Agentic UK Fire Safety Act 2021 and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 fire risk assessment report, fire safety log book, and Responsible Person compliance evidence pack service for small commercial landlords, small HMO landlords, and SME business premises owners (1–20 staff / 1–5 properties) required to commission and maintain a written fire risk assessment. Replaces the fire safety consultant who charges £300–£1,200 per premises to produce the written fire risk assessment, complete the fire safety log, and draft the Responsible Person's action plan — a process made newly urgent by the Fire Safety Act 2021's extension of FRA obligations to all multi-occupied residential buildings.
Why now
No fresh signal provided today. Justified by the Fire Safety Act 2021 (fully in force across England and Wales) extending Responsible Person obligations to all multi-occupied residential buildings — a documented ongoing compliance gap for small HMO landlords and commercial property owners, with fire authority enforcement notices increasing through 2024–25 per NFCC published data.
Commercial value
Target: ~500,000 UK commercial premises and HMO/multi-occupancy residential buildings legally required to hold a written FRA. Willingness to pay: £150–£400 per FRA report (vs £300–£1,200 consultant). Budget line: 'fire safety compliance / property management.' ACV ~£250 transactional but with annual review upsell (£99/yr). TAM at 2% penetration: £2.5–5M. Urgency: Fire Safety Act 2021 fully in force; local fire authority enforcement notices increasing.
Go-to-market
Target HMO landlords (already warm audience from HMO Licence Desk adjacency) and small commercial property managers via property management Facebook groups and Landlord Zone forums. Hook: 'A fire authority enforcement notice costs more than your annual mortgage payment — your FRA takes 20 minutes with us.' Price: £199 per FRA report + £79/yr for annual review reminder and log update. First 10 customers via HMO landlord Facebook groups (50k+ members, high engagement on compliance topics).
2-week MVP
Single output: a written fire risk assessment report in the format recommended by the Home Office 'fire safety risk assessment' guides, generated by LLM from a structured 25-question premises intake form (building type, occupancy, escape routes, fire detection, suppression, housekeeping). Customer uploads photos of the premises (optional); LLM drafts the risk assessment narrative and action plan. Cut: no physical site visit, no BS 9999 compliance sign-off, no fire engineer certification. Clearly scoped as a 'Type 1 desktop FRA' suitable for low-to-medium risk premises. Day-1 outcome: landlord has a written FRA document they can show to their local fire authority or insurer immediately.
Agent score
0.55 — Commercial: large addressable market (500k premises), real enforcement urgency, clear budget line — but low ACV (£199) means volume is critical; annual review upsell improves LTV — 0.70. Speed: 25-question intake form + LLM report is a 1-week build; HMO landlord Facebook groups are an immediate warm channel — 0.88. Defensibility: low; fire safety consultants and existing FRA software (e.g. Chubb, Safelincs tools) could replicate; moat only builds via volume and insurer partnerships — honest 0.35.
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