# Centre for Assessment - **Type:** Certification body - **Website:** https://www.centreforassessment.co.uk - **Assessed by:** The Assurance Desk (Add-Venture Advisory Ltd) A UK certification body, UKAS-accredited for ISO 9001, 14001, 27001 and 45001, that assesses law firms for Lexcel. It was not UKAS-accredited for ISO 42001 in July 2026. ## Centre for Assessment scores Scored 1 to 5 on six criteria. There is no overall score. ### Help when things go wrong: 3/5 A documented complaints and appeals policy with staged response timescales exists, but no named lead auditors or disclosed audit-outcome case studies were found ### Qualifications of the people who do the work: 2/5 Centre for Assessment's genuine UKAS scope is narrow (only four management-system standards), and it is not UKAS-accredited for ISO/IEC 42001 (AIMS), which its own site frames only as a pending 'second tranche' application ### What it publishes about fees: 4/5 Publishes initial ISO 9001 audit prices from £1,125 plus VAT and an online quote calculator. The final quote depends on staffing, sites and scope. Checked 2026-10-13. ### Knowledge of your sector: 4/5 Named as a delivery partner for The Law Society's Lexcel legal-sector scheme and states focus on public-sector and education-sector certification ### Independence from what it sells: 5/5 Published impartiality policy explicitly states it 'shall not offer or provide management system consultancy' and applies a two-year separation rule, overseen by a named Impartiality Committee ### Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong: 3/5 A published complaints/appeals policy with specific staged response timescales exists, but no professional indemnity insurance or liability-cap disclosure was found ## Sources for Centre for Assessment Every line carries the page it was read on and the date it was checked. - UKAS accreditation does not currently cover ISO/IEC 42001 (AIMS) - Source: https://www.ukas.com/wp-content/uploads/schedule_uploads/00011/04947/0120Management-Systems.pdf - Checked: 2026-07-17 - Centre for Assessment's own marketing describes ISO 42001 accreditation as pending, not current - Source: https://www.centreforassessment.co.uk/iso-42001-certification/ - Checked: 2026-07-17 - Companies House registration - Source: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04089911 - Checked: 2026-07-17 - Pricing disclosure - Source: https://www.centreforassessment.co.uk/iso-9001-certification/ - Checked: 2026-10-13 - Published impartiality policy - Source: https://www.centreforassessment.co.uk/impartiality-policy/ - Checked: 2026-07-17 - Published complaints policy with response timescales - Source: https://www.centreforassessment.co.uk/media/190838/cfa-compliments-comments-and-complaints-policy.pdf - Checked: 2026-07-17 - Own website links to a stale copy of its UKAS schedule - Source: https://www.centreforassessment.co.uk/media/190250/latest-ukas-schedule.pdf - Checked: 2026-07-17 ## What this provider publishes Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages. - Price: Published - Indemnity cover: Not published - Credentials: Not published - Independent accreditation: Published - Client results: Not published - How it uses AI: Not published ## Strengths - Publishes initial ISO 9001 audit prices from £1,125 plus VAT, with an online quote calculator. - Published impartiality policy with a named Impartiality Committee and a stated two-year separation rule between prior consultancy and certification - Documented complaints and appeals policy with specific response-time commitments (5 working days to acknowledge, 20 working days for a stage 1 decision) - Named as a delivery partner for The Law Society's Lexcel legal-sector accreditation scheme, giving it a genuine sector specialism ## Things to check Each one carries the factual basis it rests on. - Not UKAS-accredited for ISO/IEC 42001 (AI management systems); its own marketing describes this only as a pending 'second tranche' application - Basis: Centre for Assessment Limited's live UKAS Schedule of Accreditation (ref. 0120, Issue No. 067, issued 9 June 2026), fetched and full-text searched directly on 17 July 2026, contains no mention of ISO/IEC 42001 or AIMS; its own ISO 42001 page states it is 'part of a second tranche of certification bodies that are on the way to be UKAS Accredited' - Its own website links to a six-year-out-of-date copy of its UKAS schedule that still shows the superseded ISO/IEC 27001:2013 standard - Basis: Centre for Assessment's 'latest UKAS schedule' download link is Issue No. 049 dated 4 March 2020, while the live schedule fetched directly from ukas.com on 17 July 2026 is Issue No. 067 dated 9 June 2026 - Only a narrow set of four UKAS-accredited management-system standards - Basis: Its live UKAS Schedule of Accreditation (ref. 0120, Issue 067) lists four management-system standards, fewer than DNV, Bureau Veritas and Intertek in this comparison group ## Where this firm appears - [Do you need a data protection officer?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/first-appointment) - [Can the firm that prepares you also certify you?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/certification-seeking) - [How do you change your data protection provider?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/switching-provider) - [Your sector adds its own rules to UK data protection law](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/sector-regulated) - [Which data protection, AI governance and cyber security providers publish a price?](https://theassurancedesk.com/lists/providers-that-publish-a-price) - [Compare providers](https://theassurancedesk.com/compare) --- **Scope.** The Assurance Desk covers data protection, AI governance and cyber security in the United Kingdom and the United States. It scores providers in both: UK-facing firms, and firms based in the United States. Every provider scored so far was selected for data-protection, AI-governance or security-assurance work. Where a page describes law, it names the country that law applies in. **Who publishes this.** The Assurance Desk is published by Add-Venture Advisory Ltd, company number 11854524, registered in England and Wales. The same owner runs Avouch, a marketing agency that sells AI visibility services to firms of the kind this site covers. That is a conflict of interest, and it is disclosed here. **Corrections.** If you represent this firm and something here is wrong or out of date, email hello@theassurancedesk.com with the evidence.