{ "schemaVersion": "1.0", "methodVersion": "0.3", "assessmentVersion": "2026-10-20.1", "assessedOn": "2026-10-20", "reviewDue": "2027-01-20", "publisher": { "name": "Arch Development", "legalName": "Finite Arch Limited", "companyNumber": "17204312", "url": "https://archdev.co.uk/", "contact": "https://archdev.co.uk/contact" }, "scope": "Arch Development’s public information and evidenced development process as at 20 October 2026. This is not a readiness rating for a finished Arch, Bridge or Console product.", "assessmentType": "Company-authored self-assessment", "confidence": "Limited: independent product validation and customer outcomes are absent.", "formula": "Criterion points = weight × met checks ÷ 4. Each dimension totals 100 possible points. Combined = (trust + competence) ÷ 2. No rounding before the final display.", "unknownTreatment": "An unverified or unmet check earns zero evidence points. This does not establish misconduct, poor performance or an adverse customer experience.", "fit": { "status": "Not scored", "reason": "Requires a defined user, purpose, constraints and acceptance criteria. Excluded from the combined score." }, "trust": [ { "id": "T1", "label": "Legal identity", "weight": 20, "checks": [ { "text": "Legal name matches the corporate register.", "met": true }, { "text": "Company number matches the corporate register.", "met": true }, { "text": "Registered office matches the corporate register.", "met": true }, { "text": "Legal form and registration jurisdiction are disclosed consistently.", "met": true } ], "evidence": [ "AD-001", "AD-002" ], "reason": "The Companies House record corroborates the published corporate identity. This verifies identity, not competence or honesty.", "points": 20.0 }, { "id": "T2", "label": "Transparency", "weight": 15, "checks": [ { "text": "The legal operator is named.", "met": true }, { "text": "A contact route is published and delivery has been checked.", "met": true }, { "text": "The person directing development and their role are named.", "met": true }, { "text": "Each product has an explicit development and access status.", "met": true } ], "evidence": [ "AD-002", "AD-003" ], "reason": "The public reference, About, product and Contact pages disclose these facts. Delivery was checked on 20 October 2026.", "points": 15.0 }, { "id": "T3", "label": "Independent corroboration", "weight": 20, "checks": [ { "text": "An independent product or service assessment is attributable to its author.", "met": false }, { "text": "The assessment identifies the product and version examined.", "met": false }, { "text": "Its method and supporting findings are available for scrutiny.", "met": false }, { "text": "Material findings are corroborated by another independent source.", "met": false } ], "evidence": [ "AD-006" ], "reason": "No qualifying independent product assessment was supplied. The company register is counted under identity only.", "points": 0.0 }, { "id": "T4", "label": "Claims and consistency", "weight": 20, "checks": [ { "text": "Products are described separately, with their own intended uses.", "met": true }, { "text": "Present availability is separated from intended capabilities.", "met": true }, { "text": "Material limitations are stated consistently across the reviewed pages.", "met": true }, { "text": "An independent reviewer has checked the material product claims.", "met": false } ], "evidence": [ "AD-002", "AD-004", "AD-006" ], "reason": "Public descriptions and development records were cross-checked. Independent claim validation is outstanding.", "points": 15.0 }, { "id": "T5", "label": "User protections", "weight": 15, "checks": [ { "text": "Terms and privacy information identify the operator and a rights/contact route.", "met": true }, { "text": "The enquiry route has a verified delivery and failure-handling path.", "met": true }, { "text": "A complete retention and international-transfer review is documented for every provider.", "met": false }, { "text": "A documented exercise verifies handling of a rights request or remedy end to end.", "met": false } ], "evidence": [ "AD-003", "AD-005" ], "reason": "Published information and enquiry delivery are evidenced. A complete provider/account review and rights-request exercise are not claimed.", "points": 7.5 }, { "id": "T6", "label": "Evidence freshness", "weight": 10, "checks": [ { "text": "The assessment has a clear review date.", "met": true }, { "text": "Its method and dataset have version identifiers.", "met": true }, { "text": "Evidence entries have dates, sources and stated limitations.", "met": true }, { "text": "Every external source has a confirmed current check within 30 days.", "met": false } ], "evidence": [ "AD-001", "AD-004", "AD-007" ], "reason": "The assessment is dated and traceable. The Companies House retrieval used an indexed copy; its capture is older than the assessment.", "points": 7.5 } ], "competence": [ { "id": "C1", "label": "Relevance of demonstrated work", "weight": 30, "checks": [ { "text": "An attributable public implementation can be examined.", "met": true }, { "text": "Dated records show a restricted Arch development implementation.", "met": true }, { "text": "The full intended Arch experience is demonstrated against a complete acceptance specification.", "met": false }, { "text": "Bridge and Console have demonstrated implementations for their intended use.", "met": false } ], "evidence": [ "AD-002", "AD-004" ], "reason": "The website and restricted Arch development are evidenced. They do not demonstrate completed versions of all three products.", "points": 15.0 }, { "id": "C2", "label": "Demonstrated quality", "weight": 30, "checks": [ { "text": "A dated automated regression result is recorded.", "met": true }, { "text": "A dated live check covers the public website journeys.", "met": true }, { "text": "An independent accessibility and security assessment is available.", "met": false }, { "text": "Measured reliability for the intended operational use is independently evidenced.", "met": false } ], "evidence": [ "AD-004", "AD-006" ], "reason": "Company-maintained checks support bounded behaviour only. They are not independent audits or proof of operational reliability.", "points": 15.0 }, { "id": "C3", "label": "Knowledge and experience", "weight": 15, "checks": [ { "text": "An accountable development lead and their role are identified.", "met": true }, { "text": "Relevant qualifications or equivalent experience are independently corroborated.", "met": false }, { "text": "Prior relevant completed outcomes have independently verified attribution.", "met": false }, { "text": "An independent domain review establishes experience relevant to the claimed use.", "met": false } ], "evidence": [ "AD-002", "AD-006" ], "reason": "Simon Macbeth is the named inventor directing development. Credentials and independent domain validation are not claimed.", "points": 3.75 }, { "id": "C4", "label": "Repeatable methods", "weight": 15, "checks": [ { "text": "Changes are version controlled.", "met": true }, { "text": "Regression checks are recorded against a release.", "met": true }, { "text": "Release and live verification are documented.", "met": true }, { "text": "An independent party has repeated the method and reproduced the result.", "met": false } ], "evidence": [ "AD-004" ], "reason": "The release record demonstrates a repeatable internal process. Independent reproduction is outstanding.", "points": 11.25 }, { "id": "C5", "label": "Independent outcomes", "weight": 10, "checks": [ { "text": "A relevant customer or user outcome is attributed to an identifiable source.", "met": false }, { "text": "The result is distinguished from a company-authored example.", "met": false }, { "text": "The measure and relevant conditions can be inspected.", "met": false }, { "text": "The outcome has been independently checked.", "met": false } ], "evidence": [ "AD-006" ], "reason": "No independently verified customer outcome is supplied in this assessment.", "points": 0.0 } ], "evidence": [ { "id": "AD-001", "class": "V", "title": "Corporate identity", "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/17204312", "reviewedOn": "2026-10-20", "detail": "Companies House source retrieved through indexed search on 20 October. It lists Finite Arch Limited, 17204312, 343 Roundhay Road, Leeds, LS8 4BU, as a private limited company. The indexed copy was crawled the previous month; this is not a same-day live-register check. Companies House does not verify all filed information." }, { "id": "AD-002", "class": "D", "title": "Company, people and product information", "url": "https://archdev.co.uk/about", "reviewedOn": "2026-10-20", "detail": "First-party About and product pages identify the operator, Simon Macbeth’s role, intended audiences and development stages. These are company disclosures, not independent endorsements." }, { "id": "AD-003", "class": "D", "title": "Contact, privacy and terms", "url": "https://archdev.co.uk/contact", "reviewedOn": "2026-10-20", "detail": "Enquiry delivery was checked on 20 October and receipt was confirmed by the owner. Privacy and Terms describe the website and restricted testing. A published notice is not proof that every underlying compliance control has been independently audited." }, { "id": "AD-004", "class": "D", "title": "Development and release checks", "url": "https://archdev.co.uk/products", "reviewedOn": "2026-10-20", "detail": "Company-maintained release records show 392 main regression tests passing for the 20 October product-page release, a successful deployment and live public-page checks. The underlying repository is private. This is a first-party report; readers cannot independently reproduce all results from the public website." }, { "id": "AD-005", "class": "U", "title": "Outstanding operational assurance", "url": "https://archdev.co.uk/privacy", "reviewedOn": "2026-10-20", "detail": "A complete account-specific provider retention/transfer review and a recorded data-rights exercise have not been established for this assessment. No full compliance certification is claimed." }, { "id": "AD-006", "class": "U", "title": "Independent product evidence", "url": null, "reviewedOn": "2026-10-20", "detail": "No qualifying independent product audit, verified customer outcome, corroborated professional credential or operational accreditation has been supplied here." }, { "id": "AD-007", "class": "D", "title": "Published method and assessment dataset", "url": "https://archdev.co.uk/ai-node.json", "reviewedOn": "2026-10-20", "detail": "The machine-readable dataset contains the same weights, checks, evidence references and calculated totals as this page." } ], "scores": { "trust": 65.0, "competence": 45.0, "combined": 55.0 } }