Every premises, one view.
If you're responsible for dozens — or hundreds — of community buildings, the hard part of Martyn's Law isn't the duties. It's knowing where every premises stands: who's ready, who's in progress, whose review is overdue. Wellinhand gives you that one view, before commencement — not after.
A pilot starts with about ten premises. Your data, your terms — and a readiness report you can take to your synod, board or committee.
You can't report on what you can't see
Across a network, the duties are simple but the visibility isn't.
Hundreds of committees, Googling alone
Every parish, hall and club works it out separately. Some are sorted, some haven't started — and from the centre you have no way to tell which is which.
The question you'll be asked
"How do we know our buildings are ready?" Whether it comes from a synod, a council audit or a journalist, the honest answer today is usually a shrug. It shouldn't be.
Memory walks out the door
Committees turn over. The volunteer who did the work moves on, and the knowledge goes with them — unless it's written down somewhere that survives the handover.
Network readiness, in one view
Per-premises status across your whole estate, and a report you can put in front of a board.
- St Mary's, AshfordReady
- Holy Trinity hall, BromptonIn progress
- St Cuthbert's, Dale EndNot started
- All Saints, ElmswickReview overdue
- St John's, FarleighReady
Built for the way networks work
Same brand, same plain-English experience your members get — a different rung of the ladder for you.
Dioceses, circuits & denominational bodies
Places of worship are standard tier at any size once in scope. Give every parish the same simple path, push down templates your registrar is happy with, and roll readiness up for synod papers.
Local authorities with community buildings
Answer the internal audit question — "how do we know our buildings comply?" — with a dashboard, not a survey. Offer your resident halls a supported tier: a visible win for the council.
ACRE bodies & village-hall networks
Your member halls trust you more than they'll trust any vendor. Bring them a tool that fits volunteer committees, and see the whole county's readiness in one place.
Club networks & governing bodies
Affiliated clubs share the same questions and the same gaps. Standardise the approach across your members and keep the evidence where you can find it.
How a pilot works
Start small, prove it, then decide.
- Pick a handful of premises — around ten is ideal: a mix of sorted, in-progress and not-yet-started, so you see the real picture.
- We set up your network — your premises imported, local contacts invited, your approved templates in place.
- Each premises works through the same calm steps — the single-venue experience your members would get anyway.
- You watch readiness build, then take the report to your board — a dated, board-ready summary. If it earns its place, you widen it out.
You don't need a consultant. You need a system.
The statutory guidance is free, the duties at standard tier are deliberately simple, and neither the Home Office nor the SIA endorses any product — including this one. A network doesn't have a knowledge problem; it has a visibility and memory problem.
That's the whole of what Wellinhand does for you: every premises in one view, the evidence on demand, and a record that survives the next change of committee.
Start a conversation
Tell us your organisation and we'll be in touch about a pilot — network pilots get priority. No commitment, no sales pressure; we'll send the same monthly plain-English update in the meantime.
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Common questions
Can we start with a pilot?
Yes — most networks begin with ten or so premises. You see the network view and a board-ready readiness report for that group before committing anything wider. The pilot is free.
Who owns the data?
You do. Every record — procedures, briefing logs, review dates, evidence — is yours and exportable at any time. We hold it on your behalf; we never sell it or share it.
Does this replace our own guidance to members?
No. The official statutory guidance is free, and your own circulars sit on top. Wellinhand is the system of record underneath: visibility of who has done what, and the evidence to show it — not advice, and not a substitute for the guidance.
Our premises are run by volunteer committees — will they actually use it?
That is the test we design for. Each premises gets the same calm, plain-English single-venue experience; you get the view across all of them. A pilot is how you prove adoption before rolling out.
How long does it take to set up?
A network is quick to stand up: import your premises, invite the local contacts, and the dashboard fills in as each one progresses. There is no software for your members to install.
What does it cost?
The pilot is free. After that, pricing is per network and scaled to your size, with terms that recognise charitable and public budgets. We would rather agree something that fits than price you out.