Since the Home Office published its statutory guidance on Martyn’s Law in April 2026, organisations have moved through two distinct phases. First came the rush to understand what the legislation requires – we’ve addressed the most common misconceptions here. 

Now, with the guidance in hand and a 2027 deadline in view, organisations know what’s expected. What’s left is putting that understanding into practice, consistently, across every property you’re responsible for. 

If you’re managing a multi-site portfolio, preparation may feel overwhelming. You may be juggling it alongside operations, or a dozen other responsibilities, and the administrative lift of tracking readiness site by site, in spreadsheets, emails and memory, adds up fast. The harder it is to find what’s already been done, the less time there is to focus on what hasn’t. 

When executive stakeholders or enforcement bodies request proof of preparedness, assembling an audit trail from scattered inbox threads causes unnecessary delay and potential risk.   

A simple way to organise your estate 

Managing Martyn’s Law preparation across multiple sites requires a clear understanding of three things: what you’ve got in place, where the gaps are, and how things are progressing. 

That’s exactly why we built the Protection Readiness Tracker (PRT), an additional feature of our Risk Management Tool, that records what’s in place at each site and gives you a single view of your whole estate, so you’re never left guessing.  

So, how does it work? 

The PRT works in two parts: an Assessment Form used to record the readiness of the mitigations in place at each property, and a Dashboard where you can view and analyse readiness across your whole estate. 

Each property is typically assessed at the tier that reflects its capacity: 

• Standard tier: up to 799 people.  
• Enhanced tier: 800 or more people.  

However, you are not limited to the tier your premises is legally bound by.  

The Standard tier asks five questions: whether you have a nominated responsible person in place, and whether you have appropriate and reasonably practicable public protection procedures for communication, evacuation, invacuation, and lockdown in the event of a terrorist attack. 

The Enhanced tier asks five additional questions: whether you have appropriate and reasonably practicable public protection measures relating to monitoring, movement control, physical safety, and information security, as well as whether you can document your protection procedures and provide that documentation to the SIA. 

Each question is answered yes or no, with the option to add a note for context and a link to supporting evidence, such as a written evacuation procedure, a lockdown policy or a training record, linked directly from your own file storage system. 

Submitted assessments and evidence feed into a personalised dashboard once a day, building a single picture of your whole estate. 

Navigating the Dashboard

The dashboard has three tabs:

Overview Tab

This tab provides a summary of readiness across your portfolio, broken down into four categories: ready, not ready, not assessed, and not applicable. 

You can filter by tier or status, allowing you to instantly spot the properties that need attention.

Protection Summary Tab

This tab shows readiness by protection type. It is most useful for identifying gaps that exist across your estate. 

A bar chart shows each protection category split between Not ready and Ready, while the table below lists each property-protection combination and any evidence you’ve submitted. Use the protection type and status filters to drill into specific protections. 

If communication procedures are missing across several sites, for example, you can see that pattern instantly and decide how best to close that gap and link the corresponding evidence. 

Property View Tab

This tab allows you to drill into the full assessment detail for a single property. Select the property from the dropdown at the top. 

If you are asked about procedures in place, whether evacuation, lockdown, or another category, you can pull the relevant evidence for that site directly from here. 

Practical Tracking and Hands-On Guidance 

Bringing every property in a portfolio up to a fully assessed state takes time and sustained effort. There are no shortcuts to thorough site evaluations. However, by pairing pragmatic expert guidance with risk management software like the PRT, the process becomes manageable, transparent and repeatable. 

The PRT does not provide documents or training. You will still carry out the underlying work: evaluating each property, deciding what is reasonably practicable, documenting procedures and training staff.  

What the PRT provides is a clear, centralised place where that work is recorded and monitored, and backed by evidence linked from your own filing systems.  

If you have the confidence to work through your site procedures yourself, self-service tracking gives you everything you need to take charge. If you need further support, we’re here to help. Olly Rutt, Head of Risk Consultancy, and the TKC Consult team can sit down with your team, provide templates, talk through what’s reasonably practicable at each site, and review your completed assessments before they go into the tracker.  

The result? You’ll be able to confidently manage your Martyn’s Law preparations, with a clear, defensible record of what’s in place across your estate. 

Get in touch

To learn more about how the Protection Readiness Tracker can support your organisation’s preparation for Martyn’s Law, contact Olly and the TKC Consult team. 

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