For UK businesses in regulated and high-scrutiny sectors
Ad compliance review.
Your live ads and key website pages checked, with corrected wording.For dental, aesthetics and cosmetic clinics, healthcare and pharmacy (including online pharmacies and weight-loss services), financial services and credit, and gambling. A fixed-scope review of your adverts and landing pages against the ASA/CAP Code and your sector's rules, with corrected wording written for you. Your report is due within 5 working days of your complete intake being accepted.
"A completely safe, pain-free whitening treatment, clinically proven to work."
Rule
CAP 3.1 / 12.1: provide evidence supporting the full safety and efficacy claims.
Severity
High
Likely ASA challenge if reported.
Corrected wording
"A gentle in-clinic whitening treatment, performed by a GDC-registered dentist. Most patients find it comfortable; we'll talk you through what to expect."
Phrases like "completely safe", "pain-free", "clinically proven", or a "0% finance" offer without the right FCA wording are easy to write, and easy for the ASA to challenge. They can also cost you trust with the exact patients you're trying to win. The good news: nearly every one has an honest rewrite that's both compliant and more persuasive. That's the job.
02 · The deliverable
What the scan gives you.
One report. Six lenses. Built so you can act on it on Monday morning.
01
Risk register
Every flagged line in your ads & pages, with the specific rule it risks and a severity rating.
02
Corrected wording
The honest, on-brand rewrite for each one, ready to paste in.
03
Claim & substantiation check
Each health/whitening claim against what you're actually allowed to say.
04
Financial-promotion check
If you advertise finance, the exact FCA 'credit broker' wording and where it must sit.
05
Conversion & funnel fixes
Where the journey leaks trust or enquiries, and how to tighten it.
06
A fix-this-week action list
Prioritised, plain-English, no jargon.
03 · Process
Three steps. Five working days.
01
Send your assets
Share ad links and page URLs, or tick a box and we'll pull your live ads from the public ad libraries.
02
I review them
Against the ASA/CAP Code and your sector's rules: FCA, GDC, MHRA or Gambling Commission. Every report is checked by a person before it reaches you.
03
You get the report
A clear, decision-ready scan with corrected wording, due within 5 working days of your complete intake being accepted.
04 · Pricing
Fixed scope. Fixed price.
Initial review
£500 once
all your live Google and Meta ads (up to 30) and up to 8 key pages of your website. Due within 5 working days of complete information.
Exact evidence with ad-library links and capture dates
Prioritised findings with the relevant rule or guidance
Replacement copy ready to use
One check of your corrections within 30 days of report delivery
Each cycle checks your agreed ads and pages for changes, with a reviewed summary of new, resolved and outstanding issues. Includes one batch of up to 5 new ads checked before they go live, within 2 working days of complete information. Extra work is quoted separately.
Optional after your review. Paid monitoring starts 30 days after report delivery, with your explicit agreement to the recurring charge. No contract. Cancel any time.
No VAT. Extra work is quoted separately.
05 · Who reviews your ads
Two decades inside the rooms where these ads are built.
Every scan is run personally, not handed to a junior, not generated by a template.
D
Dan, who reviews your ads
20+ years in paid search and social, including regulated health and finance brands.
20+
years in digital
£2.2m
P&L led
20+
markets activated
Senior performance-marketing leader with two decades running paid search, paid social and programmatic across regulated, high-scrutiny categories, including FMCG, beauty, finance-adjacent retail, automotive and professional services. Senior roles across Mindshare, Wavemaker, Zenith, Starcom, Omnicom Media Group, Mediahub Worldwide, Incubeta and Impression. Day-to-day, that means writing, approving and pressure-testing ad copy that has to pass platform policy, internal legal, and the ASA, without losing the line that actually converts. The Ad Safety & Conversion Scan is that same discipline, applied to your account.
Brands worked on
UnileverL'OréalReckittSpecsaversJaguar Land RoverFordVolvoMazdaChanelStella McCartneyWarwick Business SchoolOliver BonasCelebrity CruisesPinterest
Agencies & networks
MindshareWavemakerZenithStarcomOmnicom Media GroupMediahub WorldwideIncubetaImpression
Brand and agency names reflect prior professional experience and are not endorsements of Aboveboard or this service.
The regulator's own copy advice is free, but it won't land in your inbox with YOUR sentence already fixed. This is specific, not generic: I quote your actual wording, cite the actual rule, and hand you the actual rewrite. You reduce risk and sharpen the message in the same pass.
Sectors
The rules for your sector.
Each guide lists the ad mistakes we check for most and links to the official guidance. Had an ASA complaint, or worried about one, in another sector? You can book too.
Every scan arrives as a written report: your wording, the rule it engages, a risk rating, and a suggested rewrite. See the format in a clearly fictional sample, not a real client's report or a claim about their results.
No. It's an assistive commercial review to reduce advertising risk and improve clarity, not legal advice, a regulatory opinion, or formal ASA/CAP clearance.
Your report is due within 5 working days of your complete intake being accepted.
all your live Google and Meta ads (up to 30) and up to 8 key pages of your website
Optional monitoring is £245 every 4 weeks, starting 30 days after report delivery with explicit payment agreement. Each cycle checks agreed ads/pages for changes and includes one batch of up to 5 pre-live ads. No contract. Cancel any time. No VAT.
Yes. I review the finance wording in the ads you send. Required disclosures depend on the credit arrangement, the claims in the promotion and your permissions. Where applicable, I flag broker wording and representative-example requirements for confirmation.
The aim is clearer, better-supported wording. A wording review cannot predict bookings or conversion rates. Any proposed improvement needs testing against your own results.
The review considers the ASA/CAP Code and the sector rules that apply to your ads: GDC guidance for dental, medicines law and MHRA guidance for healthcare and pharmacy, FCA rules for financial promotions and credit, and Gambling Commission requirements for gambling. It flags concerns and suggested wording, not formal clearance from a regulator.
Dental, aesthetics and cosmetic clinics, healthcare and pharmacy (including online pharmacies and weight-loss services), financial services and credit, and gambling. Any UK business that has had, or is worried about, an ASA complaint can book too.
Claims and images need appropriate evidence and must not exaggerate results. Whether a particular advert is acceptable depends on the claim, the evidence and how it is presented. Any facts needed for a rewrite must be confirmed before publication.
09 · Start
Book, pay & upload in one go.
No back-and-forth, no quote chase. Tell us about your business, pay securely, and send your ads through a private upload page. Your report is due within 5 working days of your complete intake being accepted.