Facilities Management
MCT Facilities Group provides commercial building compliance certification for facilities managers, property managers, and building owners across Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester, and the surrounding Midlands and North West England. Our team has been delivering compliance and testing services since 2016, with MCT Facilities Group now bringing that experience together under one company, running audits, testing, certification, and reporting as a single connected programme.
Key Takeaways
- One connected compliance programme: audit, test, certify, and report, tracked under a single schedule rather than several contractors working to different renewal dates.
- Our team has been delivering compliance and testing services since 2016, with MCT Facilities Group now bringing that experience together under one company, based in Burton-on-Trent.
- Compliance certification covering regulatory compliance, safety testing, and audits and reports for facilities managers, property managers, and multi-site operators.
- Testing carried out with reference to the regulations that actually apply, including the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, and HSE guidance on legionella risk management.
- CHAS and Constructionline accredited, with electrical testing supported by our NICEIC approved contractor status. Working relationships with organisations including Towerview Care, Roger Bullivant, M Core / LCP UK, and Hortons.
What Is Compliance Certification?
Compliance certification here means bringing a commercial building’s statutory testing, inspections, risk assessments, and documentation together under one programme, so a facilities manager or property owner isn’t tracking several renewal dates across several suppliers. That covers everything from electrical testing and gas safety checks through to legionella risk assessments and fire safety documentation.
What sets MCT’s approach apart is that we run the whole process as one service: we audit what’s in place, carry out the testing or risk assessment, issue the correct documentation for that specific requirement, and report back on anything still outstanding. Not everything results in the same type of paperwork, an electrical inspection produces a certificate, a legionella assessment produces a risk assessment and control plan, and we’re precise about which is which rather than calling everything a certificate.
Who We Support
This service is built for the people responsible for keeping a building compliant, not for the building’s day to day occupants. That typically means:
- Facilities managers
- Property and estates managers
- Building owners and landlords
- Managing agents
- Industrial site managers
- Care home and care group operators
- Multi-site property portfolios
If you’re responsible for more than one building, our compliance schedule is built to handle different renewal dates across every site from one central record, rather than treating each building separately.
The Traditional Approach vs the MCT Approach
Most buildings end up with a different contractor for each type of compliance work, which is where things start slipping through the gaps.
Traditional approach: an electrical contractor, a separate gas engineer, a separate fire contractor, and a separate water hygiene provider each manage their own certificate, with the client left to manually track every renewal date across all of them.
MCT approach: one compliance programme covering audit, testing, certification and documentation, remedial works, central reporting, and a renewal schedule, so one team can tell you the compliance status of the whole building at any point.
What We Commonly Find During a Compliance Audit
Expired or missing certificates
This is the single most common issue. A building might have a valid gas safety record but an electrical test that expired months ago, and nobody’s noticed because the two run on different cycles. We map every certificate and assessment a building needs against its actual expiry date, rather than assuming everything renews at the same time.
Testing intervals that don’t match the building’s use
Inspection frequency isn’t the same for every building. Electrical testing intervals depend on the type of installation and how the building is used, gas safety obligations depend on the premises and who the dutyholder is, and legionella control depends on what the risk assessment finds rather than a fixed calendar date. We check each of these individually instead of copying one interval across every site.
Documentation that doesn’t match what’s actually on site
We regularly find compliance folders with certificates for equipment that’s since been replaced, or missing records for equipment that was added later. Asset registers and paperwork drift apart from what’s physically installed, which becomes a real problem the moment an inspector asks for proof.
Conflicting renewal dates across contractors
When electrical, gas, fire, and water hygiene work are handled by separate contractors, each one tracks their own renewal date with no shared calendar. It’s common to find one certificate renewed early and another already overdue, simply because nobody was looking at the whole picture.
Remedial work completed but never closed off on paper
A fault gets fixed, but the record showing it was fixed never makes it back into the compliance file. On paper, the building still looks non-compliant even though the work is done, which causes confusion at the next audit or inspection.
No single owner of the compliance schedule
In buildings where different contractors handle electrical, gas, and fire testing separately, nobody is actually responsible for the full picture. Each contractor knows their own certificate is in date, but nobody’s checking that all of them are. This is the gap our connected service is built to close.
How Our Compliance Certification Service Works
- Compliance audit. We review what testing, certification, and risk assessments the building currently has, what’s missing, and what’s due for renewal.
- Priority list. We set out what needs attention first, based on legal risk and how close anything is to expiring.
- Testing and inspection. Our teams carry out the required testing directly, coordinating around occupied buildings and working hours where needed.
- Documentation. We issue the correct certificate, risk assessment, or report for each piece of work, so the paperwork matches what was actually done.
- Reporting and scheduling. We report back on what’s been completed and set up renewal dates so the next round of testing doesn’t get missed.
What Determines the Cost of Compliance Certification
The main factors are the number of buildings and sites involved, the size of each building, the number of electrical circuits or gas appliances, how many assets are on the register, how accurate the existing documentation already is, and whether testing needs to happen out of hours or around occupied areas. A portfolio with several overlapping compliance gaps costs more to bring up to date than one that’s mostly current. We establish a compliance baseline first and quote from that, not from a flat rate.
Compliance Certification by Sector
Offices
Office buildings need testing and certification that runs without disrupting the working day. We schedule audits and testing around office hours so daily operations carry on undisturbed.
Industrial Sites
Industrial sites often have more equipment and more complex electrical systems, so testing intervals and documentation matter more here. We coordinate testing schedules around production time to keep downtime as low as possible.
Care Homes and Occupied Care Environments
Care environments carry stricter practical demands because residents can't always self-evacuate or manage without working systems. Visits need to be coordinated in advance with care staff, worked around resident movement and medication times, and completed without leaving alarms or systems offline longer than necessary. Documentation needs to be available immediately if a care regulator asks for it, not filed away and hard to find. This is the sector our work with Towerview Care sits in, and it shapes how we plan compliance work in every occupied care environment we work in.
Retail
Retail sites need testing and certification that fits around trading hours without affecting customers or stock. We coordinate audits and testing around opening times so shop floors and back of house areas stay compliant without closing.
Selected Clients and Sectors
Towerview Care
Problem: keeping compliance certification current across occupied care settings where residents cannot always evacuate unaided.
Site type: care homes with round the clock occupancy.
Method: electrical testing, water hygiene monitoring, and fire safety documentation, scheduled around care routines and staff availability.
Documentation: certificates and risk assessments kept on file and available for inspection at any point.
Roger Bullivant
Problem: compliance testing on active construction and industrial sites where conditions change as work progresses.
Site type: live construction and industrial environments.
Method: statutory testing scoped to reflect the site's current stage of work.
M Core / LCP UK
Problem: consistent compliance standards across multiple managed commercial sites.
Site type: managed commercial property portfolio.
Method: regulatory compliance, safety testing, and audits delivered under one schedule across sites.
Hortons
Site type: commercial premises.
Method: compliance certification support delivered as part of a wider facilities management relationship.
Where We Provide Compliance Certification
MCT Facilities Group is based in Burton-on-Trent, with compliance certification delivered across the Midlands and North West England, including dedicated coverage in the following areas:
| Region | Core City | Surrounding Areas Covered |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | Birmingham | Solihull, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley |
| East Midlands | Nottingham | Derby, Mansfield, Beeston, Arnold |
| North West England | Manchester | Salford, Stockport, Bolton, Oldham |
Clients across Birmingham, Nottingham, and Manchester choose local compliance support because our teams are close enough to carry out audits, testing, and renewals without long lead times between visits.
Our Compliance Certification Services
We split our compliance certification services into three areas, delivered by our own teams so the people who carry out the audit are the ones doing the testing.
Regulatory Compliance
Regulatory compliance covers making sure a building meets the legal requirements that apply to it. This includes:
- Compliance audits and gap analysis
- Statutory compliance scheduling
- Legislation and regulation tracking specific to each system
- Compliance documentation management
- Contract takeover from an existing provider
Safety Testing
Safety testing covers the physical inspections, tests, and risk assessments that compliance documentation is based on. This includes:
- Electrical testing and EICR reports, assessed against BS 7671 and carried out with reference to the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
- Gas safety checks, carried out by Gas Safe registered engineers where the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 apply to the premises
- Portable appliance testing, carried out on a risk-based schedule suited to the equipment and how it’s used, rather than a fixed annual requirement
- Legionella risk assessments and water hygiene monitoring, following HSE guidance on identifying, controlling, and reviewing the risk
- Fire safety testing and supporting documentation
Audits & Reports
Audits and reports cover the ongoing checking and paperwork that keeps a compliance position accurate over time. This includes:
- Full compliance audits
- Asset register verification against what’s physically on site
- Renewal and expiry tracking across every certificate and assessment
- Compliance reporting for clients and inspectors
- Remedial action tracking through to close out
What Makes MCT's Approach Different
- One schedule, not several. Every certificate, assessment, and report a building needs is tracked against its own expiry date under a single compliance programme, so nothing quietly lapses between contractors.
- Audit and testing from the same provider. We find the gaps and close them ourselves, rather than handing a report to someone else to act on.
- Precise about what’s actually issued. Certificates, risk assessments, and reports are kept distinct, so documentation always matches the type of work carried out.
- Experience in occupied buildings. Our work in care environments like Towerview Care shapes how we plan testing and certification in any occupied building, not just care settings.
- Contract takeover without a compliance gap. We can review an existing compliance arrangement and take it over, including current schedules and documentation.
- Accredited and vetted. CHAS accreditation as a contractor and Constructionline membership, with electrical testing supported by our NICEIC approved contractor status.
Stay Compliant, Stay Confident
End to End Compliance & Certification Support Services
Regulatory Compliance
Safety Testing
Audits & Reports
Our Audits & Reports service delivers detailed assessments of facilities, systems, and compliance status, covering safety
Have a Question?
Got a question? Our team is ready to provide the answers and guidance you need.
Yes. We can bring compliance records for a multi-site portfolio under one schedule, even where each site currently has different contractors and different renewal dates.
We treat it as a priority during the audit and schedule the retest as soon as possible, along with any remedial work needed to bring the building back into compliance.
Yes. We review the existing arrangement, including current schedules and certificates, and take over the contract without a gap in cover.
Yes. Based in Burton-on-Trent, we provide compliance certification across the West Midlands, East Midlands, and North West England, with dedicated coverage in Birmingham, Nottingham, and Manchester.
Compliance certification includes the testing, inspection, risk assessment, and paperwork that prove a building meets its legal obligations, such as electrical testing, gas safety, legionella risk assessment, and fire safety documentation. At MCT, this runs as one connected programme across regulatory compliance, safety testing, and audits and reports.
Yes. We review what’s currently in place, check it against what’s actually installed on site, and flag any gaps or expired documentation before taking anything over, so you know exactly what you’re inheriting.
Yes. Where testing identifies a fault or defect, we carry out the remedial work ourselves and close it off on paper, rather than leaving the client to find a separate contractor to fix it.
Yes. This is one of the most common gaps we find during an audit, and reconciling the register against the actual installation is part of how we start every new client relationship.
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