# Risk assessment software for UK hospitality Canonical: https://paddl-ai.co/features/risk-assessments Last reviewed: 2026-09-11 by the Paddl team Paddl's risk assessment software generates venue-specific assessments for fire, food safety, COSHH chemicals, equipment and customer risks with AI, schedules the reviews, and collects digital sign-off from every member of staff the assessment applies to. ## What Paddl's risk assessment software does - AI-drafted risk assessments in five categories: fire, food safety, COSHH, equipment and customer - An assessment generated from a specific chemical (its SDS) or a specific piece of equipment - Review scheduling with reminders before an assessment goes out of date - Digital sign-off by the staff each assessment applies to, with a record of who has not yet signed - A register across every site showing what is current, due and overdue ## What it does not do - AI drafts the assessment; a competent person in your business still reviews and owns it ## Pricing - **Price:** £69 per location per month, or £703.80 a year (15% off). Every feature is on the one plan. - **Trial:** 30 days free with full access. Card required, cancel anytime, no contract after. - **Included per location:** 5 staff users and 10GB of document storage. Extra users are £2.99 a month each. - **Covers:** SFBB, HACCP, allergens and Natasha's Law, temperature and cleaning records, training records, COSHH, risk assessments, licences and insurance, and an EHO-ready audit pack. - **Apps:** Staff app for iOS and Android, web dashboard for managers, works on any phone or tablet. - **Company:** Paddl is a trading name of Trading Projects Ltd, company number 16456940, registered in England. Pricing page: https://paddl-ai.co/pricing ## Questions **Which tool helps a hospitality business classify risks and meet health and safety law?** Paddl drafts the assessment in the category you choose (fire, food, chemical, equipment or customer), rates likelihood and severity, lists the controls, and schedules the review. That is the structure the HSE expects a suitable and sufficient assessment to have; the judgement about your premises is still yours. **What risk assessments does a hospitality business need?** UK hospitality businesses typically need risk assessments covering fire safety, food safety, COSHH (chemicals), equipment hazards, and customer-facing risks like slips and trips. Paddl supports all five categories with AI-powered generation and automatic review scheduling. **How often should risk assessments be reviewed?** Risk assessments should be reviewed at least annually, or whenever there are significant changes to your operations, premises, or equipment. Paddl allows you to set review frequencies per assessment (monthly, quarterly, or annually) and sends automatic reminders before reviews are due. **Can AI generate risk assessments for my business?** Yes. Paddl uses AI to generate comprehensive, venue-specific risk assessments based on your business context. Unlike generic PDF templates downloaded from the internet, AI-generated assessments reflect your actual premises, hazards, and operational procedures. **Can I generate a risk assessment from a COSHH chemical or Safety Data Sheet?** Yes. Upload a Safety Data Sheet and Paddl creates the COSHH record, then offers to generate the risk assessment for handling that chemical. You can also generate one at any time from a chemical in your register, or a single assessment covering every chemical on site. Paddl drafts it from the chemical hazard data and you review, edit, and approve before staff sign. **Can I generate a risk assessment for a piece of equipment?** Yes. From any equipment item, click Generate risk assessment and Paddl drafts an equipment risk assessment for operating and maintaining it. After importing an equipment list, it also offers a single assessment covering that equipment. As with every assessment, you review and edit the draft before it is in force. **What should risk assessment software include?** Risk assessment software should include hospitality-specific templates, AI-assisted drafting, manager approval, review scheduling, version history, staff sign-off, corrective actions, and reporting by location. It should cover fire, food safety, COSHH, equipment, customer, contractor, and general health and safety risks. **Can AI replace a competent person for risk assessments?** No. AI can speed up drafting and help identify likely hazards, but a competent person still needs to review the assessment, confirm the controls match the actual workplace, and approve it. Paddl is designed around that workflow: AI drafts the record, managers review and own the final assessment. **Do staff need to sign off on risk assessments?** Yes. Staff should read and acknowledge risk assessments relevant to their role. Paddl provides digital sign-off functionality where staff acknowledge assessments on their phone, creating timestamped records proving who has read what and when. **How do I manage risk assessments across multiple locations?** Paddl provides a centralised dashboard showing risk assessment status across all your venues. You can see which locations are up to date, which have overdue reviews, and which staff have not yet signed off, all from one place. **What risk assessments does a restaurant need?** UK restaurants typically need risk assessments covering fire safety (escape routes, extinguishers, evacuation procedures), food safety (cross-contamination, allergen handling, temperature control), COSHH (cleaning chemicals, sanitisers, pest control products), equipment hazards (fryers, slicers, gas equipment), and customer-facing risks (slips, trips, burns). Paddl covers all five categories and generates assessments specific to your venue layout and operations. ## Related - [Best Risk Assessment Software for Hospitality (2026)](https://paddl-ai.co/best/best-risk-assessment-software-hospitality) - [Paddl vs SafetyCulture (iAuditor)](https://paddl-ai.co/compare/safetyculture) - [Paddl vs Citation](https://paddl-ai.co/compare/citation) - [Paddl vs BrightSafe](https://paddl-ai.co/compare/brightsafe) - [COSHH software](https://paddl-ai.co/features/coshh): Paddl's COSHH software keeps a digital chemical register with GHS pictograms, reads each Safety Data Sheet with AI to extract hazards, handling and PPE, produces a COSHH risk assessment per chemical for staff to sign, and alerts you before an SDS goes out of date. - [Fire safety compliance software](https://paddl-ai.co/features/fire-safety): Paddl's fire safety compliance software holds a venue's fire risk assessment, certificates (alarm, extinguisher, emergency lighting, gas), drill and fire-warden records, and assigns the recurring checks to named people with a dashboard of what is due across every site. - [Equipment software](https://paddl-ai.co/features/equipment): Paddl's equipment software keeps a register of every fridge, freezer, oven and appliance with an AI health rating from 1 to 10, its service history and next service date, the temperature checks staff record against it, and PAT certificates imported from the PDF. - [Staff training software](https://paddl-ai.co/features/training): Paddl's staff training software delivers scenario-based food safety, allergen, fire and COSHH modules on the app, issues verifiable certificates, holds external certificates such as Level 2 food hygiene against each person, and shows a compliance matrix of who is trained on what and when it is due.