Yellow Bricks

Yellow Bricks is a United Kingdom payroll and Employer of Record provider. It can employ workers that clients have sourced themselves through PAYE, without requiring the client to use its recruitment services, and it handles payroll and employment administration for those workers on the client's behalf.

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By TheEORDirectory Editorial Team

Researched from company registers and providers' own published terms, and reviewed by a second editor before publication.

Last updated 5 November 2026

Fact	Value
Established	2013
Founders	Abby Robbins
Region / headquarters	United Kingdom
Website	yellowbricks.co.uk ↗
What it does	Yellow Bricks is a United Kingdom payroll and Employer of Record provider. It can employ workers that clients have sourced themselves through PAYE, without requiring the client to use its recruitment services, and it handles payroll and employment administration for those workers on the client's behalf.
Entry price	Quote-based (no public price)
Last verified	4 Nov 2026

How it operates by country

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Explicit UK EOR service for temporary, contract and contingent workers, including clients without a UK entity. Service model: Contingent / staffing EOR. Location information: Its service material expressly says it supports clients in London. It describes itself as a Thames Valley team, so this is London coverage evidence. Yellow Bricks.

UK profile

Yellow Bricks is a UK senior-hiring firm founded in 2013 by Abby Robbins. It offers interim and fractional leadership at GBP 250 to 1,250 a day, a 10-week Pilot to Perm programme, retained executive search and permanent hires from GBP 65k, and UK PAYE payroll and Employer of Record services. In that last service it acts as legal employer of temporary, contract and contingent workers, including people the client has sourced itself. The home page describes the firm as based in Reading, Berkshire, while the contact page calls it 'London based'. Its phone number is a Marlow-area (01628) line.

Companies House lists Yellow Bricks Recruitment Limited (08625203), incorporated on 25 July 2013 as My Yellow Bricks Limited and renamed on 26 July 2017. Its SIC code is 78109 (other employment placement agency activities), and the registered office is its accountants' address in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. The sole director and majority (75%+) shareholder is registered as Abby Gill. The directory has not confirmed that this is the same person as Abby Robbins, though the dates match the founding story. The company files total-exemption (small-company) accounts, last to 31 July 2025. Neither 'Yellow Bricks' nor the company name appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors dated 26 October 2026.

The EOR model is UK-only, PAYE-based and positioned as an alternative to umbrella companies and limited-company contracting, which keeps workers outside the IR35 off-payroll rules. It suits UK temporary, interim and pilot hires rather than permanent multi-country EOR. As an employment business supplying temporary workers it falls under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. No EOR fee, review rating or Companies House number is published on the site.

UK facts

UK employing entity	Yellow Bricks Recruitment Limited (own UK company, PAYE employer). The website does not name the legal entity or its company number.
Companies House	08625203, England & Wales; SIC 78109 (other activities of employment placement agencies)
Registered office	SGA, Fawley House, 2 Regatta Place, Marlow Road, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5TD (accountants' address). The site says Reading on the home page and 'London based' on the contact page.
Incorporated	25 July 2013 as My Yellow Bricks Limited; renamed Yellow Bricks Recruitment Limited on 26 July 2017. Share capital was not verified.
Status and filings	Active. Total-exemption full accounts filed each year, last to 31 July 2025 (next due 30 April 2027). Confirmation statement dated 5 February 2026.
Director and control	Abby Gill (British, born December 1980) is sole director since incorporation and person with significant control (75%+ of shares and votes, right to appoint directors). The site names the founder as Abby Robbins; that they are the same person is inferred, not confirmed.
Sponsor licence	Not held. No matching entry on the Home Office register dated 26 October 2026.
Regulatory position	Employment business supplying temporary workers, subject to the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (EAS oversight). No licence is required in the UK outside GLAA-regulated sectors.
Contract types	PAYE employment for temporary, contract, interim and contingent workers; 10-week Pilot to Perm engagements converting to permanent or fixed-term employment with the client. Permanent EOR contracts are not described.
Payroll and statutory	PAYE, National Insurance, holiday pay and pension compliance handled. Direct PAYE with no umbrella company in the chain.
Pilot to Perm	Ten-week engagement on Yellow Bricks' payroll with reviews at weeks 3, 6 and 9 and a decision at week 9. The conversion fee is included in the weekly rate. 85% conversion claimed (provider claim).
Pricing	No EOR or payroll fee published. Interim and fractional leaders cost GBP 250 to 1,250 a day, and permanent hires start from GBP 65k salary.
Coverage	United Kingdom only
Provider EOR page	yellowbricks.co.uk/payroll-employer-of-record ↗

Services in the UK

UK PAYE payroll and EOR	Employs and pays temporary, contract and contingent workers on the client's behalf through direct PAYE (no umbrella or limited company), including workers the client sourced itself and staff for overseas companies without a UK entity. Handles PAYE, NI, holiday pay and pension administration with one consolidated invoice.
Pilot to Perm	Ten-week trial employment on Yellow Bricks' payroll with structured reviews at weeks 3, 6 and 9. Workers transfer to the client at week 10, with the conversion fee built into the weekly rate. Client testimonials (Streamsets, Sitecore, Danfoss) describe whole teams converted to permanent roles.
Interim and fractional leadership	Heads-of to board-level interims and fractional executives at GBP 250 to 1,250 a day, all paid PAYE through Yellow Bricks' payroll, which the firm says keeps engagements IR35 compliant.
Executive search and permanent hiring	Confidential retained search for business-critical leadership roles and senior permanent hires from GBP 65k, aimed at PE-backed and growing businesses.
Hiring and workforce consultancy	Interview training, assessment centres, advice on AI and future hiring, and redundancy and career-transition support for leavers.

Strengths and watch-outs in the UK

✓ Direct PAYE employment with no umbrella company in the chain, which keeps workers outside IR35 intermediary rules and avoids umbrella compliance risk.
✓ Combines recruitment and employment: it can find the candidate, employ them during a trial and convert them, or simply payroll a worker the client has found.
✓ Pilot to Perm gives a structured 10-week trial with the conversion fee included in the weekly rate.
✓ Owner-managed UK company trading since 2013 (08625203), with consistent annual filings and a founder with 20+ years in UK recruitment.
✓ Published interim day rates (GBP 250 to 1,250) give some price transparency for leadership hires.
✗ UK-only and recruiter-first, with no EOR platform, no published EOR fees and no coverage outside the UK.
✗ No Home Office sponsor licence, so it cannot sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
✗ The website does not name the legal entity or company number and gives inconsistent locations: Reading, 'London based', and a registered office in Bourne End.
✗ No independent review rating found on G2, Trustpilot or Capterra. Client logos (Virgin, Volkswagen, Fiserv, Framestore) and the 85% conversion rate are provider claims.
✗ Small owner-managed business with a single director, filing small-company exemption accounts.

Reviews

G2: no listing found.
Trustpilot: not retrieved (Trustpilot blocked automated access); no rating is shown on the provider's site.
Capterra: no listing found.
Google: not retrieved. The Pilot to Perm page carries three 5/5 testimonials attributed to the VP Sales at Streamsets, the VP Customer Success at Sitecore and the Head of Customer Engagement at Danfoss (provider-selected).

Reviews are reported as found and are not verified by the directory.