MCJ Ventures assessments help organisations understand their current position, benchmark capability against recognised frameworks and good practice, identify priorities and build practical improvement roadmaps.
Choose the level of assessment and assurance that is right for your organisation.
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Start with a Free Assessment, add Professional Assessment analysis when you need it, and bring in experienced practitioner assurance for decisions that matter. Each level builds on the last — you only take the steps your organisation needs.
Discover where you stand
Short, accessible readiness and health-check assessments giving an initial indication of maturity, risk and improvement areas.
Understand what to improve
For organisations wanting a deeper structured assessment and a professional report.
Add experienced practitioner insight
Everything in the Professional assessment plus review and challenge from an experienced MCJ practitioner.
Turn findings into action
For organisations requiring deeper analysis, implementation support or ongoing technology leadership.
Every assessment shows its service level and starting price. Where a depth classification is used, it is shown separately. Professional Assessments can be upgraded with consultant assurance.
Short readiness checks that give an initial indication of maturity, risk and priorities.
Free
Assess how well your organisation aligns with the five Cyber Essentials controls. Receive a readiness score and prioritised remediation guidance.
Start assessmentFree
An 84-question maturity assessment across leadership, technology, service management, cloud, cyber, delivery, people, finance and AI — with a phased transformation roadmap.
Start assessmentFree
Assess your readiness to migrate workloads to AWS, Azure or Google Cloud across nine domains. Receive a tailored roadmap and professional report.
Start assessmentDeeper structured diagnostics with domain-level scoring, benchmarking and a professional report. Assessment depth is shown separately where applicable.
£295 + VAT
Board-ready benchmarking across 12 domains and ~130 questions. Weighted score, radar, heat map, risk dashboard and a phased 0–24 month improvement roadmap.
Start assessmentAdd MCJ practitioner review, findings validation, refined prioritisation and a 60-minute results session.
Add consultant assurance£295 + VAT
Benchmark the maturity of your IT service management capability across people, process and technology — with a clear improvement roadmap.
Start assessmentAdd MCJ practitioner review, findings validation, refined prioritisation and a 60-minute results session.
Add consultant assurance£295 + VAT
A deeper 96-question assessment covering CE+ technical verification — encryption, MFA, vulnerability scanning, email security and governance.
Start assessmentAdd MCJ practitioner review, findings validation, refined prioritisation and a 60-minute results session.
Add consultant assurance£295 + VAT
Assess your readiness to migrate from Oracle, SQL Server or Db2 to PostgreSQL, MySQL or MariaDB. 80 questions across 8 domains and a complexity rating.
Start assessmentAdd MCJ practitioner review, findings validation, refined prioritisation and a 60-minute results session.
Add consultant assurance£395 + VAT
Evaluate your ability to anticipate, withstand and recover from operational disruption — across technology, people and supply chain.
Start assessmentAdd MCJ practitioner review, findings validation, refined prioritisation and a 60-minute results session.
Add consultant assurance£395 + VAT
Benchmark your supply chain across 12 domains — governance, due diligence, risk, cyber, resilience, compliance, ESG, financial, digital and future readiness.
Start assessmentAdd MCJ practitioner review, findings validation, refined prioritisation and a 60-minute results session.
Add consultant assurance£495 + VAT
A comprehensive security maturity assessment across 12 domains — governance, architecture, IAM, secure development, infrastructure, cloud, data, SecOps, resilience, supply chain, compliance and people.
Start assessmentAdd MCJ practitioner review, findings validation, refined prioritisation and a 60-minute results session.
Add consultant assurance£595 + VAT
A cyber security maturity assessment across 10 domains, aligned with UK cyber good practice (NCSC guidance, Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, CIS Controls).
Start assessmentAdd MCJ practitioner review, findings validation, refined prioritisation and a 60-minute results session.
Add consultant assurance£595 + VAT
Benchmark your ISMS across 14 ISO/IEC 27001 domains. Receive a maturity score, executive summary, priority action plan and certification roadmap.
Start assessmentAdd MCJ practitioner review, findings validation, refined prioritisation and a 60-minute results session.
Add consultant assuranceBest for organisations that want to independently understand their maturity and priorities.
Best where findings may influence governance, investment, audit preparation or strategic decisions.
AI accelerates the analysis. Experienced practitioners provide the judgement.
A clear view of what each service level provides, from a Free Assessment through to Bespoke Advisory.
| What's included | Free Assessment | Professional Assessment | Consultant-Assured | Bespoke Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-assessment | Included | Included | Included | As required |
| Maturity score | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Domain analysis | Limited | Included | Included | Included |
| Professional report | Summary | Included | Included | Included |
| Improvement roadmap | Initial | Included | Included | Included |
| Practitioner review | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Findings challenge | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Results session | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Implementation support | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Price | Free | From £295 | From £995 | Bespoke |
Assessment outputs provide structured guidance based on the information supplied and should not be interpreted as formal certification, audit opinion or regulatory assurance unless explicitly stated. Consultant-Assured assessments include practitioner review but do not constitute certification by an accredited certification body. See the full assessment disclaimer below.
Start with an initial assessment and move to deeper analysis, practitioner assurance or advisory support only when your organisation needs it.
Understand where you are today.
Compare against recognised standards and good practice.
Focus effort and investment where it matters most.
Turn insight into a practical improvement roadmap.
The assessments provided by MCJ Ventures are designed as guidance tools to support organisations in understanding their current level of maturity against recognised industry standards, frameworks and best practices. They are intended to provide indicative insights and should not be relied upon as a definitive audit, certification or compliance assessment.
Digital assessments are supported by AI-assisted analysis. Consultant-Assured assessments combine that analysis with review, challenge and validation from experienced MCJ practitioners — AI accelerates the analysis, practitioners provide the judgement.
Assessment questions, scoring methodologies and reporting structures are reviewed on a regular basis, with formal reviews undertaken at least monthly, to help maintain alignment with relevant standards, industry frameworks and emerging best practices. However, standards and regulatory requirements evolve over time, and alignment cannot be guaranteed in every circumstance.
Results are dependent on the accuracy and completeness of the information provided by users. MCJ Ventures accepts no liability for decisions made solely on the basis of assessment results. Organisations should seek appropriate professional advice before making strategic, operational, security or regulatory decisions.
Your data stays with you. Digital assessments run entirely in your browser. Answers, organisation details and generated reports are not sent to or stored on our servers, and are cleared when you close the tab or use the Clear button within each assessment.
Use of these assessments constitutes acceptance of this disclaimer.
We aim to provide practical, unbiased and actionable guidance that helps organisations understand where they are today and where improvements may deliver the greatest value. Our assessments are designed to encourage continual improvement rather than simply produce a score.
By using these assessments, you acknowledge that the outputs are advisory in nature and should be used as part of a broader governance, assurance and decision-making process.