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    Some organisations arrive here with a specific task in mind. Others are still working out where AI fits into what they do. The services below are ordered to match both starting points, from early orientation through to building, measuring, and scaling.

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    Advisory, delivery or fractional

    The full catalogue in the order most organisations progress through it.

    AI consulting & advisory

    AI consulting & advisory

    Most organisations start here because they know AI is moving fast but cannot identify where it fits their work. This service gives you an honest picture of what AI can and cannot do in your specific situation, with a prioritised plan you can act on. You leave with clear direction, not a 200-page report.

    AI at work

    AI at work

    71% of UK businesses cannot identify a use case relevant to their organisation (DSIT, January 2026). This service works through your actual day-to-day tasks, identifies where AI delivers measurable time savings, and builds working solutions during the engagement itself. You leave with tools that work, not a to-do list.

    AI strategy

    AI strategy

    Over 80% of AI projects fail, a rate twice that of traditional IT projects (RAND Corporation). A strategy produced before any implementation begins separates organisations that get results from those that write off the spend. This service gives your organisation a plan that reduces that risk before any build work starts.

    AI ethics & governance

    AI ethics & governance

    79% of UK charities now use AI, yet half have no AI policy at all, rising to 62% among small charities (Charity Digital Skills Report 2026). Across Europe, staff in most organisations are now using generative AI at work, yet only 31% have a formal, comprehensive AI policy to govern it. Governance does not restrict AI adoption; it makes adoption sustainable. This service is particularly relevant to charities, public sector teams, and any SME handling sensitive client or beneficiary data.

    Data preparation & advisory

    Data preparation & advisory

    43% of organisations cite data quality as the primary barrier to AI success (Informatica CDO Insights, 2025). AI tools produce outputs that reflect the quality of the data you feed them. This service addresses the reason most AI projects fall short: incomplete, inconsistent, or fragmented data that AI cannot use.

    Generative AI implementation

    Generative AI implementation

    68% of employees already using AI at work have not told their employer. For most organisations, the question is not whether to implement generative AI (a type of AI that generates text, documents, and other content) but how to bring existing use under control, establish clear policies, and make sure staff are working with approved tools. This service covers policy, training, and workflow design, not just the tool.

    AI automation

    AI automation

    The tasks consuming most of your team's time are often those most suited to AI automation. Where basic workflow tools move data between systems, AI automation handles variable tasks where a person currently has to read, assess, and act. The outcome that stops buyers scrolling: a task that took 20 minutes now takes 10 seconds.

    AI software development

    AI software development

    Off-the-shelf AI tools do not cover every need. When custom software is warranted, we build with full documentation, code ownership transferred to you, and a handover process designed so your team can maintain what we build. The concern we hear most often: 'The consultant left and nobody knew how to maintain it.' We address that before we start.

    Agentic AI workflow design

    Agentic AI workflow design

    Agentic AI systems make decisions and take actions across multiple steps without a person approving each one. That creates different oversight requirements from anything robotic process automation (RPA) has raised before. This service is for organisations ready to move into that territory, with governance built in from the start.

    AI impact & ROI auditing

    AI impact & ROI auditing

    If AI is already running in your organisation and you cannot report to your board or funders what it has actually delivered (as opposed to what the vendor's dashboard claims), this service provides independent verification. You receive board-ready reporting that separates business impact from platform metrics.

    Fractional head of AI operations

    Fractional head of AI operations

    A senior technical AI delivery lead on a monthly retainer. We own the operations layer so your AI tools keep working, your backlog keeps moving, and your leadership sees the time saved.

    Fractional chief AI officer

    Fractional chief AI officer

    Board-level AI leadership on a monthly retainer. Governance, policy, risk oversight and regulatory alignment, without a full-time executive appointment.

    If you want to understand how an engagement works before deciding which service applies, our how we work page covers every stage from first conversation to handover.

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    Advisory

    5 services

    Orientation, strategy, governance, data readiness and independent audit, before build work starts.

    • AI consulting & advisory

      Best for
      SMEs and charities unsure where to begin
      When to start here
      You can see AI is relevant but cannot identify a starting point
    • AI strategy

      Best for
      Any organisation before committing implementation budget
      When to start here
      Before spending on any AI tool, platform, or build
    • AI ethics & governance

      Best for
      Charities, public sector teams, data-sensitive SMEs
      When to start here
      Your staff are using AI tools and your organisation has no policy
    • Data preparation & advisory

      Best for
      Any organisation with incomplete or fragmented data
      When to start here
      Your data sits across multiple systems that do not connect
    • AI impact & ROI auditing

      Best for
      Organisations with AI in place but no clear evidence of value
      When to start here
      You cannot report AI performance to your board or funders

    Delivery

    5 services

    Implementation engagements that build, automate, or develop working AI capability inside your organisation.

    • AI at work

      Best for
      Any organisation with tasks taking too long
      When to start here
      Your team has experimented informally but produced no lasting results
    • Generative AI implementation

      Best for
      SMEs and public sector teams managing uncontrolled AI use
      When to start here
      Staff are using tools the organisation has not approved
    • AI automation

      Best for
      Teams spending significant time on repetitive manual tasks
      When to start here
      Specific tasks clearly take longer than they should
    • AI software development

      Best for
      Organisations with requirements no off-the-shelf tool meets
      When to start here
      Standard tools have been evaluated and ruled out
    • Agentic AI workflow design

      Best for
      Organisations with mature AI use ready for multi-step systems
      When to start here
      You need AI to take actions autonomously, not just produce outputs

    Fractional

    2 services

    Ongoing senior AI leadership on a monthly retainer: operations or board-level, without a full-time hire.

    • Fractional head of AI operations

      Best for
      Organisations with AI tools in use but no named operations owner
      When to start here
      Automations break with no one to fix them; nothing is measured
    • Fractional chief AI officer

      Best for
      Organisations needing board-level AI governance without a full-time CAIO
      When to start here
      Trustees, the board, or funders are asking governance questions you cannot answer

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