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Accountants and operations for UK recruitment agencies, from £22/mo.

Match with UK accountants who handle the most painful commission and payroll setups in any service sector — split commissions, contractor pay, Bullhorn / Vincere integrations, IR35.

From £22 /mo · solo recruiter
Vetted UK firms Free intro Matched in 24h Published partner rates
Your recruitment agency stack gorecruiter.co.uk
Recruiter-specialist accountantSolo to start
£22/mo
Commission trackingBullhorn / Vincere → Xero
from £45/mo
Contractor payrollPAYE + umbrella + Ltd
from £8/timesheet
Invoice / contract financeDay 1 funding
broker-paid
What we help with

Accounting is the core. The rest of the stack is the win.

A specialist accountant solves the immediate problem. The rest — software, insurance, ops — usually needs to land at the same time. We match the lot in one go.

Accountant

Recruitment-specialist accountant

Annual accounts, corporation tax, VAT, commission accruals, contractor-pay reconciliation. Knows when revenue is earned vs received.

Common stack: Typical fees £22-£500/mo.

Software

ATS + commission tools

Bullhorn, Vincere, Loxo plus commission tracking that actually integrates with your accounting. Stops the spreadsheet sprawl.

Common stack: Bullhorn · Vincere · Loxo · Commissionly · CommissionTrac.

Payroll

Contractor + temp payroll

PAYE for own staff, contractor payroll (Ltd, umbrella, sole trader), timesheet ingestion, IR35 across all placements.

Common stack: Specialist recruitment payroll bureaus.

Finance

Invoice + contract finance

Day-1 cash on placed contractors via invoice finance or factoring. Critical when you're paying weekly but invoicing monthly.

Common stack: Sonovate · Aldermore · MarketFinance · MyClassMoney.

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FAQ

How much does a recruitment agency accountant cost in the UK?

If your question isn't here, email info@gorecruiter.co.uk.

How much does a recruitment agency accountant cost in the UK?

Specialist UK accountants for recruitment agencies start from £22/month for solo recruiters with simple perm-only setups. Contract-heavy agencies with contractor payroll typically pay £150-£500/month. Larger agencies with complex commission structures, multi-region payroll and ATS integrations pay £500-£2,000/month. Most fees include the ATS-to-Xero/QuickBooks bridge that generalist firms rarely set up.

Do you handle contractor payroll for our placements?

Yes - contractor pay-through-agency is a core part of what we do. Weekly or fortnightly pay runs, RTI submissions, holiday pay calculations, AWR compliance after 12 weeks. Either we run it directly or we manage your existing payroll bureau.

What about IR35 liability?

For medium and large clients (post-April 2021), the end client determines IR35 status. But recruitment agencies are in the chain and have their own liability if the determination is wrong or unenforced. We help you set up Status Determination Statements, evidence trails, and contractor-side checks to minimise your liability exposure.

Can you integrate with Bullhorn/Vincere/Salesforce?

Yes - all common UK recruitment CRMs. Integration ranges from a daily export and Xero ingest (simple) to a real-time API sync (complex). We start with whatever's most painful and build out from there.

Are recruitment agency commissions taxed differently?

For directors of the agency, commission paid to themselves is just normal director compensation (salary or dividend). For employees, commission is normal employment income, taxed under PAYE. The complexity isn't tax treatment, it's calculation accuracy across complicated structures.

CB
About the author

Charlie Bailey · Founder, GoRecruiter

Charlie Bailey runs GoRecruiter after watching UK recruitment agencies wrestle with the most painful commission and payroll setups in any service sector — split commissions, contractor pay, Bullhorn or Vincere integrations, IR35 across thousands of placements. The accountants on the bench specialise in exactly this.

Recruitment commission structures are uniquely complex. Get them wrong and you'll be reconciling for weeks. The firms on this bench have built the systems to keep that clean.