Ayvens salary sacrifice: an employer's guide
How employers can assess, operate, and improve Ayvens UK salary sacrifice arrangements, including documents, governance, provider selection, and additional manufacturer support.
Last reviewed: 21 September 2026
Independent employer-side guide. Fagan & Company is not affiliated with Ayvens UK. Public proposition details can change; verify them against the current proposal and signed documents.
Who is this page for?
Choose the route that matches your question. Employers get the review and selection material; employees and existing scheme members get practical help with cars, quotes and portals.
I represent an employer
Reviewing a live Ayvens programme, building a shortlist, preparing a tender, or considering a second provider.
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Looking for available cars, prices, a portal, or help understanding a Ayvens quotation.
Employee and scheme member helpStart with the legal entity and the evidence
Employer due-diligence guidance updated on 12 October 2026. The public-proposition review date above refers to the provider material reviewed; financial records carry their own review date and reporting periods.
Before comparing Ayvens UK with another provider, confirm the legal names of the scheme administrator, employer counterparty, vehicle lessor and insurer. Match the accounts and funding evidence to those entities, then use the same vehicle, term, mileage, package and life-event scenarios for each bid.
Record an unsupported answer as an evidence gap rather than a missing capability. Follow the salary sacrifice provider tender timetable and proposal questions or start with an incumbent programme audit when the provider is already appointed.
What is Ayvens salary sacrifice?
Ayvens presents a fully managed electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme for larger UK employers. Its current public page refers to implementation support, ET XTRA early termination protection, employee communications, licence checking, HM Revenue & Customs reporting, home charging at additional cost, and ongoing account support.
This creates a broad starting specification, but each item still needs to be converted into measurable commitments. Employers should confirm eligibility thresholds, exclusions, data flows, employer workload, service levels, and how the scheme fits existing fleet arrangements.
Provider source reviewed: Ayvens UK's official UK information. This source confirms the public proposition only; the employer's proposal and contracts govern the live arrangement.
Ayvens, LeasePlan, and ALD Automotive: what changed?
Ayvens is the brand created after ALD Automotive acquired LeasePlan. The combined Ayvens name was announced in 2023 and has since been applied across the group's markets, including the United Kingdom.
LeasePlan UK Limited trades as Ayvens, and ALD Automotive UK directs new customers towards Ayvens. Searches for LeasePlan salary sacrifice or ALD Automotive salary sacrifice therefore usually lead to the same current brand.
A brand change does not by itself prove that a particular employer contract, legal entity or employee portal has migrated. Agreements can remain with the original contracting entity, and employees can continue to use an existing portal, while the public brand shows Ayvens.
Check three things for your own scheme: which legal entity is named in the signed agreement, which entity issues invoices and quotations, and which portal or service route your employees are told to use. Confirm each in writing rather than inferring it from the brand on a website.
Sources reviewed: Ayvens: about us; Ayvens: sustainability; ALD Automotive UK: contact us. Public information can change, and the signed agreement governs the live arrangement.
What Ayvens's public proposition tells employers
These points help frame a review. They are not a ranking, endorsement, or substitute for current contractual evidence.
Large-employer focus
Ayvens' public UK page says it can support companies with more than 1,000 employees, signalling an enterprise implementation model.
Enterprise implementation evidence
The current page links to a Virgin Media O2 case study about unifying an electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme across a combined workforce.
Early termination product
Ayvens names its protection as ET XTRA and notes that exclusions apply; employers need the full wording and worked scenarios.
Company financials and ownership
LeasePlan UK Limited, company number 01397939. Incorporated 6 Nov 1978. Financial and ownership review: 12 Oct 2026.
Company-only LeasePlan UK accounts for one Ayvens UK legal entity. They exclude ALD Automotive Limited and are not combined Ayvens UK or worldwide group results. Confirm which entity contracts and funds the proposed scheme. Incorporation is the legal entity's registration date, not the launch date of its salary sacrifice scheme. Confirm the contracting entity in your employer agreement.
Three-year financial record
Staff definition: Monthly average company employees. The 2024 count reflects staff transferred from ALD UK in November 2024, with some costs recharged to ALD UK. It is not combined Ayvens UK headcount on a constant organisational basis.
| Measure | Year ended 31 Dec 2022 | Year ended 31 Dec 2023 | Year ended 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue / turnover | £1,121.1m (p. 37) | £1,288.9m (p. 33) | £1,313.3m (p. 33) |
| Operating profit / (loss) | Not disclosed separately | Not disclosed separately | Not disclosed separately |
| Profit / (loss) before tax | £119.2m (p. 37) | -£130.8m (p. 33) | -£178.1m (p. 33) |
| Reported average staff measure | 505 (p. 58) | 551 (p. 47) | 659 (p. 47) |
| Net assets / (liabilities) | £577.1m (p. 38) | £366.4m (p. 34) | £230.4m (p. 34) |
| Cash / cash equivalents | £1.4m (p. 38) | £0.6m (p. 34) | £4.1m (p. 34) |
| Revenue change from previous year | Baseline | Not comparable | 1.9% |
| Change in profit before tax | Baseline | Not comparable | -£47.2m |
| Profit before tax / revenue | 10.6% | -10.1% | -13.6% |
- 1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2022: Restated comparative in the 2023 filing, retained on its historical basis; not aligned to the later 2024 restatement. Source accounts, filed 28 Feb 2025.
- 1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2023: Restated comparative from the 2024 filing, superseding the originally filed 2023 figures. Source accounts, filed 8 Oct 2025.
- 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024: Latest filed period retrieved. Staff transfer from ALD UK affects the organisational comparison. Source accounts, filed 8 Oct 2025.
Ownership and control
Registered corporate controller: Inula Holding UK Limited. The register reports ownership of 75% or more of shares. Notified-on date on the register: 6 Apr 2016. Companies House control record.
Parent disclosed in the reviewed accounts: Immediate parent Inula Holding UK Limited; ultimate parent Société Générale S.A.; smallest consolidating group Ayvens S.A.. Ownership note, PDF page 58. Ownership disclosure in the latest reviewed accounts. Current register and historic account disclosures are shown separately.
A corporate controller is not necessarily an individual ultimate beneficial owner. We have not established an individual ultimate beneficial owner in this review. Group ownership does not itself establish a parent guarantee of the employer's agreement.
What this means for employers
Use the restated 2023 comparative in the 2024 accounts. The restatement changes impairment of operating lease assets as well as securitisation presentation. The 2022 historical figures have not been aligned to that later basis, so change into 2023 is suppressed. The staff transfer and separate ALD legal entity make a simple brand-wide headcount or revenue comparison inappropriate. An operating-profit subtotal is not separately reported.
Context sources: PDF page 33, PDF page 47, PDF page 59, PDF page 60. Independent auditor's report for the latest reviewed accounts.
- Which Ayvens legal entity will contract, fund and provide each service following the LeasePlan and ALD integration?
- What do staff transfers, portfolio transfers and system changes mean for implementation and escalation on this employer's route?
These historical company accounts do not isolate the economics of your scheme or constitute a credit rating. Different vehicle ownership, funding, disposal and group-service arrangements affect comparability. Read the financial comparison and methodology, then test current evidence through the provider-selection scorecard.
If your employer already uses Ayvens
An independent review can improve an established programme without disrupting the provider relationship.
Turn breadth into accountable service
Map every stated service to a legal entity, owner, service level, data output, and escalation route.
Test ET XTRA against real events
Model resignations, redundancy, parental leave, long-term sickness, death, and other exceptions against the policy wording.
Use engagement support strategically
Connect provider communications with manufacturer events, test drives, and targeted employee education rather than relying on launch-only activity.
Where independent employer-side support adds value
The provider supplies and administers the agreed proposition. The employer still needs to decide what good looks like, protect employment and payroll controls, reconcile the commercial model, and hold all parties to the intended outcome.
- Audit the signed programme, employee journey, payroll operation, risk allocation, and live service against the employer's objectives.
- Review quotations and supplier terms on a complete, like-for-like basis, including funding, maintenance, insurance, tax, protection, and employer savings.
- Improve employee activation through targeted communications, vehicle education, workplace events, test drives, and analysis of eligible but inactive employees.
- Define management information, service reviews, complaint escalation, change control, and measurable improvement actions.
See our employee car benefit programme audit for the wider review framework.
If Ayvens is being shortlisted
Start with the employer's workforce, policies, payroll, risk appetite, vehicle strategy, and service requirements. A provider comparison should then test consistent evidence, pricing assumptions, and scenarios across every bidder. See our provider tender service or second-provider assessment for the decision process.
Fagan & Company can help define requirements, prepare or review tender documents, manage clarifications, normalise responses, assess standard paperwork, support negotiation, and turn the selected proposition into an implementable operating model. Formal legal, tax, and regulated insurance advice remains with the employer's appointed specialists.
Questions to put to Ayvens
Require written, employer-specific answers and worked examples where the outcome depends on an employee event or exception.
1. What employee and employer eligibility criteria sit behind the stated 1,000-employee focus?
Record the response, evidence, owner, any exception, and the contractual document in which the commitment will sit.
2. Which ET XTRA events, time limits, exclusions, and financial caps apply?
Record the response, evidence, owner, any exception, and the contractual document in which the commitment will sit.
3. What reporting is provided for tax, payroll, take-up, service, and sustainability outcomes?
Record the response, evidence, owner, any exception, and the contractual document in which the commitment will sit.
4. Which activities remain with employer reward, payroll, fleet, and procurement teams?
Record the response, evidence, owner, any exception, and the contractual document in which the commitment will sit.
Documents and commercial terms to review
Salary sacrifice is not governed by one document. Contract, employment, payroll, tax, insurance, leasing, and operational terms must work together without gaps or contradictory promises.
Core employer pack
- employer master agreement and all commercial schedules
- employee salary sacrifice arrangement or contract change letter
- scheme policy, eligibility rules, and minimum-pay controls
- vehicle lease, maintenance, insurance, and early termination terms
- payroll files, tax reporting, data protection, and management information specifications
- implementation plan, service levels, complaints process, change control, and exit arrangements
Provider-specific evidence
- ET XTRA policy wording, exclusions, limits, and worked examples
- Implementation plan, payroll files, tax-reporting responsibilities, and readiness criteria
- Employee engagement, home charging, and sustainability reporting schedules
Adding manufacturer terms to Ayvens salary sacrifice
The leasing provider's standard portal terms are not always the complete support available to a named employer. A vehicle manufacturer may be willing to approve additional end-user terms or resources for an employer programme, subject to its fleet policy and the purchasing, funding, retailer, and delivery route.
We can approach manufacturers, establish employer attribution, and seek written confirmation that the nominated leasing company and supply route qualify. The review should establish whether support is additional to retailer discount, which parts of the vehicle price and factory options it covers, how it appears in the rental, how orders are reported, and whether home delivery requires repeated approval.
Commercial terms are only one part of activation. Manufacturers may also support workplace events, display vehicles, test drives, product experts, employee communications, and model-specific education. These resources should be coordinated with Ayvens, not run as a disconnected campaign.
Learn more about our manufacturer and employer-channel advisory.
Employee and scheme member help
There is no single public price list or car list that applies to everyone. Employer policy, scheme rules, contract term, annual mileage, insurance eligibility, vehicle availability and the live quotation all affect what you can order and what it costs you.
If your scheme paperwork says LeasePlan or ALD Automotive, you may still be looking for Ayvens. The brand has changed, but the documents your employer signed decide the terms that apply to you.
My portal still says LeasePlan. Is that a problem?
Not necessarily. Employers and portals move across at different times. Ask your employer or the scheme contact to confirm the current portal, the contracting entity and where to send service requests.
How do I find my available cars and my quote?
Use the scheme route your employer has provided. Vehicle choice, term, mileage and eligibility are set by your employer's policy, so a public page cannot show your personal figures.
Where to go next
- Salary sacrifice calculator to build an independent estimate from your own salary.
- Car research library to research models before you check availability with your scheme.
- Ayvens' official UK information for the provider's own site and portal route.
We are independent and not affiliated with Ayvens. We do not hold your scheme details and cannot see your quotation, so your employer and the scheme portal remain the correct route for personal figures.
Ayvens salary sacrifice FAQs
Answers for employers reviewing a live scheme or considering the provider.
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