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Customs and Trade Compliance Health Check

We can get your customs compliance back on track, together. 

Customs compliance is critical for your business to avoid penalties, delays, and unnecessary costs. Ensure your business meets all customs regulatory requirements with a thorough Customs and Trade Compliance Health Check. Benefit from an expert-led audit of your documentation and processes with one of our experienced customs consultants. 

To best understand your levels of compliance, we recommend our advisors check your CDS data ahead of the Health Check. This data is now freely available from HMRC – what’s more the Chartered Institute can assist you with downloading and analysing your data so we can highlight any compliance issues.  

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How does it work?

Your Customs and Trade Compliance Health Check is managed by one of our expert Chartered Institute consultants. They will visit your site for one or two days to conduct a thorough review of your customs processes, documentation standards, and operational practices.

You’ll then receive a clear, quality-checked report with actionable recommendations. Your personalised report will highlight vulnerabilities across your documentation, processes, and supply chain.

The recommendations will provide clear, actionable steps to improve accuracy, transparency, and control. The result? You’ll have better capabilities and improved confidence to prevent penalties, optimise costs, and strengthen resilience.

What you’ll receive

  • Comprehensive compliance audit 
  • Tailored recommendations for risk mitigation 
  • Clear roadmap for ongoing compliance improvements 
  • Cost and efficiency insights 
  • Follow-up workshop to discuss next steps 

Who will benefit from using our Customs and Trade Compliance Health Check?

Whatever your role is in international trade, our advisory services are invaluable across all areas of customs compliance. Our advisory services are particularly useful in the following industry sectors:

Critical Minerals
Manufacturing and Engineering
Chemicals
Food and Beverage
Aerospace and defence
Pharmaceuticals

FAQs

It's a comprehensive review of your customs processes, documentation, and compliance practices to ensure you meet HMRC and international trade requirements, reduce risk, and uncover cost-saving opportunities.

You'll get a clear, quality-checked report with a RAG-rated executive summary, tailored recommendations, and actionable steps to strengthen compliance and operational efficiency.

Yes, it can.  
Many businesses see significant ROI by identifying overpayments, optimising duty procedures, and reducing the risk of costly penalties. Actual savings depend on the findings and the actions taken.

Pricing varies based on the complexity and scale of your operation, but it’s designed to deliver strong value compared to potential compliance risks or inefficiencies. We will provide a tailored quote for your business.

Yes, as long as the data is redacted or anonymised in a way as not to detract from the questions asked during the audit.

HMRC is increasing spot checks and tightening compliance rules. A proactive health check helps you avoid penalties, delays, and reputational damage before issues arise.

Most reviews are completed within 2–4 weeks, depending on the complexity of your operations. We work to minimise disruption to your team.

Yes. We provide expert guidance to help implement improvements, new processes and procedures, and address future compliance needs.

We collect a minimal set of data (e.g., declarations data, customs docs, SOPs) that is mapped to clear purposes that can evidence compliance, processes and procedures and support the accuracy of the audit report.

Yes, we will issue an NDA and consultants will not remove any physical documentation from your site during the Health Check.

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