Site-specific plan
The four procedures written for your actual doors, rooms and staffing, grounded in the official guidance throughout.
Create a Martyn's Law plan that gives you peace of mind
We turn the official government guidance into a plan written for your specific venue, with a dashboard that proves your readiness. No expensive consultants required.
How we help you get ready
Don't start from a blank page and write a policy you hope is satisfactory. Simply answer some basic questions about your venue and we'll create a plan you can trust.
Answer plain questions about your venue
Doors, rooms, staffing, hirers: the same factors the official guidance says you must consider, asked one at a time in plain English. About twenty minutes, no security knowledge needed, and every question explains why it's being asked.
Get a plan that's tailored to your site
The four procedures the law asks for, evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication, written for your actual building and grounded in the official guidance. Download it, print it, and hand it over with confidence.
Provide proof that your team knows their roles
We give you a shareable log that each employee can sign, giving you clear evidence that your team was made aware of their roles. Printable cue cards with announcement scripts ensure staff members are prepared in the case of a real incident.
Always know where you stand
With a simple dashboard you can see what's been done and what's left. When the guidance changes, or the SIA portal opens, we nudge you. Compliance that stays current, not a PDF that goes stale.
Everything included
Launching ahead of commencement. Simple annual pricing, announced at launch. Founding venues lock it in before anyone else.
Pocket action cards
Credit-card-sized prompts per role, the format the guidance itself endorses. Print, laminate, done.
Staff awareness record
Every staff member and volunteer confirms they've read their role, per plan version. Your evidence that everyone was made aware of what to do.
Hirer briefing pack
For halls and churches: a one-page briefing sheet and suggested hire-agreement wording, so hirer-led sessions are covered too.
Review reminders
When anything changes, or a year passes, we nudge you, you update your answers, and everyone re-confirms. Compliance that stays current.
Inspection evidence pack
SIA inspections usually come with 72 hours' written notice. One click assembles your plan, versions, awareness records and occupancy assessment.
Pubs, halls, churches, gyms, clubs: if you could expect 200 or more people at once, staff included, the standard tier applies to you.
The four procedures the law asks for
The Act requires appropriate, reasonably practicable procedures in four areas. Not equipment. Not paperwork for its own sake. Procedures your people can actually follow.
Evacuation
Getting people out and away from danger, dispersing in different directions rather than gathering at the fire assembly point, which could be a second target.
Invacuation
Bringing people in, or moving them to a safer part of the building, when the danger is outside, away from windows, outside walls and entrances.
Lockdown
Securing doors and shutters to keep danger out. Including the detail most templates miss: doors that unlock automatically when the fire alarm sounds.
Communication
Alerting everyone fast and telling them what to do, with word-for-word announcement scripts your staff can read out under pressure.
What you don't legally need (whatever the sales calls say)
Compliance sellers thrive on fear. Here is what the Act and the statutory guidance actually say about the standard tier:
- No mandatory paid training courses. Briefing your own staff properly counts.
- No required equipment purchases or building alterations.
- No consultants required. Buying a product or service is never mandatory, and that includes ours.
- No annual review requirement. Reviewing periodically is recommended good practice, not statute.
- Technically, no legal duty to produce a written document, though the guidance says you should. Undocumented procedures are very difficult to demonstrate at inspection, so a plan is highly advised.
What is required: appropriate procedures in place, and the people with a role in them "must be made aware of the procedures and their specific role". That's the standard we build to, and why every plan comes with a staff awareness record, not just a PDF.
Straight answers
Does Martyn's Law require me to buy anything?
No. The Act does not require you to buy equipment, pay for training courses, or hire consultants. It requires appropriate, reasonably practicable procedures, and most standard tier venues can meet it with planning and briefing, not purchases.
What are the penalties at the standard tier?
Civil penalties up to £10,000, plus daily penalties up to £500 for continued non-compliance. Breaching a compliance notice is not a criminal offence at the standard tier. (The £18 million figures you may have seen apply to the enhanced tier, meaning venues of 800+, not to you.)
When does it come into force?
The Act received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025. The duties for venues are expected to commence in Spring 2027, giving venues time to prepare. Statutory guidance was published in April 2026.
Be ready before Spring 2027
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