It is not just the reliable and easy to use HR, Attendance and Payroll software that we are delighted with, it is also the first class personal support and service. We have built up an excellent relationship with Carval. It is reassuring to know that their help is only a phone call away ...I recommend them without hesitation

Janet Whiting, Lear Corporation

Carval Company Profile

Carval Computing Limited has been providing software for Human Resources and Payroll professionals since 1986. Our flexible, easy-to-use, integrated software solutions are relied upon by businesses throughout the UK, including many well-known household names, public sector and not-for-profit organisations.

Our integrated HR Unity software range is developed, distributed and supported in the UK by Carval's own experienced and qualified professional staff. We understand your business needs and work with you to deliver a solution that's right for you. From initial consultancy to implementation and beyond we support you all the way.

Carval Computing Limited was founded in 1986 in Plymouth, Devon. Our first software solutions were written for the UNIX operating platform. The first module written at that time was a Time & Attendance System closely followed by Payroll and Personnel Software. In 1997 we took the decision to re-write our software for the Windows Environment using Borland Delphi. The first Windows module for Payroll was installed that Year. The Personnel and Time & Attendance Modules followed shortly after.

In 1998 Carval Computing Limited became the first IT Company based in the South West to achieve the prestigious Investors in People Award and we moved from our original offices at Enterprise Park in Stoke in Plymouth to our current surroundings in the modern Tamar Science Park Complex. We remain immensely proud of our South West heritage and are committed to retaining a presence there. Carval have continued to achieve re-recognition of the Investors in People Standard every year since. This has been awarded in recognition of the company's commitment to quality training and staff development in the fast moving Information Technology sector. This ongoing commitment to the development of both our people and our software has seen Carval grow to become a respected and well-established brand with a rapidly growing client-base throughout the UK.

In 2002 Carval Computing Limited acquired its second UK office at the prestigious Wrest Park in Silsoe, Bedfordshire. The Wrest Park Office is the Support and Training Centre for the Carval HR Unity system and is manned by a dedicated team who speak with clients across the UK. Modern technology and dial in facilities are also utilised by the support team to ensure a rapid response to client queries.

Our Partners

Carval is committed to developing strategic partnerships with providers of innovative solutions that will benefit our clients and offer us commercial advantage. For example:

  • Flexible Benefits

    Carval offer a standard interface to Thomsons and Working Wealth the UK’s leading online flexible benefits providers, linking employee benefit selections via Self-Service to payroll processing and P11D modules.

  • Time & Attendance Technology 

    Carval work with Feedback Data Ltd and Accu-tech Systems to offer the very latest in Time & Attendance data capture technology including biometric vein readers.

  • Access Control Systems

    Carval partners with Feedback Data Ltd to offer highly specialised access control and advanced security management systems which integrate with Carval’s Unitend Time and Attendance software.

  • Dynamic Integration with Sage

    Our experience shows that as a company grows it is often their Human Resource Management requirements that initially drive investment in technology rather than payroll. To address this need Carval have developed a dynamic interface with Sage, as it is one of the most widely-used payroll processing packages in the SME sector, allowing medium-sized businesses a cost-effective route towards an integrated solution and the benefit of leading-edge HR and Time & Attendance solutions.

  • BACS Software

    Carval partner with InterSoftware who has over 20 years experience in developing BACS payment software solutions and were closely involved in the development of the BACSTEL-IP system.