Nobody got into a trade to spend their evening writing a risk assessment.
You're a decorator, a gas engineer, a contractor. You're trained in your craft, and the risk assessment is the part of the job that eats time you haven't got. The legal responsibility still sits with you, though, whether the document holds up or not.
That's the problem RiskCompli was built to fix.
Why Most Risk Assessments Don't Hold Up
The ones I review most often from smaller businesses fall into the same trap: copied from the last job, or pulled from a template that hasn't been updated in years.
Vague hazards. Wrong controls for the job. The person who wrote it did their best with the time they had, but best intentions don't make a document suitable and sufficient.
When something goes wrong on site, the risk assessment is the first thing a client, insurer or inspector asks for. A document that doesn't hold up at that point is worse than unhelpful.
What Easy, Compliant and Quick Actually Looks Like
RiskCompli removes the hard part.
Describe the job. RiskCompli drafts every relevant hazard specific to that work, with appropriate controls. It also cross-references every hazard against real UK legislation — HSWA, MHSWR, CDM, PUWER, WAHR, COSHH, DSEAR and more. That cross-referencing isn't a legal requirement. It's what takes a compliant assessment and makes it genuinely defensible.
A 9-step quality gate runs before you export, catching anything incomplete or missing. When you're done, you get a branded PDF and an editable Word document, ready to hand over.
No compliance background needed. No evening lost to paperwork.
Try It for Free
You can create a full draft at no cost to see exactly what your finished assessment looks like before committing. Drafts are watermarked until you export.
Beta pricing is £14.99 for a single assessment. Starter plans are available from £29 per month. Prices will change when the beta ends.
Start your free draft at riskcompli.safecompli.co.uk
Ryan Hodson is a health, safety and compliance consultant with over 25 years of experience working with businesses across the UK. SafeCompli provides practical compliance tools and consultancy for businesses of all sizes. Visit www.safecompli.co.uk.