Auditing & Assurance

Independent checks that show how your arrangements really perform

A health and safety audit is an independent check of whether your arrangements work in practice rather than only on paper. SiteSafe Solution carries out site inspections, workplace compliance audits, contractor audits and management system audits, then converts the findings into a prioritised improvement plan with every action ranked by risk.

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What is included

What auditing & assurance covers

Independent checks that show you, your clients and your insurers how your arrangements are really performing.

Site Audits & Inspections

Site inspections with clear findings, ranked by risk, and photographs and actions your team can work through.

Workplace Compliance Audits

A structured review of your workplace arrangements against current legal requirements and good practice.

Contractor Audits

Review of the contractors working for you: competence, documentation and how they actually work on site.

Management System Audits

Audit of your health and safety management system, whether informal or aligned to a recognised standard.

Corrective Action & Improvement Plans

Findings turned into a prioritised improvement plan, with support to close each action off properly.

Who this is for

Businesses we usually help with this

Businesses that have the documents but have never had them tested
Clients who need assurance about the contractors working on their premises
Companies preparing for a pre-qualification assessment or a client audit
Directors who want an honest picture before someone else forms one

The law behind it

What UK law requires

General information about the duties that apply, not advice on your specific business. An initial consultation establishes which of these actually bite for you.

Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 5

Employers must have arrangements for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of preventive measures. Monitoring is a legal duty, not an optional extra.

HSE guidance HSG65, Managing for health and safety

The HSE's own model is Plan, Do, Check, Act. Auditing and inspection are the Check step, and without it the cycle never closes.

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, section 3

You have duties towards people who are not your employees, which is why the safety performance of your contractors is your concern as well as theirs.

Last reviewed 21 August 2026. Legislation references are checked at each review.

Common questions

Questions we get asked about this

What is the difference between a safety audit and a site inspection?

A site inspection is a physical walk round looking at conditions on the day: access, plant, housekeeping, welfare and work at height. An audit is a deeper review of the system behind those conditions, testing whether your policies, training records and monitoring actually produce safe work. Most businesses need both, at different intervals.

How often should site inspections be carried out?

Frequency should match the risk. Active construction sites are commonly inspected weekly or fortnightly, and lower risk workplaces monthly or quarterly. The test in regulation 5 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 is whether your monitoring is effective, so the honest answer is: often enough to catch problems before they cause harm.

What do I actually receive after an audit?

SiteSafe Solution provides a written report with findings ranked by risk, photographs where they help, the legal or good practice reference behind each finding, and a corrective action plan with owners and target dates. The point is a list you can work through, not a document that sits in a drawer.

Will an audit help with pre-qualification schemes?

An audit produces much of the evidence pre-qualification assessments ask for: current risk assessments, monitoring records, training records, accident reporting arrangements and proof that findings get closed out. SiteSafe Solution is not an assessment body, but the output is designed to be handed straight to one.

More questions are answered on the health and safety FAQ page.

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