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Scheme users sign a ‘contract of employment’ and a ‘commercial loan agreement’ withML, a company based in the Isle of Man. A UK umbrella company, either Imagine Umbrella Limited, Total Payment Solutions Limited or Penguin Umbrella Limited (the ‘UK Umbrella Company’), then enters into an Agreement for Administrative Services withML. The UK umbrella companies then contract the scheme user’s services to an end client, sometimes via an intermediary/agency. The end client pays the intermediary/agency for the scheme user’s services, who in turn pay the UK umbrella company. The UK umbrella company payMLwho then pay a salary at the minimum rate permitted under the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, to the scheme users with Income Tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) deducted.MLalso make a second payment to the scheme users, described as a loan and made pursuant to the loan agreement, without deductions of Income Tax andNICs.
PaySentry automatically checks your umbrella partners against HMRC named schemes and stop notices, and alerts you to any match.
See Umbrella Watchdog