Startups (UK)

This document is a standard agreement for startup founders to formalize their relationship with an advisor. It covers essential terms such as **equity-based compensation**, confidentiality, intellectual property assignment, and the specific advisory services to be provided based on the company's growth stage.

The Founder Advisor Standard Template (FAST) by Founder Institute is a structured, plain-language agreement that defines the relationship, compensation, and confidentiality terms between a startup and its advisor, ensuring clear expectations and fair equity grants. It is part of the Founder Institute’s widely trusted library of open, lawyer-vetted standard agreements.

The Seedsummit Seed Share Term Sheet outlines key terms for an early-stage equity financing round under UK law, covering valuation, liquidation preferences, investor rights, founder vesting, and governance. It provides a model structure for venture capital investment using Series Seed preferred shares, reflecting BVCA-standard provisions and typical UK market practice.

The Seedsummit Seed Share Term Sheet outlines key terms for an early-stage equity financing round under UK law, covering valuation, liquidation preferences, investor rights, founder vesting, and governance. It provides a model structure for venture capital investment using Series Seed preferred shares, reflecting BVCA-standard provisions and typical UK market practice.

This Written Statement of Employment Particulars is a UK-compliant document that sets out all legally required terms of employment for a senior employee, including pay, duties, hours, benefits, leave, IP ownership, confidentiality, notice periods and post-termination restrictions. It provides clear, enforceable employment terms for both parties, ensures compliance with the Employment Rights Act 1996, and adds senior-level protections such as bonus eligibility, enhanced duties, restrictive covenants and garden leave. This template has been created based on documents from sources such as Acas.

This written statement forms part of an employee's contract as a model document for employers to comply with the UK Employment Rights Act 1996. It provides a summary for a full-time (junior to mid-level) employee of their main employment terms and statutory particulars such as pay, hours, holidays, and notice periods. This template has been created based on the Acas document and amended for a full-time employee.

The Seedsummit Executive Service Agreement is a comprehensive service agreement between a company registered in England and Wales and a senior executive. The agreement details the rights and obligations of parties, covering key terms such as job and duties, remuneration, holiday entitlement, termination, confidentiality, and intellectual property, providing the company with protections such as non-solicitation and non-compete provisions.

This Settlement Agreement is a template designed for an employer and an employee to formally terminate employment. Its primary purpose is to settle any existing or potential claims the employee may have against the employer, often without an admission of liability. The document includes provisions for the termination date, final payments, withdrawal of legal proceedings, confidentiality, and the requirement for independent legal advice.

The GOV.UK Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement is a plain-language contract that allows two parties to exchange confidential information on a protected, equal basis. It is part of OLL's lawyer-vetted template library.

The GOV.UK Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement is a plain-language contract that allows two parties to exchange confidential information on a protected, equal basis. It is part of OLL's lawyer-vetted template library.

The GOV.UK One-Way Non-Disclosure Agreement is a plain-language confidentiality contract where only the recipient agrees to keep the discloser’s information secret and use it solely for a defined purpose. It helps individuals and businesses in the UK protect innovations, ideas, and sensitive data in early discussions and is part of OLL's lawyer-vetted template library.

This is a standard one-way non-disclosure agreement (NDA) designed for individuals or companies to protect sensitive information when sharing ideas, inventions, or business concepts with a third party. It is structured as a **deed** to ensure legal enforceability and includes specific provisions for the return of information and the protection of intellectual property rights.

Recruitment and Hiring Policy sets out fair, merit-based recruitment, equal-opportunity principles, blind application review, background checks, confidentiality and annual policy review. Developed by the Study Academy hiring team, specialists in accredited UK workplace training and compliance.

Customer Care Policy outlines responsive, inclusive and solution-focused standards across all customer channels, including fair treatment, reasonable adjustments, first-contact resolution, plain British English communication and protected handling of consumer data. Developed by the Study Academy Customer Experience & Accessibility training team, specialists in accredited UK compliance education and service-quality frameworks.

Code of Ethics sets out mandatory principles for honesty, fairness, confidentiality, intellectual-property respect, conflict-of-interest disclosure and zero tolerance for bribery, corruption, discrimination, harassment and bullying. Developed by Study Academy, a UK-based training provider delivering accredited compliance and workplace-skills education.

The Seedsummit Privacy Policy explains how a company collects, uses, shares, and stores personal data in compliance with UK data protection laws. It is useful for informing customers of their data rights and ensuring the company meets its legal obligations under the UK GDPR.