Fire risk assessments, EICRs and PAT testing for high street businesses across the North West. Emergency lighting, legionella and health and safety assessments too. We start with a free health and safety check of your premises. If you want a price it is fixed before anything is booked. An accredited local specialist does the work.
Almost nobody books a fire risk assessment because they woke up wanting one. It is the insurer's renewal form, the council licensing officer, the landlord's agent, the fire officer's visit or the franchise audit. Pick the one that just happened to you.
Renewal questionnaires increasingly ask for a current FRA, an EICR and evidence of extinguisher and alarm servicing. Missing any of them can put a claim at risk.
Start with a free health and safety check →Premises licences, HMO licences and selective licensing conditions across Greater Manchester and Liverpool routinely require a fire risk assessment and a current EICR.
Get a fixed price for the EICR →A new shop, café or workshop needs an FRA before opening, and the landlord will usually want the electrical installation certified before you trade.
One fixed price for the full set →Greater Manchester and Merseyside fire services run business safety audits. If you've had a letter or a visit, the assessment is the first thing they'll ask to see.
Book a free check this week →Fire safety across the region sits under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, as amended by the Fire Safety Act 2021 and Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022. Since 1 October 2023 the Responsible Person for any non-domestic premises must record the fire risk assessment in full — the old "five or more employees" threshold no longer applies. Enforcement is by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service across the ten Greater Manchester boroughs, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service for Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service for Warrington, Chester, Crewe and the wider county, and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service from Preston and Blackburn up to Lancaster.
All four services run business fire safety audits. A visit typically checks the fire risk assessment, the alarm and emergency lighting logbooks, extinguisher service labels and the escape routes. Our reports are written to be read by an inspecting officer, not a generic template.
Liverpool operates selective licensing across designated areas that take in around 80% of the city's private rented sector (check your address on the council's licensing page), and several Greater Manchester boroughs run selective licensing in designated areas. HMOs with five or more people from two or more households need a mandatory licence everywhere. Licence conditions commonly require a fire risk assessment, a satisfactory EICR at least every five years (the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector Regulations 2020), working fire detection, and — for larger HMOs — emergency lighting and serviced extinguishers.
Every HMO fire risk assessment is priced for sleeping accommodation because it changes the assessment materially: escape from bedrooms, detection in every room, compartmentation between lettings. The price is fixed before anything is booked. It is not a starting figure.
RiskSorted is a principal contractor: we hold the contract with the customer, set the price and stand behind the work. Local specialists carry it out. We are adding fire risk assessors, electricians with inspection and testing qualifications, and fire equipment engineers across Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire.
The premises are the same everywhere — shops, cafés, restaurants, offices, workshops, gyms, salons, guest houses, HMOs — but the triggers and the enforcing authority differ. This is what tends to bring people to us in each part of the region.
Northern Quarter and Ancoats bars, restaurants and independent retail; Deansgate and Spinningfields offices; Salford Quays and MediaCity studios and serviced offices. Premises licence renewals and landlords' agents asking for a current FRA and EICR drive most bookings. GMFRS enforces.
Didsbury, Chorlton and Altrincham high streets; Stockport town centre and its industrial estates; Trafford Park units and workshops. Frequent asks: emergency lighting testing before a lease renewal, EICRs on older shop conversions, PAT for small offices.
Family-run retail, takeaways, gyms, small manufacturing and warehousing. Insurers are the usual trigger — a renewal form that wants an FRA, an EICR and extinguisher service certificates together. All three can come from one supplier at one fixed price.
Bold Street and Baltic Triangle hospitality, Liverpool ONE retail, city-centre offices, and the large HMO market in Kensington, Wavertree and the student areas around Smithdown Road. Liverpool's selective licensing, which covers most of the city's rented homes, makes the EICR-plus-FRA pairing the most common request. Merseyside FRS enforces.
Seafront guest houses and B&Bs in Southport, town-centre retail, care and nursery premises. Anywhere people sleep needs a fire risk assessment that accounts for every bedroom, and sleeping accommodation is exactly where the fire service looks hardest.
Warrington's distribution and business parks; Chester's hospitality and independent retail; Crewe, Macclesfield, Northwich and Nantwich workshops and offices. Larger warehouse floors move the price of the FRA by footprint. We ask how big the floor is in tennis courts rather than square metres. Cheshire FRS enforces.
Mill conversions, textile and food manufacturing units, town-centre retail and a substantial private rented sector. EICRs on older installations and legionella assessments for premises with stored hot water are the recurring requests. Lancashire FRS enforces.
Hotels, guest houses and holiday lets first, then the seasonal hospitality trade. Sleeping accommodation changes the FRA. We ask for a rough bedroom count and above twenty we offer a planning call before the visit. Once fixed the price does not change.
University-town HMOs, market-town retail and rural hospitality. We cover Lancaster, Kendal and Carlisle from the Lancashire panel. The price depends on the premises and there is no travel loading.
The things people in the North West actually ask before they book.
The price depends on the premises and not the postcode. There is no North West surcharge and no travel loading. Size and number of floors matter most. For PAT it is the number of appliances. For an EICR it is the number of circuits. For emergency lighting it is the number of fittings. Sleeping risk, awkward access and out of hours work also move the price.
We give you a fixed price before anything is booked. The quickest way to get one is a free health and safety check of the premises.
Reviewed by qualified compliance practitioners. Last updated 07 September 2026. Regulatory references checked against current Government guidance and the enforcing authorities for the region (Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire fire and rescue services). Standards referenced at their current editions: BS 5266-1:2025, BS 5839-1:2025, BS 7671:2018+A4:2026, BS 8674:2025, PAS 79-1:2020, ACoP L8 and HSG274.
This guide provides general information about compliance requirements in the North West for non-domestic premises and the private rental sector. It is not legal or professional advice. For your specific premises, the fire risk assessment, the health and safety risk assessment and the relevant enforcing authority's guidance take precedence. Council licensing schemes change — check your council's current designation before relying on anything here.