Paul Fielding
Managing Director, Stonebridge
Ideal first HR system for a startup
For a team our size it covers everything we need without the bloat of a big HR suite.
Perfect fit for a small, growing company.
Integrations are fairly limited.

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Managing Director, Stonebridge
For a team our size it covers everything we need without the bloat of a big HR suite.
Perfect fit for a small, growing company.
Integrations are fairly limited.
Office Manager, Carrick Ltd
LinkedIn verifiedIt is clearly built for small UK companies and it shows in how simple everything is.
Onboarding new starters is smooth and organised.
Reporting is light if you want to analyse the data.
Founder, Mersey
LinkedIn verifiedWe went from Google Sheets to Charlie in an afternoon. Onboarding new starters is now a proper checklist rather than a scramble.
Perfect fit for a small, growing company.
Reporting is light if you want to analyse the data.
Office Manager, Selby & Co
The free tier let us trial it properly before we grew into the paid plan. Lovely modern interface throughout.
The interface is modern and genuinely nice to use.
Reporting is light if you want to analyse the data.
Co-founder, Cotswold Ltd
It is clearly built for small UK companies and it shows in how simple everything is.
Perfect fit for a small, growing company.
Support is email led so answers are not instant.
Operations Manager, Farrow Services
It was lovely and simple but we hit its limits on reporting and integrations sooner than expected.
The onboarding flow was nice.
Reporting was too basic.
Team Lead, Camden Partners
It was lovely and simple but we hit its limits on reporting and integrations sooner than expected.
The onboarding flow was nice.
Reporting was too basic.
Founder, Thames Digital
LinkedIn verifiedNo frills, just clean time off and records. Setup was quick and the team adopted it without any training.
The interface is modern and genuinely nice to use.
Support is email led so answers are not instant.
Team Lead
It is clearly built for small UK companies and it shows in how simple everything is.
Quick to set up with no training needed.
Nothing worth noting.
Head of People, Carrick Ltd
No nonsense HR for a startup. It does the essentials cleanly.
Clear time off management.
Limited integrations.
CharlieHR Response— responded on 25 September 2024
Thank you. Glad onboarding and time off are running smoothly for your team.