Health and Safety for owner-managed businesses

Your Health and Safety sorted. So you can get on with running your business.

Black Crow Safety provides practical, proportionate health and safety support for small businesses across Cwmbran, Torfaen and South East Wales. We become your named Competent Person — so you're covered, documented and legally compliant.

CMgr Chartered Manager
NEBOSH certified
IOSH member
Decades of operational experience
Local — Cwmbran based
Professionally insured

Why Black Crow Safety

Health and safety doesn't have to be complicated

Most small businesses know they should take health and safety seriously. The problem is finding the time, confidence and support to do it properly. That's exactly what we're here for.

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Your legal duties met

The law requires every employer to have access to a competent person. We become that person — named, documented and available when you need us.

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Local and personal

We know the industrial estates in Cwmbran and Torfaen. You get a named, dedicated contact — not a call centre, not a helpline number.

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Priced to fit your business

Retainers are sized to your risk profile, not a one-size-fits-all fee — far less than the cost of an HSE fine, and a fraction of what a full-time Health and Safety employee would cost.

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Your own client portal

Every retainer client gets a secure online portal — access documents, upload certificates, track actions and manage your COSHH register 24/7.

Ready to get your Health and Safety sorted? It starts with a free, no-obligation 30-minute review of your business.

How it works

Four steps to being properly covered

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Free site health check

We visit your premises for a no-obligation 30-minute review. We give you an honest RAG-rated assessment of your current Health and Safety position — no jargon, no hard sell, no invoice.

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We build your Health and Safety foundation

We produce your bespoke Health and Safety Policy, Risk Assessments, Fire Risk Assessment, COSHH Assessment and Emergency Procedures — completed on site and delivered as professional PDF documents.

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Your client portal goes live

We set up your secure client portal. All your documents are there, alongside your action plan, COSHH register and renewal dates. You can upload your own certificates and records directly.

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Ongoing partnership begins

We become your named Competent Person — available by phone and email, reviewing your documents annually, visiting quarterly on the Complete plan, supporting you when things change or go wrong.

Pricing

Pricing that fits your business

Every business carries different risk and complexity, so we don't publish a flat price list. Book your free health check and we'll give you a clear, tailored quote afterwards — no hidden fees, no long contracts, 30 days notice to cancel.

Starter
Tailored quote
one-off document pack
Bespoke Health and Safety Policy
Core risk assessments
Fire risk assessment
Emergency procedures
Accident log
Complete
Tailored quote
monthly retainer — 30 days notice
All Essential services
Quarterly on-site visits
2 toolbox talks per year
Incident investigation support
Priority same-day response
COSHH register fully managed

What we do

Services and pricing

Every business carries a different level of risk, so retainer pricing is based on your risk profile and headcount rather than a flat fee. Book your free health check and we'll follow up with a tailored quote. All retainer packages include your managed Black Crow Safety client portal — your documents, action plans, COSHH register and renewal dates, all in one secure place.

Starter
Tailored quote
one-off document pack
Bespoke Health and Safety Policy
Core risk assessment suite
Fire risk assessment
Emergency procedures
Accident and near miss log
All documents as professional PDFs
Complete
Tailored quote
monthly retainer — 30 days notice
Everything in Essential
Quarterly on-site review visits
2 on-site toolbox talks per year
Priority same-day response
COSHH register fully managed
Incident investigation included

Your Black Crow Safety Client Portal — included in all retainer packages

Every retainer client gets their own secure online portal, set up and managed by us. It's your compliance record, available any time from any device.

All Health and Safety documents as PDFs
Upload your own certificates & records
Action plan with due dates
Log incidents & near misses directly
COSHH register with HSE guidance links
Renewal date calendar
Secure — your data, your access only
Access from any device, any time

Additional services

Available to all clients. All prices exclude VAT.

Manual handling training (up to 12)£350
MHE / forklift awareness for managers£400
Fire warden training (up to 12)£300
Standalone fire risk assessment£350–500
COSHH assessment (per substance group)£75
CHAS / SafeContractor application support£150–250
Incident investigation£450/day
Ad hoc consultancy£60/hr

CHAS/SafeContractor support covers our time only. Clients pay the submission fee directly to CHAS (typically £300–500 depending on turnover band).

All retainer clients get a free 30-minute initial site visit. No obligation. Just an honest conversation.

About Black Crow Safety

Why this business exists

Owner-managed businesses are expected to manage increasingly complex health and safety responsibilities without the time, confidence or support to do it properly. Black Crow Safety was created to change that — by becoming a trusted partner, not another supplier.

Our background

Black Crow Safety's approach comes from decades of hands-on experience in high-hazard, fast-moving operational environments — not from a compliance office. We've managed real risk, in real environments, where getting it wrong has real consequences.

That's the standard we bring to every business we work with: practical, common-sense support built on real operational judgement, not paperwork for its own sake.

Black Crow Safety is based in Cwmbran — named from the Welsh meaning of the town: Valley of the Crows. We serve businesses across Torfaen, Newport, Monmouthshire and South East Wales.

CMgrNEBOSHIOSHLevel 3 AETRTITBCMI Level 5

Our approach

Health and safety as good management

Most consultants are paid to deliver a report. Black Crow Safety is built to deliver outcomes. The measure of success isn't the number of pages in a document — it's whether your business is genuinely safer and better protected.

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Plain English always

No jargon. No legislation you can't act on. Clear advice you can understand and use in your business.

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Proportionate to your business

A 6-person engineering unit needs different support to a 20-person manufacturer. We tailor everything.

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Partnership not paperwork

We become part of your management team — not another supplier you hear from once a year when the invoice is due.

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Honest about our limits

We focus on general industry Health and Safety for SMEs. Where specialist expertise is needed — such as construction CDM — we say so clearly.

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Talk to us

Whether you want to book a free health check, ask a question or find out more — fill in the form and we'll get back to you within one working day.

We typically respond within one working day. Your details will never be shared with third parties.

Direct contact

Contact details

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Phone

01633 328860 (office)
07458 652823 (mobile)
Mon–Fri, 8am–6pm

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Email

info@blackcrowsafety.co.uk
Reply within one working day

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Based in

Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales
Serving South East Wales

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