We have received our Professional Passport accreditation!

In case you didn’t know, we recently received our Professional Passport accreditation.  You may be wondering what the Professional Passport is, so let us tell you.

What is Professional Passport?

Professional Passport, the largest independent assessor of payroll solution compliance in the UK, is a well-established body committed to ensuring its members abide by strict compliance standards. Founded in 2007, Professional Passport has over 70 members offering various payroll services to contractors, freelancers, and agency workers in the UK. These include traditional umbrella companies (PAYE), CIS payroll providers, and contractor accountants.

As an independent compliance organisation, they don’t have any founders, shareholders or investors and they’re not involved with any of the agencies, clients or payroll providers they accredit. This means that they can provide completely unbiased service reviews and independent compliance checks.  To ensure that their members are maintaining the highest of standards, they continually monitor HMRC legislation to ensure that they are keeping their compliance review standards as up to date as possible.

Backoffice Nationwide had to be audited in-depth in order to become accredited, and after that, we face yearly audits to ensure we are committed to the most rigorous standards of compliance.  Which of course we are!

Eliminate risks by choosing a Professional Passport accredited company

When a company is accredited with the Professional Passport, it means they have been able to prove they meet strict compliance standards. Therefore, you won’t have to worry about an HMRC tax investigation in the future.  Don’t be like one of them companies who has used a non-compliant provider, possibly to avoid paying their fair share of tax and National Insurance Contributions!

“We are absolutely delighted that we have received our Professional Passport accreditation.  A lot of hard work has gone into where we are today, but it makes it all worth it when we get recognised for our hard work!” – Faye Welsh, Director

With over a decade of experience in supporting the Recruitment industry, our dedicated and passionate team are always on-hand to help our clients understand and navigate the rules and regulations around a wide variety of accounts, payroll and HR functions.