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Accessibility for Governance & Compliance Teams

Governance and compliance teams play a key role in ensuring website accessibility and inclusive digital communication. To do this, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines should be followed to ensure compliance and mitigate legal risks.

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Why Digital Accessibility Matters for Governance & Compliance Teams

Governance and compliance teams are increasingly responsible for ensuring that organisations meet digital accessibility requirements under UK and European accessibility regulations.

As digital services become essential for delivering information and services, organisations must ensure that websites, documents and digital platforms are accessible to everyone.

Governance and compliance professionals play a key role in overseeing accessibility frameworks, managing regulatory risk and ensuring organisations can demonstrate progress toward recognised accessibility standards such as WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).

Recite Me supports governance and compliance teams by helping organisations identify accessibility risks, monitor accessibility performance and provide evidence of accessibility improvements over time.

Does Accessibility Affect Your Governance or Compliance Responsibilities?

Digital accessibility is increasingly part of organisational governance and compliance frameworks, particularly for organisations operating under UK accessibility legislation.

Accessibility may affect your role if you are responsible for:

  • Monitoring regulatory compliance
  • Managing accessibility policies and governance frameworks
  • Responding to accessibility complaints
  • Maintaining accessibility statements
  • Providing evidence of accessibility improvements
  • Supporting regulatory reporting and governance reviews

If you manage compliance, risk, or governance frameworks, digital accessibility is likely already part of your responsibilities.

Why It Matters

Six Reasons Digital Accessibility Matters for Governance & Compliance Teams

Meet Accessibility Regulations

Many organisations must comply with digital accessibility regulations such as the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations (PSBAR), the Equality Act 2010, and the European Accessibility Act (EAA).

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Reduce Regulatory and Legal Risk

Failure to provide accessible digital services can result in complaints, regulatory scrutiny or legal challenges under UK accessibility legislation. Proactive accessibility monitoring helps organisations manage these risks.

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Prepare for Accessibility Audits

Organisations increasingly conduct accessibility assessments or reviews to evaluate whether websites meet accessibility standards such as WCAG. Governance teams require clear visibility into accessibility performance across digital services.

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Demonstrate Accessibility Progress

Accessibility regulations often require organisations to demonstrate progress toward improving accessibility. Monitoring and reporting tools help organisations track accessibility improvements over time.

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Maintain Accurate Accessibility Statements

Under PSBAR regulations, public sector organisations must publish and maintain accessibility statements describing the accessibility status of their websites and digital services. 

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Strengthen Accessibility Governance

Accessibility is not a one-time project. Organisations must monitor accessibility continuously as websites evolve through new content, digital services and system updates. Governance teams play a key role in establishing processes that support ongoing accessibility compliance.

Our Solutions

How Recite Me Helps Compliance Teams Improve Digital Accessibility

Recite Me provides accessibility monitoring technology and expert guidance that help organisations manage accessibility more effectively and support compliance with accessibility regulations.

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Accessibility Checker – Identify Accessibility Barriers

The Recite Me Accessibility Checker scans websites to identify accessibility issues and highlight areas where digital content may not meet recognised accessibility standards such as WCAG.

This helps governance teams understand where accessibility risks exist across digital services.

Impact for governance teams:

  • Identify accessibility risks across websites and digital services
  • Support accessibility audits and compliance reviews
  • Generate structured accessibility reporting
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PDF Remediation – Make Published Documents Accessible

Many organisations publish reports, policies, forms and other resources as downloadable PDF documents on their websites.

However, inaccessible PDFs are one of the most common accessibility barriers and frequently appear in accessibility complaints and compliance reviews.

Recite Me PDF Remediation helps organisations convert existing documents into accessible formats that can be used by people relying on assistive technologies.

This supports governance and compliance teams in ensuring that public-facing documents align with recognised accessibility standards such as WCAG.

For public sector organisations, this also supports compliance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (PSBAR), which require digital documents published online to be accessible unless specific exemptions apply.

Impact for governance teams:

  • Improve accessibility of public-facing documents and reports
  • Reduce accessibility risks linked to legacy PDF content
  • Support compliance with UK accessibility regulations

Accessibility Consultancy – Support Accessible Communication

Recite Me provides accessibility consultancy and expert guidance to help organisations improve their accessibility practices and governance frameworks.

This includes guidance on accessibility policies, compliance preparation and accessibility best practices aligned with WCAG and accessibility regulations.

Impact for governance teams:

  • Strengthen internal accessibility governance frameworks
  • Prepare for accessibility audits or regulatory reviews
  • Improve organisational accessibility policies and processes

Download the Accessibility Guide for Governance and Compliance Teams

Download our guide designed specifically for governance and compliance professionals.

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Impact on governance teams

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Common accessibility barriers

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Steps to improve web accessibility

Download the Accessibility Governance Guide

Supporting Governance & Compliance Teams

Organisations We Work With

Organisations across public and private sectors use Recite Me to help monitor website accessibility and support digital accessibility compliance.

Governance and compliance teams rely on Recite Me to identify accessibility risks, support audit preparation and demonstrate accessibility progress across digital platforms.

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  • Andrew Bowly,
  • Head of Inclusion, Safeguarding and Wellbeing, British Judo Association

Accessibility Governance FAQs

Digital accessibility is increasingly required under regulations such as the Equality Act 2010, PSBAR, and the European Accessibility Act (EAA). Governance teams oversee compliance with these frameworks and ensure organisations meet their accessibility responsibilities.

Organisations can demonstrate accessibility progress by identifying accessibility issues, monitoring improvements, and maintaining accessibility documentation aligned with accessibility standards such as WCAG.

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are widely recognised as the international standard used to evaluate digital accessibility.

Governance teams oversee accessibility frameworks, manage compliance risk and ensure organisations can demonstrate alignment with accessibility regulations and standards.