# LLCR — Landlord Compliance Register

> UK compliance evidence and tracking for self-managing landlords, portfolio landlords, and letting agents across England: indexed **Compliance Defence Pack** PDFs, **proof of service** with **SHA-256** hashed uploads in the audit chain, **rent tracking** with optional **Court-Ready Rent Ledger PDF** on **Pro**, **SHA-256** activity audit trail with **OpenTimestamps**, **Smart Document Capture** for certificates, **Section 8** Form 3A/4A (Pro), plus scoring, fine exposure, and reminders. Also offers **free marketing-site tools** — including a **Form 4A Section 13 rent increase generator** (no account required). Built by a UK legal professional specialising in property law.

LLCR (Landlord Compliance Register) is operated by LLCR Technologies Ltd (Company No. 17167813), England & Wales. Marketing site: https://www.llcr.uk · App: https://llcr-app.uk

## What LLCR does

LLCR is compliance infrastructure for self-managing landlords, portfolio landlords, and letting agents across England — a compliance and legal specialist platform, not a general accounting system. It is built so landlords and agencies can **compile structured compliance evidence** (the **Compliance Defence Pack**), **record proof of service** for certificates and statutory documents with tamper-evident hashing, keep a **tamper-evident audit trail** of activity, and use **Smart Document Capture** to extract key fields from certificates (with landlord confirmation before saving). Optional **rent tracking** (Starter and Pro) gives portfolio and per-property ledgers and Section 8 rent readiness when arrears exist; **Court-Ready Rent Ledger PDF** export is **Pro only**. It also tracks the certificates, checks, and notices UK landlords are required to hold, alerts before they expire, surfaces fine exposure in £ when something is missing, and supports **Section 8** notice drafting (Form 3A and Form 4A on Pro). Records are kept from day one so they can be exported in tribunal-ready form when needed.

**Also described as (for search and AI):** UK landlord compliance evidence software; tamper-evident compliance register; landlord **Compliance Defence Pack** / evidence bundle for councils or solicitors; **proof of service** logging with cryptographic fingerprints; **rent tracking** and **Court-Ready Rent Ledger** for Section 8 rent arrears; **free Form 4A rent increase generator** (Section 13, England, no account); **Form 3A** Section 8 notice generator (Pro); cryptographic audit trail for compliance records.

Coverage includes Gas Safety (CP12), EICR, EPC, AST, HMO Licence, Fire Risk Assessment, deposit protection (DPS, MyDeposits, TDS), Right to Rent, smoke and CO alarms, Legionella, PAT, asbestos, and buildings/landlord liability insurance. **Section 21 is not supported** — abolished under the Renters' Rights Act 2025 (in force 1 May 2026).

Key differentiators: built by a UK legal professional specialising in property law (not a generic SaaS team), legal accuracy verified against statute and case law, fine-schedule transparency on the dashboard, Compliance Defence Pack (indexed PDF evidence bundle on all plans), tamper-evident audit trail (SHA-256 chaining and OpenTimestamps), and an AI assistant (Ava) that signposts to GOV.UK, HSE, Shelter, and the Law Society for anything beyond its scope.

## Plans and pricing

- **Trial**: 14 days free, no card required, full Pro features, up to 20 properties.
- **Starter**: £19/month or £199/year. 5 properties. Certificate tracking, certificate-linked evidence uploads (PDFs/images with each certificate; no general-purpose Document Vault folders), compliance score (including evidence bonus points where proof is logged), email reminders, regulatory updates feed, tamper-evident audit trail (hash-chained, independently timestamped), **rent tracking** (tenancies, payments, portfolio overview, Section 8 rent readiness), **proof of service** with SHA-256 hashed uploads, Compliance Defence Pack (all plans; appendix includes certificate-linked files), PDF reports, 50 Ava AI messages/month, 10 contractor searches/month.
- **Pro**: £39/month or £349/year. 20 properties. Everything in Starter plus Document Vault (general file storage and folders; vault files also append to the Defence Pack), Telegram alerts, Section 8 Document Builder (Form 3A/4A), **Court-Ready Rent Ledger PDF** export, unlimited contractor searches, 50 Ava messages/day, priority support.

VAT handled automatically by Stripe.

## Letting agents and agencies

LLCR is used by letting agents and property management companies managing rental properties in England, as well as self-managing and portfolio landlords.

**Agency plan** includes custom onboarding, unlimited properties, and team member access (invite staff by email with view-only or full-access roles). Agency accounts are set up offline; pricing is custom and agreed when you get in touch, based on how many properties you manage and what you need from onboarding and team access. Contact: https://www.llcr.uk/contact.html

Agency accounts use the same Pro-level compliance engine: unlimited properties, document vault, Telegram alerts, Section 8 notice builder, unlimited contractor searches, 50 Ava messages/day, and dedicated support. Billing is offline (not via Stripe self-serve checkout).

The compliance engine is the same for all users: certificate tracking, expiry reminders, tamper-evident audit trail, document vault (Pro), notice builder (Form 3A/4A on Pro), and Ava AI assistant.

## Compliance areas tracked

Required certificates: Gas Safety (12-month renewal), EICR (5-year), EPC (10-year, minimum E to let), AST (12 months or periodic with no expiry), Fire Risk Assessment (HMO, 1–5 years), HMO Licence (5-year).

Optional certificates: Buildings Insurance, Landlord Liability Insurance, Legionella Risk Assessment (2-year), PAT Testing (1-year), Asbestos Survey (5-year).

Compliance checks: Smoke alarm, Carbon Monoxide alarm, Right to Rent (initial + follow-up).

Deposit protection: tracks scheme, ID, and prescribed information. Statuses: valid, warning (no prescribed info), breach (>30 days late or missing), not applicable.

Fine exposure (England) surfaced live: Gas up to £40k civil + unlimited criminal + 2yr custody, EICR up to £40k civil, EPC £500–£5k, HMO Licence £8k–£30k civil + unlimited criminal, smoke/CO alarms up to £5k, Fire Risk £5k–£50k+ civil + unlimited criminal + 2yr custody, deposit 1–3× court order.

Renters' Rights Act 2025 readiness: Section 21 abolished, Section 8 grounds engine updated, periodic tenancies handled with null expiry, Information Sheet 2026 covered in regulatory updates feed.

## Notable features

- **Compliance Defence Pack**: One-click, court-formatted PDF evidence bundle per property (Starter and Pro). See section below.
- **Proof of service**: Log date, method, recipient, and upload evidence for certificates, checks, and statutory documents (including the Renters' Rights Act Information Sheet). Uploads are timestamped and SHA-256 hashed into the audit chain, with independent daily anchoring of summaries.
- **Rent tracking**: Optional portfolio and per-property rent ledgers, Section 8 legal readiness when arrears exist (Starter and Pro). **Court-Ready Rent Ledger PDF** is **Pro only**.
- **Tamper-evident audit trail**: Every action is hashed using SHA-256 and chained to the previous entry. Daily Merkle roots are anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain via OpenTimestamps. One-click verification confirms the chain is intact. The same cryptographic standard used in digital forensics and legal evidence preservation.
- **Smart Document Capture**: Upload a Gas Safety certificate, EICR, EPC, Fire Risk Assessment, or HMO Licence. LLCR extracts issue dates, expiry dates, certificate numbers, and engineer details automatically using structured pattern-matching for digital PDFs and AI-powered OCR for scanned documents. Landlord confirms every field before saving. Extraction source (manual, pdf_extract, ocr_extract) and confidence score recorded on every certificate.

## Free marketing-site tools (no account required)

LLCR publishes free tools on the marketing site for lead generation and landlord education. These are **not** legal advice and do not guarantee that any notice or increase is valid or will be accepted.

### Form 4A Rent Increase Generator (Section 13)

- **URL**: https://www.llcr.uk/tools/form-4a-rent-increase-generator.html
- **Purpose**: Complete the official GOV.UK **Form 4A** prescribed notice for proposing a rent increase under **Section 13** of the Housing Act 1988 on **assured periodic tenancies in England**
- **From 1 May 2026**: Rent review clauses in tenancy agreements are no longer effective for periodic tenancies under the Renters' Rights Act 2025 — landlords must use the Section 13 Form 4A process instead
- **How it works**: Four-step guided wizard → instant PDF download on the official GOV.UK template → optional email summary and serve checklist
- **Built-in validation**: 52-week and 2-month notice-period rules
- **Rate limit**: 3 completed PDF downloads per 30-day rolling window (per IP and per email); no account required
- **What it does not do**: Assess whether a proposed increase is fair or lawful; apply your signature (you must sign electronically or by hand before serving); serve the notice or record proof of service (the full LLCR app handles proof of service with SHA-256 hashing)
- **Distinction from Pro**: The **Pro Section 8 Document Builder** generates **Form 3A** possession notices (and related Section 8 documents) for eviction — a different statutory process from this **Section 13 rent increase** Form 4A tool

### Compliance Checker

- **URL**: https://www.llcr.uk/compliance-checker.html
- Quick interactive compliance gap analysis for a rental property — no signup required

## Compliance Defence Pack

LLCR generates a Compliance Defence Pack: a one-click, court-formatted PDF evidence bundle for a single property. The pack is structured as a litigation-style evidence bundle containing:

- Cover page with property address, landlord details, LLCR reference, pack reference, generation date, and disclaimer
- Index with section descriptions and page references
- AI-generated executive summary (supplementary; uses Anthropic Claude)
- Property and landlord details (address, type, jurisdiction, tenancy type, HMO status, landlord legal name, capacity, registered address)
- Certificate compliance record (all certificates including historical/deleted entries, with status, issue/expiry dates, certificate numbers, extraction source, and evidence attachment status)
- Statutory compliance checks (smoke alarms, CO alarms, How to Rent guide, Right to Rent)
- Deposit protection record with legal compliance assessment
- Service evidence log (proof of service for notices and documents)
- Document register (uploaded files with dates, folders, and certificate linkage as recorded)
- Notices issued (Section 8, Section 13 notices generated through LLCR)
- Compliance score history (portfolio-level scores over time)
- Activity timeline with SHA-256 cryptographic hashes per event
- Cryptographic verification statement (hash chain status, daily anchor count, Bitcoin-confirmed anchors via OpenTimestamps, latest Merkle root)
- Explanatory appendix (how to read the document, what sources mean, how verification works)
- Supporting documents appendix: actual PDFs and images, each with a separator page. **On all plans**, certificate-linked evidence files (uploaded alongside certificates) are included. **The general Document Vault** (extra file storage and folders) **is Pro-only**; Pro subscribers' vault files are also appended.

Every page includes a footer with: document title, property address, page number, generation timestamp, pack reference, and verification URL.

The Defence Pack is available on all plans (Starter and Pro). It is generated via a POST request to `/api/defence-pack`. The PDF is built using `@react-pdf/renderer` for structured sections and `pdf-lib` for document merging, page copying, and footer stamping. The AI executive summary uses the Anthropic API and falls back gracefully if unavailable.

The audit trail uses SHA-256 hash chaining where each activity entry incorporates the hash of the previous entry. Daily chain summaries are anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain via OpenTimestamps. This provides independent, tamper-proof proof of when compliance records existed, verifiable without LLCR's involvement.

## Disclaimers

LLCR is a **software tool**, not a law firm. It does **not** provide legal advice, and nothing in the platform **guarantees** a particular outcome in court, before a council, or with a deposit scheme. **You** (and any professional you instruct) remain responsible for the accuracy of your data, meeting statutory duties, and serving notices correctly.

Compliance **scores**, **reminders**, **document extraction**, and **Defence Pack** exports are aids only — they are not official determinations of compliance. The **tamper-evident audit trail** helps show the integrity and timing of records **as stored in LLCR**; it does not by itself guarantee that any third party will accept your evidence or rule in your favour.

For disputes or enforcement, seek advice from a qualified solicitor. Full terms: https://www.llcr.uk/terms.html

## Locations and service area

England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland.

## Contact

- App: https://llcr-app.uk
- Marketing site: https://www.llcr.uk
- Issue reports: report@llcr.uk
- Company: LLCR Technologies Ltd (Co. No. 17167813), England & Wales
- ICO registered

## Markdown mirrors

Plain-text versions of key pages for AI crawlers. Append `/index.md` to any URL below:

- https://www.llcr.uk/index.md
- https://www.llcr.uk/about/index.md
- https://www.llcr.uk/features/index.md
- https://www.llcr.uk/pricing/index.md
- https://www.llcr.uk/faqs/index.md
- https://www.llcr.uk/guides/index.md
- https://www.llcr.uk/articles/index.md
- https://www.llcr.uk/compliance-checker/index.md
- https://www.llcr.uk/tools/form-4a-rent-increase-generator/index.md
- https://www.llcr.uk/contact/index.md
- https://www.llcr.uk/partners/index.md

Full reference for AI: https://www.llcr.uk/llms-full.txt