Know exactly where your operational resilience programme stands against the standard your regulator actually applies.

references specific regulatory framework (PRA SS1/21 / FCA SYSC 15A / DORA Article 28) and specific outcome (board-ready evidence / annual testing cycle / tested exit capability

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Diagnostic Assessment

Most mid-tier firms in regulated financial services have a framework in place. What they often don't have is a clear, evidenced view of where their programme actually stands assessed against the specific standard regulators are applying in supervision, not against their own internal baseline. That gap is what creates supervisory risk.

Diagnostic deliverables

  • Current state assessment against FCA/PRA/DORA framework

  • Gap register with priority rating

  • Remediation roadmap with sequenced actions

  • Scope for Annual Resilience Retainer

Fee:
£15k–£25k (fixed)

Payment:
50% on commencement, 50% on delivery

Delivered by:
Senior FourthLine practitioners — not graduate analysts

WHY FOURTHLINE FOR THIS PRODUCT

delivery

Senior delivery

not senior oversight. The practitioner you meet in scoping is the practitioner who delivers. No hand-off to junior resource after the sale.

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Regulatory specificity

Every deliverable maps directly to the framework your regulator applies. Not a generic consulting output adapted for compliance.

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Proportionate cost

Big Four-standard rigour. Without Big Four overhead. Fixed fees. No open-ended billing.

The firm entered its PRA supervisory meeting with a complete, evidenced operational resilience programme. The board evidence pack provided the regulator with the documentary record it requested on day one of the review. No remediation notice was issued.
Chris Sanford
Product Designer, Chetwood Financial
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The Problem this solves

The Diagnostic Assessment is not a standalone exercise.
It is the starting point for an Annual Resilience Retainer engagement — giving both parties a fully
evidenced scope before committing to the full programme.

1

Diagnostic Assessment

4–6 weeks

Current state analysis against FCA/PRA/DORA

2

Gap register and remediation roadmap

Deliverable

Priority-rated remediation plan

3

Annual Resilience Retainer

12 months

 Optional continuation 

4

Ongoing senior-led resilience programme

Embedded resilience capability with continuous regulatory intelligence and supervisory readiness