Phase 2 · Strategy & Planning · From Idea to Executable Plan
Risk Register Design & Management
The risks that destroy businesses are almost always the ones that were known but not managed — not the ones that arrived without warning.
Risk register design and management is the structured process of identifying, assessing, prioritising, and managing the risks that could materially affect the business — from commercial and operational risks through financial, reputational, and regulatory risks — ensuring that the leadership team has clear visibility of what the business is most exposed to and that mitigation actions are assigned, tracked, and effective. We design the risk management framework that protects the business from the threats it faces.
The Pain We Solve
You may recognise yourself in one of these.
Three audience scenarios · because the same service produces a different transformation depending on where you are in the business journey.
Scenario 1
The business that has never formally identified its risks and discovers this when an investor, insurer, or enterprise client asks for a risk register
The risk register does not exist. When the question is asked, the business produces a list of risks from memory in the meeting — incomplete, unweighted, and without any mitigation assigned. The impression created is of a business that has been operating without systematic awareness of the things that could hurt it.
Scenario 2
The business that has a risk register that was produced for a tender and has never been updated or used for management
The risk register was created for a contract bid and lives in a shared drive. It has not been reviewed since it was written, the risks have changed, some mitigations have been implemented and some have not, and nobody is accountable for managing any of them.
Scenario 3
The business that suffered a significant loss from a risk that was foreseeable and that a functioning risk management process would have managed
The event that caused the loss — a client insolvency, a key person departure, a regulatory change, a supply chain disruption — was foreseeable. The business had not identified it as a risk, had no mitigation in place, and had no plan for what to do when it occurred.
The Impact It Creates
The Moment You Will Feel the Difference.
Material risks identified, assessed, and prioritised before they become incidents
Risk mitigation assigned to owners and tracked to implementation
Risk register maintained as a live management tool rather than a document produced for an audience
Leadership team with clear, current visibility of the risks the business faces
What You Receive
The Specific Deliverables.
Tangible outputs · documented, dated, and yours to keep.
- Risk identification workshop — commercial, operational, financial, reputational, and regulatory
- Risk assessment framework — likelihood, impact, and current mitigation
- Risk register design and initial population
- Risk owner assignment and mitigation action plan
- Risk monitoring and reporting cycle
- Board risk reporting template
The Outcome
Where You Will Be on the Other Side.
The business has a live, actively managed risk register that gives the leadership team clear visibility of material risks, with mitigations in place, owners assigned, and a reporting cycle that keeps risk management current rather than theoretical.
Primary Focus
Designing and maintaining a live risk register that identifies, prioritises, and manages the material risks to the business through assigned mitigation and regular review.
KPI Measurement
- Risks identified and registered
- Mitigation implementation rate
- Risk incidents experienced vs registered risks
- Board risk reporting quality score
- Risk management maturity score
Investment & ROI
Pricing Engineered Around the Value You Create.
Every engagement is sized against the value we believe we can create with you · the fee is always a fraction of the outcome. Four tiers · so the investment matches your stage of business.
Tier 1
Foundations
£5,000 – £15,000
Right for
Pre-startup, startup, and micro-business founders ready to build on evidence rather than instinct.
Typical Value Created
£100K+ in sharper resource allocation and avoided strategic missteps
Engagement
4 – 8 weeks
Target Return
5 – 10× ROI
within 12 – 18 months
Tier 2
Acceleration
£15,000 – £50,000
Right for
Growing SMEs and established small businesses ready to scale a working model into the next revenue band.
Typical Value Created
£500K – £3M in faster execution and pipeline acceleration
Engagement
8 – 16 weeks
Target Return
5 – 10× ROI
within 12 – 18 months
Tier 3
Transformation
£50,000 – £250,000
Right for
Medium enterprises and scale-stage businesses ready to commit to a multi-quarter, organisation-wide shift.
Typical Value Created
£2M – £20M in strategic value through repositioning, model redesign, and growth-system installation
Engagement
3 – 9 months
Target Return
5 – 10× ROI
within 12 – 18 months
Tier 4
Enterprise
£250,000 – £2M+
Right for
Large enterprises, global operators, and complex organisations ready for a multi-year strategic partnership.
Typical Value Created
£10M+ in major strategic initiatives, capital deployment efficiency, and competitive repositioning
Engagement
12 months and onward
Target Return
5 – 10× ROI
within 12 – 18 months
Why We Price This Way
Every engagement is sized around the value we believe we can create with you. The fee is always a fraction of the outcome · typically 10 – 20% of the expected first-year return.
This is how we make sure pricing aligns with results. The conversation is never “what does this cost?” · it is always “what is this worth to your business?” We answer that together in the first call, transparently, and decide the right tier from there.
If we cannot articulate a credible 5–10× return for your specific situation, we will tell you in the first call. That honesty is part of why our clients trust us with the work that matters most.
Why This Conversation Matters
“The business that manages its risks does not eliminate bad luck. It eliminates the category of loss that could have been prevented if someone had identified the risk, assigned the mitigation, and tracked it to completion. We build the process that eliminates that category.”
A 90-minute structured strategy session · produces a usable roadmap whether you engage further or not.
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