Why we built CertFlow

Levi and Elliot built CertFlow with inspection teams who needed to manage jobs, equipment records and certificates together.

Inspection firms often manage lifting, pressure, electrical, fire and other work through separate spreadsheets, document templates and email. That makes it harder to find the current equipment record or report when it is needed.

CertFlow connects the asset register, inspection forms, certificates, recurring schedules and compliance status. Engineers can complete reports on site, and office staff can find the latest record without searching several systems.

CertFlow is a UK company with UK-hosted data. Its inspection templates are organised around the relevant UK regulations and standards.

How we build CertFlow.

01

Built around inspection work

Engineers helped shape the inspection forms, asset records and reporting workflow.

02

Compliance first

We map templates and workflows to the relevant UK regulations and standards, including LOLER, PSSR, BS 7671 and the Fire Safety Order.

03

A written quote

We quote for your firm and include onboarding, migration and the first bespoke template.

The founders behind CertFlow.

Levi and Elliot founded CertFlow with engineers and specialists who carry out inspections. Their work shaped the asset register, field forms and reporting process.

Levi Hough

Co-Founder & Commercial Director

Levi co-founded CertFlow and runs the commercial side of the business: pricing, partnerships and product direction. CertFlow grew out of the UK lifting and inspection world, where compliance was wrestled into spreadsheets, paper certificates and disconnected tools at real cost in time and risk. Levi set out to build the opposite: one audit-ready system, with no long contracts, that earns its place by being genuinely useful rather than by locking firms in. He works hand-in-hand with the engineers and discipline consultants so that every feature reflects how the work is actually done on site.

Elliot Booth

Co-Founder & Sales Director

Elliot co-founded CertFlow and leads sales, and unusually for a software company he runs every demo himself. Elliot sets up a live environment with your asset types and branding, then walks through an inspection workflow. He uses questions from those calls to inform product decisions.

Reviewed by the people who do the work.

None of our specialists are directly employed by CertFlow. They're consultants we've worked alongside for years, the lifting and electrical engineers who helped build the platform, and qualified specialists across every other discipline, who work with us regularly to keep our content and the system itself in line with current legislation, and working for the firms and the people who rely on it.

Lifting & electrical

Rob Muir

Lifting, LOLER & PUWER Consultant · 30+ years

Rob is managing director of Hoists & Cranes UK and a long-standing CertFlow consultant, with more than 30 years in the lifting, access and working-at-height industry in the UK and internationally, spanning planned preventative maintenance, statutory thorough examination, installation and 24-hour reactive support to LOLER 1998, PUWER 1998 and the relevant BS EN standards.

LEEA Group 1IOSH Managing SafetyInstitute of Leadership & Management

Mark Sutcliffe

Senior Inspection Engineer & LOLER Competent Person · 30+ years

Mark acts as a competent person for the thorough examination of lifting equipment and accessories under LOLER 1998, with more than 30 years in lifting equipment and the last 20 dedicated to inspection. He is LEEA Diploma qualified and NDT-certified in magnetic particle and dye penetrant inspection.

LEEA Diploma in Lifting Equipment EngineeringLEEA Foundation CertificateBINDT PCN Level 2 MPI & DPICPCS Appointed Person (A61)HND Mechanical EngineeringIOSH Managing Safely

Arran Senior

Senior Crane Engineer · 16 years

Arran is a mechanical engineer specialising in overhead cranes, hoists and lifting equipment, with around 16 years in the lifting industry working to LOLER 1998 and PUWER 1998 across inspection, maintenance, repair, modernisation and installation.

HND Mechanical EngineeringEAL Level 4 NVQ Engineering ManufactureLEEA Foundation CertificateIOSH Managing SafelyIPAF 3a/3b

Daniel Hartley

Senior Electrical Engineer · 20+ years

Daniel is a time-served electrical engineer with over 20 years in heavy industry and regulated lifting environments, qualified in the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671) and the inspection and testing of electrical installations.

HNC Electrical & Electronic EngineeringCity & Guilds 2382 18th Edition (BS 7671)City & Guilds 2391 Inspection & TestingLEEA Foundation CertificateIOSH Working Safely

Phillip Boer

Electrical Engineer · 20+ years

Phillip is an electrical engineer with over 20 years in the lifting and crane industry, holding a BTEC HND in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and City & Guilds training in electrical installation, inspection, testing and fault diagnosis.

BTEC HND Electrical & Electronic EngineeringCity & Guilds 2365 Electrical InstallationsIOSH Managing Safely

James Okafor

Lead Service Engineer · 20+ years

James is a field service engineer with over 20 years specialising in the planned preventative maintenance, servicing and breakdown repair of overhead cranes, jib cranes, hoists and lifting tackle, working to LOLER 1998 and PUWER 1998.

HNC Mechanical EngineeringLEEA Foundation CertificateCPCS Slinger/Signaller (A40)IOSH Working Safely

Ryan Cooper

Senior Installation & Commissioning Engineer · 17 years

Ryan specialises in the installation, commissioning, modernisation and upgrade of overhead cranes and hoist systems, authoring risk assessments and method statements and acting as the responsible person on site for lifting operations during installation.

BEng (Hons) Mechanical EngineeringLEEA Foundation CertificateLEEA Overhead Travelling Crane moduleCPCS Crane Supervisor (A62)CPCS Slinger/Signaller (A40)

Across every other discipline

These specialists consult with us regularly across fire, water, pressure, gas, HVAC, hazardous substances, waste, health & safety and HR, reviewing our content so that, whatever you inspect, it stays accurate, current and practical.

James Whitfield

Senior Fire Risk Assessor & Fire Safety Consultant

Senior Fire Risk Assessor · GIFireE · NEBOSH Fire Certificate & L4 Diploma · 14 years

Amara Okonkwo

Chartered Fire Engineer

Chartered Fire Engineer · CEng MIFireE · MEng Fire Engineering · 11 years

Daniel Forrester

Legionella Risk Assessor & Water Hygiene Specialist

Legionella Risk Assessor · LCA-registered · City & Guilds Legionella · BS 8580 · 10 years

Rachel Pemberton

Water Hygiene & Legionella Compliance Manager

Water Compliance Manager · Authorising Engineer (Water) · CMIOSH · 13 years

Mark Sutherland

Chartered Health & Safety Manager

Chartered H&S Manager · CMIOSH · NEBOSH Diploma · ISO 45001 Lead Auditor · 15 years

Sophie Cartwright

Health & Safety Advisor & Accredited Trainer

H&S Advisor & Accredited Trainer · GradIOSH · NEBOSH · IOSH-approved trainer · 8 years

Gary Hollings

Pressure Systems Competent Person

Pressure Systems Competent Person · IEng MIMechE · PSSR · NDT L2 · 16 years

Lorraine Beckett

Senior Authorised Inspector (Pressure Systems & Lifting)

Senior Authorised Inspector · CEng MIMechE · PSSR (all categories) & LOLER Competent Person · 18 years

Steven Doyle

Commercial Gas Safety Engineer

Commercial Gas Engineer · Gas Safe registered · full commercial ACS · 12 years

Karen Ellison

Gas Safety & Compliance Manager

Gas Safety & Compliance Manager · Gas Safe · IGEM · NEBOSH · 14 years

Connor Bates

HVAC & Refrigeration Engineer

HVAC/Refrigeration Engineer · F-Gas Cat I (C&G 2079) · REFCOM · 10 years

Natalie Frost

HVAC & F-Gas Compliance Manager

HVAC & F-Gas Compliance Manager · F-Gas Cat I · TR19 (BESA) · 13 years

Imran Sayeed

Occupational Hygienist & COSHH Specialist

Occupational Hygienist · BOHS (W201/P601/W504) · COSHH Competent Assessor · 12 years

Paul Rennick

Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser (DGSA)

Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser · ADR all classes · CLP/REACH · 13 years

Dean Mottram

Waste Operations Manager

Waste Operations Manager · WAMITAB CoTC L4 · MCIWM · 14 years

Verity Cole

Hazardous Waste & Environmental Compliance Manager

Environmental & Hazardous Waste Compliance Manager · WAMITAB CoTC · ISO 14001 Lead Auditor · 12 years

Charlotte Hayes

HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner · Chartered MCIPD · CIPD Level 7 · 11 years

Jonathan Reeves

Head of People

Head of People · Chartered FCIPD · CIPD Level 7 · 18 years

CertFlow LTD

Company number
17056886
Registered office
20 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU
Trading address
Albion Chambers, Leeds, LS27 8DT

See how CertFlow handles an inspection job

A 30-minute demo can cover scheduling, field inspection and the issued report using an example from your work.

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