The terms that govern using Ventureship.

Last updated: 9 June 2026
Effective from: 9 June 2026
Version: 1.0

1. About these terms

1.1 Who we are

These terms govern your use of the website at ventureship.co.uk ("the Site") and any services provided by Ventureship Ltd ("Ventureship", "we", "us", "our"), a company registered in England and Wales (company number 16954844) with registered office at Portland House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, England, DH1 1TW.

You can contact us at enquiries@ventureship.co.uk.

1.2 Definitions

• "Brief" means a project specification scoped by a Partner Company for delivery by a Cohort.
• "Candidate" means an individual who applies to participate in a Ventureship.
• "Cohort" means the group of Candidates assembled to deliver a specific Brief.
• "Engagement Letter" means the separate contract between Ventureship and a Partner Company governing a specific commercial engagement, including scope, fees, and deliverables.
• "Partner Company" means a company that contracts with Ventureship to commission a Brief.
• "User", "you", "your" means any person accessing the Site or using our services, including Candidates, Partner Companies, and general visitors.

1.3 Acceptance

By using the Site, submitting any form, booking a discovery call, or otherwise engaging with our services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to these terms. If you do not agree, you must not use the Site or our services. If you are using the Site on behalf of an organisation, you confirm that you have authority to bind that organisation to these terms.

1.4 Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The current version is always available at ventureship.co.uk/terms.html. Material changes will be notified to active Partner Companies in writing, and the "last updated" date at the top of this document will reflect the change. Continued use of the Site or services after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

If you are a consumer (an individual not acting in the course of a business — typically a Candidate or general visitor), we will not rely on continued use as acceptance of any material change. For material changes that affect you as a consumer, we will contact you directly using the contact details you have provided and ask for your explicit acceptance before the change applies to you. If you do not accept, you may stop using our services and request deletion of your data under our privacy notice.

2. What we do and what we don't do

2.1 Services we offer

Ventureship provides a website where Partner Companies can express interest in commissioning a Brief, and Candidates can express interest in joining a Cohort; discovery calls with Partner Companies to scope potential engagements; and the operation of Ventureships — matching Candidates to Cohorts, running Cohorts to deliver Briefs, and providing structured supervision and coaching during the engagement.

2.2 What we are NOT

We are not an employment agency. We are not a recruitment consultancy. We do not place candidates into permanent or fixed-term employment with Partner Companies as part of our core service, and the submission of a Candidate's details to us does not constitute a job application to any third party. We do not guarantee that any Candidate will be selected for a Cohort, that any Cohort will deliver a particular outcome, or that any Partner Company will offer further engagement (including employment) to any Candidate following a Ventureship.

2.3 The Site versus our paid engagements

The Site is a marketing and intake platform. Any paid commercial engagement between Ventureship and a Partner Company is governed by a separate Engagement Letter signed between the parties, which prevails over these terms in case of conflict regarding that specific engagement.

3. Eligibility and acceptable use

3.1 Age

Our services are intended for adults aged 18 or over. By submitting any form or otherwise engaging with our services, you confirm that you are 18 or over. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18; if we become aware that we have, we will delete it without delay.

3.2 Candidates

Candidates must be 18 or over; confirm their right to work in the United Kingdom (for UK-only Briefs) or their willingness to participate in worldwide remote Briefs subject to applicable law; provide accurate, current, and complete information when applying; and engage with any Brief or Cohort honestly, lawfully, and in good faith.

We reserve the right to decline any application at our discretion.

3.3 Partner Companies

Partner Companies must be a lawfully registered legal entity, or an authorised individual acting on behalf of such an entity; ensure that the individual completing any form on behalf of the entity has the authority to do so; provide accurate, current, and complete information when submitting a Brief or enquiry; and not request, accept, or otherwise procure any Brief that involves unlawful activity, discriminatory selection criteria, or activity that would breach the Partner Company's own contractual or regulatory obligations.

3.4 General acceptable use

When using the Site you must not:

• use the Site or our services for any unlawful purpose, or in any way that breaches applicable laws or regulations (including UK GDPR, the Equality Act 2010, the Bribery Act 2010, and the Modern Slavery Act 2015);
• submit any content that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, harassing, infringes another's intellectual property, breaches confidentiality, or is otherwise unlawful;
• attempt to interfere with, compromise, or probe the security or operation of the Site or our underlying infrastructure;
• use automated tools (scrapers, bots, spiders, AI agents) to access the Site at volume, or to extract data from the Site, without our prior written permission;
• reverse-engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to derive source from any of our systems;
• impersonate any other person or misrepresent your affiliation with any organisation;
• use the Site to send unsolicited commercial communications;
• introduce malware, viruses, or any other harmful code to the Site.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site and our services at any time, without notice, if we reasonably consider that you have breached this section.

4. Submissions, briefs, and intellectual property

4.1 Information you submit

When you submit information through any form on the Site, you confirm that the information is accurate to the best of your knowledge; grant Ventureship a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to process that information for the purposes set out in our privacy notice; and acknowledge that we may share relevant information with prospective or contracted Partner Companies or Candidates as necessary for the legitimate operation of a Ventureship.

4.2 Our intellectual property

All content on the Site — including text, design, layout, code, logos, graphics, photography, video, and the trade mark "Ventureship" — is owned by Ventureship Ltd or licensed to us, and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright, trade mark, and other intellectual property laws. You are granted a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and view the Site for non-commercial personal use only. Re-use of any material from the Site for the purposes of training machine-learning models or other automated systems is expressly prohibited.

4.3 Briefs and deliverables

Where a Partner Company commissions a Brief and a Cohort produces deliverables in response to that Brief, intellectual property in those deliverables is allocated as set out in the Engagement Letter for that engagement (which prevails over this clause). We may, with the prior consent of all relevant parties, reference the engagement, the Partner Company name, and a high-level summary of the work in our marketing materials.

5. Privacy and data protection

5.1 How we handle personal data

Our use of personal data is governed by our Privacy Notice, which forms part of these terms by reference. The Privacy Notice explains what data we collect, the lawful basis for processing it, who we share it with (our processors), how long we retain it, and your rights under UK GDPR.

5.2 Confidentiality of project briefs

We treat the content of Briefs submitted by Partner Companies as confidential. We will not disclose substantive Brief details outside the team and Cohort necessary to deliver the engagement, except where compelled by law or with the Partner Company's prior consent. In return, you agree to keep confidential any commercially sensitive information about Ventureship that you become aware of through your use of our services.

6. Disclaimers, warranties, and limitation of liability

6.1 The Site is provided "as is"

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Site and any content on it are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no representations, warranties, or guarantees, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, or currency of any content; the suitability of the Site or our services for any particular purpose; the uninterrupted, error-free, or secure operation of the Site; the outcome of any Brief, Ventureship, or commercial engagement; or the future conduct of any Candidate or Partner Company introduced through our services.

6.2 Statutory rights for consumers

If you are a consumer (an individual not acting in the course of a business), nothing in these terms limits your statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 or other applicable consumer-protection legislation.

6.3 Limitations of liability

Subject to clauses 6.4 and 6.5 below, to the maximum extent permitted by law:

• we are not liable for any loss or damage that is not reasonably foreseeable at the time you agree to these terms;
• we are not liable for indirect, consequential, special, incidental, or punitive losses or damages, including loss of profits, loss of business, loss of revenue, loss of opportunity, loss of anticipated savings, loss of reputation, or loss or corruption of data, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), under statute, or otherwise;
• our total aggregate liability to you arising out of or in connection with these terms, the Site, or our services shall not exceed the greater of (i) £100 (one hundred pounds sterling) or (ii) the total fees paid by you to us in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

6.4 Liability to consumers

The financial cap in clause 6.3 does not apply to consumers. If you are a consumer (an individual not acting in the course of a business), the limitations in clause 6.3 apply only to the extent that they are permitted by the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and other applicable consumer-protection legislation. Nothing in these terms limits our liability to consumers for failure to provide services with reasonable care and skill, or for any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under English law.

6.5 Liabilities not excluded

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence; fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under English law.

7. Indemnity

This clause 7 applies only to Users who are not consumers — that is, Partner Companies and any individual acting in the course of a business.

If you are not a consumer, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Ventureship Ltd, its directors, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any claim, demand, loss, damage, cost, liability, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with your breach of these terms; your use of the Site or our services in violation of applicable law; any content you submit through the Site that infringes the rights of a third party; your negligent acts or omissions; or any misrepresentation made by you to us. This indemnity survives termination of your use of the Site or our services.

If you are a consumer, no indemnity is required from you under these terms. Your responsibility for any loss caused to us is limited to what is permitted by the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and other applicable consumer-protection legislation.

8. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Site and our services at any time. We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the Site and our services at any time, with or without notice, if we reasonably consider that you have breached these terms; your conduct poses a risk of harm to other Users, our staff, or our reputation; we are required to do so by law; we are discontinuing the Site or a particular service; or you have provided false, misleading, or materially incomplete information.

Termination does not affect any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities of either party that have accrued up to the date of termination. Clauses that by their nature should survive termination will continue to apply.

9. Force majeure

We are not liable for any failure or delay in performing our obligations under these terms where that failure or delay results from any event beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, fire, flood, earthquake, storm, pandemic, epidemic, war, civil disorder, terrorism, sabotage, cyber-attack, strikes, lockouts, industrial action, failure of utilities, internet service provider outages, or actions of governmental authorities.

10. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms, and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. You agree that the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms.

11. Notices

Notices to Ventureship under these terms must be sent in writing to:

Ventureship Ltd
Portland House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, England, DH1 1TW
Email: enquiries@ventureship.co.uk

12. General

12.1 Entire agreement

These terms, together with the Privacy Notice and (where applicable) any signed Engagement Letter or Cohort Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between you and Ventureship in relation to your use of the Site and our services.

12.2 Severability

If any provision (or part of a provision) of these terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision (or part) shall be deemed deleted, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

12.3 No partnership or agency

Nothing in these terms creates a partnership, joint venture, agency, or employment relationship between you and Ventureship. Neither party has authority to bind the other.

12.4 Assignment

You may not assign, transfer, charge, or otherwise dispose of any of your rights or obligations under these terms without our prior written consent. We may assign, transfer, or subcontract any of our rights or obligations under these terms at any time.

12.5 Third-party rights

A person who is not a party to these terms has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of their provisions.

12.6 Modern slavery, anti-bribery, and equality

We are committed to taking reasonable steps to ensure that modern slavery, forced labour, and human trafficking do not occur in any part of our business or our supply chain. We do not tolerate bribery or corruption in any form. We are committed to selecting Candidates and Partner Companies on merit and without unlawful discrimination on the grounds of any protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.