The platform captures installation evidence at the point of work, links it directly to the project's Golden Thread, and produces an audit-ready handover pack in seconds, replacing the spreadsheets, shared drives, and disconnected job sheets that currently fail under Building Safety Regulator scrutiny on Higher-Risk Buildings.

Golden Fred was built in the field, alongside a working passive fire protection install team, and shaped by a 20-year UK Fire and Rescue Service operational veteran. One platform for CRM, project and job management, installation evidence capture, materials and certification tracking, and full compliance reporting. Available on web and mobile, built for the Higher-Risk Building era.

The SHW Live London appearance marks the public launch of Golden Fred to the wider UK fire safety community, including the debut of Golden Fred Field, the platform's new iPad and iPhone app for engineers and installers, featuring offline evidence capture, digital RAMS sign-off, and geo-located job tracking. Visitors to Stand F72 will also see a first preview of Ask Fred AI, the platform's forthcoming compliance assistant drawing on key UK fire safety standards and the Building Safety Act 2022.

The announcement is relevant to both sides of the compliance chain. For passive fire protection contractors, Golden Fred is the platform that makes BSA compliance simple to operate on site and defensible at handover. For duty holders, Accountable Persons, and H&S and FM leaders, it represents what their fire safety contractors need to be using to produce a Golden Thread that will withstand BSR scrutiny.

Visitors to Stand F72 can watch a complete Building Safety Act handover pack produced live from real project data. Lightning demos run continuously across both days with no booking required. Full platform walkthroughs are available by appointment.

"The Building Safety Act 2022 transformed accountability in UK fire safety overnight, but the tools contractors use to evidence their work have not kept pace. We built Golden Fred alongside engineers doing the work on live Higher-Risk Buildings. The question we kept hearing on every site was the same: how do you prove what you did, when you did it, and to what standard, without burying your team in paperwork? Golden Fred is the answer."

Simon Hurst, CEO and Founder, Golden Fred

"Most compliance software in UK fire safety was built for a different era and bolted onto a regulatory framework it was never designed for. Golden Fred was built the other way around, starting with the Building Safety Act and working backwards to what contractors actually need on site. That distinction matters more than it might sound, and the response from the market so far suggests the industry has been waiting for it."

Sara Pastor, Fractional CMO, Golden Fred

To coincide with the launch, Golden Fred is opening its Founding Customer Programme to early adopters. Firms signing before 31 July 2026 lock the founding rate of £35 per seat per month for 24 months across all future modules and tiers, with a five-seat minimum. Founding customers also receive priority onboarding and direct access to the product team.

Stand F72, Safety, Health & Wellbeing Live and Fire Safety Live, Olympia London, 1 and 2 July 2026. Pre-show demo bookings are open via the Golden Fred website.

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Notes to Editors

Golden Fred Founding Customer Programme: firms signing before 31 July 2026 lock the founding rate of £35 per seat per month for 24 months, with a five-seat minimum. Founding customers receive priority onboarding and direct access to the product team.

About Golden Fred

Golden Fred is the compliance platform for UK fire safety contractors operating under the Building Safety Act 2022. The platform manages installation evidence capture, Golden Thread documentation, install QA, testing, commissioning, and handover for Higher-Risk Buildings.

Golden Fred is a trading name of Pandda Software Solutions Ltd, UK company number 17146631, registered at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ.

PRESS CONTACT

Sara Pastor

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www.goldenfred.com