Azebra

[bstar1]

Anyone used or have any opinions /experience on Azebra

Thanks in advance.

[WTFH]

Never heard of them. Looks like they've spent a lot of money on their website design but not on content (no company number, etc)

Where did you hear about them from?

[eek]

Anyone used or have any opinions /experience on Azebra

Thanks in advance.

Wouldn't be my personal choice - and not because I haven't heard bad things about them but because I've never heard anything about them ever (which on 1 level is even more worrying).

There is a reason why we recommend Clarity

[WTFH]

eek, have you ever heard of Payflex, or any of the following...

• AZEBRA GROUP LTD
  08615815 - Incorporated on 18 July 2013
• AZEBRA PAY LTD
  06014862 - Incorporated on 30 November 2006
• AZEBRA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  05473521 - Incorporated on 7 June 2005
• BIG NUMBER LIMITED
  10012155 - Incorporated on 18 February 2016
• BIG NUMBER MARKETING LTD
  07674059 - Dissolved on 30 November 2021
• BLACK & WHITE OUTSOURCING LTD
  05462661 - Incorporated on 25 May 2005
• THE KINGS LODGE LIMITED
  13788351 - Incorporated on 8 December 2021
• MOJOMUMS LTD
  07677768 - Dissolved on 30 November 2021

• PURPLE OUTSOURCING LTD
  07674095 - Incorporated on 20 June 2011
• SQUAD SECURITY LIMITED
  05368069 - Incorporated on 17 February 2005
• ZEBRA PAYROLL SERVICES LTD
  08118583 - Dissolved on 14 December 2021

[northernladuk]

Never heard of them. Looks like they've spent a lot of money on their website design but not on content (no company number, etc)

Where did you hear about them from?

They might have but it's still bloody awful.

[malvolio]

Interesting entries on Companies House. Managing Director resigned in 2013, replaced by a new one, but original retains controlling interest in the company with 75% of the shares. £4.5m in gross assets, net equity of £117k (probably about right for a small umbrella). Nothing obviously wrong, but not really a major player in the industry either.

[eek]

eek, have you ever heard of Payflex, or any of the following...

• AZEBRA GROUP LTD
  08615815 - Incorporated on 18 July 2013
• AZEBRA PAY LTD
  06014862 - Incorporated on 30 November 2006
• AZEBRA SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  05473521 - Incorporated on 7 June 2005
• BIG NUMBER LIMITED
  10012155 - Incorporated on 18 February 2016
• BIG NUMBER MARKETING LTD
  07674059 - Dissolved on 30 November 2021
• BLACK & WHITE OUTSOURCING LTD
  05462661 - Incorporated on 25 May 2005
• THE KINGS LODGE LIMITED
  13788351 - Incorporated on 8 December 2021
• MOJOMUMS LTD
  07677768 - Dissolved on 30 November 2021

• PURPLE OUTSOURCING LTD
  07674095 - Incorporated on 20 June 2011
• SQUAD SECURITY LIMITED
  05368069 - Incorporated on 17 February 2005
• ZEBRA PAYROLL SERVICES LTD
  08118583 - Dissolved on 14 December 2021

Well I had a quick look

Azebra pay has a turnover in 2021 of £32m or so

But also had an everage number of employees of 5635 which means every employee was paid about £5500 or so.

So something definitely doesn't add up.

And worse given the turnover per employee they really don't focus on our sort of work because if (as I guess) the average number of employees is out by a factor of 12 - the every agency fee per a worker is still only £66,000 which really isn't our sort of umbrella firm.

Edit to add why I don't think they target IT Contractors - Alexander Mann / Giant (from memory) work on a cut off at about £300 a day / £1500 a week / £5500 or so a month. Above that umbrella payroll is accept below that Alexander Mann / Giant will put you on "agency" payroll.

[WTFH]

Well I had a quick look

Azebra pay has a turnover in 2021 of £32m or so

But also had an everage number of employees of 5635 which means every employee was paid about £5500 or so.

So something definitely doesn't add up.

And worse given the turnover per employee they really don't focus on our sort of work because if (as I guess) the average number of employees is out by a factor of 12 - the every agency fee per a worker is still only £66,000 which really isn't our sort of umbrella firm.

Edit to add why I don't think they target IT Contractors - Alexander Mann / Giant (from memory) work on a cut off at about £300 a day / £1500 a week / £5500 or so a month. Above that umbrella payroll is accept below that Alexander Mann / Giant will put you on "agency" payroll.

I did a bit of surface digging myself and found various airport meet & greet car parking companies were/are linked to them. I suspect a lot of those employees are not on IT contractor rates.