What We Do

Retail Payroll Compliance, Assessed Properly

Two distinct services. One purpose — giving you a complete, honest picture of where your retail payroll stands.

£3,500 + VAT per entity
Diagnostic Service

Compliance Health Check

Identify Payroll Risk Before It Becomes a Problem

A focused diagnostic review of your retail payroll to identify whether compliance risk exists across key areas such as holiday pay, National Minimum Wage, and payroll accuracy.

This is designed to give you clarity on where you stand — before committing to deeper investigation.

This is a diagnostic service. It identifies potential issues but does not quantify estimated exposure.
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What's Included

  • Review across 7 core payroll compliance areas
  • High-level assessment of holiday pay methodology
  • National Minimum Wage exposure review
  • PAYE & RTI accuracy check
  • Statutory payments review
  • Benefits & P11D treatment
  • Identification of potential risk areas
  • Summary findings report
  • Debrief call

What to Expect at This Stage

The health check is a surface-level diagnostic — it tells you where risk may exist, not the full extent of it. The forensic audit does that.

  • No detailed calculations
  • No estimated exposure quantification
  • No deep testing of payroll data
  • No full remediation plan
Output

A clear view of whether risk exists — and where further investigation may be required.

Need deeper investigation? ↓
£7,500–£10,000 + VAT per entity
Core Service

Forensic Payroll Audit

Quantify Risk. Understand Exposure. Take Control.

A deep, independent forensic review of your retail payroll designed to uncover hidden estimated exposure, compliance breaches, and structural inefficiencies across multi-site operations.

This is not a review — it is a full investigation.

"In many cases, the cost of the audit is recovered through identified savings or risk avoidance."
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1

Deep Payroll Testing

  • Detailed review of payroll calculations
  • Sampling across pay periods and worker types
  • Validation of actual outputs — not just methodology
2

Estimated Exposure Quantification

  • Estimated underpayments and overpayments
  • Backpay exposure where applicable
  • Cost leakage across payroll structures
3

Risk Assessment

  • Issues categorised: Critical / High / Medium / Low
  • Likelihood vs impact analysis
4

Legislative Analysis

  • HMRC guidance references
  • Relevant case law context where applicable
5

Structured Action Plan

  • What needs to be fixed
  • Priority order
  • Practical options — not one rigid solution
6

Executive Output

  • Board-level summary
  • Clear estimated exposure headline
  • Decision-ready recommendations

Deliverables

✓Full forensic audit report
✓Quantified exposure summary (£££)
✓Risk matrix
✓Prioritised action roadmap
✓Executive summary
✓Debrief session
Separate Engagement

Remediation Support

The audit tells you what's wrong. Remediation fixes it.

Following a forensic audit, many clients engage us to work alongside their internal team to resolve the issues identified — from recalculating historic liabilities to correcting ongoing processes and preparing documentation for HMRC.

Remediation is scoped and priced separately on a fixed-fee basis, agreed before work begins.

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Typical Support Includes

  • Holiday pay back-calculations & liability quantification
  • NMW arrears identification and voluntary disclosure support
  • PAYE/RTI corrections and amendment filings
  • Process redesign and controls
  • Documentation for HMRC
  • Benefits in Kind payrolling setup (mandatory April 2026)
  • Statutory payments retrospective correction

Know Where You Stand

Retail payroll doesn't fail because of one mistake — it fails because of how everything fits together. Let's find out where your exposure lies.

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Or email us: clientservices@globalpayrolldoctors.com