We need to trust thatwhoever is teaching, coaching or caring for them are checked, safe and ready to do so.
Safeguard-Me provides that assurance by offering a complete digital vetting solution for every individual and organisation working with children and vulnerable adults.
We all need the peace of mind that our children are in safe hands when out of our sight.
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2. introduction
Despite rigorous legislation and high-profile case
history, there are still too many poorly checked or
un-vetted individuals working and volunteering with
children and vulnerable adults.
Sex crimes committed by adults in positions of trust
have increased by more than 80 per cent since 2014,
according to official figures released by NSPCC in
November 2017.
We all need the peace of mind that our children are in
safe hands when out of our sight. We need to trust that
whoever is teaching, coaching or caring for them are
checked, safe and ready to do so.
Safeguard-Me provides that assurance by offering
a complete digital vetting solution for every
individual and organisation working with children
and vulnerable adults.
Sex crimes committed by adults in positions
of trust have increased by more than 80 per
cent since 2014, according to official figures
released by NSPCC in November 2017.
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2017
3. We are seeking £150k investment (minimum £1,500)
in exchange for 10% equity.
Your investment will be used to further develop and
launch the application.
As an early stage investor in our company, you will
benefit from the UK government's Seed Enterprise
Investment Scheme (SEIS) offering significant tax
breaks of up to 50% on your investment.
Our growth forecast for the next five years is to reach
£6m sales income per annum.
Our exit strategy is to be acquired by a large software
vendor after five years e.g. Capita, Sage, HP-Education.
Based on this strategy and a valuation of £9m in 2022,
we are predicting a 6x return on your investment.
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4. Problem
The Bichard inquiry (2004), published following the
Soham murders, recommended that 'those who
wish to work with children should be registered….
supported by a card/licence.'
To date no such card/license exists and no records are
digitised; everything is paper based.
With over a million individuals employed in schools
alone and a further 1.3 million working with children/
vulnerable adults for the NHS, the task of ensuring
personnel are safe to work has become unmanageable.
In addition, there are approaching 5 million (McKinsey
2017) self-employed professionals from Football
Coaches to Uber drivers working in the so called 'gig'
economy, who have no recognised mechanism for
assuring their end users that they are checked, safe
and ready to work.
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"It is vital that schools and colleges create a culture
of safe recruitment and, as part of that, adopt
recruitment procedures that help deter, reject or
identify people who might abuse children."
Keeping Children Safe in Education -
Department for Education, 2016
5. solution
Safeguard-Me is a secure web application which
allows essential vetting information including identity,
criminal records and UK right to work checks, to be
easily recorded, updated and maintained.
An individual’s data is collated from multiple sources,
in a unique digital record, creating a real-time overview
of their safeguarding status and suitability to work with
children or vulnerable adults.
In short, Safeguard-Me creates the license
recommended by Lord Bichard; we call this the
Safeguard–Me Passport.
Following initial demonstrations of the application we
have received overwhelming support from Liverpool
City Council, Herts County Council, NSPCC and the
Off-Side Trust.
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About-Me
Personal information
Forename(s) John Status
Surname Smith Status
Date of birth 30/06/1989 Status
Position Support Staff Status
Passport information
Passport No. (PRN) Pending Status
Created by Admin Status
Completed on 08/01/2018 Status
Updated on 24/01/2018 Status
Updated by Admin Status
Personal information
Forename(s) Verified Status
Surname Verified Status
Date of birth Verified Status
Position Verified Status
Passport information
Passport No. (PRN) Verified Status
Created by Verified Status
Completed on Verified Status
Updated on Verified Status
Updated by Verified Status
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6. the team
Jon has over 20 years’experience in Education, in the
main recruiting teachers and support staff for over 800
schools across the UK and four continents worldwide.
A qualified teacher, Jon has taught in schools and
was a project lead for a Local Authority and is now
Recruitment Director of Futureactive, which was
established in 2005.
Futureactive specialise in the safe recruitment of
temporary PE teachers and Sports Coaches to work in
schools across the UK. It is whilst in this role that Jon
recognised the need for a standardised, transparent
vetting application and the concept of Safeguard-Me
was developed.
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Jon Pettit
Chief Executive Officer
7. David has over 20 years’experience working in
Management Consulting and Programme Delivery.
David has led Digital Transformation Programmes in
Health, BioScience and Media industries with leading
consultancies including Channel3, Block and Populo.
David is Director of Toller Consulting and is the
Project Lead for Safeguard-Me.
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the team
David Atkins
Chief Operating Officer
8. Ricci Hammond has over 20 years’experience in
software and web development.
Ricci started his career at Glaxo Smith Kline before
moving into Lead DevOps roles specialising in Unified
Comms and messaging applications.
Ricci is the Lead Developer for Safeguard-Me.
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the team
Ricci Hammond
Chief Technology Officer
9. As a safeguarding and compliance officer, Leah has
vetted 100s of teachers and education professionals,
ensuring they are checked, safe and ready to work
with children.
With in-depth knowledge of the Department for
Education’s, Keeping Children Safe in Education
legislation, Leah ensures our safeguarding policies
and procedures are current and robust.
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the team
Leah Rogers
Compliance Officer
10. A highly experienced teacher and member of her
school’s leadership team, Aysha has been Safeguarding
Lead and Designated Senior Person (safeguarding) in
her current role for a number of years.
Trained in Safer Recruitment she ensures her school
adheres to best practice guidelines through the correct
completion and reporting of the Single Central Record.
She is also an experienced club welfare officer
having undertaken the role for a local swimming and
netball club, working to ASA (Amateur Swimming
Association) and AENA (All England Netball Association)
safeguarding guidelines in addition to being a
certified DBS verifier.
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the team
Aysha Pettit
Safeguarding Lead
11. Commercial
Model
Institutional Usage (B2B)
• Monthly subscriptions start at £25. This allows an
organisation to create, store and update 50 passports.
• Organisations with more than 50 staff will pay
a simple tariff of 50p per passport per month.
• 12 month minimum term
Individual Usage (B2C)
• Targeted at individual users e.g. Sports Coaches,
Music Teachers and Taxi Drivers
• Single User subscription based on £5/month
• 12 month minimum term
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13. What do
we need?
We are seeking £150,000 initial investment.
Investment breakdown
• Internal Development Costs - £50,000
• Marketing Costs - £35,000
• External App Development Costs - £35,000
• External Consultancy Costs - £15,000
• Hosting and Hardware - £15,000
Funding Requirements
• We are seeking an initial investment of £150,000
in exchange for 10% Equity in the company
• Forecast Year 2 turnover - £680,000
• Forecast Year 3 turnover - £1,727,000
• Forecast Year 5 turnover - £6,113,000
• Our exit strategy is to sell Safeguard-Me in year 5 (2022)
• Based on a 2022 valuation of £9m we are
offering a 6x return upon exit for this
stage of investment
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14. The Seed Enterprise
Investment
Scheme (SEIS)
We have a certificate of assurance from HMRC stating that
investments in Safeguard-Me are eligible for the Seed
Enterprise Investment Scheme ('SEIS')
SEIS is a UK Government scheme designed to help small,
early-stage companies to raise equity finance by offering a
range of tax reliefs to individual investors who purchase new
shares in those companies.
To say that the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, or SEIS,
is incredibly generous is somewhat of an understatement.
Of course we all hope our investments do well, but if you pay
tax at 45% and make an investment of £10,000 that fails
completely, you only lose £2,750 due to the tax relief.
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15. Next Steps and
Call to Arms
We are planning to go live for investment in March 2018
Please register your interest in investing at
www.safeguard-me.co.uk/invest
Or get in touch at hello@safeguard-me.co.uk
We will keep you informed on progress via email updates.
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