Terms & Conditions

These Terms & Conditions govern the use of the FoundationState website by business and professional users, together with any public content made available through it, including service descriptions, case studies, insight pages, and contact functionality.

By accessing or using this website, you agree to comply with these Terms. If you do not agree, you should not use the website.

This website is operated by Cherry Blossom Consulting LTD trading as FoundationState. References to “we”, “us”, and “our” mean Cherry Blossom Consulting LTD or FoundationState, as the context requires.

General enquiries can be sent to contact@foundationstate.com.

In these Terms:

• FoundationState means Cherry Blossom Consulting LTD trading as FoundationState.
• Website means the FoundationState website and all publicly accessible pages available under the foundationstate.com domain.
• Content means text, design, branding, case studies, insight material, downloadable or viewable content, and other public materials made available through the Website.
• Services means Technical Due Diligence, Product Due Diligence, and related advisory services offered by FoundationState under separate written engagement terms.
• User means any person accessing or using the Website on behalf of themselves, an organisation, or another business.

You may use this website only for lawful business or professional purposes and in a way that does not:

• Infringe any person’s rights
• Interfere with the operation, security, or availability of the website
• Introduce malicious code, harmful material, or automated abuse
• Attempt unauthorised access to systems, data, or accounts
• Use the website in a way that is fraudulent, misleading, or defamatory
• Scrape, harvest, or extract content or personal data without authorisation
• Use bots, scripts, or automated tools to access the website improperly
• Impersonate FoundationState or misrepresent affiliation with us
• Use the website for spam, harassment, unlawful promotion, or illegal activity

We may suspend, restrict, or block access where we reasonably believe that the website is being misused or that such action is necessary to protect the site, our business, or other users.

Unless otherwise stated, all intellectual property rights in this website and its content are owned by or licensed to FoundationState. This includes text, design, branding, graphics, case-study content, and site structure.

You may view and print content for your own internal business review. You may not copy, republish, adapt, distribute, or commercially exploit website content without our prior written permission, except where permitted by law.

The content of this website is provided for general informational purposes only. It is intended to explain the nature of our services and experience to investors, acquirers, boards, management teams, and businesses considering diligence or advisory support. It is not intended to provide advice on any specific transaction, business, system, or legal situation.

Website content, case studies, marketing materials, and public insights published by FoundationState do not constitute legal advice, tax advice, regulatory advice, investment advice, assurance, or any other professional advice that should be relied upon without a separate written engagement and context-specific analysis.

Nothing on this website is intended to amount to regulated investment advice or any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity.

No client, advisory, contractor, fiduciary, or professional-services relationship is created merely by visiting this website, downloading materials from it, or contacting us through the public enquiry form.

Any Technical Due Diligence, Product Due Diligence, or related advisory services are provided only under a separate written proposal, statement of work, engagement letter, or other binding contract signed or otherwise formally agreed by both parties.

Any formal deliverables, findings, recommendations, limitations, liability position, confidentiality terms, and permitted reliance arrangements will be governed by that separate written agreement. Public website content is not intended for third-party reliance, and no duty of care is assumed to any third party unless expressly agreed in writing.

You may use the contact form to make an initial enquiry about our services. However, you should use it only for preliminary business discussions and should not submit highly confidential, commercially sensitive, privileged, or regulated information through the public contact form unless we have expressly requested it and an appropriate confidentiality arrangement is already in place.

We may review incoming messages to assess whether the enquiry is relevant to our services and whether further discussion is appropriate. Receipt of a message does not oblige us to accept an engagement.

We handle personal data submitted through the website in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By using the contact form, you acknowledge that personal data may be processed as described there.

This website may contain links to third-party websites or resources for convenience or reference. We do not control those third-party sites and are not responsible for their content, security, privacy practices, or availability.

A link to an external site does not imply endorsement, approval, or assumption of responsibility by FoundationState.

We aim to keep the website accurate and available, but we do not guarantee that the site will always be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, current, or suitable for your specific purposes.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, FoundationState excludes all implied conditions, warranties, representations, and other terms that may apply to this website or its content.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, FoundationState will not be liable for any indirect, consequential, special, or economic loss, loss of profit, loss of revenue, loss of opportunity, loss of data, or business interruption arising from or connected with your use of, or inability to use, this website.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access to all or part of the website immediately where we reasonably consider this necessary to address misuse, protect our systems, respond to legal or security issues, or enforce these Terms.

Any provisions of these Terms which by their nature should continue after suspension or termination, including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitations of liability, governing law, and reliance restrictions, shall remain in effect.

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between FoundationState and you in relation to your use of the website and supersede any earlier statements or understandings about that subject matter.

If any provision of these Terms is held to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

We may update these Terms from time to time. Any updated version published on this page will take effect from the date of publication unless stated otherwise.

Your continued use of the website after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them, their subject matter, or your use of this website shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales.

The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction, unless applicable law requires otherwise.