The most common gaps for each type of business, and what TestSafe covers.
CQC handles your regulated activity. We check the practical compliance underneath it - employment records, physical premises, the records that commissioners, insurers, and local authority contracts officers look for when they come through the door.
Reports are written in plain language your team can actually use. We do not provide legal advice or carry out specialist assessments that require a separate qualification - we tell you where one is needed.
Our assessor holds:
Available for inspection on request.
Care homes benefit most from regular physical presence. We walk the building, talk to the team, and notice things that do not make it into a phone call. Monthly or bi-monthly visits keep your records current and your staff aware that compliance is being actively managed. See how the retained arrangement works.
Your insurer, your booking platform, and any future buyer will ask for the same paperwork. Most holiday let owners have some of it somewhere. Very few have all of it, current, signed, and ready to produce.
We visit the site, assess what is there, produce the documentation, and tell you exactly what needs to change. One visit, clear report, no jargon.
Between seasons and changeovers we build a visit schedule around your calendar. Pre-season check before guests arrive. Mid-season walk-through. End of season review. You know what has been checked and when. See how the retained arrangement works.
Pubs, cafes, restaurants, catering kitchens.
Most operators know that one or two things are out of date. The HACCP plan was written when they opened. The allergen matrix does not reflect the current menu. The temperature logs have gaps. We go through it, tell you what is missing, and write it up. Rewriting HACCP plans is outside our scope - a food safety specialist should do that.
We will not slow your service down to do it.
In a food business the gap between visits is where problems develop. We come in regularly, sometimes for a temperature check, sometimes just to walk the kitchen and have a conversation. EHOs notice when a business is actively managed. We help you look like one.
We come in before your busy period, during it if needed, and after. You know the risks in your venue better than anyone. We help you document them properly and stay ahead of what the FWA and EHO will want to see. See how the retained arrangement works.
Small teams, real obligations.
Smaller risk profile does not mean no obligation. Insurers ask for fire safety records. Landlords ask for electrical safety records. GDPR applies to every business that holds a customer email address. Most small offices have not looked at any of this since they moved in.
We check what matters, skip what does not apply, and write up what needs attention.
If your team works remotely, even part of the week, you still have a legal duty to assess their workstations. We visit them at home or carry out a video-assisted assessment, whichever works for them. Most businesses with hybrid staff have never done this. More on DSE assessments.
Workshops, yards, mobile operations.
Higher risk environments need stronger paperwork. COSHH, manual handling, working at height, lone worker procedures. The HSE will ask for evidence of assessment, not just awareness. We check what is there and tell you what is missing.
Tell us what you do. If we cover it, we'll say so. If we don't, we'll say that too.