From gap analysis to your Stage 2 audit day, Kaiso's Managed tier runs the entire certification process with a UKAS-accredited certification body. Fixed price. Written guarantee. Scheduled around UK hours, not against them.
Kaiso is a managed ISO 9001 certification service for businesses across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It combines AI-powered document generation with a dedicated human expert who coordinates your UKAS-accredited certification body, schedules Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits, and sits with you on audit day. Fixed at £4,999 GBP, with a written audit-readiness guarantee.
Upload your existing procedures, forms, and records. Kobi, Kaiso's AI engine, reads them, maps each against ISO 9001's ten-clause structure, and drafts every missing policy and procedure your business needs. What takes a local consultant several billed weeks happens in an afternoon.
On the Managed tier, Kaiso identifies a UKAS-accredited certification body suited to your industry and nation, manages all direct communication, and schedules both your Stage 1 (document review) and Stage 2 (implementation audit) appointments. You don't deal with the registrar directly unless you want to.
Your dedicated Kaiso expert attends your Stage 2 audit as a technical support person. They help your team locate evidence, clarify documentation, and understand any findings the auditor raises. Your certification body is notified of their involvement in advance, which is standard practice under UKAS-accredited audit protocols.
In the United Kingdom, ISO 9001 certificates are issued by third-party registrars accredited by UKAS, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. Kaiso selects the registrar, handles the application, and manages the relationship from that point forward.
The AI processes your existing documents and drafts whatever ISO 9001 requires that you don't already have. Your dedicated Kaiso expert reviews every piece of evidence, assigns actions on any remaining gaps, and signs off on the Quality Management System before it faces an auditor.
Kaiso manages the back-and-forth with your UKAS-accredited registrar to schedule the Stage 1 document review and your Stage 2 implementation audit. Both stages are conducted remotely via document submission and video conference, which is fully accepted by every major UKAS-accredited certification body in the UK.
On Stage 2 day, your Kaiso expert joins the video session as a technical support person, notified to the certification body in advance. They help your team navigate the auditor's questions, locate evidence, and understand any findings as they arise. If the auditor raises a nonconformance, your expert supports your response and corrective action plan the same day.
Once the certification body issues your certificate, the Kaiso platform continues tracking document expiry dates, role competencies, and evidence gaps year-round. You go into every future surveillance audit in the same position you were in on Stage 2 day: ready.
Yes. On the Managed tier, your dedicated Kaiso expert attends your Stage 2 audit as a technical support person. They join the certification body's video session, help your team locate evidence and clarify documentation, and support your response if the auditor raises a nonconformance. The certification body is notified of their attendance in advance, which is standard practice under ISO auditing protocols. Your own staff answer the auditor's questions about how your business operates; your Kaiso expert is there to make sure nothing gets lost in translation.
Kaiso works with UKAS-accredited certification bodies. UKAS, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, is the national accreditation body for management system certification in the UK, operating under the same international framework (ISO/IEC 17011) as ANAB in the US and JAS-ANZ in Australia. Kaiso identifies the most suitable UKAS-accredited registrar for your industry and location, coordinates all scheduling, and manages direct communication with them on your behalf.
Yes. UK customers are billed in GBP. The Managed tier is £4,999 GBP to achieve initial ISO 9001 certification, then £499 GBP per month to maintain ongoing audit-readiness across your annual surveillance audits. The DIY tier is £2,999 GBP upfront, then £299 GBP per month. Both options are covered by a written audit-readiness guarantee.
Yes. Kaiso serves businesses across all four UK nations. Because all evidence gathering, document review, expert sign-off, and certification body coordination is conducted remotely, there is no geographic restriction. A manufacturing company in Leeds and a service business in Belfast go through exactly the same process with the same outcome.
Yes. The ISO 9001 standard is the same whether your certification body is based in Manchester or Melbourne; the only thing that changes is which national accreditation body provides oversight. For UK businesses, that is UKAS. Kaiso works with UKAS-accredited registrars, and the certificate they issue carries the same international recognition as one from a locally headquartered firm. The document review, evidence submission, and Stage 2 audit all take place via the certification body's own remote audit platform, which every major UK registrar has operated as standard since 2020.
Kaiso's team works from Melbourne, which sits nine to eleven hours ahead of the UK depending on daylight saving in each country. In practice, a UK morning between roughly 8am and 11am GMT or BST lines up with our evening, so live calls and certification body sessions get scheduled inside that window. Document review, drafting, and evidence upload all happen asynchronously on the platform between sessions, so the time difference rarely slows the day-to-day pace of the engagement.
If your business is not ready when the UKAS-accredited certification body arrives for your Stage 2 audit, Kaiso keeps working at no additional cost until you are. One more round of evidence gathering or three, it makes no difference to what you pay. The terms are in writing and available on request: give us the access and evidence we ask for, complete the actions we assign, and certify through an accredited certification body.
UK SMBs typically pay £5,000–£15,000 for a locally delivered managed ISO service. Kaiso's Managed tier is £4,999 GBP, fixed, with a written guarantee those local firms rarely offer.
All prices in GBP. Both tiers include a written audit-readiness guarantee and ongoing compliance tracking after certification.
“Audit-ready, guaranteed” means that if you're not ready when your UKAS-accredited certification body arrives, we keep working at no extra cost until you are. Full terms available on request.
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Kobi's ready when you are.