AI Consultancy
We help businesses find where AI actually pays off, decide what to build and what to buy, and then build it. Honest, costed AI advice from a UK team that ships AI into production.
How Our AI Consultancy Works
AI consultancy is the work of deciding where AI is worth applying before anyone writes code: we map your processes, score each opportunity, and give a straight build-or-buy call. Most engagements run 1–2 weeks, from around £1,500 + VAT.
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Find Where AI Actually Pays Off
Most businesses know AI matters but are not sure where it genuinely creates value — or where it is just hype.
We look across your business — operations, sales, support, finance, delivery — rather than fixating on a single tool, and score each opportunity on value, feasibility, risk and how ready your data is. You finish with a clear, prioritised view of where to start, what it involves, and what it costs.
An Honest Build-or-Buy Decision
Not every AI need is a custom build, and we will tell you when it is not.
For each opportunity we give a straight call: configure an off-the-shelf tool, hand it to your IT partner, or build something bespoke. If a tool you already own does 80% of the job, we will say so. Telling you what not to build is how you end up spending your budget where it actually pays back.
Advice From a Team That Also Builds
We are software engineers first, with 16+ years building production systems for UK businesses.
That means our recommendations come with a realistic view of integration, security, governance and cost — and when something is worth building, we can deliver it in fixed, predictable sprints. Strategy and delivery under one roof, with no hand-off and no lock-in. The roadmap is yours to keep whichever way you go.
From Costed Plan to Working Software
Consultancy is the umbrella: the planning that decides what is worth doing, and the sprint delivery that builds it. Most clients start with planning and continue into delivery with the same team.
AI Opportunity Planning
We map the process end-to-end, score each AI opportunity on value, feasibility, risk and data-readiness, and give a straight build-or-buy call. You finish with a costed, sequenced roadmap that is yours to keep.
AI Opportunity Sprint
When something is worth building, our UK engineers deliver it in fixed two-week Velocity Sprints™ with clear scope and cost — dashboards, workflows, data extraction, smart search, chat interfaces and automations.
Launch, Test & Improve
Get it in front of real users quickly, measure whether it solves the actual problem, then improve it based on feedback, usage data and business priorities rather than guesswork.
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Experience Delivering Across the Stack
A roadmap is only useful if someone can build it. We deliver the automation, data and integration work behind the recommendations — and the apps and portals people actually use.
Business Process Automation
Automate the repetitive work with the right mix of workflow design, integrations, apps and AI.
Learn moreAI-Ready Data Ecosystems
Connect your CRM, ERP, apps, portals and data into one ecosystem, reducing manual work and improving data quality.
Learn moreAPI & Systems Integration
Let your systems talk to each other, and integrate with the third-party APIs your business depends on.
Learn morePortal & SaaS Web Apps
Customer-facing services and internal processes built around how your business actually works.
Learn moreMobile App Development
Launch a new product, reach customers on iOS and Android, or open up a new revenue stream.
Learn moreData Lakes & Reporting
Keep your operational systems fast while building the long-term history you need for analytics and AI.
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Not Sure Where AI Fits Yet?
We map your processes, score the opportunities and hand you a costed, sequenced roadmap — yours to act on with us or anyone else. One to two weeks, senior-led.
Frequently Asked AI Consultancy Questions
We help you separate where AI genuinely creates value from where it is hype: we map your processes, find the highest-value opportunities, give a straight build-or-buy call on each, and hand you a costed, sequenced roadmap. Because we are also engineers, we can then build whatever is worth building.
Most large firms advise and then hand you to someone else to build. We do both, so the strategy is grounded in what can actually be delivered, integrated and run in production — senior, practical input rather than a junior team and a glossy deck.
A prioritised map of opportunities scored on value, feasibility, risk and data-readiness; a build-or-buy decision per opportunity; and a costed, sequenced roadmap with a clear next step. It is yours to keep and act on with us or anyone else.
Yes, and we often do. If an off-the-shelf tool already does the job, or your data is not ready, we will say so. That honesty is how you avoid spending on the wrong things.
It is priced as planning, not a big project. A focused sense-check of a single idea is a £1,500 + VAT fixed bundle; a fuller, multi-process discovery starts at £3,000 + VAT and scales with depth; a cross-function AI strategy with governance and a three-year TCO starts at £6,000 + VAT. You always know the scope and price up front.
Most engagements run in one to two weeks — a focused, senior-led sprint rather than an open-ended retainer.
No. Plenty of clients arrive with a vague sense that they "should be doing something with AI". Turning that into specific, costed opportunities is part of the job.
If you want a starting point before we speak, our free AI Opportunity Score assessment scores your business across five pillars in about five minutes.
Yes — that is the point. If the roadmap calls for a bespoke build we deliver it in fixed two-week Velocity Sprints™. If it is better solved off-the-shelf or by your IT team, we will point you there. Get a free quote to start.
Yes. We look across your processes — sales, operations, support, finance, delivery — rather than fixating on one tool, then prioritise by where the return is clearest and the risk is lowest.
Always. We are happy to work under an NDA, and we treat your processes, data and plans as commercially sensitive from the first conversation.
We have 16+ years building production software for UK businesses, we advise and build under one roof, and we are honest about what is worth doing. You get practical, senior, build-capable advice — not a strategy you cannot execute.
Building for teams across healthcare, logistics, motorsport and manufacturing
What Our Clients Say
Scorchsoft helped us take our idea for an app and make it a reality. Everything from the planning meeting to decide what we really needed to the project management and execution was great. It was delivered on time - early in fact - and on budget. Highly recommend.
Rebecca PalserDragonfly IntelligenceScorchsoft is a brilliant company with fantastic knowledge of the mobile app industry. From the project management to the development team, they have been the perfect candidate for our project, and we can't thank them enough!
Lance ChorltonGapped OnlineWe're really pleased with the work Scorchsoft has done in developing our web portal! They have been accurate with timelines and budget, delivering a solid product that allows us to monitor and manage patients remotely while they use our novel medical device at-home. The "plan - design - build" approach has worked well and saved us time in the long-run by catching requirements and issues early.
Daniel GreenSensTrainI'm really pleased with how my app came out, it was exactly what I was looking for. The team at Scorchsoft are great at what they do and made the whole process as simple and easy as possible. Being someone who is not very tech savvy the set up and back end operations were done in a great easy to use manner even for myself which makes using my app stress free. Thanks to all the team!
Ruben CarrollMosaic MasterpiecesThe new Flourish Education website has already removed a lot of manual processes, freeing up both schools, candidates and internal employees time. We are delighted with the look and feel which is clean, professional and more engaging. We are also pleased with the decision to have an HD video background on the homepage, and building immediate trust with our clients by giving them a taste of what it looks like in the Flourish Education offices.
James HancocksMarketing Manager, Flourish Education I can't believe how quickly we started to see results with this project. Scorchsoft provided us with graphic-designed mockups of how the app would look once built, and we were able to sell the product for use by our first customer before the product was finished. Since launching in March, we have secured a major television network as a client who now uses Image Approvals to manage the talent approval process for their productions.
Aimee SpinksMD, ImageApprovals.com
Need help building your ideas?
Tell us where you're headed and we'll come back with our thoughts, a realistic plan and a rough cost estimate. Scorchsoft is a UK-based team of app, portal and AI developers, working in-house from Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.