Case Study: Prince Albert Community Trust (PACT) achieves pain-free payroll and reduced administrative burden with IRIS Software Group

Pain-free payroll for the team at PACT

Prince Albert Community Trust (PACT) is a Birmingham-based multi-academy trust of seven primary schools and one secondary school whose payroll team was overwhelmed by a disjointed system: a separate MIS, reliance on the local authority for payroll, manual spreadsheets and early bulk-upload deadlines. Faced with errors, long delays and a council price increase that forced a switch, PACT chose IRIS Software Group’s IRIS Payroll Services to resolve the strain on staff and improve school-specific payroll handling.

IRIS Software Group implemented IRIS Payroll Services as a single, integrated payroll and pensions platform with school-focused expertise, automated data transfers, flexible cut-off dates and responsive support. The result: far fewer errors and emails, reduced administrative burden, immediate P45s and payslips delivered by lunchtime on payday, and the ability to onboard staff as late as the 15th–16th and still pay them that month (previously a six-week wait), delivering measurable efficiency and peace of mind for PACT.

Prince Albert Community Trust

Nicola Johnson

Director of People and Culture