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Compliant records management — easy to procure.

We help councils and public-sector bodies store, digitise and securely destroy their records — with the audit trail, retention control and FOI-ready retrieval the public sector demands. An ESPO framework supplier, so you can appoint us through routes you already trust.

ESPO framework supplierISO 27001 & BS EN 15713DBS-checked staff
Public-sector team accessing records online
The challenges we solve

Public records, under control and under budget.

Tightening budgets, shrinking estates and strict statutory duties make paper records a growing burden. We take that off your hands — compliantly and cost-effectively.

Estate & storage costs

Free up expensive civic and office space by moving records to secure, accredited off-site storage at a fraction of the cost.

FOI & SAR deadlines

Fast, tracked retrieval and scan-on-demand help you meet statutory FOI and Subject Access Request timescales with confidence.

Retention & disposal duties

Records held against your retention schedule, with prompts and certified destruction so nothing is kept — or destroyed — wrongly.

Compliant, simple procurement

As an ESPO framework supplier we can be appointed through compliant routes you already use — no lengthy tender from scratch.

Public-sector services

The full records lifecycle, from one accredited supplier.

Records storage

Barcoded, retention-managed storage of council and public-sector records across seven UK sites.

Scanning & digitisation

Back-scanning and scan-on-demand of planning, housing, social-care and historic records — searchable and FOI-ready.

AI & data capture

Turn forms, applications and correspondence into structured data automatically, with human-checked accuracy.

Cloud access portal

Search and request any record online through a secure portal — so teams across the authority self-serve in seconds.

Secure destruction

Confidential destruction to BS EN 15713 with a certificate for every job — the evidence your retention policy needs.

Microfiche & heritage

Convert microfiche, microfilm and historic civic archives into preserved, searchable digital records.

Compliance & procurement

Built for public-sector governance.

ESPO framework

Appoint us through an established public-sector framework route — compliant and straightforward.

ISO 27001 & GDPR

Certified information-security management, with GDPR-compliant handling throughout.

BS EN 15713

Secure destruction to standard, with a certificate of destruction supporting your retention audit.

DBS-checked, in-house

Vetted staff and our own fleet — full chain of custody, never subcontracted.

Public-sector clients

What public-sector teams tell us.

Moving our records off-site freed up real estate and cut our storage overheads — and we can still get any file back the same day.

Records ManagerCounty council

Being able to appoint them through a framework took weeks out of our procurement — and the audit trail keeps our governance team happy.

Procurement LeadPublic-sector body

Retention is finally under control. Records are reviewed on schedule and destroyed properly, with a certificate every time.

Information Governance OfficerLocal authority
Get started

Let's take your records off the books.

Storage, scanning, retention or destruction — tell us your challenge and we'll scope a compliant solution you can procure through a framework.

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Frequently asked questions

Local government FAQs

How can councils procure Stor-a-File compliantly?

We're an ESPO framework supplier, so public-sector bodies can appoint us through compliant procurement routes they already use — no lengthy tender from scratch.

Can you help us meet FOI and Subject Access Request deadlines?

Yes — fast, tracked retrieval and scan-on-demand get the right record back within statutory FOI and SAR timescales, with a full audit trail on every request.

How do you manage retention and disposal duties?

Records are held against your retention schedule with prompts as items fall due, then destroyed to BS EN 15713 with certification — so nothing is kept, or destroyed, wrongly.

How much could we save on storage space?

Moving records out of expensive civic and office space into accredited off-site storage typically costs a fraction of holding them in-house — and frees the estate for frontline use.