--- name: cost-baseline-jpp-law-2026 created: 2026-04-25 retrieved: 2026-04-25 valid_through_suggestion: 2027-04-25 sources: - https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ - https://www.jpplaw.co.uk/sectors/fixed-fee-startup/ status: stable — publicly auditable mixed baseline (SeedLegals subscription tiers + JPP Law solicitor-quote-on-request) purpose: | UK cost baseline for ROI claims in advisor-skill outputs. Uses SeedLegals' publicly-priced subscription tiers as the "templating service" anchor (GBP figures public on https://seedlegals.com/pricing/), and JPP Law as the "engage-a-solicitor" anchor (firm publishes service availability publicly but not specific GBP figures — founder requests a quote at first-use and records below). pricing_provenance: mixed-public-and-quote-pending --- # UK cost baseline (mixed public + quote-pending) > Retrieval date: **2026-04-25**. > Sources: > - SeedLegals subscription pricing (publicly retrievable): https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ > - JPP Law fixed-fee startup services (publicly listed, GBP figures by quote): https://www.jpplaw.co.uk/sectors/fixed-fee-startup/ ## Provenance note (load-bearing) The original Runbook A design anchored ROI claims to a single firm's fixed-fee price list. Russell Cooke (initial dossier choice) was rejected because their 2026-27 list is not publicly retrievable. JPP Law was the swap. Combined critique f2 (post-execution): JPP Law's fixed-fee startup page lists service availability but does NOT publish specific GBP figures — turning the file's price column into perpetual placeholders. This file pivots to a **mixed baseline** instead: 1. **SeedLegals subscription tiers** (public, retrievable) provide a templating-service price floor — what a founder would pay for a self-serve subscription that gives them template access without solicitor review. 2. **JPP Law (or any other UK fixed-fee firm)** provides the engage-a-solicitor anchor — but founders MUST request a specific quote at first-use and record the figures in the "Your firm" section below. The quote is private (firm-specific) and changes annually. Advisor-skill outputs cite EITHER the SeedLegals figure (always available) OR the founder's quoted figure (when populated). The artifact's `cost_baseline_ref` frontmatter records which source applied. ## SeedLegals subscription tiers (publicly priced — 2026-04-25) | Item | Price (GBP, ex VAT) | Source | |---|---|---| | **Access** (templates only, no funding round tooling) — monthly | £75 / month | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **Access** — annual | £590 / year | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **Funding — Start** (up to £100k/year of funding) | £1,490 / year | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **Funding — Raise** (up to £250k/year of funding) | £2,790 / year | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **Funding — Scale** (up to £500k/year of funding) | £4,990 / year | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **Options scheme** — annual | £2,490 / year | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance** (one-off, pay-as-you-go) | £390 | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **SEIS/EIS Compliance** (one-off) | from £490 | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **SeedFAST** (one-off, per advance subscription) | £100 | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **Seed & Series A Round** (one-off) | £1,990 | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **R&D Tax Relief** (one-off) | £1,490 opening + 5% closing fee | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **General Counsel** (10-hour engagement) | from £2,999 | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | | **Exit** (one-off engagement) | £690 + from £1,990 | https://seedlegals.com/pricing/ | **All prices ex VAT.** Retrieval date stamped above; SeedLegals revises annually. ## Your firm (engage-a-solicitor anchor — populate at first-use) A founder running advisor-skill `draft` modes against real engagements should request a fixed-fee quote from their chosen UK solicitor (JPP Law, Russell Cooke, or any firm) and record the figures here. Once populated, advisor-skill ROI blocks cite these figures preferentially over the SeedLegals proxy. ```yaml # Replace this section with your firm's quote at first-use of /slo-legal draft. # Once populated, change pricing_provenance in this file's frontmatter to # `solicitor-quoted` and run cargo test -p sldo-install --test e2e_biz_followup_m1 # to confirm the structural-contract test passes. your_firm: name: contact_url: quoted_on: quoted_by: fees: nda: contractor_sow: ip_assignment: terms_and_conditions_b2b: shareholders_agreement_cofounders: articles_of_association: employment_contract: ``` ## How advisor skills cite this file Every advisor `draft` artifact carries in frontmatter: ```yaml cost_baseline_ref: references/biz/cost-baseline-jpp-law-2026.md@ cost_baseline_source: seedlegals-public | solicitor-quoted | placeholder-pending ``` And in body footer (template; skill picks the appropriate source): ```markdown ## Cost baseline (provenance) Per [SeedLegals public subscription pricing](https://seedlegals.com/pricing/), retrieved , the **Access** tier (£75/month or £590/year + VAT) provides templating access for the v1 doc set at the cost a founder would pay for self-serve. A UK solicitor engagement for an equivalent is by quote — see the "Your firm" section of `references/biz/cost-baseline-jpp-law-2026.md` for the founder's recorded quote (or run `/slo-legal prepare 'lawyer-quote-request for '` to draft the quote-request brief). This advisor-skill draft is **NOT** a substitute for solicitor review — see the `lawyer_review_recommended: true` flag in the frontmatter. Cost reference snapshot: [references/biz/cost-baseline-jpp-law-2026.md](references/biz/cost-baseline-jpp-law-2026.md). ``` ## Structural-contract test (added by follow-up `biz-pack-cost-baseline-refresh`) The new test `crates/sldo-install/tests/e2e_biz_followup_m1.rs::cost_baseline_has_real_figures_or_explicit_placeholder` asserts ONE of: 1. The SeedLegals public-tier section contains at least 5 GBP figures (matched by regex `£\d+`) — OK because the public source is retrievable, **THIS IS THE STATE M1 SHIPS WITH**. 2. The "Your firm" section is populated (no `<...>` placeholder tokens remaining) — OK because the founder has quoted their solicitor. 3. The frontmatter `pricing_provenance: placeholder-pending` is set explicitly AND the file body contains a "REQUIRES POPULATION BEFORE PRODUCTION USE" header — explicit deferral acknowledgment. The test passes today via path (1). When the founder populates "Your firm", path (2) takes over. ## Refresh cadence - **Annual (recommended)**: refresh the SeedLegals figures + re-quote your firm. Update `retrieved:` in frontmatter. - **Triggered**: refresh immediately when SeedLegals publishes a price change OR when your firm publishes new fixed fees OR when the founder switches firms. - **`/loop @yearly` schedule** (offered to founder at end of M1): re-fetch SeedLegals page + ask founder for refreshed firm quote.