Atom Partners

Choose Atom to gain a powerful support network that offers you more compliance, security, and financial freedom than the competition. Our strategic partnerships ensure you get reliable support and so you can focus on excelling in your contract work.

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Foreign Currency Management

Boostworks

Maximise your contracting income with exclusive discounts, valuable rewards, and essential wellbeing support services.

  • Retail Savings
    Access thousands of instant discounts, vouchers, and cashback offers at major retailers, helping your income stretch further on everything from groceries to holidays.

  • Wellbeing Support
    Benefit from a comprehensive health and resilience package, including a 24/7 GP Helpline and mental health support via an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

  • Tech & Cycle Schemes
    Utilise salary sacrifice options like the Cycle to Work and Tech Benefit Schemes for tax-efficient purchasing of new equipment.

  • Financial Tools
    Improve your financial resilience with access to resources such as a free Credit Score Service and debt management advice.

  • Single-App Access
    Manage all your benefits and rewards easily from one branded platform, accessible 24/7 via a user-friendly mobile app and web portal.

Boostworks is a leading UK provider specialising in engagement and benefits for the contingent workforce, including independent contractors and temporary staff. This partnership ensures that as an Atom client, you receive a curated and valuable package of benefits designed to support both your professional and personal life. The easy-to-use platform centralises vital resources, from significant retail discounts to essential health and financial services. This collaboration ensures you feel fully supported with the rewards and wellbeing services you deserve while you focus on delivering exceptional work for your contracts.

Get a mortgage based on your contract rate with Cleerly

Finding the right mortgage as a contractor can be challenging, but our mortgage partner can help.

  • Income is calculated based on contract rate
  • Borrow up to 5x annual contract rate
  • Market leading rates with High Street lenders
  • Direct access to mortgage underwriters
  • Deposits as low as 5% for first time buyers
  • Decades of advisory experience with contractors
  • Hundreds of positive reviews with a 4.9 Trustpilot rating

We are delighted to partner with Cleerly, whose team of experienced mortgage consultants will help you to get the best mortgage based on your needs and circumstances.

Let Cleerly do the hard work for you: whether you’re a first-time buyer, looking to remortgage or you want to move house, Cleerly’s team of experts can help you navigate the mortgage application process from beginning to end.

Contact Cleerly today for a personalised quote.

FreeAgent

Accounting software that helps you thrive

Whether you’re scaling up or seasoned pros, FreeAgent helps you manage your business finances with clarity and confidence. Powerful accounting software with all the features you need, FreeAgent is the whole package for small businesses:

  • Let admin feel effortless with invoices, expenses and projects
  • Make smarter business decisions with insights and accounting reports
  • Relax about tax with Self Assessment and VAT filing
  • Get connected with bank feeds and integrations

Run your business from anywhere. Send invoices, track cashflow, manage expenses, file tax returns. And do it all on the go. FreeAgent has everything you need to manage your business.

Markel

Small business consulting and insurance

  • 24/7 legal advice
    Round-the-clock access to a legal advice helpline staffed by qualified solicitors plus access to a document hub.
  • Quick quotes
    Use our online quote form to get a quote in just 90 seconds.
  • Positive customer reviews
    We’re highly rated at Feefo.com and are trusted by over 200,000 customers.
  • No hidden fees
    No hidden fees and cancellation charges, so you won’t be hit with any nasty surprises.
  • 25 years’ experience
    With over 25 years of insuring small businesses, we deliver financial cover you can depend on.
  • Fee dispute service for unpaid invoices
  • Cyber response helpline for IT security breaches

  • Discounted reviews of IR35 contracts
  • PR crisis management courtesy of The Counsel House
  • Legal templates and resources from the Markel Business Hub

Small business insurance is designed to cover risks facing professionals, contractors, freelancers and self-employed business owners. Markel's specialist business insurance comes expertly designed based on over 25 years’ experience insuring UK businesses.

PayslipBuddy

Payslip checks for contractors

  • Easy to use
    As soon as you receive your payslip, upload it into your PayslipBuddy dashboard. PayslipBuddy AI reads your payslip and processes all verifications; giving you insight into your income and umbrella company.

  • Fraud detection

    PayslipBuddy detects tax fraud and other unlawful practices, helping you protect the fruit of your labour.

  • Payslip insight
    Make sure that all deductions have been calculated accurately and receive valuable information on your pay.

  • Proof of compliance

    PayslipBuddy helps you keep your chosen umbrella company by providing weekly reports to your agency/end client, to prove that your umbrella is 100% compliant.

  • Track your income
    With PayslipBuddy, you can see at a glance what you have earned week after week, helping you plan better.

  • Track your taxes
    PayslipBuddy can help you to answer all these questions and guide you through the process.

  • Track your pension contributions
    PayslipBuddy helps you understand your pension and make the right decisions.

PayslipBuddy checks and highlights all information in your payslips, helping you understand, track and spot any unlawful or unfair practices.

Peoples Partnership

Retirement saving made easy with The People's Pension

Retirement saving made easy

Each saver with The People’s Pension has their own pension pot which they pay into – as does their employer, as well as the government in the form of tax relief. Peoples Partnership invest that money to grow over time, and when ready, each saver can use their money as they’d like to later in life.

  • Quick to set up
  • Easy to manage
  • Simple to understand.

A workplace pension you can trust

People's Partnership has been providing workplace benefits for over 80 years. They've worked diligently to create a workplace pension that people can rely on - one that is trustworthy and straightforward. They handle all the complicated stuff like finding investments that can grow savers’ money. They always use plain language in their communications, so members can be informed while seeing very little that confuses them.

People's Partnership believes this commitment is why more than 6.5 million people are saving for retirement through The People's Pension, collectively investing over £30 billion.

Visit The People’s Pension

Qdos

Business insurance and IR35 assessments/reviews

Protect your business
Professional Indemnity, Public Liability, Employers Liability, Jury Service & Legal Protection, Tax Enquiry Insurance, Tax Liability Cover, Contractors All Risk, Income Protection Insurance, Personal Accident Insurance

Get help with IR35 & employment status
Protect your business, IR35 assessments (Status Review), Commercial contract reviews, Contracted-out service/MSP review, IR35 audits, Tailored IR35 policies

Get help with contracts
Contract Health Check, Full IR35 Review, IR35 Contract Assessment, Working Practices Review

There are over four million self-employed workers in the UK including contractors, freelancers, consultants, and gig economy workers; all providing vital flexibility and expertise to the thousands of UK businesses relying on their services. That’s a pretty big community!

Qdos are business insurance and employment status specialists dedicated to the self-employed. They provide business insurance and compliance advice to UK limited companies and sole traders as well as the recruitment agencies and businesses that engage them. They ’re always looking for the best ways to get their customers the information they need, when they need it.

Join over 100,000 contractors, freelancers, and engagers enjoying that peace of mind feeling.

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SafeRec

Payroll Compliance & Auditing

  • Prove Compliance with comprehensive audit reports
  • Tax compliance in real-time for any company's payroll
  • Conduct Forensic Audits on any UK Payslips
  • Automated solution

SafeRec Certified Umbrella Companies are audited at source in real-time. Workers, agencies and clients who decide to work with Atom receive Safe Rec audit reports proving that payrolls have been processed compliantly and ethically and taxes have been paid to HMRC.

SafeRec uses AI to forensically audit all payslips issued by payroll software and cross-references the result with RTI submissions sent to HMRC.

Visit saferec.co.uk

WillU FX

Foreign Exchange Broker

A foreign exchange broker helping clients significantly reduce their costs when sending money overseas. WillU FX help you achieve a better exchange rate than you would receive from your bank but also provide some guidance on the timing when you should be making that payment. Their clients range from SME’sto private clients buying their dream home overseas.

International Payments

WillU Support
Managing a foreign currency exposure can be made easy, but to do so you need a strategy. WillU FX’s experienced account management team will provide the essential support required to implement effective hedging strategies that your business needs.

Transparency
WillU FX provide a transparent, fee free model to ensure our clients receive competitive pricing.

Banks make money on multiple levels within a foreign exchange transaction by charging a transactional fee as well as providing hugely uncompetitive rates.

Payment Timeline
Gone are the days where you have to rely on your bank’s notoriously slow payment turnaround. WillU FX provide a same day settlement service to ensure your payments are sent in a timely manner via our straight through processing system

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Xero

Manage your finances in real time with Xero accounting software.

Xero’s cloud accounting software has features and tools to help you run your small business, so you can spend more time doing what you love. From streamlined bank connections to intuitive online invoicing, Xero's features empower you to prioritise business growth.

  • Paperless record-keeping, all in one
    Centralise your finances with secure cloud-accounting software.
  • Features that automate your admin
    Speed up your processes, from reconciling bank transactions to sending invoice reminders.
  • Smart data and insights
    Make confident business decisions with sophisticated trend analysis and clear, customisable reporting.

All your small business accounting in one place

Xero is powerful online accounting software for UK small businesses. Manage your cash flow, track expenses, accept payments online, and much more – all without leaving Xero.

  • Automate tasks like invoicing and reporting
  • Get up-to-date financial data for a full picture of your business
  • Make your tax returns easy

Xero is powerful online accounting software for UK small businesses. Manage your cash flow, track expenses, accept payments online, and much more – all without leaving Xero.

Visit xero.com/uk