Admin for UK trades, done by talking
What Admin? turns what you say, photograph and film on the job into finished documents. It starts with electrical certificates: say the job in any order, in your own words, hands-free if you like, and a finished BS 7671 certificate comes back in your branding by 6pm the next working day, ready to check and sign. Minor Works from £15, EICRs from £45.
| Cct | Designation | R1+R2 Ω | IR MΩ | Zs Ω | RCD ms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lights down | 0.84 | >999 | 1.12 | 28 |
| 2 | Lights up | 0.91 | >999 | 1.19 | 27 |
| 3 | Sockets kitchen | 0.42 | >999 | 0.61 | 26 |
| 4 | Cooker | 0.28 | >999 | 0.43 | 25 |
| 5 | Shower 9.5kW | 0.19 | >999 | 0.31 | 22 |
What's inside
Pick the parts you need. Everything you put into one of them is there for the others, so nothing gets typed twice.
EICR, EIC and Minor Works today, with 25 more certificate types behind them. Dictate the job on site; the certificate comes back next working day. Making them yourself in the app is next.
Early accessCustomers, sites, quotes, invoices and the diary. The job-management side, built for firms of any size, at a fraction of what the big names charge.
Landlord gas safety records, commissioning and service sheets, said out loud at the appliance.
Benchmark commissioning, unvented cylinder records, system handovers.
Fire alarm and emergency lighting certificates, already drafted; intruder and CCTV to follow.
PV and storage installation and inspection records.
O&M and handover packs built from the job's own certificates, datasheets and drawings.
Asset registers per site, with test and renewal dates that remind you before the client asks.
How it works
Photograph the board with the cover off and the supply. Then tell the app the rest however suits: talk to it hands-free with the phone on the board, key the results in, photograph your test sheet, or film a slow pass over the board. Any order, your own words. It reads back what it heard, so a misheard number is caught on the spot.
One tap in the app, from the van or the kitchen table. It works with no signal and sends when you have one. We acknowledge within the hour, and if anything is missing we tell you straight away rather than guess.
Your certificate comes back as an unsigned PDF with a one-line note on anything that looked off. Read it against your sheet, sign it, send it to your client.
What comes back
Prices
These are the prices for sending an electrical job to us to write up. All include VAT. Pay by card link on your first jobs; one invoice a month once you have an account. Making certificates yourself in the app is next, on a subscription or per certificate, your choice.
| Certificate | Covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Works | One circuit altered or added, single MEIWC | £15 |
| EIC | One board, up to 24 ways, schedules included | £35 |
| EICR | One board, up to 24 ways, up to 12 coded observations | £45 |
| Extra board | Each additional DB or sub-board | +£15 |
| Client pack | Remedial quote and covering letter, your branding | +£15 |
| Same-day | In by 1pm, back by 6pm | +50% |
| Commercial or multi-board | Quoted before we start | from £85 |
Account customers
One invoice a month on 14-day terms, same-day included twice a month, and a profile that means your certificates come out identical every time.
Corrections
One round of corrections within seven days is included. Fixing anything we typed wrong is always free. Changing results or codes you sent is a new order at half the price.
Standard turnaround runs from when the order is complete. Working days are Monday to Friday, excluding English bank holidays.
Is it worth it?
Example figures. Sole traders on the trade forums put a domestic EICR at three to four hours on site and one to two hours of typing afterwards, at £50 to £60 an hour. The 10% account discount is applied at five or more a month.
Who signs
What Admin? prepares documents. We do not inspect, test or certify anything, and we never decide a code or an overall assessment. You remain the inspector or installer, your results stay yours, and every PDF leaves us unsigned with that printed on it. Our check for anomalies is a courtesy to save you a red face, not a review you can rely on.
Prepared by What Admin? from results and observations supplied by the signatory, who remains solely responsible for the content of this certificate.
Printed in the footer of every page we send.
Questions
Check your scheme's rules first. Some schemes expect members to issue certificates on the scheme's own forms or through its online system, and we cannot log into a portal for you. Where a scheme has a PDF form, send it and we fill that. Otherwise we lay the certificate out to the BS 7671 model forms with your scheme number on it, and you decide whether that suits the job. Notification of notifiable work is yours.
Electrical is the part that is live, because it is the trade we know best. The way it works, say it, photograph it, film it and the app does the typing, is the same for any trade, so gas, plumbing and heating, fire and security, and solar and battery are next, each with its own tile and its own set of documents. The Jobs tile (quotes, invoices, diary) is for any trade from day one.
A photo of the board with the cover off and the supply head, your test results, and a voice note covering the client, the address, the extent and limitations, your observations with codes and the next inspection date. Say it, key it in, photograph the sheet or film the board, in any order; our how to order page lists what to cover, with a worked example. If anything is missing we hold the order and ask, rather than guess.
If it looks inconsistent, for example a Zs above the maximum for the stated device, we flag it in the note that comes back with the PDF. Whether to act on it is your call. We type what you give us, so the results are yours, and the certificate is yours once you sign it.
We process them only to prepare your documents, as your data processor under UK GDPR. Files sit in a dedicated, access-controlled folder and are deleted twelve months after delivery unless you ask otherwise. We never contact your clients.
Orders in by 6pm are back by 6pm the next working day. Same-day is in by 1pm, back by 6pm, for 50% extra. If we miss a same-day deadline you get the surcharge back; if we miss standard by more than a day, the order is free.
A card link comes with your first orders; nothing is sent until it has cleared. Once you are doing a few a month we set you up as an account customer with one invoice a month on 14-day terms.
Send a job
Send today's EICR and see what comes back tomorrow. Pilot customers pay half price for their first month in return for honest feedback and a line we can quote.
Talk to it hands-free, or key in, photograph and film. A checklist ticks itself as you go so nothing is missing. Works with no signal and sends when you have one. Nothing to install from a store: open it on your phone and add it to your home screen.
Orders are read Monday to Friday, 7am to 8pm. Messages sent after 6pm count as the next working day.