Privacy Policy

Ruddham Consulting Ltd ("Ruddham," "we," "us," or "our") is a fractional CFO and finance advisory firm registered in England & Wales, with its registered office at 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF. We are the data controller for the personal data described in this policy. If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, contact us at info@ruddhamconsulting.com.

We collect personal data in the following ways:

• Contact and enquiry forms — when you submit our contact form or book a consultation, we collect your name, email address, phone number, company name, and any message content you provide.
• Careers register — if you register interest via our careers page, we collect the information you send us, which may include your CV and career history.
• Client engagements — where we are engaged to provide fractional CFO or advisory services, we collect further personal and financial information as required to deliver that engagement, governed separately by the engagement letter agreed with each client.
• Website usage data — we may collect standard technical data (IP address, browser type, pages visited) through analytics tools to understand how our website is used.

We use personal data for the following purposes:

• To respond to enquiries and provide information you've requested (legitimate interest / steps prior to entering a contract).
• To deliver, administer, and invoice for client engagements (performance of a contract).
• To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, including anti-money laundering checks where applicable (legal obligation).
• To maintain our careers register and consider expressions of interest (consent, where you've provided your details for this purpose).
• To understand and improve how our website is used (legitimate interest).

We retain enquiry and contact form data for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your enquiry and for a limited period afterward in case you follow up, typically no longer than 24 months. Client engagement records are retained for the period required by our regulatory and legal obligations, which may extend to several years after an engagement concludes. Careers register submissions are retained for up to 12 months unless you ask us to delete them sooner.

We do not sell personal data. We may share personal data with:

• Service providers who support our operations, such as our email, hosting, and practice management platforms, under appropriate data processing agreements.
• Professional advisors (e.g. auditors, legal counsel) where necessary.
• Regulators or authorities where we are legally required to do so.

Our website may use essential cookies required for the site to function, and analytics cookies to help us understand site usage. You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings at any time; doing so may affect some website functionality.

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Request erasure of your data, where applicable.
• Object to or request restriction of certain processing.
• Request a copy of your data in a portable format.
• Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@ruddhamconsulting.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The date below reflects when this policy was last updated. We encourage you to review this page periodically.