1. Who We Are
SyK Management Consulting Ltd is a private limited company registered in England and Wales under Company Registration Number 09199481. Our registered office is located at Level 1, Devonshire House, 1 Mayfair Place, Mayfair, London, W1J 8AJ, United Kingdom. We are regulated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and registered as a Data Controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under registration number ZA483920. For any inquiries regarding data protection, please contact us at info@sykconsulting.com.
2. Personal Data We Collect
When you contact us through our website enquiry form, email, or telephone, we collect personal data including your name, work email address, telephone number (if provided), company or trading name (if provided), and the content of your enquiry. We do not collect special category personal data through this website.
3. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data strictly to respond to your professional enquiries, assess whether we can act for you under ICAEW guidelines, provide initial consultation proposals, and discharge our statutory duties under UK law and professional regulations. We do not use automated decision-making or profiling algorithms.
4. Lawful Bases for Processing (UK GDPR)
We process your personal data under the following legal bases: (a) Legitimate Interests in communicating with prospective and existing commercial clients; (b) Contract for taking necessary steps at your request prior to entering into a formal client engagement agreement; and (c) Legal Obligation to comply with statutory anti-money laundering (AML), taxation, and accounting regulatory frameworks.
5. Data Retention
Enquiries that do not proceed to a formal client engagement are retained for up to 12 months, after which they are securely deleted. For engaged clients, records are retained in compliance with ICAEW regulations, anti-money laundering legislation, and HMRC requirements, which mandate a minimum retention period of six years following the end of the engagement.
6. Data Sharing & Third Parties
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. Your information may only be disclosed to: (a) professional indemnity insurers and legal advisers; (b) statutory authorities and regulators including the ICAEW and HMRC where required by law; and (c) secure IT service providers (such as cloud hosting and email platforms) bound by strict data processing agreements.
7. International Transfers
All client data is stored on secure servers located within the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area (EEA). We do not transfer personal data outside the UK without appropriate legal safeguards.
8. Your Legal Rights
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation, you possess the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing of, and request portability of your personal data, as well as the right to object to processing. To exercise any of these rights, please email info@sykconsulting.com. We respond to all formal requests within one calendar month.
9. Complaints
If you have any concerns regarding our data handling, we invite you to contact us directly so we can resolve the matter promptly. You also retain the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk or by telephone at 0303 123 1113.