Govern

Nothing moves without your nod.

Alfred drafts the fix. You approve, tweak or decline. Every yes goes on the record, and every regulated call lands with a named professional who signs it off.

Hartwell Joinery Ltd
Govern · waiting on your nod
3 in queue
Send chase email to ABC Contractors

£38,400 across two invoices, 61 days late. Tone: friendly but firm.

Drafted by Alfred
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Share YearReady™ pack with your accountant

Nine findings, three urgent. Ready for review and certification.

v3 · ready
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Broker introduction: tools and kit cover

Three FCA-authorised brokers matched to the gap. They advise, you choose.

No obligation
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09:14 · You approved: chase email to Fenland Builders
Yesterday · R. Jackson certified: YearReady™ review v2

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The autopilot problem

AI that acts alone is a liability.

Most tools either do nothing useful, or they send, file and book without a clear human yes. For a UK small firm, that is how mistakes, awkward emails and compliance gaps happen.

!Actions without a nod

A chase goes out in the wrong tone. A pack lands with the wrong person. Nobody can say who approved it.

?No trail when it matters

Your accountant, HMRC or insurer asks who signed off. The answer is buried in email threads and chat logs.

Regulated work mixed in

Tax timing, filings and introductions need a named professional. A generic bot will not put a name to the work.

How Govern works

Three steps.
Nothing moves without you.

Alfred drafts the email, runs the numbers and lines up the fix. You approve, tweak or decline. Regulated work still goes to a qualified professional who puts their name on it.

1Alfred preps

He drafts the chase, the pack, the introduction or the finding. Every figure carries its evidence. Nothing has been sent yet.

2You approve

One tap to send, or tweak it first. Decline if it is wrong. Your decision is logged with a timestamp.

3It is handled

Sent, booked, filed or handed to a named accountant for certification. A tidy record of who approved what, and when.

Why it pays off

Control without the admin mountain.

The same approval discipline large firms take for granted, kept live for a fraction of what a wrong send or a missing trail usually costs in time and stress.

Time backReview in minutes, not hours

Alfred does the graft. You open the queue, check the evidence, and nod. Prep that used to take an afternoon becomes a short review.

AssuranceA real accountant signs off

Every regulated call is reviewed and certified by a qualified professional. Alfred never gives regulated advice.

AccurateEvery yes carries its evidence

Approve with the source attached. A full, timestamped trail your accountant, HMRC or insurer can follow back.

Secure and compliantUK GDPR by design, encrypted

Built for UK GDPR with per-client isolation, encryption throughout, and your data not used to train our models. Database in London (eu-west-2); documents in EU-region storage.

Cost-effectiveBig-firm thinking, small-firm price

Human-in-the-loop control without hiring a full back office, for the price of a subscription. Or sponsored by your accountant.

Peace of mindNothing sends itself

Approve, tweak or decline. Declines are logged too. You always know what moved, and what did not.

What Govern does

The queue where humans decide.

Govern sits between Alfred's drafts and the real world. Pair it with Ask for grounded Q&A, Cashwatch™ for chases, YearReady™ for year-end packs, or Pulse™ for the whole-business score.

Read our security overview for how approvals, audit trails and named sign-off fit together.

Approve, tweak or decline on every draftControl
Evidence attached before you nodEvidence
Full audit trail of who approved whatTrail
Regulated work certified by a named professionalSign-off
Nothing sends, files or books itselfHuman
For business owners

The week you stop fearing the send button.

  • See every draft waiting on your nod in one queue.
  • Approve, tweak or decline with the evidence attached.
  • Know nothing went out unless you said so.
  • Hand regulated work to your accountant in one tap.
  • Keep a clean trail for HMRC, your insurer or your board.
For accountants

He does the graft. You do the judgement.

  • Client packs and findings land ready for your review.
  • You certify what is yours to certify, with your name on it.
  • Rebill Govern on the client invoice at your own rate.
  • Hours of prep become minutes of review across the book.
  • Your firm's brand on the queue and the certified work.

You set the client price and keep the margin. We charge you a simple wholesale fee per client.

Built on trust

Built so you can trust the numbers.

Security is the foundation, not a setting. Your data stays yours, the work is always traceable, and a qualified human owns every regulated decision. Read our security overview.

You choose what to share

You upload only the documents you want Alfred to see. He reads them, never changes them, and acts only on what you approve.

EU-region storage, encrypted

Client data in isolated schemas (London database, EU document storage), encrypted in transit and at rest. Your data is not used to train our models.

Named human sign-off

Regulated work is reviewed and certified by a qualified accountant who stands behind it.

Full audit trail

Every figure and every approval is logged and timestamped, ready for HMRC or your insurer.

Vetted partners only

Any insurance or finance introduction goes to FCA-authorised firms. Alfred never sells.

ISO 27001 targetedSOC 2 Type II in progressUK GDPR alignedCyber Essentials plannedFCA-authorised partnersEU region hosting
Pricing

Fair and square.

See what Alfred finds for nothing. Pay only when it is clearly worth it.

Free look
£0

See your first Govern queue for nothing.

  • Review drafted actions with evidence attached
  • Approve, tweak or decline on the free look
  • No card, no commitment
Free at launch
Most popular Govern / Core
£49/month

Full approval queue, with Pulse™, Cashwatch™, YearReady™ and Ask.

  • Approve, tweak or decline on every draft
  • Full audit trail and named professional sign-off
  • One-tap share with your accountant
  • Pulse™, Cashwatch™, YearReady™ and Ask included
Available at launch
Sponsored
£0 to you

Included by your accountant, their name on it.

  • Your accountant includes it in their fee
  • No accountant? We match you with a vetted one
  • Everything in Govern, plus their sign-off
Available at launch
Word from the high street

Built for the van, the counter and the back office.

"I used to worry Alfred would email a customer without me. Now nothing leaves until I tap Approve. The trail is there if anyone asks."
ST
Sarah TJoinery firm · Cambridge
"Packs land ready for certification. I review, put my name on what is mine, and bill. Hours of prep became minutes of judgement."
RJ
R. Jackson FCCAAccountancy practice · Norfolk
"Approve, tweak, decline. That is the whole job. I declined a broker intro once and it stayed declined, on the record."
DP
Dev PConvenience stores · Leicester

Illustrative, for a product going live. Real names and firms to follow.

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