My employer has the business that I work for, registered as dormant.

Penguin_

Dogsarethebest1 said:

I will follow the suggestions above about the SAR from HMRC. Thanks for that advice. There are only 3 appointments  linked to my boss’s name on Companies House - two are dissolved and the one I work for, is dormant and is registered as a Ltd company. 

Are you sure the company that pay you & the company you work for are one & the same? 

Dogsarethebest1

I have never been online on HMRC. I now realise that if you are a sole trader, then you aren’t registered with companies house. My payslip is the same name as the company I work for, without the Ltd. So I think the company is dormant to protect the company name but my boss operates as a sole trader. 

I’m definitely going to check online with HMRC though, as my boss has also failed to set up a worked based pension for me, even though I upped my hours last year and now earn enough to be eligible for one. 

Many thanks for all your help everyone. 

Longwalker

Check who's paying you - your Gateway account will show you that 

For the first two years in my last employ, I was paid by the wife as he was bankrupt 

Dogsarethebest1

Thanks, will do.