SERVICES / ★ FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME
Ninety days from no HR to HR that runs.
At the end you have contracts, policies, an HR system and managers who know how to use it. Not a folder of documents that sits in an inbox.
HR support for growing businesses without in-house HR: a complete 90-day programme.
★★★★★ Call 07557 982407 or email hello@whatifhr.co.uk, Monday to Friday 9 to 5.
From £3,495 + VAT
fixed fee, set by headcount band
Timeline
Ninety days. Build, Embed, Run.
Included
The first month of Retained HR Partner, in every band.
WHERE MOST PEOPLE ARE
You have outgrown the way you have been doing things.
"We need proper HR, and we are nowhere near hiring someone full time."
Two reads on why the basics matter more from 2026:
what a growing business really needs from HR and the six-year holiday record duty.
What usually breaks it is something ordinary
✕ A probation that drifts past its end date.
✕ A sickness absence nobody logged.
✕ A manager promising something in a one to one that turns out to be contractual.
No judgement. Every business we work with arrived here the same way.
THE PROGRAMME
Three phases. Ninety days. A defined end state.
1
DAYS 1 to 30
Build
Contracts, policies, handbook and processes, rebuilt for the way you run.
AT 30 DAYS
The documents exist and they are legally current.
2
DAYS 31 to 60
Embed
The HR system set up. Managers trained. Then the first real use of a process, with live guidance.
AT 60 DAYS
Your managers have run a process at least once, with someone watching.
3
DAYS 61 to 90
Run
Retained support starts, edge cases handled as they come up, then a graduation review.
AT 90 DAYS
Built, embedded and running. Retained support carries on from month 4.
THE PACKAGE
What the programme includes
Most HR support is documents or advice. This is both, delivered by one person inside the fixed fee.
01
Every employment contract rebuilt.
04
Onboarding, absence, probation, performance and grievance processes documented.
07
First real use, with live guidance.
02
A lean staff handbook, written for your business.
05
HR system chosen, set up and configured.
08
First month of Retained HR Partner.
03
10 to 12 policies: holiday, sickness, probation, disciplinary, grievance, flexible working and more.
06
Training for up to two managers.
What this is not. We provide HR advice, documentation and process guidance, not legal advice. Nothing prevents an employee bringing a claim and no process makes a business claim-proof. Documented contracts and a fair, followed process give you something solid to stand on.
★★★★★
Rated 5.0 from 30 Google reviews
"We used What if HR as our business lacked expertise around employment contracts and what we should or shouldn't include in them. Elena was so helpful, helped us understand the legal aspects but also how we could be fair to everyone."
Google review, What If HR client
"We approached What if HR to help us create a new employee handbook and we're super pleased with the result."
Google review, What If HR client
PROGRAMME PRICING
Programme pricing by headcount
Three bands. The first month of Retained HR Partner is included in each.
Up to 15 employees
£3,495 + VAT
MOST COMMON
16 to 30 employees
£4,495 + VAT
31 to 50 employees
£5,495 + VAT
Headcount is confirmed at the programme call. Fees are fixed: no hourly billing and no scope creep.
An in-house HR manager, salary alone
typically £,4500 to £70,000
The programme, one-off, and you keep what it produces
from £3,495
Before employer NI, pension and recruitment. Market figures are typical ranges, not quotes.
Common questions
IF THIS IS NOT QUITE THE FIT
The smaller pieces of work
See where you stand first. £395 + VAT, credited against the programme.
The paperwork, without the system, training or retained month. £1,800 to £2,500 + VAT.
Ongoing support from the person who built it. From £150 a month + VAT.
Ninety days from now, HR is off your desk
A fixed fee, three phases and a finish line. If it is more than your business needs today, Elena will say so on the call.
All prices + VAT. This page is general information, not legal advice. Elena Suhova, MSc HRM, CIPD Associate. What If HR Ltd, Caterham, Surrey.