You know certification or accreditation is on the horizon, but the landscape of standards and schemes can be confusing. You need to understand which option fits your business, how ready you are and what each route would involve.
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Gap Assessment
Know where you stand before you commit.
A Gap Assessment gives you a structured, objective analysis of your current position against a chosen standard, scheme or best practice framework. It identifies compliance gaps, what needs to change and the scope of work involved before you invest in implementation.
How big (or small) is the gap really?
When a Gap Assessment Makes Sense
You need to know which standard is right for you, and whether you are ready?
A Gap Assessment maps your current position against the most relevant options and sets out the steps required to achieve compliance or approval.
The competition is getting certified and you need to catch up — or get ahead!
Certification or accreditation is becoming a market expectation in your sector and you need to understand the scope of work involved and where to focus first.
We cut through the noise, identify the gaps and tell you exactly what you’re dealing with, so you can make a fast, informed decision about where to invest.
A client or tender process is asking for evidence of compliance?
A customer has raised certification or accreditation as a requirement (either at tender stage or following contract award) and you need to demonstrate progress quickly and credibly.
A Compliance Gap Assessment gives you a documented, professional baseline showing where you stand, what needs attention and the next steps towards compliance.
Your systems have grown organically and you have lost track of where you stand?
The business has evolved quickly and what started as informal processes has become harder to assess objectively. You suspect there are compliance gaps but cannot easily see them from the inside.
An independent Gap Assessment cuts through the complexity and tells you plainly what passes, what doesn’t and what needs attention first.
What Your Gap Assessment Delivers
Problem solved!
A clear assessment of where you are against your chosen standard(s) or scheme(s), with a prioritised action plan and a realistic picture of what certification or accreditation will involve.
Mini FAQs
We review your current systems, processes and documentation against the requirements of your chosen standard(s) or scheme(s). We take the time to understand your business context before forming any judgement. The output is a structured gap analysis with prioritised findings and clear recommended next steps.
A written report that tells you where you are, what needs to change and in what order. It is the launchpad you need to make compliance happen; a practical working document for project planning, task delegation and conversations with certification bodies.
Not always. Certification bodies will often include one as part of their onboarding, but these tend to be high-level and commercially motivated. The benefits of an independent Gap Assessment include an unbiased starting point, a clearly defined project scope and a prioritised plan of action. It can save significant time and cost before implementation begins.
Most Gap Assessments are completed within one to three days of assessment activity, plus time to produce the report. The exact timescale depends on the standard(s) or scheme(s) involved, the scope of the assessment, and the size and complexity of the business.
A Gap Assessment and an internal audit serve different purposes at different points in the journey. A Gap Assessment comes first, it predates system design and steers the project by identifying what needs to be built or changed. An internal audit comes later, confirming that the system you have implemented complies with the standard by sampling real work activities in practice. Both are essential; they just belong at different stages.
An ISO gap analysis compares your existing systems, processes and documentation against the requirements of a specific ISO standard. It identifies where you already comply, where gaps exist and what needs to change before certification. The result gives you a clear starting point and helps define the scope, priorities and next steps for implementation.
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