Privacy Policy

Beacon & Ledger Consulting Ltd ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This notice explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we store it, and the rights you have over it. It applies to visitors to this website and to people who get in touch with us.

Who we are

Beacon & Ledger Consulting Ltd is a company registered in England & Wales (Company No. 16537737), based in Birmingham and working with clients UK-wide. We are the "data controller" for the personal data described in this notice.

We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), registration number ZC007396.

What data we collect

• Contact details: your name, email address, phone number, and business name, when you book a call, complete our contact form, or email us.
• Message content: anything you choose to tell us about your business and your needs.
• Marketing preferences: your email address and consent status if you subscribe to our newsletter or download a resource.
• Website usage data: anonymous, aggregated analytics such as pages viewed and approximate traffic source (see "Cookies and analytics" below).
• Server logs: our hosting provider processes technical data, including IP address, to serve the site securely and prevent abuse.

Why we collect it and our legal basis

• To respond to enquiries and arrange calls: on the basis of taking steps at your request prior to entering a contract, and our legitimate interest in responding to you.
• To provide our services: where you become a client, on the basis of our contract with you (governed by a separate engagement letter).
• To send marketing emails: only where you have given consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
• To improve our website: on the basis of our legitimate interest in understanding how the site is used. Our analytics are anonymous and cookieless.
• To meet legal and regulatory obligations: including anti-money-laundering and tax record-keeping requirements that apply to accountants.

Cookies and analytics

This website runs Google Analytics 4 in cookieless mode. We do not set advertising or tracking cookies, and we do not require a cookie consent banner because no personal identifiers are stored on your device for analytics. IP addresses are anonymised. Essential cookies may be set by embedded third-party tools (for example, the Calendly booking widget) only when you interact with them.

How we store and protect your data

Your data is stored securely with reputable service providers (listed below) who maintain appropriate technical and organisational security measures. We restrict access to personal data to those who need it to do their job, and we keep it only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes set out above or to meet our legal obligations (for accounting records, this is typically a minimum of six years).

Third-party processors

We use the following trusted providers to operate our website and deliver our services:

• Calendly: Scheduling discovery calls. Collects your name, email, and any details you provide when booking. Privacy policy ↗
• Formspree: Processing contact form submissions and routing them to our inbox. Privacy policy ↗
• Brevo (formerly Sendinblue): Sending our email newsletter and delivering downloadable resources, where you have opted in. Privacy policy ↗
• Xero: Accounting software used to deliver our services to clients (applies once you are a client, under a separate engagement). Privacy policy ↗
• Google Analytics 4: Anonymous, cookieless website analytics. Measures page views and traffic sources. IP addresses are anonymised and no cross-site identifiers are stored. Privacy policy ↗
• Vercel: Website hosting and content delivery. Processes server logs (including IP address) to serve the site securely. Privacy policy ↗

Some providers may process data outside the UK. Where they do, appropriate safeguards (such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or equivalent) are in place.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you;
• Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data;
• Ask us to erase your data, where there is no overriding legal reason to keep it;
• Restrict or object to our processing of your data;
• Request your data in a portable format;
• Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at hello@beaconledger.com. We will respond within one month.

Complaints

If you have a concern about how we handle your data, please contact us first and we will do our best to resolve it. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

We may update this notice from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of the page shows when it was last revised.

Contact us

Beacon & Ledger Consulting Ltd
Email: hello@beaconledger.com
Company No. 16537737, registered in England & Wales.