CoPaCC

What CoPaCC does

CoPaCC is a UK-based, privately held advisory and consulting firm founded in November 2012 by Bernard Rix, shortly after the first Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections in England and Wales. The firm specialises in policing governance and criminal justice, serving PCCs (elected officials with strategic oversight of police forces), their administrative offices (OPCCs), police forces, and broader criminal justice organisations. CoPaCC operates with a small core team of approximately seven professionals — including former PCCs, OPCC chief executives, and senior police officers — and has no disclosed proprietary technology platform; its competitive position is built on domain expertise and institutional access rather than software.

CoPaCC's product portfolio is organised into four core lines: (1) Advisory Services, comprising Organizational Health Check deep-dives, Specialist Support staff augmentation, Bid and Business Case Development, and general Advice and Guidance; (2) Monitoring Standards, including the CoPaCC PCC Transparency Quality Mark accreditation programme (nine OPCCs were awarded the first marks in early 2016); (3) Information & Insight, comprising thematic reports and expert events on topics such as governance, commissioning, innovation, and public engagement; and (4) Policing Insight, a subscription-based online publication featuring expert articles and a Media Monitor publishing over 100 items per week.

The revenue model is a hybrid of professional services fees from advisory engagements and recurring subscription income from Policing Insight. The firm also derives revenue from Quality Mark accreditation fees and 'Winning Bidding' briefings positioned around over £1 billion in Home Office policing transformation funds. Distribution is exclusively direct: events, conferences, social media (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook), and personalised outreach by the senior team. CoPaCC's only named customer reference is Facewatch; there are no public disclosures of pricing, revenue, or headcount over time. Strategic partnerships with APCC and APACE provide institutional distribution reach across the policing and criminal justice stakeholder base in England and Wales.

Name

CoPaCC

Legal name

CoPaCC

Website

https://copacc.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UK-based advisory firm founded in 2012 serving Police and Crime Commissioners, OPCCs, police forces and criminal justice organisations in England and Wales with governance consulting, PCC Transparency Quality Mark accreditation, thematic research, and the subscription-based Policing Insight publication.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Advisory Services: CoPaCC generates revenue through advisory and consulting engagements with Police and Crime Commissioners and OPCCs, including organizational health checks, bid development support, specialist staffing support, and strategic guidance.
2. Policing Insight Subscriptions: CoPaCC publishes Policing Insight, a leading online resource for governance, management and politics in policing and criminal justice. They offer organization-wide subscriptions as well as individual subscriptions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CoPaCC provides advisory services, standards monitoring, and information products to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), OPCCs, police forces, and criminal justice organisations across England and Wales. Its portfolio includes expert governance and management advice (organisational health checks, bid and business case development, specialist staffing support), OPCC accreditation through quality marks such as the Transparency Quality Mark, thematic policy reports, and the Policing Insight online publication with daily media monitoring.

Product overview

CoPaCC is a portfolio of advisory services for police and criminal justice organisations, comprising four core offerings: Advisory Services (providing expert governance and management advice through Organizational Health Checks, bid development, specialist support, and guidance); Monitoring Standards (assessing OPCC performance and awarding Quality Marks such as the Transparency Quality Mark); Information & Insight (producing thematic reports and expert events on policing and criminal justice policy); and Policing Insight (the leading online resource featuring expert articles and Media Monitor). The services are delivered by a team of senior practitioners including former PCCs, OPCC staff, and senior police officers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Policing Insight: CoPaCC publishes the leading online resource for governance, management and politics in policing and criminal justice. It includes expert articles, analysis, media monitoring, and CoPaCC Thematic Reports on areas such as governance, commissioning, public engagement, transparency, innovation, and partnerships.

Products and services

• CoPaCC Advisory Services Expert advice and support for governance and management provided to Police and Crime Commissioners, OPCCs, police forces, and criminal justice organisations. Includes Organisational Health Check deep-dive assessments, Bid and Business Case Development support (including Winning Bidding briefings), Specialist Support for staff augmentation, and general Advice and Guidance from senior practitioners.
• Monitoring Standards (CoPaCC Quality Marks) Independent, objective, evidence-based accreditation of OPCCs in areas critical to PCCs' work, currently centred on the Transparency Quality Mark, with the aim of driving up standards of transparency and accountability in police governance.
• Information & Insight (Thematic Reports and Events) Production of thematic reports and expert events covering key policy and practice issues in policing, blue light, and criminal justice sectors, including subject areas such as PCCs and Partnership, Innovation, Public Engagement, Transparency, Commissioning, and Governance.
• Policing Insight Subscription-based online resource covering governance, management, and politics in policing and criminal justice, providing expert articles, a Media Monitor publishing over 100 items per week, and CoPaCC thematic reports. Available as organisation-wide or individual subscriptions.
• Winning Bidding Programme Briefings and support service designed to help OPCCs, police forces, and partners prepare and submit competitive bids to access Home Office policing transformation funds (Police Transformation Fund, Police Innovation Fund, Police Knowledge Fund), with a combined value of over £1 billion.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over £1 billion in policing transformation funds available through competitive bidding
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• APCC (Association of Police and Crime Commissioners)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoPaCC is committed to supporting APCC and works with this national body in delivering PCC ambitions. The APCC represents Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales.
• APACEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoPaCC supports APACE, a national body for policing and criminal justice stakeholders, in delivering shared objectives.
• Grant ThorntonminorOthersGrant Thornton hosted the CoPaCC PCC Transparency Quality Mark awards ceremony in early 2016. Lord Bew, Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, participated in presenting quality marks to the first nine OPCCs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research): Major UK progressive think tank with a criminal justice programme producing research and policy recommendations, comparable in thought-leadership role to CoPaCC's Information & Insight.
• HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services: Statutory UK inspectorate assessing police force efficiency, effectiveness and legitimacy — overlaps with CoPaCC's Monitoring Standards function but operates as a government body with a wider mandate.

Direct peers

• Policy Exchange: Leading UK think tank producing policy research across criminal justice and policing, comparable in mission and audience overlap with CoPaCC's Policing Insight publication.
• Reform: UK independent think tank producing research and advisory work across public services including policing and criminal justice, comparable as a public-sector governance advisory peer.
• Police Foundation: Independent UK policing think tank producing research and convening stakeholders across policing and criminal justice, comparable to CoPaCC's Information & Insight and Policing Insight products.
• Crest Advisory: UK policing and criminal justice consultancy providing research, policy advice and strategic support to police forces, PCCs and government — the closest direct comparable to CoPaCC's advisory and thought-leadership model.

Emerging players

• Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: UK criminal justice think tank focused on research, education and policy, providing an adjacent peer in the policing and criminal justice knowledge ecosystem that CoPaCC addresses.
• Unlock Democracy: UK democracy and governance organisation working on political accountability and transparency, thematically adjacent to CoPaCC's governance and transparency mandate.
• Criminal Justice Alliance: UK membership alliance of over 100 criminal justice organisations providing convening and policy influence, comparable in network-building function to CoPaCC's events and stakeholder engagement.

Others

• APCC (Association of Police and Crime Commissioners): National membership body for Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales; a strategic partner and ecosystem peer to CoPaCC rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/copacc
• Facebookfacebook.com/CoPaCC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/copacc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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