Built in the trade.
Shaped by real work.

Meet Keiran Sandham.

I’m Keiran Sandham, founder of Compliar. I have worked in the electrical, fire and security industry for 20 years, progressing from an apprenticeship into management. That journey has given me experience of both carrying out the work and taking responsibility for the team delivering it.

Responsibility for the whole operation.

Today, I remain hands-on in the industry and oversee the full day-to-day operations of my team. My responsibilities include managing people, pricing jobs, design work and accreditation audits, alongside keeping jobs and projects moving through to completion.

This gives me a practical understanding of how the different parts of a business depend on one another. Decisions made when a job is priced affect how it is planned, delivered, documented and ultimately signed off. The software supporting that work needs to keep those stages connected.

Why I built Compliar.

Over the years, I have used many different software packages and apps. I never found a single system that captured everything I needed for a job or project, from the first enquiry through to final handover.

For someone responsible for operations, having a clear view of the whole job matters. The scope, design, schedule, costs, site records and certificates all contribute to that picture. When information is spread across separate systems, keeping it complete and up to date becomes another task to manage.

I built Compliar to bring that work together. Its approach connects enquiries, design, quoting, projects, scheduling, site records, certification, job costing and handover, informed by the responsibilities I continue to handle in the trade.

The work it comes from.

I still do the work Compliar is built for, so the app is shaped by the details that only show up on site. I know the difference between interrogating an addressable loop and walking a conventional zone, and why the certificate has to record a result per device rather than one tick for the panel. I know that the standby battery calculation only means something if the quiescent and alarm currents were measured, not copied from the design. I know what commissioning across fire detection and alarm, emergency lighting, intruder and access control on the same building actually involves, and how much of it is the interfaces between them: the door that must release on a fire signal, the lift that must ground, the ARC that must receive both fire and fault.

That is why Compliar records readings with their limits shown, keeps separate checks separate, holds every device as an asset with its own history, and keeps the engineer working when the plant room has no signal. It is also why the templates stay simple: a certificate is for the engineer to complete and the customer to read, not a form with a hundred toggles.

A practical foundation for running a business.

I understand how important the right tools are, whether you are running a one-person business or managing a company with hundreds of staff. You need to know what has been agreed, what the work will cost, who is responsible and what remains to be completed.

For someone working alone, that means keeping control of the work and its paperwork. For a larger organisation, it also means helping the office, managers and people on site work from consistent information.

My aim with Compliar is straightforward: reduce the time spent piecing information together and maintain a clear record from the first price to the final sign-off. The software continues to develop, shaped by my ongoing work in the industry and the practical needs of the businesses it is being built for.

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