Governance recovery.
A defined project that establishes what is outstanding, puts right what the evidence supports, and hands back a position the board can hold. Scoped and quoted after the review, not before it, because the size of the job is not knowable until somebody has been through the record.
- First output
- Written position
- Scope and quote
- After the review
- Registers and GIAS
- 10 working days
- You keep
- A live tracker
One accountable person. Not a rotating clerking pool.
Enhanced checks where required.
Supplier and SLA information on request.
Data controller ZC098329. Company 16740592.
What you get
- Position review. A written statement of what is missing, overdue or inconsistent, established against the record.
- Priority and sequence. The order of work, driven by inspection, audit, funding or meeting deadlines.
- Outstanding minutes. Drafted from available evidence and taken through proper approval.
- Membership and terms. Board membership, terms of office, appointing bodies and vacancies rebuilt and verified.
- Declarations and attendance. Register of interests refreshed, attendance reconciled.
- GovernorHub. Membership, permissions, document areas and meeting information brought into line.
- GIAS and published information. Governance details on GIAS and the school website corrected, where in scope.
- Responsibility tracker. Recurring actions, review dates, deadlines, owners and status, handed to the board.
The honest limit
Minutes are reconstructed from evidence that still exists: agendas, papers, correspondence, decisions acted on. Where a meeting left no trace, the output is a recorded gap, not an invented minute. A board told what cannot be recovered is in a stronger position than one handed a complete-looking record that will not survive a question.
What you keep
A live tracker with owners, dates and status, plus the corrected registers. Registers, GovernorHub and GIAS are updated within 10 working days of notification once the project is running.
Practical answers
How far back can records be recovered?
As far as the surviving evidence supports. Agendas, papers, correspondence and decisions that were acted on all leave a trail that a minute can be reconstructed from and approved against. Where nothing survives, the gap is recorded as a gap.
Can you draft minutes for meetings that were never minuted?
Yes, where there is evidence to draft from, and they go through proper approval by the board rather than being filed as fact. A minute approved retrospectively, with the basis noted, is defensible. One written to fill a hole is not.
How long does a project take?
The position review is quick. The work after it depends on what the review finds, which is why the quote follows the review rather than preceding it. The sequence is driven by whichever deadline is closest, usually an inspection, an audit or a funding return.
What do you need from us to start?
Access to what exists, under your own permissions, and a named contact who can confirm scope and approve the record. Usually the chair. You do not need to tidy anything up first; finding out what is actually there is the first piece of work.
Interim cover to hold the cycle once the record is straight. What changed in 2026 for trust boards. What the board should see about complaints. Service levels for the commitments in full.
Approve the draft minutes. Then we invoice.Start with one meeting. You see how the papers are prepared, how the chair is supported in the room, and the minutes that go on the record, and you approve them before anything is charged.