Eight tools to get licence-ready, with a ninth on the way.
The Fideo governance toolkit, built for use. Two run as interactive tools you can complete on screen; the rest are templates and checklists you can download, adapt, and put in front of your board.
Complete these on screen
ODSE fitness self-assessment
Pre-assess any owner, director or senior executive against the fitness criteria before the IFR does: honesty and integrity, financial soundness, and competence for officers. One person at a time, with a Pass / conditions / concerns outcome.
Open the assessment Tool 5 · InteractiveLicence readiness assessment
Track the club against the four mandatory licence conditions and the heritage and ODSE duties alongside them, scored and weighted, with your biggest gaps ranked by our weighting of regulatory significance and potential preparation effort.
Open the assessmentThe full toolkit
Each tool maps to a specific part of the regime and is designed to help a club demonstrate effective governance. These are Fideo templates, not official IFR documents or a required checklist — the IFR sets its own requirements, and only some evidence is expressly required. Download, adapt to your club's size, and use them to build your own evidence base.
ODSE Fitness Self-Assessment
Internal pre-assessment of every individual subject to the fitness test, against honesty and integrity and financial soundness, plus competence for officers. One form per person.
Owner & officer fitnessExecutive Onboarding Knowledge Checklist
For onboarding any new executive, director or senior manager, so everyone joining the leadership team has the knowledge to meet their governance obligations from day one.
The Act · Board governanceBoard Governance Health Check
An annual board self-assessment across composition and independence, effectiveness, and governance culture. Completed individually, then collated and discussed at a board effectiveness session.
Board governanceConflicts of Interest Register
A live register of all actual, potential and perceived conflicts for every board member and ODSE-covered executive. Reviewed at every board meeting. Recommended internal control: update the register promptly following any change, with a five-working-day target.
Ownership transparencyIFR Licence Readiness Tracker
A cross-cutting readiness assessment against the four mandatory licence conditions and the heritage and ODSE duties alongside them. Use quarterly to track progress from where you are to application-ready, RAG-rating each item.
All condition areasAML Readiness Assessment
A monitoring assessment of the club's potential exposure to emerging EU AML standards through cross-border transfers, owners and counterparties. Kept under review as the position develops and sector guidance emerges.
The AML horizonAgent Fee & Player Recruitment Compliance
A per-transaction checklist completed for every player deal involving an agent or intermediary. The compliance file must be created contemporaneously, not reconstructed after the fact.
Compliance operationsFan Engagement Compliance Checklist
An annual check of the club's compliance with statutory fan engagement obligations. Completed by the regulatory lead and presented to the board each year.
Fans & heritageAnnual Governance Calendar
A rolling twelve-month calendar of every recurring governance and compliance obligation, with named owners. Adapt to your financial year and board schedule; review each quarter.
The full cycleGo deeper with the executive course.
Enrol in our Football Governance executive course for in-depth insight into the regulation and how it will impact your club, including worked guidance on every tool in this kit.
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