Payroll
Sold by Fourth Ltd and recognised by HMRC for PAYE. General payroll for employers.
What we know, and what we do not
HMRC’s recognition list gives a supplier name and a product name. Everything below is either taken from that list, derived from the product’s own name, or read from Fourth Ltd’s website on 25 September 2026. We have not used the product, and we do not publish scores or star ratings, because we would be making them up.
| Recognised by HMRC | Yes, for PAYE |
|---|---|
| What its name says it does | General payroll for employers |
| Pricing | Quote only No published price. The supplier asks you to request a quote or book a demo. |
| Supplier site | uk.fourth.com/solution/workforce-management/hr-payroll |
| Last checked | 25 September 2026 |
We do not publish a price for this product. Not because we could not find a figure, but because reading prices off marketing pages automatically proved wrong about half the time: tiers, promotional rates, third-party costs and customer testimonials all look alike to a machine. The methodology gives the examples. Check Fourth Ltd’s own page for the price, and treat anyone publishing a confident figure for all 177 products with suspicion.
The company behind it
Fourth Ltd trades as FOURTH LIMITED, company number 03887115, on the Companies House register. It was incorporated 1 December 1999, which makes it 26 years old. Its registered office is in London.
| Registered name | FOURTH LIMITED |
|---|---|
| Company number | 03887115 |
| Status | Active |
| Incorporated | 1 December 1999 (26 years) |
| Registered office | London, EC2V 8AS |
| Last accounts made up to | 31 December 2025 |
| Next accounts due | 30 September 2027 |
Company data from the Companies House register, read on 26 September 2026. Matched to the supplier by name, conservatively: where we could not be certain which company a supplier is, this section is left off rather than filled in with a guess.
Also from Fourth Ltd
Fourth Ltd has 2 products on HMRC’s list. Suppliers often sell a payroll product and a separate P11D or bureau product, and the names are easy to confuse.
| Product | Supplier | What it is | Pricing | Their page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourth HR | Fourth Ltd | HR system with payroll | Quote only | Supplier |
Others of the same kind
Payroll products from elsewhere on HMRC’s list, with the ones that publish a price first.
| Product | Supplier | Pricing | Their page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primo Payroll | Accentra Technologies Ltd | Price published | Pricing |
| Solus Online Payroll | Accentra Technologies Limited | Price published | Pricing |
| LivePay | Central Computer Management Ltd | Price published | Pricing |
| Ciphr Payroll | Ciphr Limited | Price published | Pricing |
| Clear Books | Clear Books Limited | Price published | Pricing |
| Employment Hero Payroll | Employment Hero (UK) Ltd | Price published | Pricing |
| FreeAgent | FreeAgent Central Ltd | Price published | Pricing |
| Payroll Manager | Moneysoft Limited | Price published | Pricing |
Source: HMRC’s recognised payroll software list, under the Open Government Licence, plus Fourth Ltd’s own published pages. We are not accountants and this is not advice about which product suits your business. Inclusion here is never paid for, and outbound links may earn us a commission without changing what we publish: how we make money.