Pricing

HR prices for small businesses, on the page.

Based in Caterham, Surrey, and working across London, the South East and the UK.

What you pay, plus VAT. No quote form and no sales call to see a number.

  • Fixed before any work starts
  • Three-month trial on every retainer
  • All prices + VAT
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Ongoing support

A named HR partner, month to month, priced by the size of your team.

Your teamMore than 50? Book a 30-minute call for a bespoke quote

Advisory partner

Expert advice for the people who run your team.

£295 a month

  • Phone and email advice for owners, directors and key managers, on a fair-usage basis (HR Buddy: up to about two hours a month)
  • Templates on request, ready for you to complete
  • Law changes flagged, with what they mean for you
  • A monthly check-in (quarterly on HR Buddy, for teams under 5)

Outsourced HR team

Your HR department, embedded in your business.

£650 a month6 hours a month included

  • Your staff contact us as their HR
  • We manage your HR inbox and reply from it
  • Offer letters, onboarding, contracts and policies done for you
  • Absence, occupational health referrals and cases run with your managers

Every plan starts with a three-month trial. Stay, change your plan or leave at the end, with no exit fee. Extra Outsourced hours £100 each. Visits in London and Surrey £100.

Add to a retainer

  • In-person bespoke training, half day a year£800 a year
  • In-person bespoke training, full day a year£1,500 a year
  • Online training library£100 to £299 a month
  • Leadership CoachingQuoted
  • HR system with recruitmentFrom £2.50 a person a month
  • Recruitment portal£50 a month
  • PayrollQuoted
  • Health and SafetyQuoted

No retainer? Pay as you go

£125 an hour

In 15-minute blocks, or ten hours for £1,000 used within three months. Past about fifteen hours a year, a retainer costs less.

How pay as you go works

Your first hire

The contract and the documents the law expects from day one, done once and done properly.

First Hire Ready

£595

  • A bespoke employment contract
  • The written statement of particulars
  • Five core policies
  • An onboarding checklist, ready before day one

Add a staff handbook

£450

  • A full handbook written for your business
  • £750 when bought on its own

Hire and set up right

£995

  • Hiring Setup: the advert, your hiring system and the first role live
  • Then First Hire Ready for the paperwork

When to move up: at five or more people, or with documents more than two years old, the HR Foundations Build covers the full set from £1,800.

A live issue

Something has happened with someone on your team. We estimate before we start and tell you if it will run over.

  • £125an hour for questions and letters
  • £650the first day of a formal case (7 hours)
  • £325each extra half day

What cases usually cost

  • A question you need answering today1 to 4 hours£125 to £500
  • A straightforward disciplinary or grievanceAbout 1 dayFrom £650
  • A case with an investigation and an appeal1.5 to 3 days£975 to £1,950
  • A complex or long-running case3 to 5 days£1,950 to £3,250
  • Long-term sickness and occupational health3 hours to a day£375 to £650

When to move up: if cases keep coming, the Outsourced HR team runs them within your monthly hours.

A project

One thing done properly, for a fixed price.

Know where you stand

Foundations

Hiring

Your people

Health and safety

Not sure where to start? The HR Health Check tells you what matters now and what can wait, and the £395 comes off anything you buy within 60 days.

Straight answers

Questions about price

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Why do you publish your prices?

Because you should know what something costs before you give up your time for a call. The call is for working out what you need, not for finding out what it costs.

Are there any extra costs?

Only the ones on this page. On-site visits in London and Surrey are £100 each, further afield is agreed in advance, and online meetings are free. If a piece of work needs shaping first, you get a fixed quote in writing before anything starts.

Retainer or pay as you go: which costs less?

If you need HR help more than about fifteen hours a year, a retainer usually costs less. Below that, pay as you go at £125 an hour is usually cheaper. We will tell you which suits you on the call.

Do I have to sign a long contract?

No. Every retainer starts with a three-month trial with no exit fee. After that, Advisory runs monthly with one month's notice and the Outsourced HR team runs for 6 or 12 months.

Are prices plus VAT?

Yes, all prices are plus VAT at the standard rate, currently 20%. What If HR Ltd is VAT registered, number 525 7263 85. For example, First Hire Ready at £595 is £714 including VAT.

Every price agreed before any work starts.

Twenty minutes, no charge. We will say what fits your business and what it costs, before you commit to anything.

All prices + VAT. What If HR Ltd. Surrey · London · South East England · Remote UK.