The compliance operations layer your clients ask you about — and that you were never meant to run.
A partnership programme for UK accountancy firms. Introduce Sentinel when compliance work outgrows your engagement letter — keep the client, keep the relationship, keep your scope clean.
§ 01
You know the request. It arrives sideways.
A director calls because they had a data-protection notice they didn't recognise. A client emails about an HSE inspector who wants to see certificates. A finance lead forwards a Companies House late-filing warning and asks what to do next. None of it is accountancy. All of it is urgent. And the client asked you because they trust you.
“This isn't what you're paying us for — but I know someone who runs exactly this.”
The Accountancy Partner Programme gives you a single place to send that request — one you can stand behind, one that respects your scope, one your client will thank you for.
§ 02
What accountants keep getting asked that isn't accountancy.
The obligations that fall between an accountant and a solicitor accumulate quietly. Clients don't always know who to ask, so they ask you. Below is the recurring list — the operational surface Sentinel exists to run.
- Companies House filings admin & confirmation statements
- ICO data protection fees & GDPR follow-through
- Contract lifecycle, expiries, and renewals
- Insurance & certificate currency (EL, PL, PII)
- Sector licence renewals (CQC, GLAA, SIA, FSA, HMO)
- HR paperwork, right-to-work audit trail, DBS renewals
- New regulation triage — read on publication, not at audit
§ 03
Between the accountant and the solicitor.
Sentinel does not replace anyone in the client's professional stack. It sits alongside — running the operations layer that neither the accountancy engagement nor the solicitor's retainer is structured to cover.
Statutory accounts · Tax · Audit
The operating business
Legal advice · Contracts
Deadlines · Documents · Filings · Monitoring
Statutory accounts · Tax · Audit
The operating business
Deadlines · Documents · Filings · Monitoring
Legal advice · Contracts
§ 04
A plain introduction model. No fee-share theatre.
When a client outgrows what your engagement letter is structured to handle, you introduce them to Sentinel by email. We reply within one UK business day, propose a short discovery call with the client (and you, if you'd like to be present), and take it from there.
If the client engages Sentinel, you receive the monthly position review and quarterly risk report on request — so you see what we see, and your firm keeps its overview of the client's wider compliance posture.
There is no commission, no fee-share, and no volume target. The partnership rests on suitability and trust — nothing else.
§ 05
When compliance operations outgrow ad-hoc handling.
Sentinel is the right introduction when a client's compliance load has crossed the line from “occasional admin” into something that needs a standing hand. Three signals to look for:
Compliance load outgrowing ad-hoc handling
The director is spending director-time on compliance admin, or the office manager is holding it together with a spreadsheet.
Multiple regulator touchpoints
Companies House and ICO and HSE and a sector regulator — the client is now managing four or more separate reporting rhythms.
Director wants a single point of accountability
The director has told you they want one person to call when something compliance-shaped lands — not a rota of consultants.
§ 06
The rhythm your firm can rely on.
Once a client is engaged, this is the cadence you can expect us to keep — visible, predictable, and shared with your firm on request.
Continuous monitoring
Regulator feeds, deadlines, exposure.
Position review
45-minute call. Written summary. Action list.
Risk report
Formatted for boards, insurers, lenders.
Reset & audit
Baseline re-audit and forward calendar.
Continuous monitoring
Regulator feeds, deadlines, exposure.
Position review
45-minute call. Written summary. Action list.
Risk report
Formatted for boards, insurers, lenders.
Reset & audit
Baseline re-audit and forward calendar.
§ 07
Five commitments. Written down. Not negotiable.
These are the terms on which every partnership operates. They protect your client, your firm, and the trust that made the introduction possible.
I
We never solicit adjacent work.
We do not offer accountancy, tax advice, or statutory audit. Your scope is your scope. We stay on the compliance operations side of the line.
II
We never contact your client without cc'ing you.
You remain the primary relationship. Every substantive email to the client — engagement, monthly review, escalation — is copied to the introducing partner unless the client instructs otherwise in writing.
III
We share the monthly review on request.
Your firm can receive a copy of the client's monthly position review and quarterly risk report at no additional charge. You see what we see.
IV
We hand back cleanly.
If the client stands the engagement down, the Document Vault is exported to you or to the client in a structured, dated archive. No lock-in, no hostage data.
V
We do not pay for referrals.
No fee-share, no commission, no kickback. Partnership rests on suitability, not incentive. This protects your independence and your client's trust.
§ 08
What partnership gives your firm back.
Client retention
Clients who feel their whole compliance surface is handled — not just their accounts — stay longer and refer more.
Scope protection
Requests that don't belong in your engagement letter get routed to a partner who can actually run them, without you writing off time.
Single point of accountability
One introduction. One monthly review. One quarterly report the director can present to the board without translation.
§ 09
Enquire about partnership.
This form starts a partnership enquiry. We'll reply within one UK business day with the Partner Brief and propose a short intro call.
Your client keeps their accountant.
You keep the relationship.
We handle everything in between.