The Nannytax Story

A former Bookkeeper named Stephen Vahrman came up with an idea from his home in Kemp Town. Noticing a gap in the domestic employment market, he imagined a dedicated payroll service that supported parents and carers who employed nannies.

The UK’s very first dedicated nanny payroll service Nannytax was born.

Nannytax now employs a team of 50 with our HQ based in central Brighton. We deliver an end-end service that supports over 10,000 parents and carers with the employment of their nanny from start to finish.

Our award-winning services encompass nanny payroll, HR support and contracts, specialist insurance and pensions. We are also part of the Enable Ltd Group alongside 5 other employment companies, including our sister domestic payroll service Stafftax and small business payroll provider Quartz.

Throughout our growth as a business, we have played an active role in raising awareness of nannies as professionals and spearheading initiatives to ensure the families in our industry are seen and heard.

In 2004, we lobbied the Government to approve nannies as childcare providers and to allow parents to claim childcare financial support and tax relief. This lead to the introduction of the Childcare Approval Scheme in April 2005.

Each year we publish our Nanny Salary Index, also known as, ‘the go-to for nanny salaries across the UK’. This reports on the latest average gross salaries for nannies throughout the country, based on our own payroll records.

An exclusive asset to us, it has become one of the most established resources in our industry, trusted by thousands of families, nannies and agencies, and quoted in leading publications such as The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Financial Times.

We also run a nanny agency service to bring our expertise to the UK nanny recruitment industry, helping ensure legal best-practice is followed from the beginning of the employment. We are now recommended nation-wide by over 200 specialist domestic and nanny recruitment agencies. We regularly visit our partners to ensure they are up to date on the latest legislation and offer support with contracts, salaries and HR matters.

In 2019 we introduced the first ever ‘Nanny of the Year’ category at the prestigious Nursery World Awards. We now sponsor this every year to continue to shine a light on nannies amongst their professional Early Years peers.

The outbreak of Covid-19 had an enormous impact on businesses throughout the world and Nannytax was no exception. Rising to the challenges of these unprecedented times, our IT and Development team built an online furlough portal exclusively for our Nannytax customers in under 2 weeks. This guided our Nannytax families through the challenging process of furloughing their nannies and reclaiming the 80% grant from The Government under the CJRS scheme.

The development of our in-house tech has been central to the growth and expansion of our business. Last year we launched the second edition of our Employer Members Area and Nanny Members Area. We are constantly updating the features on these platforms to make accessing and updating account information, payslips and more, easy and hassle-free. Our IT and tech teams are based in-house, continuously working with our customer support and payroll teams to ensure our customers’ needs take precedence.

When we say we’re the employment experts, we mean it. We live and breathe payroll – from Nannytax which is designed for nanny employers to Stafftax, our domestic payroll service, to Quartz Payroll which is perfect for small businesses. To add an extra bow to our string, we also have insurance services for nanny employers, nannies, carers, and carer employers through our Carer Insure brand. Finally, to add the cherry on top, we have our pensions service from Enable Autoenrol.