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Direct engagement, side by side with the alternatives.
Most agencies are quietly paying for opacity. Kova replaces umbrella and PSC structures with direct engagement — keeping margin, data and compliance inside your operation.
Capability
Kova
Umbrella
PSC / self-bill
- Agency owns the worker relationshipKovaUmbrellaPSC
- Agency owns the data and audit trailKovaUmbrellaPSC
- PAYE handled at sourceKovaUmbrellaPSC
- CIS deductions and verificationKovaUmbrellaPSC
- IR35 status determinations and trailKovaUmbrellaPSC
- AWR tracked from week oneKovaUmbrellaPSC
- Right-to-Work checks built inKovaUmbrellaPSC
- Transparent, itemised worker payslipsKovaUmbrellaPSC
- Predictable flat weekly feeKovaUmbrellaPSC
- Margin and uplift retained inside the chainKovaUmbrellaPSC
- Cashflow held back from agencyKovaUmbrellaPSC
Savings calculator
What does direct engagement save your agency?
Enter your workforce profile to model the weekly margin saved against an umbrella, plus the cashflow released back into your business each week.
Indicative only. We'll model your real numbers in the demo.
Weekly saving
£1,950
Annual saving
£101,400
Cashflow released
£78,000
Weekly cost — Umbrella£3,300
Weekly cost — Kova£1,350
Weekly pay bill£78,000
Avg fund hold7 days
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