Clarity Umbrella - what's going on?

[agentzero]

Contacted the FCSA. Clarity have been removed in the last 48 hours from the FCSA website and have had their registration and accreditation revoked:

https://www.fcsa.org.uk/fcsa-member/clarity-umbrella/

Compare to web archive to see previous membership information.

Still, nothing to worry about according to one mod here, so if you like high risk carry on regardless.

lucyclarityumbrella couldn't be more disappointed in the way you haven't handled this, just let it happen. There were other options for your business and you know it.

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Another 3 owned by the same outfit have also been removed. Payments Pro, i4 and Numbermill. Something big is going on.

[courtg9000]

Ok, sounds like something is up.
Call me old fashioned, but i've always believed that Lichtenstein is best for "offshore shenanigans"?

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Ok, sounds like something is up.
Call me old fashioned, but i've always believed that Lichtenstein is best for "offshore shenanigans"?

Famously landlocked Lichtenstein?

Isle Of Man for me.

[agentzero]

It's the end of month timesheet time for many contractors with Clarity. I assume those aware aren't submitting their timesheets using Clarity? Won't contracts with Clarity be ended and contractors moving to other Umbrella companies ASAP?

[Protagoras]

It's the end of month timesheet time for many contractors with Clarity. I assume those aware aren't submitting their timesheets using Clarity? Won't contracts with Clarity be ended and contractors moving to other Umbrella companies ASAP?

Why would anyone who has been paid as expected over the past 6 months jump ship based on the limited information here?

[agentzero]

Why wouldn't they jump? What have they got to lose? If their end client is public sector are you suggesting a parent company in Cyprus is ok and business as usual?

Some contractors here are quite frankly idiots and have missed warning signs before with accountant firms, umbrellas, there's even a few watch list threads for dodgy activity. Why risk your pay, including if you are paid monthly? Sorry, there are too many red flags for most sensible people. One thing not lacking is plenty of long established UK based umbrellas companies to choose from.

[sadkingbilly]

WHY is agentzero so incensed about this?
I suspect a vested interest.
just sayin' like.

[agentzero]

Look at my posting history. I never recommend umbrellas and won't. Whether you are on weekly or monthly billing today is timesheet dead line afternoon. The only reason anybody found out about this is because the FCSA has phoned big agencies to inform them Clarity and the other 3 listed umbrellas have been removed from their scheme because the parent company is based out of Cyprus.

I won't be recommending any umbrella companies and think most could disappear speedily, I trust them as far as I could throw them.

[WTFH]

Look at my posting history.

Do we include the other usernames you have used in the past?