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Pension Auto Enrolment in Birmingham
Workplace Pension and Auto Enrolment Support in Birmingham
Practical support for employers with workplace pensions, auto enrolment duties, payroll pension deductions, employee records and ongoing compliance.
Auto Enrolment
Workplace Pensions
Payroll Deductions
Employer Duties
Why Choose Our Pension Support?
Auto enrolment support made clearer for employers
We help employers understand pension duties, process payroll deductions and keep better workplace pension records.
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Employer Duties
Help understanding automatic enrolment and ongoing duties.
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Payroll Support
Pension deductions processed alongside payroll.
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Compliance Records
Support with employee records, assessment and re-enrolment reminders.
Auto Enrolment
Support assessing staff and understanding employer pension duties.
Payroll Deductions
Help processing employee and employer pension contributions through payroll.
Pension Records
Support keeping accurate workplace pension and payroll records.
Re-Enrolment
Guidance on ongoing duties and cyclical re-enrolment responsibilities.
Expert Pension Auto Enrolment Support
Gondal Accountancy provides workplace pension and auto enrolment support for employers in Birmingham. We can help with employer duties, payroll pension deductions, pension records, employee changes and ongoing pension administration linked to your payroll.
What Our Pension Support Includes
Practical support to help employers manage workplace pension duties more confidently.
Auto Enrolment Setup
Support understanding automatic enrolment duties, staff assessment and pension scheme administration.
Payroll Pension Deductions
Help processing employee and employer pension contributions alongside payroll calculations.
Workplace Pension Records
Support keeping payroll, employee and pension records organised for ongoing compliance.
Re-Enrolment Support
Guidance on ongoing pension duties, employee changes and re-enrolment planning.
Who Needs to Be Enrolled?
Understanding which workers must be enrolled is the first step in meeting your duties. Staff usually fall into one of three categories.
Eligible Jobholders
Workers aged between 22 and State Pension age who earn above the earnings trigger must be automatically enrolled, with employer contributions paid.
Non-Eligible Jobholders
Workers who fall outside the automatic enrolment criteria on age or earnings can choose to opt in, and may still receive an employer contribution.
Entitled Workers
Workers earning below the lower threshold can ask to join a pension scheme, though an employer contribution is not required.
Auto Enrolment Duties for Small Businesses in Birmingham
For new employers, automatic enrolment duties usually begin on the day your first member of staff starts work, known as your duties start date. From that point you must assess your staff, automatically enrol those who are eligible, write to all staff explaining how they are affected, and pay the required contributions.
The declaration of compliance normally must be completed within five months of the duties start date. We can help organise the payroll and workforce information needed for the declaration. See the official declaration guidance from The Pensions Regulator.
Ongoing Employer Duties
- Assessing staff each pay period for eligibility.
- Managing opt-ins, opt-outs and new joiners.
- Processing pension contributions through payroll.
- Keeping accurate pension and payroll records.
- Completing your declaration of compliance.
- Re-enrolling eligible staff on a cyclical basis, around every three years.
Pension Contributions and Payroll Deductions
For 2026/27, the annual automatic-enrolment earnings trigger is £10,000 and the qualifying earnings band is £6,240 to £50,270. For many qualifying schemes, the minimum total contribution is 8% of qualifying earnings, including at least 3% from the employer. Scheme rules can use a different definition of pensionable pay, so the applicable basis must be checked.
Check the current automatic-enrolment earnings thresholds and minimum contribution guidance before each new tax year.
Employers should also make sure pension contributions are processed correctly through payroll and recorded properly. Our payroll services in Birmingham handle workplace pension deductions as part of each pay run.
Our support covers payroll and employer administration. We do not recommend pension products or provide regulated investment advice.
We Can Help With
- Payroll pension deductions.
- Employer contribution records.
- Employee pension data for payroll.
- Auto enrolment administration support.
- Re-enrolment reminders and record keeping.
- Pension information needed for payroll reports.
Why Get Help With Auto Enrolment?
Workplace pension duties can be easier to manage when payroll and records are kept organised.
Reduce payroll stress
Process pension deductions alongside payroll in a clearer and more organised way.
Support your staff
Help employees understand workplace pension deductions and pension scheme administration.
How Our Pension Support Process Works
A practical process for managing pension support alongside payroll.
- We review your business, payroll setup, number of staff and current pension arrangements.
- We help identify your pension duties and whether auto enrolment applies to your workers.
- We support payroll pension deduction processing and employee pension records.
- We help organise information needed for pension provider submissions and employer records.
- We provide ongoing support for staff changes, opt-outs, pension deductions and re-enrolment planning.
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Pension Auto Enrolment FAQs
Common questions about workplace pensions, auto enrolment and employer pension duties.
For a new employer, automatic-enrolment duties normally start on the day the first member of staff begins work. This is the employer’s duties start date, and staff must be assessed from that date.
Eligible jobholders generally include workers aged between 22 and State Pension age who normally work in the UK and earn above the automatic-enrolment earnings trigger for the relevant pay period.
The annual earnings trigger for automatic enrolment is £10,000 for 2026/27. Employers must assess earnings for each pay reference period and should check current thresholds when a new tax year begins.
For many qualifying schemes, the minimum total contribution is 8% of qualifying earnings, including at least 3% from the employer. The calculation can differ where a scheme uses another definition of pensionable pay.
The declaration of compliance normally must be completed within five months of the employer’s duties start date. It is required even where an employer had staff but did not need to enrol anyone.
An enrolled worker can opt out using the pension provider’s process. Employers must not encourage or induce staff to opt out, and eligible staff may need to be re-enrolled at the employer’s cyclical re-enrolment date.
A company with only one director and no other staff will not normally have automatic-enrolment duties. The position can change when another worker is employed, so the workforce and contracts should be checked.
Approximately every three years, an employer must assess whether certain eligible staff who left the scheme need to be put back into it. A re-declaration of compliance must also be completed by the applicable deadline.
The fee depends on employee numbers, payroll frequency, the existing pension arrangements and the support required. We provide a fixed-fee quote before work begins, and the initial consultation is free.
Yes. We can support staff assessments, payroll pension deductions, employer records, declarations and re-enrolment administration. We do not provide regulated investment advice or recommend a pension product.
Last reviewed: 25 August 2026