# Schellman Compliance, LLC - **Type:** Certification body - **Website:** https://www.schellman.com - **Assessed by:** The Assurance Desk (Add-Venture Advisory Ltd) The certification arm of US audit firm Schellman. It certifies to ISO 42001 and ISO 27001, and says ANAB accredits it, though its pages disagree on ISO 42001. ## Schellman Compliance scores Scored 1 to 5 on six criteria. There is no overall score. ### Help when things go wrong: 4/5 Published Appeals Process, Complaints process and Suspension Policy for non-compliant certified clients, backed by a public Certificate and Client Directory for verification (schellman.com/iso-business-policy, checked 2026-09-20). No disclosed complaint/appeal outcomes or statistics were found. ### Qualifications of the people who do the work: 3/5 Schellman Compliance, LLC is explicitly not a licensed CPA firm (that licence sits with sister entity Schellman & Company, LLC); its ANAB accreditation scope is self-published and internally inconsistent across its own site (ISO 42001 included on the ISO Business Policy page, omitted on the general ISO-certifications overview page), and no independent ANAB schedule/certificate number was located to resolve which is current. Do not treat ISO 42001 scope as independently confirmed. ### What it publishes about fees: 2/5 No prices, rate card or worked cost example found on any ISO-certification page checked; a costs FAQ heading exists but the answer is video-only, not published text (schellman.com/services/iso-certifications, checked 2026-09-20). ### Knowledge of your sector: 4/5 Named AI/ISO practice leader (Danny Manimbo, 10 years with Schellman, 13 years in the field) plus four named ISO 42001 clients spanning SaaS, eDiscovery/legal and records management (StackAware, Wrike, Complete Discovery Source, Iron Mountain) (schellman.com/services/ai-governance/iso-42001, checked 2026-09-20). ### Independence from what it sells: 2/5 A published impartiality statement and independent impartiality committee exist, but the same policy page lists Schellman's own 'Readiness Assessment' (pre-certification gap consulting) as a service offered 'to complete your ISO Certification' alongside the Certification Assessment itself, with no separate published statement barring Schellman from certifying a client it has advised (schellman.com/iso-business-policy, checked 2026-09-20). ### Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong: 3/5 Published appeals/complaints/suspension processes and a requirement for a fully executed agreement before work begins show some standing-behind-the-work structure, but no professional-indemnity insurance disclosure or liability-cap/terms were found on any public page checked (schellman.com/iso-business-policy, checked 2026-09-20). ## Sources for Schellman Compliance Every line carries the page it was read on and the date it was checked. - Schellman's own 'ISO Business Policy' page states ANAB accreditation covering ISO/IEC 42001 (AI management systems), alongside ISO 27001, 27701, 20000-1, 9001, 14001 and 22301, plus UKAS (27001), COFRAC (HDS) and SAC (MTCS). - Source: https://www.schellman.com/iso-business-policy - Checked: 2026-09-20 - Schellman's general ISO-certifications overview page states a narrower ANAB scope in its own 'Our Commitment to Impartiality' statement, omitting ISO 42001 and ISO 14001. - Source: https://www.schellman.com/services/iso-certifications - Checked: 2026-09-20 - Schellman Compliance, LLC is the non-attest entity of Schellman's alternative practice structure and is explicitly stated not to be a licensed CPA firm; its sister entity Schellman & Company, LLC holds the CPA licence. - Source: https://www.schellman.com/about-us - Checked: 2026-09-20 - Schellman publishes a certification-governance policy describing an impartiality commitment, an independent impartiality committee, an Appeals Process, a Complaints process and a Suspension Policy, aligned to ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 and 17065:2012. - Source: https://www.schellman.com/iso-business-policy - Checked: 2026-09-20 - Schellman markets itself as 'the first ANAB-accredited Certification Body for ISO 42001' and names four client case studies for ISO 42001 certification work. - Source: https://www.schellman.com/services/ai-governance/iso-42001 - Checked: 2026-09-20 ## 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: Published - Independent accreditation: Published - Client results: Published - How it uses AI: Not published ## Strengths - 20+ year track record as a SOC audit and IT-compliance assessment firm (over 2,000 SOC reports/year, ~60 audit/assessment types), giving institutional continuity uncommon among smaller certification bodies. - Genuinely multi-jurisdictional accreditation footprint for a US-headquartered body: ANAB (US), UKAS (UK), COFRAC (France) and SAC (Singapore) across different ISO/management-system schemes, plus FedRAMP 3PAO and CMMC C3PAO federal accreditations. - Published, standards-referenced certification governance (ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 and 17065:2012): an independent impartiality committee, an appeals process, a complaints process, a suspension policy for non-compliant clients, and a public certificate/client directory for buyer verification. - Names an individual AI/ISO practice leader (Danny Manimbo) and four named ISO 42001 client case studies, giving some named accountability for AI-management-system certification work rather than an anonymous team. ## Things to check Each one carries the factual basis it rests on. - Two of its pages list different accredited standards. Ask for the current ISO 42001 accreditation document. - Basis: https://www.schellman.com/iso-business-policy includes ISO 42001; the impartiality section at https://www.schellman.com/services/iso-certifications omits it and ISO 14001. Both read 2026-10-13. This difference alone does not determine the current independent accreditation scope. - No fee information is published on any ISO-certification page checked (overview, ISO 27001, 27701, 22301, 9001, or the ISO 42001/AI-governance page); a 'How much does an ISO certification cost?' FAQ heading exists but its answer is delivered only inside an embedded video, not as accessible text, leaving pricing quote-only. - Basis: schellman.com/services/iso-certifications and schellman.com/services/ai-governance/iso-42001, checked 2026-09-20 - No published firewall between pre-certification consulting and the certification decision: the same policy page that calls impartiality a 'core value' also lists a 'Readiness Assessment' (gap/pre-assessment consulting) as one of the services Schellman itself offers 'to complete your ISO Certification', immediately beside the Certification Assessment, with no separate published statement barring Schellman from certifying a client it has provided readiness/gap consulting to. - Basis: schellman.com/iso-business-policy, checked 2026-09-20 - We could not read the Florida register. Ask for its company details and current status. - Basis: search.sunbiz.org, attempted 2026-09-20 via direct curl (HTTP 403) and Bright Data unblocker (2/2 attempts, no usable content) ## Where this firm appears - [Can the firm that prepares you also certify you?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/certification-seeking) - [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. 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