New analysis of FCA and PRA rules, written for the people who have to put them into practice.
Regulatory Horizon
A single inconsistency between your financial projections and your regulatory business plan is enough to stall an FCA application clock indefinitely. At Compliance Consultant, we see dozens of financial…
The Audit Room
Under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, a London investment firm whose Money Laundering Reporting Officer conducts their own internal audit is effectively marking their own homework. At Compliance…
Conduct & Culture
Mid-sized investment firms frequently rely on large international consultancies for regulatory advice, resulting in unpredictable ad-hoc fees and theoretical recommendations that fail to integrate into daily…
Regulatory Horizon
Inconsistent financial forecasts cross-referenced against a Regulatory Business Plan remain the fastest way to trigger case officer information requests and halt the Financial Conduct Authority assessment clock…
Regulatory Horizon
The transition to Year 2 board reporting under the Financial Conduct Authority Consumer Duty has exposed a sharp operational divide in how UK wealth management firms and SIPP operators defend retail revenue…
Regulatory Horizon
Choosing an external regulatory partner is not an administrative procurement exercise; under UK financial services rules, it is a formal operational risk decision. For mid-sized investment firms, payment…
Compliance Consultant provides specialist regulatory support, training, and recruitment services primarily to financial services firms in the UK. They assist businesses in navigating complex FCA and PRA regulations through expert-led audits, authorization applications, and ongoing compliance monitoring. We exist to make compliance work – for the firms the big consultancies overlook. We turn regulation into something firms can actually run.
Compliance Consultant provides specialist regulatory compliance support, training, and recruitment services to financial services firms in the UK. They help businesses navigate complex FCA and PRA regulations through expert-led audits, authorisation applications, governance creation, and ongoing compliance monitoring. Their mission is to make compliance genuinely workable for smaller regulated firms — delivering chartered-grade City consultancy expertise through fixed-price projects and tiered advisory retainers at price points that actually fit smaller businesses.
Regulated UK firms that lack the budget or headcount for a full in-house compliance function but still face the same FCA obligations as large institutions.
Start-ups and scale-ups in financial services that need to secure FCA authorisation and build robust compliance frameworks from scratch.
SMF holders and compliance professionals who carry personal regulatory accountability under SMCR and need expert support to fulfil their obligations.
Established firms scaling their operations who need governance structures and compliance programmes that grow with them.
They offer a hands-on, expert-led approach to regulatory compliance that bridge the gap between complex and understandable. Chartered-grade FCA compliance expertise, delivered through productised toolkits, fixed price projects and tiered advisory retainers – so that smaller regulated firms get the standard of a City consultancy at a price that genuinely fits their business.
Specialist focus exclusively on UK financial services regulatory compliance, covering FCA and PRA frameworks
Delivers chartered-grade compliance expertise typically only accessible through large City consultancies
Productised service model with fixed-price transparency, removing the cost uncertainty common in compliance consulting
Covers the full compliance lifecycle — from FCA authorisation through to ongoing monitoring, audits, and wind-down planning
Deep specialism across high-priority regulatory regimes including Consumer Duty, SMCR, and AML
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