Our story

We built the payroll company we wished existed.

Faversham runs umbrella and managed payroll for contractors, agencies and businesses. Same-day pay runs, HMRC RTI compliant, a real person on the phone when you need one. That's it.

SafePAYE accredited Fully insured Trusted across the UK
Why we exist

Payroll shouldn't
be this painful.

Most people came to us from a provider that made everyday things hard. Pay runs that landed late. Payslips nobody could read. A support line that went to voicemail on a Friday afternoon when a contractor hadn't been paid.

We looked at the umbrella and payroll market and saw the same story everywhere. Software built in 1999. Fees hidden in the small print. Contractors treated like line items instead of people.

So we rebuilt it. Faster payments, plain-English payslips, and a named person who picks up the phone. No mystery deductions. No support black holes. No upsells you never asked for.

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Old Provider — Support
Missed call · voicemail
Fri · 16:52
Voicemail transcript
“Hi, you've reached the payroll desk. We're closed for the weekend. Please try again on Monday…”
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How we think

Straight talk on how
we run payroll.

01

Paid on time,
every time.

A pay run that lands late isn't a small mistake. It's someone's rent. We run same-day pay runs with the maths already checked, so the money is right and it's there when it should be.

02

Every deduction explained in plain English. If you can't see where your money went, we've done our job badly. So we don't do that.

A payslip you can
actually understand.

03

A real human,
not a ticket number.

Every client gets a named account manager. You call, they answer. No queue, no bot, no “please hold” for twenty minutes while your query goes nowhere.

04

Twenty pounds per umbrella payslip. Six pounds per managed payslip plus VAT. That's the whole price list. No minimum fees, no onboarding charges, no surprises at the bottom of an invoice.

One price,
on the table.

What we deliver

The stuff we're proud of.

0 days
Average time to migrate from your old provider.
0 sec
Average time to reach a real person on the phone.
£0.00
Set-up or onboarding fees. Ever.
Same day
Standard pay run turnaround, start to finish.
Done properly

SafePAYE accredited.
Properly insured.

Accredited Member

SafePAYE

HMRC-compliant, RTI-submitting umbrella structure. Reviewed annually by independent assessors.
Certificate No.FAV/2026/001

Faversham is accredited by SafePAYE, the UK's specialist umbrella accreditation body. Every contractor sits inside a fully HMRC compliant, RTI-submitting structure. No offshore loans, no disguised remuneration, no schemes that fall apart the moment HMRC looks twice.

We carry full indemnity insurance as standard. If it can go wrong, we've made sure you're covered.

Ready when you are

Payroll, run the way
it should be.

If your current provider is making simple things hard, we should talk. Switching takes days, not quarters, and we handle the heavy lifting.