It doesn’t matter. You can simply tell your provider that you are leaving. They will provide you with a P45 to close your employment with them. We can liaise with your agency to ensure the transition goes smoothly.

The simplest way is to give us a call on 0845 0305115. Our New Business Team will explain the various services we have to offer you in full and help you to choose the best payroll solution for you. They will provide you with a personal illustration of your likely wage.

We can complete your registration within one call in around 15 minutes.

You will first be asked for information on your contract (e.g. pay rate and hours), and an assessment of what the likely costs you are to incur. This will enable an illustration to be completed for you.
For registration you will be asked for your personal details, including NI number and bank account information.

We are required to ensure your compliance with both Eligibility to Work and Anti-Money Laundering legislation. In most cases we can do this online by using your name, address and passport number. If we are not able to do so, you will be asked to send a copy of your passport or birth certificate, and sometimes 2 proofs of your registered address.
If you are not a UK or EU National we will ask you to provide a copy of your passport and evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK.e are required to ensure your compliance with both Eligibility to Work and Anti-Money Laundering legislation. In most cases we can do this online by using the 28-character string at the bottom of your passport details page. If we are not able to do so, you will be asked to send a copy of your passport or birth certificate, and sometimes 2 proofs of your registered address.
If you are not a UK or EU National we will ask you to provide a copy of your passport and evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK.

We store your data on a secure database. The electronic system is user name and password protected. When you call us we will ask you security questions to comply with the Data Protection Act.

If you have a P45 from your previous employer, please send the originals of parts 2 and 3 to us by e-mail or post.

We will ask you your employment circumstances over the phone to ensure we place you on the correct tax code. You can also complete a P46 form if you wish. If there are any issues with your tax, you will need to arrange with HMRC for them to instruct us of your correct tax code.

You will need to let your Account Manager know immediately or our customer services support team.

You can simply continue with our service. If you have previously requested a P45, or not been paid for more than 2 calendar months we may have to restart your employment with us but this is not a problem. We can liaise with your agency over the new contract details.

Again, not a problem. We can work with almost every agency and client. Just tell the new agency that you are with Umbrella.co.uk and pass them our contact details. Your Account manager can liaise with the agency over the contract details.

Once we have made the last payment for you can request your P45. If you have not been paid for 2 calendar months, we will automatically issue you a P45 to end your formal employment with us. This ensures that you do not experience any tax difficulties with future employers.
We issue P45s once a week so there should be no delay in you receiving it once we have processed your last payment. HMRC only allow a P45 to be sent by post and not electronically. We cannot issue replacement copies so it is important that you give us your correct postal address.

It is important that you retain all receipts for expenses which you might subsequently want to claim from Umbrella or HMRC.

We send all payments by electronic bank transfer to your account.

On the day we run your payroll we will e-mail you a payslip in PDF format. We also e-mail you a pay summary in Word format which breaks down how your net pay figure was arrived at.
For Wednesday, Thursday and Friday payrolls we also send an email payslip and SMS message to alert you that there is a payment on its way.

Your take home pay is based on a number of different factors. They are your pay rate, the hours you have worked, your tax code and the value of any allowable expenses you process. If all of these factors remain the same from week to week then you should receive a consistent amount into your account.

Yes. Holiday pay is included in your pay rate by your agency. It is calculated at 12.07% of your hourly rate. For each payment, we calculate the holiday pay element and pay it to you every week as a portion of your total wage. We do not retain holiday pay unless requested.

All contractors pay this. When you get paid through an umbrella, your agency is no longer responsible for the Employer’s NI. They therefore generally uplift your PAYE pay rate by the Employer’s NI element (13.8%) in order to give you the extra money for the NI. You are not therefore out of pocket.

The tax system is based around the annual tax free pay allowance split over 52 weeks of the tax year. Your tax code indicates how much your annual allowance is. We allow this weekly amount of tax-free pay when we work out your tax deductions.
If the role you are being paid for through Bluknight Limited is a second income, or if you have a pension which attracts your tax allowance, you must inform us. If you don’t, the tax code we use might be wrong and you might underpay tax which HMRC will eventually ask you to pay back.

We will send you a P60 soon after the end of the tax year. This is a summary of your taxable earnings and tax paid during the tax year. You should keep this safe as you may need the information it contains.
The same information is sent to HMRC as a standard employer process.

If your only income in any particular tax year is paid through an umbrella company then all tax has been deducted at source and you would not need to complete a self-assessment.
You would however have to complete one if you have other untaxed income, or HMRC send you one for completion.