Forensic payslip auditing

Verify every payslip. Protect every placement.

Accredit+ audits umbrella company payslips against HMRC rules (Income Tax, NI, Holiday Pay, Pension and more), producing forensic compliance reports.

AES-256, TLS 1.3, GDPR, 7-year retention

Built for the recruitment supply chain

The same payslip, three different liabilities. Audit, prove, and protect — all with Accredit+.

Agencies & MSPs

94%

Avg. Score

Monitor

Supply chain alert

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Umbrella flagged

Umbrella Companies

100%

Compliant

Prove

Forensic report

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Shared today

End Clients

£0

Liability

Oversight

Compliance check

·

All clear

How it works

Upload → Analyse → Report.

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Upload

Upload any UK payslip (PDF, PNG, JPG).

Drop file here or click to upload
PDF, PNG, JPG up to 10MB
Jan_2026.pdf

Analyse

Extract, validate, and run anomaly detection.

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Ingest
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Report

Get a forensic compliance report and score.

Score
94%
Overall compliance
8 ✓ / 2 !

Audit Report

Every deduction, verified

Line-by-line forensic analysis against current HMRC rates, thresholds and legislation.

94%

Compliance Score

7 of 8 checks passed

Gross Pay calculation

Compliant

Total amount earned before deductions correctly calculated at £530.76.

£530.76

Income Tax

Compliant

20% basic rate correctly applied to earnings, resulting in £57.60 tax.

£57.60

Employee National Insurance

Compliant

NICs calculated at the correct rate of £23.10.

£23.10

Holiday Pay

Review

Holiday pay of £57.16 has been advanced. No retained pay available for holidays.

£57.16

Deduction Breakdown

ItemAmountStatus
Employer NI£49.09Correct
Apprenticeship Levy£2.65Correct
Income Tax£57.60Correct
Employee NI£23.10Correct
Umbrella Margin£17.50Verified
Holiday Pay£57.16Review

Full accreditation conducted by Mitchell Charlesworth

Every Accredit+ audit is conducted by Mitchell Charlesworth, Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors — industry-leading professionals in audit and assurance with over 30 years of experience.

With offices in Chester, Liverpool, Manchester, and Widnes, Mitchell Charlesworth deliver partner-led, rigorous audit services across the broadest spectrum of industries. Their involvement ensures every Accredit+ compliance report meets the highest professional standards.

Accredit+ Certified Compliant Badge

Accreditation Badge

Compliant umbrella companies receive this badge as proof of independent verification by Mitchell Charlesworth.

Audit credentials

Chartered Accountants

Fully qualified and regulated practice

Audit & Assurance specialists

Dedicated audit department with hands-on approach

Partner-led relationships

Senior oversight on every engagement

Multi-sector expertise

Experience across recruitment, finance, and professional services

Dashboard showcase

Stats, trend bars, recent audits, and alerts.

Total Audits

247

Compliance Rate

94.2%

Active Alerts

3

Compliance trend

Last 12 audits

95%

+10pts vs last month

Audit 1: 85%
85
Audit 2: 88%
88
Audit 3: 92%
92
Audit 4: 90%
90
Audit 5: 94%
94
Audit 6: 91%
91
Audit 7: 95%
95
Audit 8: 93%
93
Audit 9: 96%
96
Audit 10: 94%
94
Audit 11: 92%
92
Audit 12: 95%
95

Recent audits

3 most recent

Jan_2026.pdf

100%

ABC Ltd

Compliant

Dec_2025.pdf

72%

XYZ Corp

Review

Nov_2025.png

45%

DEF Umbrella

Non-Compliant

Critical alert

Unexpected holiday pay advancement detected.

Warning

Umbrella margin variance above threshold.

Certification value

Accredit+ certification is evidence-based. Every payslip is verified against HMRC rules, and every finding is traceable.

Use certification to win preferred supplier status, reduce supply chain risk, and standardize audit evidence.

99.5%

Audit accuracy against HMRC rates

< 30s

Per payslip processing time

Line-by-line

Deduction verification

What we check

Grid of 10 statutory checks.

Income Tax

Correct tax band based on earnings and tax code (20%, 40%, 45%)

Employee NI

Class 1 NIC at correct rate on earnings between thresholds

Employer NI

Employer NIC at 13.8% on earnings above secondary threshold

Holiday Pay

Advanced vs retained calculation, correctness verification

Pension

Contribution present, opt-out reasoning, earnings threshold check

Apprenticeship Levy

0.5% for qualifying employers

Umbrella Margin

Fee identification and validation

CIS Deductions

Correct rate applied (20% registered, 30% unregistered)

Gross-to-Net

Full audit trail from assignment rate to net pay

Anomaly Detection

AI-powered: template manipulation, hidden deductions, suspicious patterns

Testimonials

Accredit+ transformed how we manage umbrella compliance. The forensic reports give us complete confidence.

J. Smith

Head of Compliance // ABC Recruitment

Since achieving certification, we've won 3 new agency contracts directly because of it. The ROI was immediate.

R. Jones

Director // XYZ Umbrella

The audit reports give us complete visibility over our supply chain. We catch issues before they become problems.

A. Patel

Operations Lead // DEF MSP

Trust signals

Trusted by the industry.

RECAPSCoTEAMHMRC Aligned

Audit accuracy vs HMRC rates

99.5%

Statutory checks per payslip

10

Upload to report

< 30s

Enterprise Security

Bank-grade data protection.

AES-256 at rest
TLS 1.3 in transit
GDPR compliant
7-year retention

See Accredit+ in action

Book a 15-minute demo. Email: hello@accreditplus.co.uk

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