Athlex review: prices, credentials and cover

A young UK consultancy that acts as your outsourced data protection officer for a published monthly price, aimed at start-ups and small businesses.

What Athlex offers, and what it publishes

Athlex publishes its prices. Its three data protection officer (DPO) packages cost £350, £650 and £950 a month plus VAT, with two, five and seven hours of support, and 10% off for a 12-month commitment. It also offers audits, risk assessments, subject access request handling, contract reviews and breach support.

Athlex names none of its staff and publishes no qualifications. Its About page says the team has led data protection programmes for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies. It does not publish indemnity cover, any accreditation, or how it uses AI itself.

Athlex's three named testimonials come from Celnor Group, SISU Fitness Centre and Spurling Cannon Accountants; Spurling Cannon also appears in Athlex's registered address. The company was incorporated on 1 December 2024, so its trading history is short. Its privacy notice says it is registered with the ICO but gives no number. We found no Trustpilot profile.

Strengths

Publishes complete package pricing upfront, £350, £650 and £950 per month plus VAT with included hours stated, which is unusual disclosure in this market
Verifiable legal identity: its privacy notice publishes company number 16111225 and an ICO-registration statement, matching the Companies House record
Named client testimonials published, including Celnor Group, SISU Fitness Centre and Spurling Cannon Accountants
Practical SME focus with published support for common tool stacks (HubSpot, Salesforce, GA4) and start-up data-protection packs

Things to check

A young legal entity, Athlex Limited was incorporated on 1 December 2024, so the company has a short trading history.
Its About page does not name the advisers or list their qualifications.
Ask about insurance for advice, independent accreditations and how it uses AI. These were not explained on the pages we checked.

Common questions

How much does Athlex charge?

£350, £650 or £950 a month plus VAT, for its Essentials, Pro and Premium DPO packages with two, five and seven hours of support. A 12-month commitment gets 10% off.

How long has Athlex been trading?

Not long. The company was incorporated on 1 December 2024. Its About page says the team has more than a decade of legal and regulatory experience.

Does Athlex publish its team's qualifications?

No. It names no staff and publishes no individual qualifications, such as CIPP/E, CIPM or legal ones. Its experience claims are collective and anonymous.

Evidence for each Athlex score

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Notes behind each thing to check

A young legal entity, Athlex Limited was incorporated on 1 December 2024, so the company has a short trading history. (Companies House record for Athlex Limited, company 16111225 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16111225, checked 2026-07-16).)
Its About page does not name the advisers or list their qualifications. (https://athlex.co.uk/about/ checked 2026-07-16, experience claims are collective and anonymous, including 'serving as registered Data Protection Officers'.)
Ask about insurance for advice, independent accreditations and how it uses AI. These were not explained on the pages we checked. (Homepage, About page, privacy notice and website terms checked 2026-07-16; no such disclosures found.)

Six criteria, each scored 1 to 5, with the evidence for each.
Criterion	Score	Evidence
Help when things go wrong	3/5	Publishes breach support ('We're your first call. We'll advise you immediately on next steps, legal obligations, and damage control') and ICO preparation within DPO tiers, but discloses no outcomes and no named practitioners (athlex.co.uk/outsourced-dpo/, checked 2026-07-16).
Qualifications of the people who do the work	2/5	Publishes specific collective experience claims, FTSE 100/250 programmes and 'serving as registered Data Protection Officers', but names no individuals and offers nothing verifiable (athlex.co.uk/about/, checked 2026-07-16).
What it publishes about fees	4/5	Full tier prices published (£350/£650/£950 per month + VAT) with included hours and a 12-month discount, though overage rates and exclusions are not fully itemised (athlex.co.uk/outsourced-dpo/, checked 2026-07-16).
Knowledge of your sector	2/5	Claims experience across finance, insurance, travel, construction, tech and creative sectors but publishes no sector practices, sector pages or named sector practitioners (athlex.co.uk/about/, checked 2026-07-16).
Independence from what it sells	4/5	Consultancy-only model advising on third-party tools (HubSpot, Salesforce, GA4) with no software of its own to sell and published pricing, though no formal independence or partnerships statement (athlex.co.uk, checked 2026-07-16).
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong	1/5	No PI insurance or engagement liability terms disclosed; website terms only exclude liability for website use 'to the fullest extent allowed by law' (athlex.co.uk/website-terms/, checked 2026-07-16).

Sources for Athlex

Companies House registration: ATHLEX LIMITED, company number 16111225, incorporated 1 December 2024, status Active; registered office Spurling Cannon Maidstone Road, Charing, Ashford, England, TN27 0JS; SIC code 74909 (Companies House, checked 16 July 2026)
Own-site legal identity: Athlex's privacy notice publishes company number 16111225 and the same registered address, and states 'We are also registered with the Information Commissioners Office' (no ICO registration number given) (athlex.co.uk, checked 16 July 2026)
Service scope: Outsourced DPO services, GDPR audits, DPIAs and risk assessments, privacy notices and lawful-basis reviews, contract/DPA/SCC/IDTA reviews, DSAR services, start-up data-protection packs and data-breach response support (athlex.co.uk, checked 16 July 2026)
Pricing disclosure: Publishes full package pricing: Essentials DPO £350/month + VAT (2 hours), Pro DPO £650/month + VAT (5 hours), Premium DPO £950/month + VAT (7 hours), with a 10% discount for 12-month commitments (athlex.co.uk, checked 16 July 2026)
Credentials disclosure: Does not name any staff or publish individual qualifications (CIPP/E, CIPM, legal) on its public website as of 2026-07-16; the About page makes collective claims of having 'Led data protection programmes for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies' and 'more than a decade of legal and regulatory experience, including serving as registered Data Protection Officers' (athlex.co.uk, checked 16 July 2026)
PI insurance disclosure: Does not publish professional indemnity insurance details anywhere on its public website as of 2026-07-16 (homepage, About, privacy notice and website terms checked); website terms exclude liability for site use 'to the fullest extent allowed by law' (athlex.co.uk, checked 16 July 2026)
Named client outcomes: Publishes three named five-star testimonials, Emma Cooper (Celnor Group), Sarah Grimshaw (SISU Fitness Centre) and Richard Phillpott (Spurling Cannon Accountants); no full case studies published as of 2026-07-16 (athlex.co.uk, checked 16 July 2026)
AI-use disclosure: Does not publish any statement on how Athlex itself uses AI or where client data goes as of 2026-07-16; the homepage markets client-facing help ('Whether you are experimenting with AI or using it every day, we'll help you stay compliant') but its privacy notice contains no AI or automated-decision-making disclosure (athlex.co.uk, checked 16 July 2026)

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