The Master
Practitioner
Licence
A formal business partnership — the Compliance Consultant brand, IP, methodology and referral pipeline available under licence to accredited practitioners.
For compliance professionals who want to build a substantial, branded consultancy practice — with the credibility of an established platform behind them, a referral pipeline generating client introductions, and the complete commercial infrastructure already built.
Licence fee · one-off on grant
+ £1,500 per year renewal · £500 credit for Setup Programme graduates
More than a brand.
A complete practice infrastructure.
The Master Practitioner Licence is not a certification programme or a course completion badge. It is a formal business licence — granting you the right to operate under the Compliance Consultant brand, use its IP and methodology, and receive client referrals from the platform.
Brand Licence — Compliance Consultant Branding and Identity
The right to use the Compliance Consultant brand on your practice materials, proposals, website, email signature and LinkedIn profile. Co-branded templates for client-facing documents. The Compliance Consultant name and accreditation as a visible credential on your marketing.
Full IP Licence — All 50+ Documents and Methodology
Licence to use, adapt and deploy the complete Business in a Box IP suite with clients under the Compliance Consultant brand. Covers all nine modules: AML, Compliance Audits, FCA Authorisation, Risk Management and all operational and commercial templates. Updated annually with regulatory changes.
Referral Pipeline — Client Introductions from the Platform
Client enquiries received through complianceconsultant.org that match your sector specialism and geography are forwarded to you directly. You receive the introduction — all revenue from any resulting engagement is yours in full. No commission, no percentage, no hidden fees.
Directory Listing — Accredited Practitioner Profile
A named listing on the Compliance Consultant platform as an Accredited Master Practitioner — your practice name, specialism, geographic coverage and contact details. Visible to all platform visitors and used as the primary referral matching source.
Annual Regulatory IP Updates — All Documents Maintained
As regulations change — MLRs, FCA Sourcebooks, Consumer Duty, SMCR — the Business in a Box documents are updated accordingly. All updates are issued to active licence holders automatically. You are always working from current, compliant templates.
Annual Master Practitioner Masterclass
An annual one-day virtual Masterclass for all active licence holders — regulatory horizon scanning, commercial strategy session, peer network discussion and new IP preview. Counts toward your annual CPD record.
Quarterly Regulatory Bulletin — Horizon Scanning Briefing
A quarterly briefing summarising material regulatory developments across all four compliance service themes — AML, audit standards, FCA policy updates and risk management changes. Formatted for direct use in your client communications.
Master Practitioner Licence Certificate and Digital Badge
A formal Licence Certificate and a digital badge for use on your website, LinkedIn profile and proposals — “Licensed Master Practitioner, Compliance Consultant.” A verifiable, professional credential that communicates the depth of your accreditation to potential clients.
You already have the foundations. This adds the infrastructure around them.
If you have completed The Setup Programme, you already have the Business in a Box, a positioning statement, a service menu and an active pipeline. The Master Practitioner Licence extends that into a formal brand partnership — with the referral pipeline, the IP update subscription and the brand licence that makes Compliance Consultant your public credential.
Graduate Credit
£500 off
Applied automatically to the licence fee for all Setup Programme graduates. Licence fee: £11,500 (was £12,000).
Licence at a Glance
Client introductions.
All revenue yours.
The referral pipeline is what distinguishes the Master Practitioner Licence from every other compliance consultancy accreditation. Client enquiries received through the Compliance Consultant platform are matched to active licence holders and forwarded directly — with no commission, no platform fee and no deduction from your engagement revenue.
Enquiry Received
A regulated firm contacts Compliance Consultant — via the website, telephone or directory listing — seeking compliance support in one of the four service themes.
Practitioner Matched
The enquiry is matched to the active licence holder whose specialism, sector and geography best fits the client’s stated need. If multiple practitioners match, the most relevant by recent activity is selected.
Introduction Made
You receive a direct introduction email with the client’s name, firm, regulated activity, and the nature of the enquiry. You follow up directly. No involvement from the platform beyond the introduction.
Revenue Is Yours
All revenue from any resulting engagement is yours in full. No commission. No percentage. No referral fee. The licence fee is the only commercial relationship between you and Compliance Consultant.
Important — Referral Expectations
Referrals supplement your practice. They do not replace your own client development.
We are direct about this: the referral pipeline generates introductions proportional to the platform’s inbound traffic in your sector. It is not a guaranteed revenue stream and should not be the primary basis of your licence decision.
Practitioners who build the strongest practices use the licence for three things in this order: (1) the brand credibility it provides in client conversations, (2) the IP and document infrastructure it maintains, (3) the referrals it generates over time.
Referral frequency varies by sector, geography and platform traffic. We will discuss realistic expectations during the application conversation.
What you are receiving
versus what you are paying.
The licence fee is a one-off investment in a commercial infrastructure that would cost significantly more to build independently — and that most practitioners never fully build. The annual renewal is the cost of keeping it current, connected and active.
The referral pipeline has additional commercial value that cannot be accurately quantified — a single referred engagement at standard market rates recovers a significant portion of the licence fee.
Licence Fee
£12,000
One-off licence fee + £1,500 per year renewal
Setup Programme Graduate?
£500 credit applied
Licence fee: £11,500
Applications are reviewed individually. Not every application is accepted. Contact us to discuss whether the licence is right for your practice stage.
Three practitioner profiles.
One qualifying standard.
The Master Practitioner Licence is granted to practitioners with genuine compliance expertise, a credible practice proposition, and the professional standing to represent the Compliance Consultant brand to regulated firm clients.
The Setup Programme Graduate Ready to Scale
You have completed The Setup Programme. Your practice has a structure, a service menu and early client activity. You want to formalise your brand relationship with Compliance Consultant, access the referral pipeline, and operate under a nationally recognised credential. The £500 credit reduces your entry cost and the infrastructure is already built.
£500 Graduate CreditThe Established Independent Seeking a Platform Brand
You are already trading as an independent compliance consultant — possibly for 1–3 years. You have clients, you have a reputation in your sector, but you lack a formal brand framework and the IP infrastructure to scale your documentation. The licence gives you brand credibility, maintained templates and a referral channel that supplements your existing acquisition activity.
Direct ApplicationThe Senior Practitioner Transitioning from Employment
You have 10–25 years of compliance leadership — Head of Compliance, CCO, Risk Director. You are moving to independence and want to do it under an established brand rather than building your own from scratch. The licence gives you immediate credibility, a complete documentation suite, and a referral channel from day one of trading.
Senior TrackWhat the licence requires
of you.
The Master Practitioner Licence is a formal business relationship, not a passive credential. Licence holders are required to maintain the standards that protect the Compliance Consultant brand and the regulated firm clients they serve.
Professional Standards
Brand and Licence Obligations
The Master Practitioner Licence changed the dynamic of every client conversation. When you can say you are a Licensed Master Practitioner of Compliance Consultant — with the brand, the documents and the referral pipeline behind you — you are not just a freelance consultant. You are a practice. That distinction is commercial, not just cosmetic.
Four steps to
licence grant.
Applications are reviewed individually. The process is straightforward — but it is a real review, not a formality. We need to be confident that every licence holder represents the Compliance Consultant brand at the standard our platform clients expect.
Application Form
Complete and return the Master Practitioner Application Form. Covers your compliance background, practice proposition, target sector and professional standing. Takes approximately 30 minutes.
Application Call
A 45-minute conversation with the Compliance Consultant team. We discuss your practice, your sector, your referral matching profile and your understanding of the licence obligations. This is also your opportunity to ask questions.
Review and Decision
Applications are reviewed within 5 business days of the application call. We confirm acceptance, request any additional information, or — where the practice is not yet at the right stage — advise on what is needed before reapplying.
Licence Grant
On acceptance, the Licence Agreement is issued, the licence fee is invoiced, and on payment: the IP suite, brand guidelines, directory listing and referral matching profile are all activated simultaneously.
Frequently asked
before applying.
Build a practice
under an established name.
The Master Practitioner Licence gives you the brand, the IP, the referral pipeline and the credentials to build a compliance consultancy that stands for something beyond your individual name.
International: 0208 243 8620 | Email: licence@complianceconsultant.org
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