AP MANDATE READINESS ASSESSMENT
Where does your AP process actually stand?
A benchmarked view of your invoice process against comparable UK businesses, and the specific gaps worth closing before the e-invoicing mandate lands on 1 April 2029.
Delivered personally by Steve Britton, CloudConnect. A structured diagnostic, not a product demonstration.
WHAT YOU GET
A Mandate Compliance and Performance Plan
Written recommendations report
During the assessment, we will explore your current systems and processes and discuss ways to drive greater productivity and cost control whilst meeting Peppol mandate compliance. Be prepared to share information such as: invoice volumes, current systems - finance/ERP & invoice handling, current touchless processing rates and manual handling, team size and any specific nuances for your organisation. Following the meeting, a short recommendations report will be sent.
WHAT WE LOOK AT
The five dimensions
1. How invoices arrive today
Channels, formats and volumes — PDF, EDI, portal, post, and everything in between.
2. Structured data readiness
Whether your finance system could receive and post a Peppol BIS 3.0 invoice today, and what would need to change.
3. Touchless rate and exception volume
What proportion posts without a human touch, and what the exception queue is really costing in time.
4. Validation depth
What is actually checked before posting — purchase order, goods receipt, contract, tolerances.
5. Ownership and timeline
Who owns 2029 readiness, what the plan is, and whether the runway is realistic.
HOW IT WORKS
Three steps
1. Tell us the basic
The form takes about two minutes. It gives us enough to prepare properly rather than spending your call asking obvious questions.
2. A 30-minute conversation
Structured questions about how your process actually works. No slides, no demo, and no obligation to look at our platform.
3. Your written assessment
Score, benchmark and prioritised gaps, back with you within three working days.
FIT
Worth your time, or not
WORTH DOING IF
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You're a CFO, Finance Director, Financial Controller, Head of AP or Shared Services lead
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Your business is UK or Ireland based and processes upwards of 50,000 invoices a year
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Exceptions, supplier queries or month-end close take more effort than they should
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Nobody has yet been made accountable for 2029 readiness
PROBABLY NOT IF
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You process fewer than 10,000 invoices a year
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You're looking for a software demo rather than a structured review of your process
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You already have a funded e-invoicing programme with a named owner and a 2029 plan
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You don't issue or receive UK VAT invoices
40+ yrs
combined AP & AR automation experience
>99%
automation rate across processed volume
100%
character-accurate data extraction