About Colp and cofa
Joe, who reads the SRA's rules on compliance officers and the support providers' own price pages, and replies to every enquiry himself.
Why this site exists
The SRA's compliance officer rules changed shape twice in 2026: new limits approved for phased introduction from January 2027, then paused on 1 October 2026. The rules sit in three documents and the support prices are mostly not published, so this site puts both in one place.
Who it is for
Managers, COLPs and COFAs of SRA-regulated firms working out who can hold the roles, what the rule changes mean and what outside support costs.
What is on this site
One question, "colp and cofa", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 5 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- COLP and COFA rules: who can hold the roles and what they must do: The SRA rules on COLPs and COFAs: rule 8 of the Authorisation of Firms Rules, SRA approval before appointment, and duties 9.1 and 9.2.
- Can the COLP and COFA be the same person?: Can the COLP and COFA be the same person? Under the rules in force, nothing bars it. What the paused 2026 rules 8.4 to 8.7 would change, and for whom.
- COLP and COFA changes: what was approved, and the pause: The COLP and COFA changes: new limits on managers holding the roles, the LSB's approval, the planned January 2027 start and the SRA's October 2026 pause.
- COLP and COFA support and training: every published price: Every provider we read that publishes a price for COLP or COFA support or training, what it publishes, and the day we read it.
- Who publishes a price, and who makes you ask: 4 of 24 providers read for colp and cofa publish a figure. These are the ones that do not.
What it does not do
- No legal or regulatory advice: the rules are quoted, never applied to your firm.
- No paid placement, no affiliate links and no sponsored rows.
- No invented figure: a provider that publishes no price is listed as publishing none.
Who answers for it
Joseph Ellul-Turner, the person who reads every enquiry this site takes.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@colpcofa.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
This is a free information site. When you send an enquiry, Joe, who runs this site, reads it and replies to you himself; no firm receives your details and you pay nothing to ask. It carries no advertising, no sponsored placement and no affiliate links, and no provider in the table has paid to be there. Every rule is quoted from the SRA's own text with a link, and every price is read from the provider's own page on the date shown. We are not the SRA, and nothing here is legal or regulatory advice; check the source before you rely on it.