Stratford Ellis
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Advisory · Regulatory compliance & governance

Compliance and governance you can defend, without grinding the business to a halt.

Property and infrastructure businesses sit under a heavy regulatory load: building safety, ESG, data protection, health and safety, sector regulators. We help you understand exactly what applies, put the right governance in place around your data and systems, and build the evidence you need to demonstrate it.

How we help

Scoped from an assessment, then delivered.

Regulatory compliance assessment

We benchmark where you stand against the regulations that actually apply, and prioritise what to address first.

Data protection and privacy frameworks

We design the controls, records and processes that keep personal and sensitive data handled correctly.

Audit preparation and support

We get you ready for audit and stay with you through it, so nobody spends the week before it panicking.

Policy, governance and monitoring

We write the policies, design the governance structure and put the monitoring in place to keep you on track.

Why it matters

Confidence with regulators, customers and your own team.

Governance is not paperwork for its own sake. It is how you show a regulator, a client or an insurer that the business is run properly, and it is usually what stands between you and bigger contracts.

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Choose the right starting point

A focused review or a wider health check?

Both are independent advisory engagements. The difference is breadth: one answers a defined question; the other examines the connected systems, data and processes behind the business.

For a defined system or operational question

Business Systems Review

A focused review when the problem is already reasonably clear and you need an independent view before making a decision.

  • One defined system, workflow or decision
  • Focused stakeholder input and evidence review
  • Clear findings and practical next steps
  • Best when the brief can be tightly bounded
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For a broader view across the business

Systems and Data Health Check

A wider assessment of how systems, data and processes work together, where value is leaking and what to tackle first.

  • The connected systems and data landscape
  • Operational workflows, risks and reporting
  • Prioritised findings and a costed 90-day plan
  • Delivered within 15 working days from the agreed start
Explore the Health Check

Not sure which fits? We will recommend the smallest useful scope, with no obligation to use us for delivery.

Not sure this is the right thing to build yet?

Tell us what is slowing the business down. We will say honestly whether this is the answer or whether something further upstream needs fixing first.