About KeyCompass
Independent crypto self-custody consultant: hardware wallet onboarding and security reviews. UK-based, working remotely with clients anywhere. KeyCompass never holds your keys, your recovery phrase, or your funds.
KeyCompass is a solo practice run by Simon Geils. It does one thing: it helps people hold their own cryptoassets safely, either by setting a wallet up with them from scratch or by reviewing a setup they already have.
There is no product to sell, no affiliate link, no opinion on what anyone should buy. The work is technical and operational — how to hold safely what you already own.
Who you are talking to
Over a decade in front-line technical support, including experience at Ledger and Apple, helping individuals and businesses set up and maintain their digital assets, recover them, and secure what was on them. Thousands of conversations, and the same handful of mistakes appearing over and over.
KeyCompass is that pattern turned into a service. Not a wealth manager who also does crypto — the person who has sat with someone on the worst day of their financial life and worked out, step by step, what happened.
The boundary
This is the part worth reading twice, because it is what makes the work safe to do.
- Not a custodian. KeyCompass never holds your keys, your recovery phrase, or your funds — not for a minute, not to help, not to check something. You keep sole control of everything, throughout every engagement.
- Not a broker. Nothing is bought, sold, or exchanged on your behalf.
- Not an adviser. Nothing said in a session is investment, legal, or tax advice. No one will tell you what to buy, when to buy, or how much.
KeyCompass is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. For investment, legal, and tax decisions, use your own licensed professionals.
KeyCompass holds professional indemnity and public liability insurance, covering clients in the UK and abroad.
How the work runs
Every engagement starts with a free thirty-minute intake call to work out which service you actually need and what it will cost. If the answer is that you do not need this yet, you will be told so on that call.
Sessions run over video call. Screen sharing runs on the practitioner's side only. You never show a recovery phrase, a private key, or an unlocked wallet — and you will be stopped if you start to. Everything sensitive stays on your side of the call.
What is not offered
Full business treasury setup is not offered yet. A security review can tell you today where a business setup stands, but the complete service is still in development, and saying so plainly is better than taking the booking. Inheritance planning, executor support and power of attorney support are offered: see crypto inheritance planning.