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The Setup Programme Secrets You Wish You Knew One Year Ago

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Tier Two  ·  Consultant Enablement Programme

The Setup
Programme

Five sessions. Ten weeks. Your dates. Your compliance consultancy — built properly.

A structured, expert-led group programme for compliance professionals who want to build a credible, commercially viable independent consultancy practice — with peer accountability, live delivery and the complete document suite included.

£2,500 per cohort intake
Business in a Box included
Reserve Your Place See the full programme →
5
Expert-led sessions across ten weeks — your dates
4–8
Practitioners per cohort — small by design
50+
Editable documents in the Business in a Box (included)
£1 in £2 back
First AML review pays back the programme fee in full
What This Is

Live delivery. Real accountability. A practice built across five structured sessions.

The Setup Programme is the structured, group-delivery version of the Compliance Consultant Enablement Programme. Where the Business in a Box gives you the tools, The Setup Programme gives you the process — five expert-facilitated sessions spread across ten weeks, with implementation time built between each one so you do the work, not just attend the sessions.

Cohorts are deliberately small — a maximum of eight practitioners — so every session includes genuine hot-seat time, direct feedback on your specific situation, and the kind of peer accountability that makes the difference between planning and doing.

By the end of Session 5, you will have a functioning compliance consultancy: registered, insured, documented, priced, positioned and ready for your first client — plus a bespoke business plan co-created across the programme and 30 days of direct post-launch email support.

Why The Cohort Model

The people you build with become the network you practise with.

Compliance is a small world. The practitioners who build their practices alongside you are also the people who will send you referrals, cover your capacity overflow, and call you when they need a second opinion. The Setup Programme cohort is not incidental — it is part of the value.

“The Setup Programme was the best professional development investment I have made. Five live sessions with expert delivery and a cohort of practitioners building at the same pace. The fortnightly format meant I actually did the work between sessions — not just attended the calls.”

Compliance Manager transitioning to consultancy — Birmingham
The Five-Session Programme

Five sessions. Every one has a deliverable.
Implementation time built between each.

Each session runs approximately 90–120 minutes and is structured: expert delivery, live hot-seat for every practitioner, and action-setting for the fortnight ahead. Sessions are scheduled on dates agreed with the cohort — no fixed calendar, full flexibility around holidays and commitments. Recordings provided within 24 hours.

Session 01  ·  Fortnight 1
Business Structure, Positioning and Niche Selection
Company formation, PI insurance, ICO and HMRC obligations. The positioning workshop — niche selection, your one-sentence positioning statement, and the compliance consultant archetype that fits your background. Deliverable: formation started, positioning confirmed.
Session 02  ·  Fortnight 3
Service Design and Pricing Your Own Tiers
Building your service menu across the four compliance themes. Pricing strategy: day rate, fixed fee and retainer structures. Live pricing hot-seat — your three services, descriptions and fees challenged and refined by the cohort. Deliverable: client-ready service menu and fee guide.
Session 03  ·  Fortnight 5
Branding, Web Presence and Compliance Credibility Signals
What regulated firm decision-makers actually look for before hiring a consultant. LinkedIn profile optimisation live — every practitioner’s profile critiqued. Content strategy, web presence decision framework, email domain and professional body memberships. Deliverable: updated LinkedIn profile and 30-day content plan.
Session 04  ·  Fortnight 7
Client Acquisition Strategy and Sales Process
Where compliance consulting clients actually come from. The LinkedIn outreach system walked through live. The discovery call modelled and hot-seated. Proposal construction, objection handling and the engagement letter close. Deliverable: 20 personalised outreach messages ready to send.
Session 05  ·  Fortnight 9–10
Delivery Methodology, Quality Control and Graduation
The professional engagement model from instruction to invoice. Quality control: peer review, defensible deliverables, RAG-rated findings. The retainer conversation — how one AML review becomes a year of recurring revenue. Business plan review, Certificate of Completion. Deliverable: a functioning compliance consultancy.
What Is Included

Everything. Not a subset — everything.

The Setup Programme is not an add-on to the Business in a Box. It includes the full Box — all nine modules and 50+ documents — plus five expert-led sessions, a bespoke co-created business plan, 30 days of post-launch email support, and post-programme alumni access.

✦

Business in a Box — Complete (50+ documents, 9 modules)

The full Tier 1 product included at no extra charge. All templates, frameworks and operational documents across AML, Audit, FCA Authorisation and Risk Management.

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5 × Expert-Led Group Sessions (90–120 minutes each)

Virtual delivery via Zoom or Teams. Sessions are scheduled on dates agreed with the cohort — no fixed intake calendar. Fortnightly spacing gives implementation time between each session. Recordings provided within 24 hours.

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Fortnightly Hot-Seat Time

Every session includes dedicated hot-seat time for each practitioner. Your specific situation, your practice, your challenges — addressed by the expert and your peer cohort every session.

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Peer Cohort of 4–8 Compliance Professionals

Your cohort is your accountability structure, your sounding board and your professional network. Deliberately small so every voice is heard and every situation gets airtime.

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Certificate of Completion — Accredited Compliance Consultancy Practitioner

Issued on successful completion of all five sessions. A professional credential from a nationally recognised compliance platform, for use on your profile, proposals and materials.

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Bespoke Business Plan — Co-Created Across All Five Sessions

Not a template — a working commercial document built from your input across the programme. Each session contributes a defined section: practice profile, service architecture, acquisition plan, financial projections and 90-day action plan. Professionally formatted and yours to keep.

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30-Day Post-Launch Email Support

Direct email access to the programme expert for the 30 days following Session 5. Questions arising from your first month of trading answered within 48 business hours. Two questions per week, email channel — scoped support at exactly the moment you need it most.

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Alumni Network Access — Post-Programme

Ongoing access to the Compliance Consultancy Practice Club alumni community. Monthly group call, regulatory bulletin and template updates. Discounted monthly membership for graduates.

The Programme at a Glance

Five sessions. Ten weeks. A functioning practice.

Format Live virtual delivery
Session length 90–120 min × 5 sessions
Cohort size 4–8 practitioners
Box included Yes — full suite
Bespoke business plan Co-created — included
Post-launch support 30 days email access
Recordings Within 24 hours
Programme fee £2,500
Reserve Your Place

Places are limited to 8 per cohort. Contact us to confirm availability.

The Value Case

What you are getting versus what you are paying.

Every element of The Setup Programme has a standalone value. At £2,500, you are paying less than one AML review to receive everything needed to run a compliance consultancy that typically charges £4,000–£6,500 per AML review.

Business in a Box — 50+ documents, 9 modules £1,490
5 × expert-led group sessions (90–120 min each) £1,600
Fortnightly hot-seat and direct feedback (5 sessions) £800
Peer cohort accountability structure (10 weeks) £400
Certificate of Completion (Accredited Practitioner) £250
Session recordings (lifetime access) £400
Alumni network access (3 months post-programme) £300
Founder access (email) — 6 months post-programme £450
Total standalone value £5,690

£2,500

All-inclusive — no hidden extras

✓Business in a Box included — full 50+ document suite
✓Five expert-led sessions (fortnightly — your dates)
✓Hot-seat time every session
✓Bespoke business plan — co-created across all sessions
✓30-day post-launch email support
✓Small cohort of 4–8 practitioners
✓Certificate of Completion
✓All session recordings — lifetime access
✓Alumni network access post-programme
Reserve Your Place

A single AML review at standard market rate covers the full programme fee. Everything after that is your practice generating revenue.

Is This Right For You?

Three types of compliance professional. One programme.

The Setup Programme is not for people who want to think about building a consultancy. It is for people who have decided to build one and want structured, expert-led support to do it properly.

01

The Experienced Professional Ready to Go Independent

You have 8–20 years in compliance. Head of Compliance, Senior CCO, Risk Director. You know more than most people in the room. You have been thinking about going independent for two years. The Setup Programme gives you the structure and accountability to stop thinking and start doing — with 50 documents already drafted, five expert-led sessions and a bespoke business plan co-created across the programme.

02

The Independent Already Trading Without Infrastructure

You are already doing compliance consultancy work — probably from a laptop and a handshake agreement. You know how to do the compliance work. What you do not have is the commercial and operational infrastructure around it: properly drafted contracts, a defined service menu, a structured AML framework you can deploy on day one. The programme fills every gap.

03

The Compliance Professional Who Needs Accountability, Not Just Tools

You considered the Business in a Box. You know a self-directed download will sit in your downloads folder for six months while life gets in the way. You need a programme with structure, deadlines, peer accountability and someone who will ask you every week why the thing you committed to last week is not done yet. That is The Setup Programme.

1
AML review recovers the full programme fee
Standard AML policy review: £1,500–£2,500
10
Weeks across five sessions to a client-ready practice
Fortnightly pacing — implementation time built between every session
£0
Additional cost for the Business in a Box
The full 50+ document suite is included in the £2,500 programme fee
What Practitioners Say

From people who built with it.

★★★★★

“I spent 14 years as a Head of Compliance before going independent. The Setup Programme gave me the structure I needed to actually make the move. I had my first paying client in week seven — before the programme had even finished.”

Senior Compliance Professional — Financial Services, London

★★★★★

“The hot-seat sessions were genuinely valuable. Each week, the expert and the cohort would look at your specific situation and tell you what they actually thought. That kind of direct feedback is almost impossible to get elsewhere.”

Compliance Manager Transitioning to Consultancy — Birmingham

★★★★★

“I was already doing independent compliance work but I had no real documents. The Setup Programme changed that — by Session 5 I had professionally drafted contracts, a properly priced service menu and an AML framework ready to deploy. My close rate on proposals is completely different now.”

Independent Compliance Consultant — Manchester

Cohort Details

How the programme runs.

Every detail is designed around your life, not a fixed calendar. Sessions are scheduled fortnightly on dates agreed with the cohort — so holidays, work commitments and existing diary pressures are accommodated from the start. The programme runs alongside your existing role.

Format Live virtual delivery — Zoom or Teams. Sessions are recorded and available within 24 hours for any practitioner who cannot attend live.
Session day Agreed with the cohort before the first session. Fortnightly cadence — roughly every two weeks — with the exact dates set around the group’s collective availability. Holidays and prior commitments are factored in from the outset. No fixed intake calendar.
Session length 90–120 minutes per session — structured as expert delivery, live hot-seat for every practitioner, and implementation action-setting for the fortnight ahead. Recordings provided within 24 hours.
Cohort size Minimum 4 / Maximum 8 practitioners. Deliberately small so every session includes genuine hot-seat time for each practitioner. If fewer than 4 confirm, we defer to the next group and carry over all reservations at no cost.
Pre-work Each session has a defined pre-work task (typically 30–45 minutes) and a fortnight’s implementation work before the next session. The accountability structure is built on arriving to each session having done what you committed to two weeks prior — not just having attended the call.
Between sessions Access to a shared group channel on WhatsApp for questions, document sharing and peer support between live sessions.
Intake dates Start dates are flexible. Because sessions are scheduled around the cohort’s availability, a new group can begin as soon as four practitioners are confirmed. Call 0800 689 0190 to discuss your preferred start window and check current availability.
Investment £2,500 per practitioner — includes the Business in a Box in full, the bespoke business plan, and 30 days of post-launch email support. Payment by bank transfer or card. Payment plan available: 50% on reservation, 50% before Session 3.

What happens after Session 5?

✦ You receive your Certificate of Completion as an Accredited Compliance Consultancy Practitioner — for use on your LinkedIn profile, website and proposals. Your bespoke business plan is finalised and delivered in its complete, formatted form.
✦ Your cohort remains connected — the peer group is yours indefinitely. Many practitioners continue to work together, refer to each other and collaborate long after the programme ends.
✦ You receive three months of discounted access to the Compliance Consultancy The Setup Programme Club — the alumni membership with monthly group call, regulatory bulletin and template updates.
✦ 30 days of direct post-launch email support — questions from your first month of trading answered within 48 business hours. Followed by a Day 90 review call to assess your first quarter and plan the next stage.
✦ Preferred application status for the Master Practitioner Licence (Tier 3) — with a £500 fee credit applied to the licence fee as a graduate of The Setup Programme.

The Setup Programme is the foundation. Most practitioners who take the programme end up staying in the Compliance Consultant ecosystem — because the community, the updates and the referral pipeline make it commercially worthwhile.

Payment Options

Full payment: £2,500

Or split across two payments — 50% on reservation to secure your place, 50% before Session 3. No interest charged on the payment plan.

To reserve a place or discuss the payment plan option, call 0800 689 0190 or email info@complianceconsultant.org.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions we are asked before every cohort.

Do I need to have already left employment to join the programme? +
No. Most practitioners who join The Setup Programme are still employed. The programme is specifically designed to run alongside an existing job — five sessions of 90–120 minutes each, with fortnightly spacing that gives you implementation time between sessions. Many practitioners use the ten-week window to do all the groundwork and then hand in their notice once the practice is ready. A significant number find their first client before they leave.
What if I already have the Business in a Box? +
If you have already purchased the Business in a Box, the programme fee is reduced to £1,600 — you pay only for the programme delivery, not the document suite you already have. Contact us before reserving a place and we will apply the adjustment. The Box purchase price (£1,499) is credited toward the programme fee with a small uplift for the live delivery elements.
What if I miss a session? +
Sessions are recorded and available within 24 hours. You will not miss content if you miss a live session — but you will miss the hot-seat and peer interaction, which is where a significant part of the value lies. We ask that practitioners attend at least four of the five sessions. If you anticipate a clash, give us advance notice and we will ensure your situation receives airtime at the nearest session — and the recording covers the content you missed.
Why fortnightly rather than weekly? +
Simply because implementation time is where the real work happens. A weekly programme produces practitioners who are good at attending calls. A fortnightly programme produces practitioners who have actually done the work — because there were two weeks between sessions to do it. Each session ends with defined implementation tasks. The fortnight gives you time to complete them, encounter real questions, and bring those questions back to the next session. The programme is also much easier to fit around an existing job at a fortnightly cadence.
What compliance background do I need? +
The programme is designed for people who already have compliance expertise — typically 5 or more years working in a compliance, risk or regulatory function within a regulated business or professional firm. The programme teaches you how to build and run a consultancy practice. It does not teach you compliance fundamentals — that expertise is the starting point. If you are unsure whether your background is sufficient, call us and we will be honest with you.
What compliance specialisms are covered? +
The programme covers all four compliance service themes: AML and Governance Reviews, Compliance Audits, FCA Authorisation Support and Regulatory Risk Management. The documents and frameworks in the Business in a Box cover all four. During the programme we also discuss how to specialise — which theme generates the highest fees, which creates the most recurring revenue, and how to position yourself against different target markets.
Is the programme FCA-regulated or CISI-accredited? +
The Setup Programme is a business and practice-building programme delivered by Compliance Consultant. It is not an FCA-regulated qualification or a CISI-accredited programme. The Certificate of Completion is issued by Compliance Consultant and recognises completion of all five programme sessions as an Accredited Compliance Consultancy Practitioner. It is a professional credential from a nationally recognised compliance platform — not a regulated qualification.
Can I pay in instalments? +
Yes. We offer a two-payment option: 50% on reservation to secure your place, and the remaining 50% before Session 3. No interest is charged on the payment plan. If you would like to discuss the payment option, call 0800 689 0190 or email info@complianceconsultant.org.
What is the next cohort intake date? +
Start dates are flexible because session scheduling is agreed with each cohort. A new group can begin as soon as four practitioners confirm. Sessions are then scheduled fortnightly around the group’s collective availability — holidays and commitments factored in from day one. Call 0800 689 0190 or email info@complianceconsultant.org to discuss your preferred start window.
Reserve Your Place
Limited to 8 Practitioners Per Cohort

Ten Weeks From Now,
You Could Have A
Functioning Practice.

Join the next cohort of The Setup Programme and build your compliance consultancy across five expert-led sessions — with peer accountability, a bespoke business plan co-created throughout, and 30 days of post-launch email support.

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