HR Consultants in Surrey
Quick answer: Beagle HR is a founder-led outsourced HR consultancy based in Weybridge, working with small and medium sized businesses across Surrey. We act as your HR department: contracts and handbooks, disciplinaries and grievances, sickness and performance, redundancy, recruitment and day-to-day advice, all from a named consultant you can actually pick up the phone to. Retained HR support starts at £299 per month plus VAT, a one-off HR compliance audit from £495 plus VAT, and the six-month HR Compliance Programme is £449 per month plus VAT. We cover every Surrey borough, from Elmbridge and Runnymede to Guildford, Waverley and Reigate.
Why Surrey businesses use an outsourced HR consultant
Surrey is an expensive place to employ people. Businesses here compete for staff against London salaries and hybrid roles, so the basics of a good offer, a sensible probation period and a contract that reflects how you actually work matter more than they would in most counties. At the same time the county’s business mix is unusually broad: professional services, technology and finance around Guildford, Woking and the Brooklands corridor; hospitality, retail and leisure in the town centres; dental practices, care providers and nurseries almost everywhere; and a long tail of trades, agencies and family firms employing five to fifty people.
What nearly all of them have in common is that nobody in the business is an HR professional. The owner, the practice manager or the finance lead deals with people problems on top of the day job, usually with a contract template found online and a lot of goodwill. That works until the first grievance, the first long-term sickness case or the first difficult exit, and then the gap shows. The Employment Rights Act 2025 has made that gap wider: day-one rights, statutory sick pay from the first day of absence and a phased rollout of further changes through 2026 and 2027.
An outsourced HR consultant gives you the department without the salary. You get someone who has handled the situation before, who knows the local employment market, and who will tell you plainly what to do and what it will cost. Because we work with a limited number of Surrey businesses at a time, you deal with the same people every time and they know your business.
What we do for Surrey SMEs
| Service | What it covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Retained HR support | Your HR department on a monthly fee. Contracts, casework, absence, performance, policies and advice, with hours included each month and a named consultant. | From £299 per month + VAT (up to 25 staff); Partner tier £599 per month + VAT (up to 50 staff) |
| The Beagle HR Club | For employers with one to ten staff. One hour of consultant time every month, the full template library, weekly employer email and a named Surrey consultant. Rolling monthly. | £99 per month + VAT |
| HR compliance audit | One-off review of your contracts, handbook, policies and files with a written report and a priority fix list. | From £495 + VAT |
| HR Compliance Programme | Six-month fixed-fee build of your HR foundations: audit, contracts, handbook and HR system, then handover. | £449 per month + VAT for six months |
| First Hire Setup | Everything you need to employ your first person properly: offer letter, contract, handbook, right to work check and starter pack. | £749 + VAT fixed |
| Casework and investigations | Managed disciplinary, grievance, capability or redundancy cases run for you from start to finish, including hearings on site. | From £695 + VAT per case |
| Ad hoc advice | One-off questions and pieces of work outside a retainer. | £135 per hour + VAT, billed in 15-minute blocks |
Full details are on our fees page. If you want to know what outsourced HR costs in general, not just from us, read the 2026 guide to outsourced HR costs in the UK.
Where we work in Surrey
Beagle HR is based in Weybridge and works across every Surrey borough. Each area below has its own page with the local business mix, the HR issues we see most often there and how we help.
Elmbridge: Weybridge, Walton-on-Thames, Esher, Cobham
Runnymede: Chertsey, Egham, Englefield Green, Virginia Water, Thorpe, Lyne
Woking: Woking, Old Woking, Byfleet, Sheerwater
Guildford: Guildford, Shalford, Albury
Surrey Heath: Camberley, Bagshot, Windlesham
Reigate and Banstead: Reigate, Redhill, Banstead
Epsom and Ewell: Epsom
Mole Valley: Leatherhead
We also work with employers across Hampshire, the Berkshire border and south west London (Kingston, Richmond, Twickenham and Wimbledon), and with clients elsewhere in the UK who prefer to work with us remotely.
Sectors we know well in Surrey
- Hospitality and retail: rotas, tips and tronc, zero-hours holiday pay, under-18s, right to work checks and kitchen disciplinaries. See also HR for cafes and coffee shops.
- Care and healthcare: sponsored workers, lone working, safeguarding and CQC-ready HR files.
- Dental practices: associate agreements, GDC registration issues, nurse recruitment and practice sales.
- Tech and SaaS and professional services: hybrid working, fee-earner contracts, performance and retention.
- Property and construction, education, charities, financial services and manufacturing.
Why Beagle HR rather than a national HR provider
National HR helplines such as Peninsula, Citation and Croner sell scale: a 24/7 advice line and a big-brand contract, usually for three to five years. Beagle HR sells the opposite. You get a named consultant based in Surrey who knows your business, published fixed prices, a 12-month initial term, and someone who will sit in the room with you when a hearing or a consultation needs a real person. We have written plain comparisons so you can decide for yourself: Beagle HR vs Peninsula, vs Citation, vs Croner, vs BrightHR, and a round-up of Peninsula alternatives for UK small businesses.
Beagle HR was named SME News Best Startup HR Consultancy Surrey 2021 and is a Theo Paphitis Small Business Sunday winner. We are Disability Confident Committed, a Silver Breathe Certified Partner and insured through PolicyBee. See our awards and recognition.
What Surrey business owners say
Dan is approachable, straight-talking, and always on the end of a phone or email when we need him. For a small agency, having access to that level of HR thinking without the cost of a full-time HR department has been invaluable.
Saybhan, digital marketing agency
Pragmatic, jargon-free communication, and no fuss whatsoever. Exactly what a small hotel owner needs from an HR consultant.
Ian B, hotelier
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Frequently asked questions
Where in Surrey is Beagle HR based?
On Weybridge High Street, at The IncuHive Space, 68 High Street, Weybridge KT13 8BL. From there we cover the whole of Surrey, with most clients in Elmbridge, Runnymede, Woking, Guildford, Surrey Heath and the Reigate and Epsom corridor. Phone 01932 620100.
Do you come out to us, or is everything remote?
Both. Day-to-day advice is by phone, email and video because that is quicker and cheaper for you. We come on site when it matters: compliance audits, sensitive meetings, disciplinary and grievance hearings, redundancy consultations and manager training. Being local to Surrey is the point.
How much does an HR consultant cost in Surrey?
Beagle HR publishes its prices. Retained HR support starts at £299 per month plus VAT for up to 25 staff, the HR Club is £99 per month plus VAT for businesses with one to ten staff, a one-off HR compliance audit starts at £495 plus VAT, and ad hoc advice is £135 per hour plus VAT billed in 15-minute blocks. For comparison, an employment solicitor in Surrey typically charges £300 to £400 per hour.
Do you only work with Surrey businesses?
Surrey is home, and most of our clients are here, but we also support employers across Hampshire, the Berkshire border and south west London, and we have retained clients elsewhere in the UK who work with us remotely. If you are outside Surrey, ask and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.
How is Beagle HR different from Peninsula, Citation or Croner?
You deal with a named consultant who knows your business, not a call centre. Prices are published and fixed, there is a 12-month initial term rather than a three or five year contract, and we turn up in person in Surrey when you need us. We have written honest comparisons with Peninsula, Citation, Croner and BrightHR so you can judge for yourself.
How quickly can we get started?
Book a free 15-minute review and we scope the work on the call. Straightforward retainers are usually set up within seven days. The HR Compliance Programme starts on the 1st of the following month so we can run a proper audit first.
Related guides
- How much does outsourced HR cost in the UK in 2026?
- Do you need HR support with five employees?
- Outsourced HR for hospitality and care businesses in Surrey and the South East
- HR consultant vs in-house hire
Need HR support in Surrey? Book a free 15-minute review with Dan, ring 01932 620100 or send us a message. We will tell you what to do, and quote a fixed fee if you need our help.