AI governance for UK mid-market firms

When the board asks how you govern AI, have the evidence ready.

TruGovAI turns the AI tools already running across your business into a board-ready governance picture - inventory, risk, and controls you can put in front of a board, an insurer, or a procurement team. No consulting engagement.

A 20-minute walkthrough on a live tenant - the real outputs, not slides.
AI Governance Posture BOARD PACK · Q3 2026
Governance maturity
L3Defined · of 5
AI tools discovered
0 unmanaged risk
0 needs review
0 governed
Risk heatmap · likelihood × impact
Generated from your tenant Export as board-ready PDF
The situation

The deadline moved. The obligation didn't.

Boards, insurers, and procurement teams are asking mid-market firms to show how they govern AI - now, not in 2027. Most firms can name a policy. Very few can show evidence. TruGovAI is built to close that gap.

Your board

"Where are we exposed?"

They want a plain-English posture - what AI is in use, what's risky, and what's being done about it - not a 40-page framework.

Your insurer

"Show your controls."

Cyber and PI renewals increasingly ask what AI you use and how it's governed. "We have a policy" rarely satisfies the question.

Their procurement

"Prove it to win the work."

Larger customers push AI-governance questions down their supply chain. Firms that can evidence it clear the gate faster.

What the platform does

See it. Control it. Prove it. Sustain it.

Four stages of a working governance programme - each one produces something real you can hand to your board.

See it STAGE 01 · DISCOVERY

You can't govern what you can't see. TruGovAI finds the AI already running across your teams - sanctioned or not - and sorts it into a single traffic-light inventory.

  • AI tool inventory with red-amber-green status
  • Shadow-AI employee survey to surface hidden use
  • Data-sensitivity and department tagging on every tool
AI Tool Inventory47 tools
ToolTeamStatus
Otter.aiSalesUnmanaged
ChatGPT (free)MarketingReview
GitHub CopilotEngineeringReview
Claude (Team)LegalGoverned
GrammarlyOperationsGoverned
Control it STAGE 02 · GOVERNANCE

Turn the picture into policy people can actually follow. TruGovAI generates the controls that sit around your AI use, and a repeatable way to vet new tools before they get in.

  • AI acceptable-use policy, in plain English
  • Vendor vetting checklist for new AI tools
  • Governance statement and roles for the board
  • Quarterly audit cycle to keep it honest
Vendor VettingOtter.ai
Data residencyUnclear
Records call audioHigh
DPA in placeNo
Sub-processor listPartial
RecommendationRestrict use
Prove it STAGE 03 · EVIDENCE

This is where most firms fall down - and where TruGovAI earns its keep. Every score is derived from a published rubric, so the numbers are repeatable and you can show your working.

  • Risk scoring matrix and a plotted risk heatmap
  • Governance maturity assessment across five levels
  • Board briefing pack, generated as a PDF
Risk Heatmaplikelihood × impact
HighImpactLow
LowLikelihoodHigh
Sustain it STAGE 04 · KEEP IT CURRENT

Governance isn't a one-off binder. TruGovAI keeps the picture live as tools, teams, and rules change - and gives you a way to log and handle incidents when they happen.

  • Incident tracking and response templates
  • Employee comms and training material
  • Regulator watchlist and annual gap report
Maturity Trendrolling
L4L3L2L1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
What you actually get

Named outputs, not vague "templates".

Every stage produces a specific artifact, in a known format, for a known audience. Here's the shape of it.

See it - Discovery
AI Tool Inventory + traffic-light dashboardlive view
Shadow-AI employee surveysurvey + results
Data-sensitivity registerper tool
Control it - Governance
AI Acceptable Use PolicyPDF · staff
Vendor Vetting Checklistper tool
Board Governance Statement + rolesPDF · board
Prove it - Evidence
Risk Posture Scorecard + heatmapPDF · board
Governance Maturity Assessment5 levels
Board Briefing PackPDF · board
Sustain it - Keep current
Incident tracking + response templateongoing
Employee comms + training materialstaff
Annual gap report + regulator watchlistyearly
How it works

Two guided sessions to board-ready.

You're not handed a login and left to it. An onboarding lead sets you up across two working sessions - you leave the second with outputs you can take to the board.

SESSION 0190 minutes

Get the picture

  • Set up your users and teams
  • Build your first AI tool inventory
  • Launch the shadow-AI employee survey
SESSION 0260 minutes

Produce the evidence

  • Review survey results and risk scores
  • Generate your governance maturity view
  • Export your first board-ready outputs

Guided Setup is included - self-service the platform after, or keep it hands-on. Your call.

Where it lines up

Mapped to the frameworks your stakeholders already know.

Your outputs are cross-referenced to the standards boards and auditors recognise - so the evidence lands in language they trust.

ISO 27001 infosec
NIST AI RMF AI risk
EU AI Act transparency
UK GDPR data
COSO ERM enterprise risk

Governance Ready™ is a good-practice signal against TruGovAI's published rubric. It is not a certification, a compliance guarantee, or a regulator approval - it's evidence you can show, in plain English.

Why we built it

"I watched good firms buy expensive frameworks they could never actually run. TruGovAI does the opposite - it produces the evidence, keeps it current, and leaves you in control. No consultants camped in your office. Ever."

Nicholas Ellsmore - Founder, TruGovAI

Talk to us directly
Straight answers

The questions a careful buyer asks.

Is this a certification?

No - and we're deliberate about that. Governance Ready™ is a good-practice signal against a published rubric, giving your board and stakeholders clear evidence in plain English. It is not a legal approval or a compliance guarantee, and we never claim it is.

Is my company's data sent to external AI models?

Your governance data lives in your own tenant. We'll walk you through exactly how data is handled - where it sits and what does and doesn't leave it - on the demo, so you can satisfy your own security team before you commit.

How is this different from a policy-template pack?

A template gives you a document. TruGovAI gives you a working system: it discovers what AI is actually in use, scores the risk from a repeatable rubric, produces board-ready evidence, and keeps it current as things change. A PDF policy can't do any of that.

How is it different from hiring a consultant?

A consulting engagement delivers a snapshot and then leaves. TruGovAI gives you the depth of that engagement as software you run yourself - faster to stand up, always current, and yours to keep. It's built to make outside help unnecessary.

How quickly can we be board-ready?

Two guided sessions. You build the picture in the first and leave the second with your first board-ready outputs. Most of the work is reviewing and confirming, not building from scratch.

Who is TruGovAI for?

UK mid-market firms - roughly 50 to 250 people - especially in financial services, insurance, legal, and professional services, where a board, an insurer, or a customer is already asking about AI governance. If nobody's asking yet, they will be.

Get your AI governance in front of the board.

Book a 20-minute walkthrough on a live tenant. You'll see the real inventory, risk heatmap, and board pack - then decide.

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No slideware. No pressure. Just the outputs.