Accountant Partnerships
White-label payroll: a guide for accountants
How to offer payroll to your clients without processing it yourself, and what to look for in a partner.
White-label payroll lets an accountancy practice offer payroll under its own name while a specialist does the processing. Your clients keep dealing with you; the payroll is run behind the scenes.
Why practices outsource payroll
- Payroll is deadline-driven: every payday comes with an RTI submission to HMRC.
- Pension auto-enrolment and statutory payments add specialist work.
- Weekly payrolls tie up staff who could be doing higher-value advisory work.
What a white-label partner should handle
- Payroll processing on weekly and monthly cycles.
- RTI submissions and year-end.
- Pension administration.
- Payslips and payroll reports, branded where supported.
- Confidential, secure handling of client data.
What to ask a potential partner
- Who will be my point of contact?
- How is client data transferred and stored?
- Which documents can carry my practice's branding?
- How are deadlines and errors handled?
- How flexible are the partnership terms?
How Kingsley Crest works with practices
We work in five stages: an initial discussion, mapping each client's payroll requirements, secure onboarding, processing, and ongoing support and reporting. See our white-label payroll service.
Need help with this? Our payroll and compliance team can talk it through with you. Talk to our team.
Last reviewed 9 October 2026. General information, not legal or tax advice.