RewardsPilot for facilities and cleaning
Facilities and cleaning contractors run thin margins on large, regular bills: consumables and equipment, subcontractors, and a big hourly-paid payroll. Paid through RewardsPilot, each earns 4 RewardsPilot points per £1 of net spend. Every one of RewardsPilot's facilities and cleaning members has put bills through within weeks of joining.
The bills that earn
- Cleaning consumables and equipment
- Subcontractor invoices
- Vehicle and fuel accounts
- Hourly-paid payroll through CrestPay
- PAYE and VAT bills
What members in the sector do
- A facilities management member put £28,000 of supplier and VAT bills through in its first month.
- A commercial cleaning member put £9,000 of supplier invoices through in a month; another, £4,000.
- All three of RewardsPilot's facilities and cleaning members transacted within weeks of joining.
Figures are RewardsPilot members’ own, rounded, with no business named.
A typical month
| Supplier bills | Payroll | HMRC bills | Eligible spend | Points a month | Points a year | Or cash a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £15,000 | £60,000 | £20,000 | £95,000 | 380,000 | 4,560,000 | £2,850 |
A month of £15,000 supplier bills, £60,000 payroll and £20,000 HMRC bills is £95,000 of eligible spend: 380,000 points a month, 4,560,000 a year, or £2,850 a month as cash. At 4 points per £1 of net spend; each point is one airline mile. See what the points buy on the Avios calculator.
Questions
Does a large hourly payroll work?
Yes. CrestPay funds each payroll run on its date; wages and PAYE earn points at the business's usual rate. Pension contributions do not.
How does a cleaning contractor earn points with RewardsPilot?
By paying the bills it already pays through the programme: supplier invoices, payroll through CrestPay, and HMRC bills such as VAT and PAYE. RewardsPilot invoices the business, pays the bill on its behalf, and credits 4 RewardsPilot points per £1 of the net amount when the invoice payment clears.
Does the supplier or HMRC know the difference?
No. The payee is paid by bank transfer with the business's own reference, on time: RewardsPilot's invoice is due one day before the bill's pay-by date.
What are the points worth?
Each point transfers to one airline mile, Avios included, for flights, upgrades, hotels and car hire. Or the business sells them back for cash at 3% of the spend behind them, paid within 24 hours. Points never expire.
What does it cost?
There is no subscription or set-up fee for qualifying clients. RewardsPilot's invoice carries VAT on its service; for a VAT-registered business using it for taxable activities that VAT is intended to be recoverable through the normal VAT return, subject to its own position. This is not tax advice.
Programme facts come from the published RewardsPilot rate and the Rewards Programme Rules. Rewards are corporate rewards earned on genuine business expenditure. Other sectors: Construction and trades · Logistics and haulage · Recruitment and staffing · Hospitality · Wholesale, retail and e-commerce · Care providers.