Free Data Protection Health Check for UK charities and care providers
Sterling Tech Solutions UK is a data protection practice for organisations that cannot hire a Data Protection Officer: charities, churches, social enterprises, community interest companies, and small health and social care providers.
The free Data Protection Health Check is twenty questions and takes about three minutes. It is scored in your browser — your answers are not sent to us unless you ask for the report by email. You get a percentage score, a red, amber or green rating, and a report naming the specific gaps with the article or standard behind each one.
Assessments are scored against UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, PECR and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. Health and social care assessments also cover the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit, CQC Regulation 17, the NHS Records Management Code 2021 and the Caldicott Principles.
After the health check there is a published six-stage programme — twelve weeks for the third sector, sixteen for health and social care — which produces records you own: an Article 30 record of processing, privacy notices, a retention schedule, a subject access log and a breach register.
The health check is a self-assessment, not a formal audit, and it is not legal advice.
Sterling Tech Solutions UK, Churchill House, 120 Bunns Lane, Mill Hill, London NW7 2AS. A free 30-minute review can be requested from the contact page.