Published and binding
The practice charter.
How Dunlow and Lanek keep their distance, in writing, before anyone has to ask.
Lanek was not designed in a boardroom. It is proven on our own filings first. Dunlow, the practice we own, runs our group's VAT, corporation tax and CRO compliance on Lanek, and design-partner practices run their real workload on it before anything ships to the wider market. Every workflow in Lanek exists because a real filing needed it.
We know what that raises for the firms we serve: does the software company compete with its own customers? These three commitments are our answer.
01
Lanek sells to practices only
We will never sell software, bookkeeping or compliance services directly to businesses or end clients. Accountants and bookkeeping firms are our only channel and our only customer.
02
Your data never feeds our practice
Dunlow receives no leads, referrals, client lists, benchmarking or intelligence of any kind derived from the Lanek platform. Dunlow uses Lanek on the same terms as any other firm, and platform data is segregated from practice operations.
03
Dunlow stays in its lane
Dunlow serves our own group's companies. It does not take clients from the market Lanek serves, and we will not use the platform to grow the practice into our customers' markets.
How this is kept honest
The relationship between Dunlow and Lanek is public: shared ownership is visible on the CRO register and we will never obscure it. This charter is published, versioned, and referenced in our customer agreements. It is formally reviewed at each stage of Lanek's growth, and if Dunlow ever outgrows the boundaries above, we tighten the boundaries or exit the practice. We would rather lose a practice than the trust of the profession we build for.
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