Your Health & Safety Partner
Practical health & safety support for UK small businesses. Clear documentation, straightforward advice and ongoing support to help you build your business with confidence.
Businesses starting from scratch
Built for small businesses with little or no health & safety documentation currently in place — including new businesses, growing teams, and anyone who’s never had this properly looked at before.
Ironshore Foundation — everything your business needs to get started
If you’re not sure where to begin with health & safety, Foundation gives you everything in one straightforward package — so nothing is missing, and nothing is guesswork.
What’s Included
- ✔ Health & Safety Policy
- ✔ General Risk Assessment
- ✔ Action Plan
- ✔ Executive Summary
- ✔ Professional Report Pack
- ✔ 30 Days Email Support
Foundation gives most small businesses everything they need to establish compliant health & safety foundations, in one clear, fixed-price package.
Wherever you’re starting from, there’s a clear path to compliance
We organise our support around the outcomes businesses actually need — not a menu of individual documents.
Foundation
Establish compliant health & safety foundations from scratch, with a clear plan you can act on immediately.
Explore Foundation →Construction Compliance
Work safely and compliantly on site, with the documentation contractors and clients expect to see.
Learn More →Workplace Safety
Understand and control the everyday risks in your workplace — from hazardous substances to fire safety.
Learn More →Ongoing Compliance
Stay compliant year after year, with a named competent person and regular reviews built in.
Learn More →Simple from start to finish
Get in touch
Fill in the form. A quick conversation to understand what you need.
Complete a short questionnaire
Tell us about your business and current arrangements. Around 10 minutes.
We produce clear documentation
Your compliant, branded documents are prepared and delivered within 5 working days.
We keep you on track
With an Ongoing Compliance retainer, your documentation stays current, year after year.
Built to be simple, straightforward, and genuinely useful
Your Trusted Partner
A long-term partner for your business, not just a one-off document. We take the time to understand how you work, and stay with you as your needs change.
Fixed Pricing
No hourly rates, no surprise invoices. You know the cost before we start any work.
Plain English
Documents that reflect your actual business, written so you can understand every page.
Ongoing Support
Health & safety isn’t a one-off task. We help you stay on track and compliant, year after year.
Our most requested services
Every assessment is tailored to your business, professionally reviewed, and produced to a consistent standard.
COSHH Assessment
Understand the hazardous substances in your business and put the right controls in place — chemicals, cleaning products, paints, solvents and similar.
Learn More →General Risk Assessment
Understand and manage the risks in your workplace, with clear, practical controls and the confidence that comes with knowing where you stand.
Learn More →Health & Safety Policy
Set out how your business manages health & safety, tailored to your organisation — a legal requirement for businesses with 5 or more employees.
Learn More →RAMS
Work safely and confidently on site, with a clear, approved plan for how the job will be carried out.
Learn More →Named Competent Person
Ongoing, named support to meet your legal duty to appoint a competent person — so compliance never lapses.
Learn More →Why Ironshore exists
Small businesses deserve proper health & safety support — clear, professional, and built around how they actually work, not a generic template with a logo slapped on it. Ironshore exists to give small and medium-sized businesses across the Southwest clear, practical health & safety documentation and advice, from someone who actually understands how small businesses operate.
Every assessment produced to a consistent, professional standard
Local to the businesses we serve — available for site visits across the Southwest
No generic templates — every document reflects how your business actually operates
Small businesses deserve health & safety support that actually fits how they work — practical, properly documented, and explained in plain English by someone who takes the time to understand your business.
— Kane Davies, Ironshore SafetyPractical guidance for small businesses
Free, plain-English guidance on the health & safety questions we’re asked most.
Does Your Business Need a COSHH Assessment?
If your business uses chemicals, cleaning products, paints, or solvents, you’re likely legally required to have a COSHH assessment in place. Find out if this applies to you.
Read the Guide →6 COSHH Mistakes Small Businesses Make (And How to Fix Them)
Think your COSHH documentation is sorted? These six common mistakes could leave your business exposed to HSE enforcement action.
Read the Guide →Not sure where you stand? Find out in 5 minutes.
Answer a few short questions about your business and receive a personalised Compliance Snapshot — showing what’s in place, what’s missing, and exactly what to do next.
- 5-minute online assessment — no jargon, no obligation.
- A personalised Compliance Snapshot for your business.
- Clear, prioritised next steps — whether you use us or not.
- Recommendations based on your answers — only suggesting services where genuinely required.
- Health & Safety PolicyComplete
- General Risk AssessmentComplete
- COSHH AssessmentReview Recommended
- Manual Handling AssessmentNot Yet Assessed
Illustrative example of the personalised snapshot you’ll receive after completing the assessment.
Common questions
Everything you need to know before getting in touch.
What’s included in Ironshore Foundation?
Foundation brings together a Health & Safety Policy, a General Risk Assessment, and a prioritised Action Plan into one fixed-price package — everything most small businesses need to get started.
Do I legally need a Health & Safety Policy?
If you employ 5 or more people, yes — it’s a legal requirement. Below that threshold, a written policy is still good practice and often expected by clients, landlords and insurers.
Do I legally need a COSHH assessment?
If your business uses any substance that could be hazardous to health — including cleaning products, paints, solvents, adhesives, or dusts — then yes. This applies to businesses of all sizes, including sole traders with no employees.
How quickly can documentation be produced?
Most assessments are turned around within 5 working days of receiving your completed intake questionnaire, which itself takes around 10 minutes to fill in.
Do you provide ongoing support?
Yes. Our Ongoing Compliance solution provides a named competent person and regular reviews, so your documentation stays current and you always have someone to call on.
Can you visit our premises?
Most assessments are completed remotely to keep costs down and turnaround fast. Site visits are available for Ongoing Compliance clients, or can be arranged separately — get in touch to discuss.
What’s the difference between a COSHH assessment and a general risk assessment?
A COSHH assessment covers hazardous substances specifically. A general risk assessment covers broader workplace hazards — slips, trips, manual handling and similar. Many businesses need both, which Foundation and Workplace Safety are built to cover.
Why use a consultant rather than doing it myself?
Assessments must be completed by a competent person with sufficient knowledge and experience. A poorly completed assessment offers no real legal protection — a qualified consultant gives you documentation you can rely on.
Ready to build a stronger foundation for your business?
Get in touch and we’ll tell you exactly what you need and what it’ll cost. No obligation.