UK automation consultancy · mid-market

Senior automation consultants for serious UK businesses.

We map your processes, rank the £-value automations, and ship them. Workflow, AI and system integration — independent, fixed-fee, and honest about what's worth doing.

£15-50KFixed-fee builds
3-9 moTypical payback
0Software resold
£58k/yridentified savings
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Process audit — Northgate Ltd12 mapped
Invoice processing
Finance · re-keyed from email to Xero
18 hrs/wkLive
Quote-to-cash
Sales → finance hand-off
11 hrs/wkMapped
Client onboarding
Accounts, access, kick-off comms
7 hrs/wkScoped
Weekly reporting
Ops dashboard, auto-refresh
5 hrs/wkLive
41 hrs/wkrecovered
Tool-agnostic — we build in ZapierMaken8nPower AutomateHubSpotSalesforceXero
What we do

Automation consultancy that decides what's worth building — then builds it.

Most consultancies sell build hours. We start by deciding what's worth automating at all. We map how your business actually runs, rank the opportunities by return, and only then pick up a tool. The result is fewer hours lost and numbers you can see — not a pile of automations nobody asked for.

Map first

Process mapping & audit

We document your top processes, time each step, and rank them by hours lost and error rate — so you invest where the ROI actually is.

Independent

No software to resell

We take no platform commissions. Our tool recommendation is the one that fits you — Zapier, Make, n8n, Power Automate, HubSpot, Xero or custom.

ROI, not output

Measured in £ and hours

We quote outcomes, not "automations shipped". Most engagements pay back inside 3-9 months, and we tell you honestly when something isn't worth it.

Who we work with

UK mid-market businesses drowning in manual work.

Typically 50-500 staff, running on 8-15 SaaS tools that don't talk to each other — with a hidden layer of copying, chasing and re-keying holding it all together. That's exactly where we remove the most cost.

Professional services

Manual client onboarding, time capture and billing that eats senior hours every week.

Agencies & B2B SaaS

Project tools, CRM and finance that never quite sync — so reporting is rebuilt by hand.

Operations-heavy scale-ups

Growing fast on spreadsheets and goodwill, with processes that break as headcount climbs.

How an engagement works

Four fixed-fee stages. No open-ended day rates.

01
Free · 30 minutes

Discovery call

We listen, look at how you run today, and tell you honestly whether automation is worth it. No fee, no obligation — and we'll say so if the answer is "not yet".

02
1-2 weeks

Audit & roadmap

We map your processes, rank every automation by ROI, and hand you a costed plan you own — whether you build it with us or in-house.

£3K-£6K
03
4-12 weeks

Build & handover

We implement in your tool of choice, document everything, and hand it to your team. We sequence by ROI so the highest-value work ships first.

£15K-£50K
04
Optional · monthly

Support retainer

Monitoring, small new automations and team support if you'd rather not own it day-to-day.

£1K-£3K / month
Specialist consulting

However your biggest opportunity shows up, we go deep.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What does an automation consultant do?+

An automation consultant maps how your business runs, identifies the manual work that costs the most time or causes the most errors, and automates the highest-ROI parts — across workflow, business process, system integration and AI. Good consulting decides what to automate before building anything.

How much does automation consulting cost in the UK?+

We work in fixed-fee phases: a £3K-£6K audit, a £15K-£50K build depending on scope, and an optional £1-3K/month retainer. The initial discovery call is free, and most engagements pay back within 3-9 months.

Are you independent of software vendors?+

Yes. We resell no software and take no platform commissions, so our tool recommendations are based purely on what fits you — Zapier, Make, n8n, Power Automate, HubSpot, Salesforce, Xero or custom.

Who do you work with?+

UK mid-market businesses — typically 50-500 staff — with enough process volume and system sprawl that manual work is a real, measurable cost. The free audit tells us whether automation is worth it for you.

Book a free automation audit.

Tell us how you run today. We'll come back within one working day, and tell you honestly where the ROI is — or whether it's too early to bother.

  • No fee, no obligation
  • A senior consultant, not a sales rep
  • You keep the roadmap either way