What you need
to sign up

Information we need:

• your name
• business correspondence address
• your email address

Information to get ready:

• your business' legal name
• PAYE reference
• how many workers you currently employ
• details of the person who makes decisions about your Nest account. You need to enter their name, correspondence address, email, job title and phone number

If other people will be helping you to manage your Nest account, you need to enter information about each one of them. This includes:

• their name
• business correspondence and email address
• job title
• business phone number

If you’re using a payroll administrator, you need:

• the name of their organisation that they’ve registered on Nest
• their Nest ID

Information to get ready:

• your UK bank details
• details of any debit card you want to use

If you’re using payroll software, it’s important that you set up your Nest account using the same pay periods you use in your software. For example, if you pay your workers monthly, you need to choose this option when you set up with us too.

You’ll usually find clear instructions within your software that explain how you set it up with Nest.

Information to get ready:

• your pay period – this is how often you pay your workers
• the start date of your current pay period
• your percentage pension contribution rates
• what part of your workers’ pay you’ll use to calculate contributions – this could be their qualifying earnings, for example.