SPEAK OUT SAFE LTD

What SPEAK OUT SAFE LTD does

Speak Out Safe Ltd is a UK-based private limited company that operates a cloud-based whistleblowing and safeguarding SaaS platform, founded in 2024 and registered in England and Wales (Company No. 15241830). The platform enables confidential and anonymous reporting of misconduct, provides case management, role-based access for whistleblowers, case handlers, administrators and read-only users, and includes encrypted two-way communication between reporters and handlers. It is built on AWS infrastructure with customer-specific data residency and encryption at rest and in transit, holds ISO/IEC 27001 and UK Cyber Essentials certifications, and is pre-configured to comply with the EU Whistleblower Directive, UK GDPR, and US Whistleblower Protection Act.

The product surface consists of a core reporting portal, a risk-mapping module, a Reports Dashboard, and a Training Hub offering courses and webinars for employees, managers, board members, and employee representatives. Speak Out Safe sells via a three-tier subscription model: Standard at £150/month (up to 50 users), Pro at £250/month (up to 150 users), and a custom Enterprise tier for multi-organisation deployments with a dedicated account manager — all billed annually with a 12-month commitment. Distribution is sales-led, combining website self-serve for SMB tiers, HubSpot-scheduled demos for Enterprise, and UK-based customer support; NFP and Emergency Services customers receive a discount.

The customer base is concentrated in two primary verticals: sports governance (notably the Norwegian Football Federation with 373,532 registered players and 1,814 clubs, and multiple UK football clubs including Queens Park Rangers, Notts County, Birmingham City, Millwall, Stockport County, and Middlesbrough) and insurance/financial services (Gjensidige, an Oslo-listed insurer). The company claims reach across 'over 9 million people' through its customer organisations, and markets itself as serving organisations in the UK, EU, and US. The company is founder-led by Marius van Aswegen, with no disclosed external funding, parent company, or institutional investors.

Name

SPEAK OUT SAFE LTD

Legal name

Speak Out Safe Ltd

Website

https://speakoutsafe.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Speak Out Safe Ltd is a UK-based SaaS provider of a cloud-based whistleblowing and safeguarding platform with anonymous reporting, encrypted case management, and training, sold via annual subscriptions to sports federations, insurance groups, and regulated organisations across the UK, EU, and US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Whistleblowing & Safeguarding Software

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Whistleblowing, Speak-Up Culture & Investigations Training (EDABADAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Secure/Encrypted Messaging (BPAMACAG)

Keywords

• Whistleblowing software
• Safeguarding platform
• Compliance reporting
• Incident management
• Anonymous reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Morpeth

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription (Standard): Annual subscription model for whistleblowing portal access. Flat fee for up to 50 users at £150/mo billed annually. Includes compliance with EU/UK/US law, cloud access, encryption, QR code portal, training hub, and reporting dashboard.
2. Software Subscription (Pro): Enhanced subscription tier at £250/mo billed annually for up to 150 users. Includes everything in Standard plus enhanced customer support and customised case handling templates.
3. Enterprise Custom Subscription: Custom pricing for larger organisations requiring multi-organisation setup, dedicated account manager, and custom reporting.
4. Training Services: Online courses and webinars following current guidelines and legislation for employees, managers, board members and employee representatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Speak Out Safe is a cloud-based whistleblowing and safeguarding platform that enables organisations to securely capture, manage and resolve reports of misconduct, abuse, fraud and other concerns. The platform provides multi-channel intake (web, phone, in-person), configurable case management workflows, and training tools designed to help organisations meet regulatory and duty-of-care obligations.

Product overview

Speak Out Safe offers a single unified cloud-based whistleblowing and safeguarding platform consisting of a core reporting portal with role-based access (Whistleblower, Case Handler, Administrator, and read-only users). The platform includes encrypted communication channels enabling anonymous dialogue between whistleblowers and case handlers. Three pricing tiers (Standard at £150/mo for 50 users, Pro at £250/mo for 150 users, and custom Enterprise) provide escalating features including risk mapping, case management templates, training hub, and custom reporting. All plans include compliance with EU, UK, and US whistleblower protection laws.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Speak Out Safe Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Three full years with the reporting channel have given NFF a better overview of incidents that were not previously reported and made it easier for everyone involved in football to report unwanted events
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS provides cloud infrastructure for the Speak Out Safe platform. Data is held in customer-specific geo-location ensuring data sovereignty. Data is encrypted at rest and in transit using AWS security services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Vault Platform: Vault Platform is an emerging misconduct reporting and case management SaaS focused on modern enterprise UX and analytics. Compares to Speak Out Safe as a newer, design-led entrant in the same whistleblower category, though it skews toward larger enterprise deals.
• ClearView Compliance: ClearView Compliance provides whistleblower hotline, case management, and training services targeted at mid-market US organisations. Adjacent to Speak Out Safe's product offering with overlap in anonymous reporting and regulatory compliance content.
• Canary (whistleblowing): Canary is an emerging anonymous reporting and case management platform aimed at regulated industries, often positioned as a modern alternative to legacy hotlines. Overlaps materially with Speak Out Safe's encrypted-reporting and case-management product.
• FaceUp: FaceUp is a whistleblowing and safeguarding platform widely used by schools, sports organisations, and non-profits across Europe. Compares to Speak Out Safe in both feature set and target verticals, particularly the sports federation use case represented by the NFF customer.

Direct peers

• Ethico: Ethico delivers a compliance hotline and case management solution, including anonymous reporting and incident management capabilities. Directly comparable to Speak Out Safe's core platform, particularly for mid-market US and UK buyers.
• People Intouch (SpeakUp): People Intouch provides the SpeakUp whistleblower hotline and case management platform, a direct SaaS competitor with multilingual EU coverage and a similar mid-market to enterprise positioning to Speak Out Safe.
• EQS Integrity Line: EQS Integrity Line is a cloud-based whistleblower and integrity hotline platform that supports anonymous two-way communication between reporters and case handlers, mirroring Speak Out Safe's core feature set. It is one of the most direct head-to-head competitors in the EU/UK market.
• WhistleB (NAVEX): WhistleB is a SaaS whistleblower solution originally from the Nordics (now part of NAVEX) that allows secure, anonymous reporting with EU regulatory compliance — directly comparable to Speak Out Safe's offering, particularly relevant given the company's NFF (Norway) customer footprint.

Broad incumbents

• NAVEX Global: NAVEX Global is the largest pure-play ethics and compliance software company, offering the EthicsPoint whistleblower hotline and case management platform directly comparable to Speak Out Safe. It serves enterprises globally and bundles whistleblower reporting into a broader GRC suite, representing the dominant incumbent in Speak Out Safe's category.
• Convercent (Onetrust): Convercent, now part of OneTrust, provides an ethics & compliance hotline and case management platform targeting large enterprises. Overlaps with Speak Out Safe on whistleblower reporting and case management, but operates as part of a much broader privacy and GRC portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/speak-out-safe

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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