About · HSE Property Checks

Named fire safety and property compliance specialists serving London.

HSE Property Checks is a London fire safety and property compliance specialist. We carry out fire risk assessments, fire door inspections and installation, emergency lighting, fire alarm, electrical, gas, legionella and HHSRS work across residential, commercial, HMO, block-managed, social-housing and care-home property types. HSE is led by Kevin Beaver, Thomas Cork and Fernando Olivera, supported by a small in-house team.

Incorporated: 2021 (Companies House 13723060)
Registered office: 28 Skylines Village, Limeharbour, London E14 9TS
Coverage: All 32 London boroughs plus the City of London

Registrations

NEBOSH
IFSM
IFE Level 3 FRA
FDIS
NICEIC Approved Contractor
Gas Safe
BAFE-aligned

Introduction

Overview

HSE Property Checks Ltd was incorporated in 2021 and trades from its registered office in Limeharbour, London. The company was established to offer clients a single accountable point of contact across the disciplines required to meet London fire safety and property compliance duties, rather than the more common arrangement of engaging a separate contractor per discipline.

The work covers fire risk assessment under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005; fire door inspection, installation and remediation; emergency lighting and fire alarm design, install and test; Electrical Installation Condition Reports under the PRS Regulations 2020; gas safety under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998; legionella risk under HSG274; HHSRS hazard audits under the Housing Act 2004; and CQC Regulation 12/15/17 evidence preparation for registered care providers. Each discipline is held by a named specialist with current registration, and each engagement is owned end-to-end by one of three leads from first scope to year-end evidence pack.

Typical clients are private landlords, HMO operators, managing agents, freeholder and RMC directors, Registered Providers and ALMOs, and CQC-registered care operators. HSE is not an engineering consultancy; it is a safety management and assessor firm, NEBOSH, IFSM, IFE, FDIS, NICEIC, Gas Safe and BAFE-aligned, with the supporting technical team required to carry out the remedial and installation work that statutory findings generate.

Capabilities

Scope of work

HSE holds the following disciplines in-house. Each is owned by a named specialist carrying the current registration required to sign the relevant statutory document.

Fire risk assessment: Type 1–4 residential, commercial, HMO, care-home and supported-living FRAs under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and BS 9792:2025. Signed by Kevin Beaver, NEBOSH, IFSM, IFE Level 3 Certificate in Fire Risk Assessment.
Fire door inspection, installation and remediation: FDIS inspection to BS 8214:2026; installation and remediation by certified installers under FDIS scheme conditions. Led by Thomas Cork, FDIS registered and BM TRADA Q-Mark certified.
Fire alarm systems: BS 5839-1 commercial and BS 5839-6 domestic design, installation, commissioning and servicing, including LACORS-aligned HMO Grade A/D2 interpretations. Certified by Fernando Olivera, NICEIC Qualifying Supervisor.
Emergency lighting: Design, installation and annual 3-hour discharge testing to BS 5266-1 and BS EN 1838 photometric compliance. Signed by Fernando Olivera under HSE's NICEIC Approved Contractor status.
Electrical: Electrical Installation Condition Reports to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 under the Private Rented Sector Regulations 2020; consumer unit upgrades; PAT testing; post-incident electrical investigation. Issued under HSE's NICEIC Approved Contractor registration.
Gas safety: CP12 Landlord Gas Safety Records, boiler servicing and appliance safety work carried out by Gas Safe registered engineers.
Legionella and water hygiene: HSG274 Part 1–3 risk assessment, monthly temperature monitoring, TMV servicing and written schemes aligned with the L8 Approved Code of Practice.
Housing compliance: HHSRS 29-hazard audits under Housing Act 2004 Part 1; HMO Management Regulations 2006 compliance packs formatted for borough licensing portals; Awaab's Law Phase 1 response; Decent Homes Standard preparedness reviews.
CQC evidence preparation: Evidence bundles supporting Care Quality Commission Regulations 12, 15, 17 and 18, formatted for inclusion in a Provider Information Return or a Fire & Rescue Service audit pack.

Leadership

Team

HSE is led by three named specialists. Each engagement is owned end-to-end by the relevant lead, from first scope through to year-end evidence pack and at each annual renewal.

Kevin Beaver

Head of Compliance Partnerships · Lead Fire Risk Assessor

NEBOSH National General Certificate NEBOSH Fire Safety & Risk Mgmt IFSM Affiliate IFE Level 3 Certificate FRA Tier 2 Fire Risk Assessor BS 9792:2025 trained BS 8674:2025 competence framework

What Kevin owns: Every compliance package starts with Kevin. He runs the 30-minute discovery call, scopes the portfolio audit, writes the tailored package proposal, and signs off the year-end evidence pack. Kevin is personally accountable for the integrity of every Fire Risk Assessment we issue (BS 9792:2025), every HHSRS 29-hazard audit (Housing Act 2004 Part 1), every CQC Reg 12/15 evidence bundle, and every enforcement-response triage.

Background: 20+ years across London HMO landlords, managing-agent block portfolios, freeholder clients and CQC-regulated care operators. Accountable for scope on the 32-site national charity programme (5 cities, 200+ fire doors replaced), the 275-door Battersea high-rise block mobilisation, and a live 2026 Tower Hamlets prohibition-notice response that lifted in 19 days. Works under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 as Responsible Person delegate, and advises on Building Safety Act 2022 Parts 2–4 (Building Safety Regulator, HRB pre- and in-occupation regimes) including Accountable Person duties.

Deep subject knowledge: RRO 2005, Fire Safety Act 2021, BSA 2022 s.156 + Parts 2–4, BS 9792:2025 (Type 1-4 residential FRA methodology, supersedes the withdrawn PAS 79-2:2020), PAS 79-1:2020 (non-housing FRA), BS 8674:2025 (FRA competence framework), HHSRS 29-hazard rating, Management of HMO Regs 2006, LACORS Housing, Fire Safety 2008, Housing Act 2004 Parts 1-3, Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, Rent Repayment Orders (H&P Act 2016), CQC Regulated Activities Regs 2014 Regs 12 & 15, PAS 9980:2022 FRAEW, Awaab's Law Phase 1.

Client-facing availability: Discovery calls, portfolio audits, annual renewal reviews, enforcement-notice response (2-hour triage SLA), insurer / CQC / licensing portal representation.

See the service Kevin primarily leads: Fire risk assessment.

Thomas Cork

Lead Fire Door Inspector · FDIS Registered

FDIS Fire Door Inspector BM TRADA Q-Mark Inspector BS 8214:2026 current-revision trained EN 1634-1:2014+A1:2018 CSCS Supervisor Certified Passive Fire Protection installer

What Thomas owns: Every fire door in every property we inspect, install or maintain. Thomas runs the 50-point FDIS inspection framework against BS 8214:2026 (the latest Code of Practice for Fire Door Assemblies, which supersedes the 2016 edition), conducts installation programmes, and personally attends all block-scale door mobilisations. He also leads our compartmentation and passive-fire-protection survey work (BS 9999:2017, ASFP-aligned).

Background: 18+ years in UK fire door compliance. Led the 275-door Battersea developer mobilisation on-site (flat entrance doors inspected, remediation scheduled, leaseholder comms authored). Led the 200+ door replacement programme for the 32-site national charity over 9 months. Personally re-trained against BS 8214:2026 in 2026. Supervises a certified installation team for remediation work (intumescent seals, smoke seals, closer replacement, threshold remediation, fire-stopping of service penetrations).

Deep subject knowledge: BS 8214:2026 (Code of Practice for Fire Door Assemblies, latest 2026 edition), BS 476 Part 22 (withdrawn 2020) and EN 1634-1:2014+A1:2018 fire-door test frameworks, BM TRADA / Certifire / Exova third-party certification schemes, FD30 / FD30s / FD60 door ratings, Fire Safety Act 2021 (flat entrance doors), Approved Document B Volume 1&2, ASFP passive fire protection guidance, BS 9999:2017 means-of-escape.

Client-facing availability: FDIS inspection days (single property or block-wide), compartmentation surveys, fire door installation project leadership, leaseholder and resident briefings.

See the services Thomas primarily leads: Fire door inspection · Fire door installation.

Electrical and fire alarm team

HSE's electrical, fire alarm and emergency lighting work is issued under HSE's own NICEIC Approved Contractor registration, signed by Fernando Olivera as Qualifying Supervisor. The scope covers BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 electrical (EICR, consumer-unit upgrades, installation condition reporting under the PRS Regulations 2020), BS 5839-1 commercial and BS 5839-6 domestic fire alarm design and commissioning on a DICV (design, install, commission, verify) framework, and BS 5266-1 / BS EN 1838 emergency lighting design and annual discharge testing. Where HMO systems are involved, alarm grading is resolved against the LACORS Housing, Fire Safety 2008 guide (Grade A and Grade D2 interpretations). Supporting engineers operate under Fernando's supervision and HSE's NICEIC and professional-indemnity cover; no statutory certificate is issued under a subcontractor's umbrella.

Fernando Olivera

Lead Electrical & Fire Alarm Engineer · NICEIC Qualifying Supervisor

NICEIC Approved Contractor QS BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 (C&G 2382-18) BS 5839 Alarm Commissioning (FIA-aligned) BS 5266 Emergency Lighting Design C&G 2391 Inspection & Testing PAT trained

What Fernando owns: Every electrical and life-safety-electrical discipline in the package. EICR (BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 18th Edition & PRS Regs 2020), fire alarm design / install / commission / service (BS 5839-1 commercial and BS 5839-6 domestic, LACORS-aligned for HMOs), emergency lighting (BS 5266-1 and BS EN 1838 lux zones), LED retrofit programmes, PAT testing, consumer unit upgrades, and addressable self-test systems.

Background: 15+ years across London commercial and residential compliance electrical. NICEIC Qualifying Supervisor means Fernando signs off every EICR, every fire alarm DICV certificate, and every BS 5266 3-hour discharge cert we issue. Runs our commissioning protocol for new alarm and EL schemes (design, install, commission, verify, the DICV framework). Close involvement in addressable self-test EL retrofits in care-home settings where L8 ACoP monitoring is mandatory.

Deep subject knowledge: BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations, Electrical Safety Standards in the PRS Regs 2020, BS 5839-1:2017+A1:2020 and BS 5839-6:2019 fire alarm standards, LACORS HMO fire-alarm grading, BS 5266-1:2016 and BS EN 1838 emergency lighting, ICEL 1001 product standard, Ecodesign Regs 2019/2020 (LED), HSE guidance on PAT testing. Current on the 2026 LACORS enforcement tightening for HMO Grade A alarm escalation.

Client-facing availability: EICR attendance, alarm commissioning days, EL design surveys, consumer-unit upgrade programmes, post-incident electrical-cause investigation.

See the services Fernando primarily leads: Emergency lighting · Fire alarm.

Supporting team

The three leads are supported by a small in-house technical team. Site operatives are Enhanced DBS checked and work under the relevant lead practitioner's direct supervision and under HSE's professional indemnity, public liability and scheme registrations. The named lead remains the client's single point of contact.

Gas Safe Engineers

CP12 Landlord Gas Safety Records, boiler servicing, carbon monoxide risk assessment, appliance safety evidence for HMO licence renewal. Operating under Gas Safe Register 3-digit engineer numbers.

L8-Trained Samplers

HSG274 Part 1/2/3 legionella risk assessors, monthly temperature monitoring, TMV servicing, cold-water tank inspections and cleans, ACoP L8-compliant written schemes.

Project Coordinators

Own portfolio scheduling end-to-end: booking access, liaising with tenants and leaseholders, chasing remedials, updating the shared compliance calendar, escalating slippage.

Certified Fire Door Installers

Work under Thomas Cork's FDIS inspection programme. Intumescent & smoke seal fitting, threshold remediation, closer replacement, fire-stopping of service penetrations, Q-Mark chain-of-custody documentation.

BS 5839 Alarm Engineers

Operate under Fernando Olivera's NICEIC-supervised DICV framework. Grade A/D2 LACORS HMO commissioning, addressable panel programming, cause-and-effect verification, annual servicing under BS 5839-1 cl. 45.

Emergency Lighting Test Techs

Monthly 30-minute functional tests, annual 3-hour full-duration tests, lux-level photometric checks against BS EN 1838, ICEL 1001 product validation, addressable self-test commissioning.

Compliance-Pack Evidence Team

Format the year-end evidence pack. Index findings against duty (RRO, BSA, Housing Act, CQC Regs, PRS Regs), cite regulation in-line, attach photo schedule, produce insurer / ombudsman / inspector-ready PDF.

Named Relationship Managers

Every portfolio client is assigned one human. They know the name of every block, every leaseholder pain-point, every site's access quirk. They escalate to Kevin, Thomas or Fernando on your behalf before you have to.

Credentials

Registrations and standards

Each discipline is held under a current scheme registration, and each certificate is signed by the named lead registered under that scheme. The tabs below set out the relevant registration, the British Standard or Approved Code of Practice the work is carried out to, and the named lead who signs the statutory document.

Fire Risk Assessment

Every FRA signed personally by Kevin Beaver, no “on behalf of” signatures.

HSE delivers Fire Risk Assessments under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the Fire Safety Act 2021 across all residential, commercial, HMO, block-managed, care-home and hospitality property types. Every housing FRA is issued under BS 9792:2025, the British Standard Code of Practice published on 1 August 2025 that supersedes the withdrawn PAS 79-2:2020. Non-housing FRAs continue to work to PAS 79-1:2020. Assessor competence is framed against BS 8674:2025.

NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety & Risk Management, Kevin Beaver, reviewed annually
IFSM Affiliate Member, Institute of Fire Safety Managers
IFE Level 3 Certificate in Fire Risk Assessment, Institution of Fire Engineers
Tier 2 Fire Risk Assessor, scope covers all residential (Type 1-4) and commercial premises
BS 9792:2025 trained, housing FRA Code of Practice, supersedes the withdrawn PAS 79-2:2020
PAS 79-1:2020 current, non-housing FRA methodology
BS 8674:2025 competence framework, Built Environment: Competence of Individual Fire Risk Assessors
PAS 9980:2022 competent assessor, External Wall Fire Appraisal methodology
Building Safety Act 2022 s.156 & Parts 2–4 literate, Higher Risk Buildings Accountable Person advisory

Cited in HSE reports: RRO 2005Fire Safety Act 2021BSA 2022BS 9792:2025PAS 79-1:2020BS 8674:2025PAS 9980:2022

Regulated & independently accredited

FDIS, NICEIC, Gas Safe, BAFE and BM TRADA registration numbers provided on engagement letter. Individual logos displayed on request for procurement compliance.

Where we work

Coverage

HSE covers all 32 London boroughs plus the City of London. Between 23 October 2025 and 28 March 2026 we recorded 100 completed engagements across 85 addresses and 54 unique postcodes, plus three addresses outside the M25 (Horsham, Newbury and Wallingford, each for an existing portfolio client).

Boroughs active in the period

1Southwark16 jobs · SE1 · SE15 · SE17 · SE22

2Westminster10 jobs · W1 · W2 · SW1 · NW8 · WC2

3Tower Hamlets9 jobs · E1 · E2 · E14

4Wandsworth6 jobs · SW11 · SW17 · SW18

5City of London3 jobs · EC4

6Bromley3 jobs · BR1 · BR3 · SE20

7Hackney3 jobs · E9

8Islington3 jobs · N1

9Barnet3 jobs · NW4 · EN5

10Hammersmith & Fulham2 jobs · SW6 · W12

11Lewisham2 jobs · SE13 · SE23

12Barking & Dagenham2 jobs · IG11

13Hillingdon2 jobs · UB4 · UB5

14Bexley2 jobs · DA5

15Richmond2 jobs · TW2 · TW11

16Camden2 jobs · NW1 · NW5

Plus single-job coverage across:

Croydon · Redbridge · Greenwich · Hounslow · Enfield · Harrow · Lambeth · Newham · Haringey

Outside London (portfolio clients only):

Horsham, West Sussex (RH13) · Newbury, Berkshire (RG14) · Wallingford, Oxfordshire (OX10)

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Company details

Corporate information

HSE Property Checks Ltd is registered in England and Wales and trades from its registered office in Limeharbour, London E14. The supporting team is recruited locally; apprentices and junior assessors are trained in-house under the relevant lead's supervision.

Year-end evidence packs are issued digitally by default, with physical copies provided on request. Leaseholder and resident notification correspondence is drafted in plain English and, where required, translated before issue. HSE takes on a small number of pro-bono fire risk assessments each year for community-sector organisations in the boroughs it serves, typically small charities and community centres where commercial fees would be prohibitive but the statutory duty still applies.

Resources

Further information

For pricing, engagement approach and sector-specific guidance, the following pages go into more depth than is appropriate here.

Compliance packages, how multi-discipline engagements are structured, scoped, priced and delivered over a 12-month cycle, including the year-end evidence pack specification.
Fire risk assessment, fire door inspection, emergency lighting, fire alarm, HMO compliance and compliance remedial works, single-discipline service pages with fee ranges, process, case studies and FAQ.
Private landlords, block management, social housing and care homes, sector pages covering duty frameworks, typical engagements and regulator-specific evidence requirements.
Verified client feedback on Bark, HSE's independently verified public profile.

Get in touch

Contact

To discuss an engagement, contact HSE directly. Initial enquiries are handled by the relevant lead and a scoping conversation is typically arranged within two working days. A detailed enquiry form is available on the contact page.