HR health check
Find out how your HR measures up, and where to focus first.
Our free online HR health check takes about five minutes. You answer 20 questions about how you manage your people, and then you get a report straight away showing where your HR is strong and where it needs attention.
There is nothing to prepare and no obligation. When you want the full picture afterwards, we also run a detailed HR audit with one of our consultants.
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Why take a health check?
In practice, most businesses know their HR has gaps somewhere. What is harder to know, though, is which gaps matter, and which to deal with first. The check answers that, so you can spend your time on the things that make a real difference.
- Your business has grown, and your HR has not kept up
- Contracts and policies that have not been looked at for years
- A new owner or managing director taking stock
- A grievance or tribunal claim that exposed a weak spot
- Employment law changes you need to be ready for
- The person who looked after HR has left
Whatever is behind it, the report shows where you are now. After that, you can decide what to put right, and in what order.
What is an HR health check?
An HR health check is a quick review of how a business manages its people, measured against what employment law requires and what good practice looks like. As a result, it shows which areas are in good shape and which need attention.
It looks at the paperwork, such as contracts of employment, your handbook and your HR policies and procedures. In addition, it looks at how you look after your people, from staff retention to motivation and company culture.
Above all, keeping up matters, because the rules keep changing. For example, every employee and worker must have a written statement of their terms on or before their first day. Meanwhile, more changes are coming in, as our guide to the October 2026 employment law changes explains. So a policy that was right a few years ago may not be right now.
Our free online HR health check
20 questions
Questions about your contracts, policies and procedures, as well as how you look after your people.
About five minutes
Answer it on your own, whenever suits you. There is also nothing to prepare.
A report straight away
As a result, you know which areas to work on and where to start.
The online check is free. It gives you a general picture of your HR, which is often all you need to see where to focus.
Want the full picture? An HR audit
The health check gives you a general picture. However, some questions need more than a yes or a no, and a conversation to pin down. So for a detailed review, one of our HR consultants can carry out an HR audit with you, on site or remotely.
Along the way, they work through a more detailed set of questions, look at your documents and steer you through each area. Then you get a scored report showing exactly where you stand and what to put right first.
Bespoke HR assisted us with general HR tasks like creating a company handbook and implementing HR software. We would recommend them to any business looking for trusted HR support and advice. They were an invaluable support for a small business.
We were a new business and engaged Bespoke HR to create our whole suite of HR policies, procedures, templates and contracts … Bespoke HR has been a pleasure to work with, giving us terrific service and we recommend them to any intending client.
We’ve worked with Bespoke on a number of projects, most recently a series of training sessions for our team. The feedback was excellent, with instant value that we could put directly into our day to day. Would highly recommend.
I found the support from Bespoke HR invaluable at the time, as I didn’t have an HR team around me and had to build up the function from scratch. … For anyone seeking a professional HR service, I highly recommend them
As a result, we’ve outsourced our entire HR function. Our HR Consultant supports us with everything from resourcing and employee engagement to employee relations and upskilling our middle managers.
Our business is growing rapidly and having the Bespoke HR team in the background as business partners is invaluable.
Common questions
What is an HR health check?
An HR health check is a quick review of how a business manages its people, measured against what employment law requires and what good practice looks like. It shows which areas are in good shape and which need attention, so you know where to focus first.
Is the health check free?
Yes. Our online check is free, and there is no obligation. You answer the questions on your own, and you get your report as soon as you finish.
How long does the health check take?
About five minutes. There are 20 questions, and you do not need to prepare anything or have documents to hand.
What does the health check cover?
It asks about your contracts, policies and procedures, as well as how you look after your people, including staff retention, motivation and company culture. Together, the answers give a general picture of your HR.
What is the difference between the health check and an HR audit?
The health check is 20 questions you answer on your own, and it gives you a general picture. An HR audit, on the other hand, is a more detailed review worked through with one of our HR consultants, who asks follow-up questions and looks at your documents. We charge for an HR audit by the hour, like the rest of our HR support.
What happens after the health check?
First, you get a report showing where you stand and what to work on. Often, businesses fix the simpler things themselves. For everything else, we can help with as much or as little as you need, or carry out a full HR audit.
See how your HR measures up
Take the free online check now. Then, if you want the full picture, talk to us about an HR audit.