Just querying if there is any way to log a Salry / Wage payment as made, without using the Payroll function. Currently my account is still handling all the salary returns and therefore I do not require the payroll functionality (yet). So am just looking to add an ad hoc wage payment to display in Bank account…

Ok, so you also need to get him to tell you how to add the journal entries (you can invite him into the product to do it for you).
If you're not familiar with journal entries be careful they'll mess up your accounts if done wrong.
My advice if you're looking to move to Bullet for payroll is to do the following.
Ignore the payments till that point.
Move to payroll now. You can still let your accountant handle it but you just use Bullet to record the payroll.
Pete