct line to your specialist

Direct access, fast answers, and a service that still bends to fit you, the upside of a genuinely personal service.

Switch without re-registering

No re-registration: we take over your existing scheme and check our first run against the old numbers before anything goes out.

£157/mo
per scheme, published and fixed
1day
to reply, every UK business day
3routes
PAYE, a DPNI or NI-only scheme, or an EOR
100%
checked and signed off before filing

Hiring in the UK? Let's talk.

Send an enquiry and we'll map out exactly what your UK setup needs. No obligation. Want to talk it through? Ask for a call and we'll fix a time.

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✓ Reply within 1 UK business day✓ Fixed fees, published✓ No lock-in on payroll✓ £250 off setup on a DPNI, a DCNI, an NI-only or a tax-only scheme, if you go ahead quickly