What If HR

What If HR
21 Dunedin Drive, Caterham, CR3 6BA
Whyteleafe
Surrey
CR3 6BA
United Kingdom
Mobile: 07557 982 407


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Practical HR support for growing UK businesses

What If HR provides practical, commercially-minded HR support for small and growing UK businesses without an in-house
HR function. Based in Surrey and working across London, South London, the South East and remotely across the UK, we
help business owners get the people basics right before problems become expensive.

We support employers at key growth moments: hiring a first employee, reviewing contracts, building a staff handbook,
putting proper policies in place, managing sickness absence, performance, disciplinary or grievance situations, and setting
up HR systems and processes that managers will actually use.

Our work is plain-English and proportionate to the size of the business. A 10-person team does not need corporate HR. It
needs clear contracts, usable policies, simple processes, manager guidance and access to someone who knows what to
do when a people issue lands.

Services include outsourced HR support, retained HR partner support, HR health checks, HR foundations packages,
employment contracts, staff handbooks, employee relations support, first-hire HR setup, HR compliance reviews, manager
guidance and HR systems support.

What If HR is founded and led by Elena Suhova, MSc HRM. We work best with owner-managed service businesses that
care about being fair, compliant and practical, but do not want a corporate HR department or a generic template shop.


What If HR local HR partner banner featuring Elena Suhova, offering small business HR support, outsourced HR services and practical employer advice in Caterham, Surrey and South London.
What If HR local HR partner banner featuring Elena Suhova, offering small business HR support, outsourced HR services and practical employer advice in Caterham, Surrey and South London.
What If HR branded desk image representing retained HR support, employment contracts, staff handbooks and HR compliance help for businesses across Surrey and London.
What If HR branded desk image representing retained HR support, employment contracts, staff handbooks and HR compliance help for businesses across Surrey and London.
Elena Suhova, founder of What If HR, providing practical HR consultancy, first-hire HR setup and employee relations support for small businesses in Caterham, Surrey and remote UK.
Elena Suhova, founder of What If HR, providing practical HR consultancy, first-hire HR setup and employee relations support for small businesses in Caterham, Surrey and remote UK.
What If HR consultation image with Elena Suhova, showing plain-English HR advice, manager guidance and employee relations support for growing businesses in London, South London and Surrey.
What If HR consultation image with Elena Suhova, showing plain-English HR advice, manager guidance and employee relations support for growing businesses in London, South London and Surrey.
What If HR service banner for businesses without in-house HR, offering HR foundations, contracts, handbooks, policies and compliance support across South East England and the UK.
What If HR service banner for businesses without in-house HR, offering HR foundations, contracts, handbooks, policies and compliance support across South East England and the UK.
Elena Suhova of What If HR, providing outsourced HR support, retained HR partner services and HR consultancy for small businesses in Caterham, Surrey, London and remote UK.
Elena Suhova of What If HR, providing outsourced HR support, retained HR partner services and HR consultancy for small businesses in Caterham, Surrey, London and remote UK.
Opening Times
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun Closed

Email Addresses
hello@whatifhr.co.uk

Services:
Outsourced HR support for small and growing businesses, Retained HR Partner support, HR Health Check / HR compliance audit, HR Foundations Package: contracts, handbook, core policies and onboarding process, Employment contracts and written statements of particulars, Staff handbook and policy drafting/review, Employee relations support: disciplinary, grievance, misconduct and investigations, Sickness absence and long-term absence management, Performance management and probation support, First Employee HR Setup / first-hire documents and onboarding checklist, HR systems setup and implementation support, including Breathe HR or similar systems, Manager guidance and practical HR training, Employment law compliance updates and Employment Rights Act 2025 readiness, Flexible working, holiday, right-to-work and onboarding process support, Redundancy and restructure support where appropriate

Associations:
FSB member, CIPD Associate, MSc Human Resource Management, Birkbeck University of London, ICO registered badge, Hireful Partner, BreatheHR Partner

Languages:
English, Russian

Established:
2020
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