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GDPR Advisor (PSA Professional Solutions) review

Advisory firm

An outsourced data protection officer service and consultancy for smaller organisations in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire and London. We could not confirm the company behind it.

Relevant if you want an outsourced DPO and training from one firm, and will check its company number

Price Not published
Indemnity cover Not published
How it uses AI Not published
Facts last checked

Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages.

GDPR Advisor scores

Six scores, each 1 to 5. The evidence for each is further down.

Help when things go wrong 2/5
Qualifications of the people who do the work 1/5
What it publishes about fees 1/5
Knowledge of your sector 3/5
Independence from what it sells 3/5
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong 1/5

What GDPR Advisor offers, and what it publishes

GDPR Advisor bundles an outsourced DPO with compliance audits, gap analysis, staff training and help with Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001. It states a 72-hour breach response window, matching the UK GDPR reporting deadline. The firm says the service began in 2017, under a parent trading since 1989.

GDPR Advisor does not publish a company number. Its privacy policy names the operator only as 'PSA Professional Solutions'. We found no exact match for that name at Companies House. It does not publish a price, an ICO registration number or indemnity cover. Ask for its company number before you sign.

Only the founder, Phil Stratton, is named, with no qualifications given. The firm says 'the team' holds IAPP CIPP/E and CIPM certifications, without naming anyone. The only similar active company we found at Companies House, PSA Solutions Limited, uses a Bushey address, not the site's Aylesbury one, so we could not match them.

Strengths

  • Stated long operating history under parent PSA Professional Solutions, trading since 1989, with the GDPR Advisor service launched in 2017
  • Combines DPO-as-a-Service with GDPR training and Cyber Essentials/ISO 27001 certification support in one offering
  • States a 72-hour breach-response activation window aligned to the UK GDPR/ICO reporting deadline

Things to check

  • The Companies House entity behind the trading name could not be confidently identified
  • No named staff credentials beyond the founder are published
  • Does not publish pricing

Common questions

What company runs GDPR Advisor?

We could not confirm it. Its privacy policy names 'PSA Professional Solutions' with no company number, and we found no exact match at Companies House. Ask the firm for its company number.

Does GDPR Advisor publish its DPO prices?

No. It says it charges a fixed monthly retainer scaled to the organisation's size, quoted after a free consultation, with no published figures.

Are its staff named with their qualifications?

No. Only the founder, Phil Stratton, is named, with no stated qualifications. The firm says 'the team' holds IAPP CIPP/E and CIPM certifications.

Evidence for each GDPR Advisor score

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Notes behind each thing to check

  • The Companies House entity behind the trading name could not be confidently identified (gdpradvisor.co.uk's privacy policy names the operator only as 'PSA Professional Solutions' with no company number; no exact Companies House match for that name was found, and the closest similarly-named active company is registered at a different address than the one gdpradvisor.co.uk lists (find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=PSA+Professional+Solutions, checked 2026-07-17).)
  • No named staff credentials beyond the founder are published (The About page names only founder Phil Stratton without stating his personal qualifications, while the DPO service page attributes CIPP/E and CIPM certifications to 'the team' without naming individuals (gdpradvisor.co.uk/about, gdpradvisor.co.uk/outsourced-dpo-data-protection-officer-services, checked 2026-07-17).)
  • Does not publish pricing (The Outsourced DPO page describes a 'fixed monthly retainer' model but states pricing is bespoke and provided only after consultation, with no published figures (gdpradvisor.co.uk/outsourced-dpo-data-protection-officer-services, checked 2026-07-17).)
Six criteria, each scored 1 to 5, with the evidence for each.
CriterionScoreEvidence
Help when things go wrong 2/5 The DPO service page claims 'expert representation...during formal regulatory review' and a 72-hour breach response window, but names no staff and discloses no case outcomes (gdpradvisor.co.uk/outsourced-dpo-data-protection-officer-services).
Qualifications of the people who do the work 1/5 Only founder Phil Stratton is named, with no stated qualifications; CIPP/E and CIPM claims are attributed to 'the team' generically, not to named people (gdpradvisor.co.uk/about).
What it publishes about fees 1/5 No prices, rate card or worked examples were found on the Outsourced DPO page; pricing is described as bespoke and quoted only after consultation (gdpradvisor.co.uk/outsourced-dpo-data-protection-officer-services).
Knowledge of your sector 3/5 Four sectors are listed (healthcare, technology/SaaS/eCommerce, financial services, education/public sector) but no named sector specialists or published sector case studies were found (gdpradvisor.co.uk/outsourced-dpo-data-protection-officer-services).
Independence from what it sells 3/5 No commercial software product tied to advice was found, but the site also makes no explicit independence or conflict-of-interest disclosure statement (gdpradvisor.co.uk/outsourced-dpo-data-protection-officer-services).
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong 1/5 No professional indemnity insurance or liability terms are disclosed on the About page or privacy policy checked (gdpradvisor.co.uk/about, gdpradvisor.co.uk/privacy-policy).

Sources for GDPR Advisor

  • The registered company behind the trading name could not be confidently verified at Companies House (The site's privacy policy names the operator only as 'PSA Professional Solutions' with no company number given; a Companies House name search for 'PSA Professional Solutions' returns no exact match, and the only similarly-named active company found (PSA SOLUTIONS LIMITED, company number 05918347, incorporated 29 August 2006) is registered at 96 Melbourne Road, Bushey, Herts, a different address to the Aylesbury address gdpradvisor.co.uk lists, so it cannot be confidently matched to this trading brand) (Companies House, checked 17 July 2026)
  • No ICO registration number published (Not found on the privacy policy or about page checked) (gdpradvisor.co.uk, checked 17 July 2026)
  • Publishes a DPO-as-a-Service and related compliance service scope (Services include Outsourced DPO (DPOaaS), GDPR Compliance Audit, GDPR Gap Analysis, Certified DPO training (C-DPO), employee GDPR training, Cyber Essentials certification support, and ISO 27001 guidance) (gdpradvisor.co.uk, checked 17 July 2026)
  • Does not publish pricing (The Outsourced DPO page describes a 'fixed monthly retainer' scaled by organisation size but states pricing is bespoke and provided only after a free consultation; no figures are published) (gdpradvisor.co.uk, checked 17 July 2026)
  • No named staff other than the founder are published; team credentials are described generically (Only Phil Stratton (founder) is named, without stated personal qualifications; the DPO service page attributes IAPP CIPP/E and CIPM certifications to 'the team' without naming individuals) (gdpradvisor.co.uk, checked 17 July 2026)

DPO team stated to hold IAPP CIPP/E and CIPM certifications, not attributed to named individuals (stated on gdpradvisor.co.uk/outsourced-dpo-data-protection-officer-services)

First DPO or AI policySeeking ISO 42001 certificationAfter a breach or ICO contactRegulated sectors

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