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HR Retainers

Your HR function.
Without the overhead.

A fixed monthly HR partnership that puts qualified HR consultants and our own proprietary HR platform at the heart of your business — without the cost, commitment or complexity of an in-house hire.

The Terms
Rolling monthly
No minimum term and no fixed contract
No exit fees
No penalties and no clawback clauses
30 days' notice
That is the whole commitment
What It Is

Advice is the easy part.
We do the work as well.

Most HR support services give you a phone number and an email address. You call when something goes wrong, you get generic advice, and you are left to deal with it yourself.

A Trident HR retainer is different. We work alongside you — actively involved in your people issues, drafting your documentation, attending your meetings where needed and staying involved until each situation is properly resolved.

Alongside that, every retainer includes full access to Trident Command — our proprietary HR platform — giving you intelligent document generation, real-time compliance oversight and complete workforce management, all in one place.

01
Fixed monthly fee
One predictable cost. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices at the end of a difficult month.
02
No usage limits
Complex months cost the same as quiet ones. If you need more, we are there. That is the point of a retainer.
03
30 days' notice
No lock-in. No exit fees. No minimum term. Cancel with 30 days' notice at any time.
04
Trident Command included
Full platform access at no additional cost. Intelligent HR software built by the same team supporting you.
What's Included

Everything your business needs
to manage HR properly.

Active HR case management
We do not advise and disappear.
We actively manage your people issues from start to finish. Conduct, capability, grievance, absence, TUPE, redundancy and formal processes.
We draft the lettersWe guide the meetingsWe review the outcomesEvery decision defensible and consistent
Your consultants
Direct access to senior HR professionals
Experienced, qualified people who know your business. Not a call centre, not a junior adviser reading from a script.
Documentation
Contracts, policies and handbook, maintained
We write them, we own them and we keep them current. Employment contracts, the full handbook, every policy and letter. When something needs updating, we update it.
Workforce
Complete workforce management
Timekeeping, holidays, onboarding, absence, employee records and document storage. The administrative burden off your managers.
Compliance
Workforce compliance oversight
Live visibility across absence, open cases, document gaps and statutory obligations. You always know where you stand.
Software
Trident Command, in full, at no extra cost
The platform
Unrestricted access to our own HR software. People, absence, cases, performance, compliance and a library of over 200 drafted templates.
Every add-on
Time & Attendance, Health & Safety and Learning & Development, all included. Nothing charged per employee.
The intelligence layer
Command monitors changes to UK employment law and flags the impact on your documents, your compliance position and your open cases.
Transparent Pricing

The same HR support for every client.
Scaled by workforce size.

Number of Employees
11 – 15
1 employee
100 employees
Above 100 employees, retainers are scoped and priced directly. At that size you are running an HR function rather than filling a gap in one, and the right answer is usually a different shape of support. Talk to us and we will tell you honestly what that looks like.
Monthly Retainer
£475/month
£5,700 per year · All inclusive
What The Market Pays
HR AdministratorRecords, admin, first line queries
£24k – £28k
HR AdvisorDay to day queries and casework support
£32k – £36k
HR ManagerOwns the function. Policy, complex cases, hearings
£42k – £50k
A retainer covers the work in the third row. Salaries are UK-wide for 2026 and are before employer National Insurance and pension.
If You Hired Instead
£salary you would offer
Salary
£45,000
Employer National Insurance15% on earnings above £5,000
£6,000
Employer pension3% statutory minimum on qualifying earnings
£1,163
Cost to employ
£52,163
Per year, salary plus statutory on-costs.
Trident HR
£5,700
Per year, everything included.
Employer National Insurance at 15% on earnings above £5,000. Employer pension at the 3% statutory minimum on qualifying earnings between £6,240 and £50,270. Holiday cover, equipment, benefits and recruitment are not included, so your real cost would be higher than shown.
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A Lighter Option

A retainer is not the only way to get HR advice.

Command Pro sits between the software on its own and a full retainer. You get the platform, ongoing advisory support and a named Trident HR consultant, without us running your cases for you. It costs considerably less than a retainer, and it suits businesses who handle most things themselves but want someone qualified to check the difficult ones.

Qualified HR advice
A named Trident HR consultant
Ticketed support system
Full 200+ template library
Professional document review
Explore Command Pro
No lock-in
Rolling monthly. Cancel with 30 days' notice at any time, for any reason.
No exit fees
When you leave, you leave. There are no penalties, no clawback clauses, no complications.
No usage caps
Busy months cost the same as quiet ones. You are not penalised for needing support.
Getting Started

From conversation to partnership
in days, not weeks.

01

Initial Consultation

Tell us about your business, your workforce and your current HR situation. This is a conversation, not a sales pitch. We ask the right questions and listen properly.

02

Scoping & Proposal

We confirm your retainer band based on headcount and send a clear proposal. No hidden fees, no ambiguous scope — you know exactly what you are getting and what it costs.

03

Onboarding

We get to know your business properly. Existing documentation is reviewed, Trident Command is set up for your team, and we establish how you prefer to work together.

04

Ongoing Partnership

From day one, we work as part of your team. Responsive, proactive and actively involved — not waiting for you to call us when something goes wrong.

Common Questions

What you need to know.

No. There is no minimum contract term. Our retainers run on a rolling monthly basis with 30 days' notice to cancel. You stay because the service earns it — not because leaving is difficult.
There are no hourly caps or usage limits. If you are going through a complex period — a redundancy process, multiple disciplinaries, a restructure — we remain involved for as long as it takes. That is what a retainer is for.
Yes. Full access to Trident Command is included in every retainer at no additional cost — the intelligent document library, risk and compliance dashboard, people management tools and employment law intelligence. Every optional module is included too: Time & Attendance, Health & Safety and Learning & Development, all at no extra charge. If you are already mid-contract on another HR system, that is not a problem. We will work alongside it and bring you across when you are ready.
It means we do not just send you an email with advice and leave you to it. We draft letters, attend meetings where needed, review outcomes and stay involved until each situation is resolved properly.
Yes — your retainer simply moves to the appropriate band as your headcount grows or reduces. We review this with you periodically so your support always reflects where your business actually is.
You enter the salary you would offer and we add the two statutory employer costs on top. National Insurance at 15% on earnings above £5,000, and pension at the 3% statutory minimum on qualifying earnings between £6,240 and £50,270. Nothing else is added, because nothing else can be known from a salary alone. Holiday cover, equipment, benefits and recruitment are all real costs and none of them are included, so the true cost of a hire is higher than the figure shown. The market salary ranges alongside are UK-wide for 2026 and vary by region, sector and experience.
Get Started

Ready to hand HR
to people who care?

Book a free consultation and we will walk you through exactly how a Trident HR retainer would work for your business.

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