# RewardsPilot for recruitment agencies: points on temp payroll and contractor payments Figures from members in the sector, 2026-10-01. A recruitment agency's biggest outgoing is payroll: temps paid weekly, contractors paid on invoice, PAYE paid monthly. Funded through CrestPay under the RewardsPilot programme, wages and PAYE earn 4 RewardsPilot points per £1. An agency running £150,000 a month of payroll earns 600,000 points a month on it. ## The bills that earn - Weekly temp payroll through CrestPay - Contractor and umbrella company invoices - PAYE and employer's National Insurance - Job board and software subscriptions - VAT bills ## What members in the sector do - A staffing agency member put £22,000 of supplier invoices and £10,000 of payroll through in its first weeks. - A hospitality recruitment member stated £150,000 a month of payroll on joining. - Five of RewardsPilot's members are recruitment, staffing or security-staffing agencies. 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 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | £20,000 | £150,000 | £40,000 | £210,000 | 840,000 | 10,080,000 | £6,300 | A month of £20,000 supplier bills, £150,000 payroll and £40,000 HMRC bills is £210,000 of eligible spend: 840,000 points a month, 10,080,000 a year, or £6,300 a month as cash. At 4 points per £1 of net spend; each point is one airline mile. Avios calculator: https://www.rewardspilot.co.uk/miles/avios-calculator ## Questions ### Does weekly payroll work? Yes. CrestPay funds the payroll run on its date and reports the wages and PAYE; points are credited at the business's usual rate when the invoice payment clears. Pension contributions do not earn points. ### Do umbrella company payments count? Yes. An umbrella company's invoice is a supplier bill, paid by bank transfer against the invoice. ### How does a recruitment agency 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. Request a call: https://www.rewardspilot.co.uk/request-a-call · Apply: https://www.rewardspilot.co.uk/apply --- Canonical URL: https://www.rewardspilot.co.uk/for/recruitment Markdown version: https://www.rewardspilot.co.uk/for/recruitment.md Last reviewed: 2026-10-01 Contact: info@rewardspilot.co.uk · 0161 850 2526 YTY LTD trading as RewardsPilot, company number 11880920. Payroll services provided under company number SC576748.