# GDPR Advisor (PSA Professional Solutions) - **Type:** Advisory firm - **Website:** https://www.gdpradvisor.co.uk/ - **Assessed by:** The Assurance Desk (Add-Venture Advisory Ltd) 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. ## GDPR Advisor scores Scored 1 to 5 on six criteria. There is no overall score. ### 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 Every line carries the page it was read on and the date it was checked. - The registered company behind the trading name could not be confidently verified at Companies House - Source: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=PSA+Professional+Solutions - Checked: 2026-07-17 - No ICO registration number published - Source: https://www.gdpradvisor.co.uk/privacy-policy - Checked: 2026-07-17 - Publishes a DPO-as-a-Service and related compliance service scope - Source: https://www.gdpradvisor.co.uk/outsourced-dpo-data-protection-officer-services - Checked: 2026-07-17 - Does not publish pricing - Source: https://www.gdpradvisor.co.uk/outsourced-dpo-data-protection-officer-services - Checked: 2026-07-17 - No named staff other than the founder are published; team credentials are described generically - Source: https://www.gdpradvisor.co.uk/about - Checked: 2026-07-17 ## What this provider publishes Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages. - Price: Not published - Indemnity cover: Not published - Credentials: Not published - Independent accreditation: Not published - Client results: Not published - How it uses AI: Not published ## 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 Each one carries the factual basis it rests on. - The Companies House entity behind the trading name could not be confidently identified - Basis: 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 - Basis: 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 - Basis: 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). ## 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) - [After a data breach: what UK law asks of you](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/post-breach) - [Your sector adds its own rules to UK data protection law](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/sector-regulated) - [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.