What does readiness under Martyn’s Law actually cost per premises? It depends on the route you take. This page walks through three practical routes, what each involves, who each suits, and how costs compare at scale.

Cost profile: Low monetary cost. Significant time cost in senior staff hours.

What’s involved: – Build procedures from the Act itself and the statutory guidance (published April 2026). – Develop training content. – Design and run an exercise. – Maintain evidence manually.

Who this suits: – Single-site organisations with internal capacity to manage it. – Premises with existing strong H&S, compliance, or risk management functions. – Organisations that prefer full in-house control.

What it costs in practice: – Monetary cost: close to £0. – Time cost: typically 40 to 80 hours of senior time for initial setup, plus 10 to 20 hours per year ongoing. – Risk: without structure, evidence gaps develop over time.

Cost profile: Higher upfront cost. Depends heavily on consultant rates.

What’s involved: – Engage a security consultant or firm with Martyn’s Law expertise. – Consultant produces procedures, often based on templates adjusted to your premises. – Staff training may be delivered by the consultant or handed back to you. – Consultant typically leads the first exercise. – Evidence either handed to you or maintained by the consultant on retainer.

Who this suits: – Enhanced Tier premises with complex measures requirements. – Organisations without internal capacity to self-manage. – Premises that value the credibility signal of external sign-off.

What it costs in practice: – Pricing varies by consultant scope and provider; we don’t publish estimates of third-party consultant fees, so request a quote directly. – Ongoing retainer fees may apply. – Risk: thoroughness varies by consultant, and some deliver template-heavy work that doesn’t meet the premises-specific requirement.

Cost profile: Subscription, priced to align closely with the government’s own expectations for Standard Tier readiness.

What’s involved: – Complete the scoping questionnaire. – Four public protection procedures are generated specifically for your premises. – Training modules and records are built into the platform. – Exercise templates and scenarios are provided. – Evidence is automatically maintained and updated as you complete activities. – Statutory guidance updates flow through to your documents.

Who this suits: – Most Standard Tier premises. – Multi-site organisations needing central oversight. – Premises that want readiness without deep internal effort or heavy consultant spend.

What it costs in practice: – £399 per year per site with Prova Risk (list price). – Multi-site pricing available for groups. – Time investment: scoping (1 to 2 hours), training rollout (typically 15 to 30 minutes per staff member), annual exercise.

For a single site, the three routes produce broadly comparable absolute costs. For multi-site organisations, the differences compound:

Consultant routes scale poorly because the per-site effort is mostly fixed. Platform routes scale well because the marginal cost of adding a site is structurally lower.

Whatever route you take, some costs sit outside the routes themselves:

• Staff time on training and exercises. Regardless of route, your staff have to engage.
• Operational disruption for exercises. Exercises take time, even if brief.

Physical measures at Enhanced Tier. Any physical infrastructure (where reasonably practicable) sits outside readiness preparation cost.

The fastest way to know is our free Am I in Scope? tool. A handful of questions, a clear answer, no account needed.

If you already know you’re in scope, Get Started with Prova Risk to prepare your public protection procedures, train your staff, and keep the evidence you’ll need if inspected. £399 per year per site.

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