# 1st Money — Payroll & HR for the UK

> Payroll & HR for the UK (iPhone/iPad app by 1st Money UK Holdings Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1st-money/id6738673412 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [1st Money UK Holdings Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1584586884)
- Category: Finance, Business
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 33 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2024-12-01
- Data updated: 2026-06-01
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1st-money/id6738673412/reviews.md

## What is 1st Money?

UK payroll for all your employees, workers, contractors, directors, and more!

PAYROLL & HR

* All pay frequencies, incl.: weekly, fortnightly, & monthly.
* Beautiful payslip & PDF emailed to each person.
* Pay employees, contractors, zero-hour, off-payroll, & more.
* Instant verification of NI numbers.
* Automatic handling of all HMRC notices.
* Schedule a pay rise to start on a future date.
* Pro-rata salary for employees who join or leave part month.
* Supports all possible pay period & payday combinations.
* View and filter all filed payslips.
* Re-download payslip PDFs, even months later.
* Supports all 20+ NI category letters.
* Employees can see a visual explanation of their pay.
* Learn more at: https://www.1st.money/payroll

ONBOARDING

* Add new hires based on their P45 info.
* Verify new hire's NI numbers on the spot.
* Onboard with student loans, tax codes, and more.
* Use passport to confirm right-to-work.
* Speed up onboarding docs with auto-sign, and auto-send.
* Track onboarding completion by admin vs new hire.
* Self onboarding lets new hires enter their own details.
* New hires automatically get a login invite email.
* Queue, sign, and send unlimited onboarding docs.
* Learn more at: https://www.1st.money/onboarding

TIME OFF

* One-tap approvals and declines.
* Request multiple days of time off.
* Request only a few hours of time off.
* Requests are auto-emailed to the manager.
* Approval notice is auto-emailed to the employee.
* Schedule future PTO uplifts.
* Edit white-listed holidays.
* Be warned of conflicts with scheduled shifts.
* Single page summary of all your people's time off.
* Learn more at: https://www.1st.money/timeoff

EXPENSES

* Submit expense claims for admin approval.
* Upload an image, or attach a photo to each expense.
* Expense claims automatically connect with payroll.
* Auto-add repeat payables to every new hire.
* Student & postgraduate loans management.
* All HMRC expense or benefit types fully supported.
* Deduct an agreed co-pay amount from an employee's pay.
* Deduct for CCJs or other monthly amounts.
* Learn more at: https://www.1st.money/expenses

TIMESHEETS

* Real-time clock-ins.
* Hourly paid employees.
* Supports working past 12 midnight.
* Supports overtime, holiday, and night pay.
* "In advance" shift scheduling.
* Upcoming shifts at-a-glance.
* Compare done vs. planned times.
* Daily, weekly, and monthly reports.
* Advanced absence reporting.
* Learn more at: https://www.1st.money/attendance

HR DOCS

* Have docs signed by both manager and employee.
* Send tamper-proof docs to your people for signing.
* Prove, even months later, that a doc was received or signed.
* 80+ free HR templates.
* 200+ Reusable inserts. Auto-inserts HR data.
* Choose between 8 different advanced sending modes.
* Send with or without recipient confirmation.
* Fully private templates.
* Learn more at: https://www.1st.money/docs

LEAVE

* Set exact leave start and end dates.
* Change leave dates (as much as you need.).
* Detailed leave doc auto-prepared for you to send.
* Leave pay auto-reclaimed from HMRC (in your EPS).
* See details of all automated tasks.
* Detailed calculations on leave deductions to pay.
* Detailed calculations on added leave pay.
* SMP1: Unpaid maternity form is auto-filled out for you.
* SMP1: Form is auto-emailed to the expecting mother.
* Learn more at: https://www.1st.money/leave

OFFBOARDING

* Auto written dismissal docs.
* Auto written disciplinary docs.
* Recorded events for each person.
* Month-by-month disciplinaries tally.
* Record accepted resignations.
* Archive resignation letters.
* Use pick-lists to speed up doc drafting.
* Clearly see how each doc will look.
* Learn more at: https://www.1st.money/offboarding

ACCOUNTING INTEGRATIONS

* Connect to QuickBooks, Xero, and more.
* Correct journal categorisation of wages, taxes, and more.
* No more copy/paste errors.
* Auto-sends to your accounting every midnight.
* Learn more at: https://www.1st.money/integrations


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.0.8 — 2025-09-15

- Support for newer devices, including 16 KB page sizes.
- Updated SDK and package versions.

Enjoy :)

### 1.0.2 — 2024-12-28

- New bug fixes all over the system. Enjoy :)

### 1.0.1 — 2024-12-17

- Bug fixes including on the loading spinner and greeting message. Enjoy :)

### 1.0.0 — 2024-12-11

No release notes.

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