Outsourcery

What Outsourcery does

Outsourcery is a UK-targeted remote staffing platform founded in 2015 that places South African professionals ("Outsourcerers") into UK SMB and mid-market businesses. The company operates three distinct hiring models: FLEX (fractional team members from £15/hour, minimum 20 hours/month, on rolling monthly contracts); DIRECT (full-time professionals employed by Outsourcery and assigned exclusively to a single client, priced at up to 40% below equivalent UK hiring costs); and RECRUIT (a sourcing and vetting service with a one-time 20% of first-year salary placement fee that hands the candidate over for direct client employment with a 3-month replacement guarantee). All three products draw on the same curated talent pool and shift only the employment structure, allowing Outsourcery to capture clients across a spectrum from light-touch fractional support through to permanent headcount building.

Underlying delivery is operations-heavy rather than technology-led: Outsourcery operates as a consultative, sales-led business with no self-service purchasing, no app, no public API, and minimal proprietary technology beyond standard back-office tooling (Stripe for payments, Zoho Recruit for ATS). The legal entity (Outsourcery Limited, registered in England and Wales) is paired with a Cyprus-domiciled headquarters at 5 Andrea Patsalidi Street, Nicosia; operational staff are remote and distributed in South Africa. Compliance is anchored by ICO registration (#ZB772541) and IARSP certification. The go-to-market is entirely direct sales - "Book a call" CTAs convert into 30-minute discovery calls that map prospect needs onto one of the three models, supported by organic content (blog, case studies, free hiring guide) and Google review-led trust signals. Customers cited span Food & Beverage, Financial Services, Logistics, Consumer Goods, Professional Services, Healthcare, Education, Fashion, Retail, Media, Arts, and nonprofits; the firm claims 2,000+ UK businesses served, 2,500+ successful hires, and 150+ currently active professionals, with a 4.9/5 Google rating across 140+ reviews.

Name

Outsourcery

Legal name

Outsourcery Limited

Website

https://outsourcery.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Outsourcery is a UK-targeted remote staffing platform founded in 2015 that places South African professionals into UK SMBs and mid-market firms via three hiring models: FLEX fractional, DIRECT full-time, and RECRUIT placement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Remote Staffing Services

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (561330), Employment Services (5613), Temporary Help Services (56132)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPACAKAD

Payroll Outsourcing & Pay Administration (Multi-country/Managed Payroll)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/HR Outsourcing (HRO) & Shared Services

SECONDARYBPACAKAG

Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/HR Outsourcing (HRO) & Shared Services

SECONDARYBPACAKAJ

Workforce Management & Scheduling Outsourcing (Non-payroll)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/HR Outsourcing (HRO) & Shared Services

Keywords

• Remote staffing services
• Fractional team members
• Offshore recruitment
• Virtual assistant services
• UK business hiring

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. FLEX Subscription: Monthly subscription model for fractional team members. Clients pay an hourly rate (from £15/hour) for dedicated professionals working minimum 20 hours per month on rolling monthly contracts. Covers finding, vetting, employing, onboarding, and full HR, payroll, and compliance.
2. DIRECT Full-time Employment: Full-time professionals employed by Outsourcery and assigned exclusively to clients. Clients pay a monthly fee covering salary, recruitment, employment, onboarding, HR, payroll, and compliance. Typically costs 40% less than UK full-time hires.
3. RECRUIT Placement: One-time placement fee of 20% of first-year salary, due within 7 days of start. Outsourcery sources and vets candidates to client brief, then hands them over for direct employment. Includes 3-month replacement guarantee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Outsourcery is a remote talent outsourcing company that connects UK businesses with skilled, UK-aligned professionals based in South Africa. It offers three hiring models: FLEX (fractional team members from 20 hours/month at £15/hour), DIRECT (full-time professionals employed by Outsourcery and assigned exclusively to clients), and RECRUIT (sourcing and vetting service with a one-time 20% placement fee for direct client employment). The company handles all recruitment, vetting, employment, HR, payroll, and compliance on behalf of UK clients.

Product overview

Outsourcery operates as a remote talent outsourcing platform connecting UK businesses with skilled South African professionals. The company offers three distinct hiring models: FLEX (fractional/part-time hiring from £15/hour), DIRECT (full-time hires at 40% savings vs UK costs), and RECRUIT (sourcing/vetting service with 20% placement fee). All three models provide access to the same pool of skilled, UK-aligned remote professionals employed by Outsourcery, differentiated by employment structure and hiring approach. The company has served over 2,000 UK businesses since 2015 with over 150 dedicated professionals and 2,500+ successful hires.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FLEX

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 40% cost savings compared to UK hires
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Deel: Global EOR, payroll, and contractor management platform. Operates at much larger scale and broader geographic scope than Outsourcery, but competes for the same UK SMB/mid-market demand for international hiring and employment administration.
• Remote.com: Global employer-of-record and payroll platform with multi-country coverage. Targets a similar customer need (employing international workers compliantly) and overlaps with Outsourcery's DIRECT product, but at significantly larger scale.
• Oyster HR: EOR and global HR platform focused on distributed hiring. Competes for the same SMB/mid-market clients Outsourcery serves in the UK, but offers broader country coverage and a more productized, self-serve platform.
• Multiplier: Global EOR, payroll, and contractor management provider. Targets the same UK SMB hiring pain (cost, speed, compliance) that Outsourcery solves, but with a multi-country platform and tech-led onboarding.

Direct peers

• Pangea.app: Remote talent marketplace connecting businesses with vetted international professionals (including South Africa and other emerging markets). Closest functional peer to Outsourcery's FLEX fractional model and talent-pool approach.
• Belay: US-based virtual staffing company providing fractional and full-time remote professionals to SMBs. Highly comparable business model to Outsourcery's FLEX and DIRECT products, focused on admin, ops, finance, and marketing roles, though serving a different geography.
• Wishup: India-based virtual assistant and remote staffing service selling fractional and full-time support to SMBs in Western markets. Operates a similar fractional/full-time model with full employment, payroll, and compliance bundled in.
• CloudFactory: Distributed workforce provider employing vetted talent in emerging markets (including Africa and Asia) to deliver managed services for international clients. Comparable in the EOR-plus-managed-delivery model, with similar emerging-market talent positioning.

Emerging players

• Andela: Global talent marketplace originating in Africa that connects businesses with vetted technical and operational professionals. Overlaps with Outsourcery's South Africa talent sourcing and remote-staffing model, though with a heavier tech-talent focus.
• Toptal: Elite freelance and remote-talent platform supplying vetted professionals to businesses globally. Comparable in providing remote professionals to SMBs/mid-market clients, though skewed to higher-skill, project-based engagements rather than ongoing employment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/outsourcery1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/outsourcery-os

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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