Perkins SmartOps
Independent AI and automation specialists

A job in mind, or not sure? Start here.

If you know the job you want done, we can do just that. If you don’t, the audit finds where AI and process automation would actually pay. Either way you can carry on with a monthly package.

01 / Start here

The audit

The way in for a business that knows AI could help but not where.

We come in and look at how your business actually runs. We map your processes with the people who do the work, then find where AI and process automation would add value and where they wouldn’t. You get a written report by the Friday: a ranked list of what to do, what each is worth and what it costs.

Already running AI or automation? The same two days can check that it’s safe, compliant and paying back instead. You set the scope with us on a call before anything starts, and you’re under no obligation to build any of it.

Full detail on Audit and Assurance
Price
£1,995 for two days, £2,995 for three
Time
Two or three days with your team, on site or remote
You get
A written report by the Friday and a walkthrough call
Independent
No commission from any software vendor
02 / Then carry on

Partnership packages. You choose the pace.

Each one is a monthly fee for the same way of working: your processes mapped, a roadmap for the quarter, automations built and handed over, your server looked after, AI training and a review every quarter. The difference is how much we work on at once.

Steady

Foundations

Getting the basics right, one step at a time.

£995 a month

About 6 automations a year

  • One piece of work at a time

    One item from your roadmap is in progress at a time: an automation, an AI step added to a process or a policy. When it’s live, the next one starts. Training sessions come on top, so they never take a place.

  • Your first processes mapped and a roadmap in month one

    We map the processes behind your first quarter’s work, step by step, with the people who do them. You get those process maps, a list of suggested improvements and a roadmap for the next quarter showing which automations to build, the month each one lands and the hours each is planned to take off your team’s week. The roadmap is yours to keep, whatever you decide next.

  • Your server set up in your name and looked after

    Your server sits in your own name. We set it up with security updates and backups switched on, then keep it updated, monitored and backed up within your fee, however many automations it runs.

  • Response times set by how critical each workflow is

    When we build something, we agree together how quickly we respond if it stops. A workflow that invoices your customers gets a faster response than one that tidies a spreadsheet on a Friday.

  • One AI training session a year

    Ninety minutes, on site if you’re nearby or online: an hour on using AI well, such as better prompting or what a tool can do, then half an hour for your questions. Bring as many of your team as you like.

  • Roadmap review every quarter

    The first review is at the end of month two, then every quarter. Together we look at what’s done, what’s now running and what’s changed in your business, then plan the next quarter in detail.

  • A short progress report every month

    One page: what was finished, what’s next, the hours a week now running against the baseline we take in month one and a health check on everything that’s running.

Talk to us about Foundations
Fast

Momentum

Moving faster, with your team kept up to date on AI.

£1,995 a month

About 12 automations a year

Everything in Foundations, plus:

  • Two pieces of work at once

    Two roadmap items move at the same time, so you get through the roadmap roughly twice as fast. A quick win can run alongside a bigger piece of work.

  • Two AI training sessions a year

    Two 90-minute sessions, so you can cover your team once and then go deeper with the people using AI most, or train new starters as they join.

  • An AI policy written with you, checked every year

    A written AI use policy your team can follow, plus a yearly look at which AI tools people are using, what information goes into them and who owns the risk. It’s built on the way internal auditors look at risk.

  • AI tips with a prompt for your work, every two months

    A short, practical tip written for the jobs your team does, with a prompt they can use straight away.

  • A briefing on new AI features every two months

    What has changed in the tools you use, what it means for you and whether it’s worth switching on. Plain English, one page.

  • Reviews of AI tools you’re considering, up to two a month

    Send us the vendor’s email or the demo notes and you get an independent read: what it does, what it overlaps with, what it would see of your data and whether the claim holds up.

Talk to us about Momentum
Full speed

Embedded

Making AI and process automation a priority across the business.

£2,995 a month

About 18 automations a year

Everything in Momentum, plus:

  • Three pieces of work at once

    Three roadmap items move at the same time, so larger pieces of work can run alongside the everyday automations.

  • AI training every quarter, AI tips every month

    Four 90-minute sessions a year, so training keeps up with new tools, new starters and the new automations as they land. The tips come monthly instead of every two months.

  • New-feature briefings as soon as something relevant is released

    When a tool you use changes in a way that matters to you, you hear about it that week rather than at the next scheduled briefing.

  • Reviews of AI tools, up to four a month

    The same independent read as Momentum, with room for twice as many.

  • Help setting up AI roles or champions

    If you want someone inside the business to own AI day to day, we help you choose them, shape the role and get them started.

  • Larger AI projects, built in stages

    The bigger pieces need more than one month. For example, AI that sorts and summarises your incoming email or documents, or an assistant that answers questions from your own files. Before we build, we tell you which AI service it uses and what information it sees. Then you decide. If it needs a private AI model of your own, its running cost is priced separately.

  • A yearly review of the AI you already run

    Once a year, we look over the AI and automation you already use, including other suppliers’ tools: what could go wrong, what safeguards are in place and who is responsible if it does. It’s advice, not a certificate.

Talk to us about Embedded

Open any line in a package to see what it includes.

The small print, in plain English

Pay monthly in advance. Stop with one month’s notice, so the least anyone pays is two months. Move up or down a package with a month’s notice. The pace is how many pieces of work run at once, not a meter of hours. The automation counts are our planning estimates, not a promise of results. AI services, software licences and the server bill go on your own accounts, so you see exactly what they cost. If you’d rather we hosted it for you, we cover the server bill.

03 / Or just one thing

One piece of work on its own

If you already know the job you want fixed, we can do just that. Some examples of what a piece of work can be:

  • Invoices pulled straight from your email inbox and loaded into Xero as drafts, ready for you to approve.
  • Research on your sector, your business and your clients gathered overnight and sent in the format you want, daily, weekly or whenever suits.
  • Your weekly numbers pulled from three systems into one report every Monday, without anyone copying them across.
  • Late payments chased on a schedule, with a person approving each reminder before it goes.
  • New clients set up from one form: the folder, the welcome email and the accounts, all done.
  • Incoming email sorted and summarised, with a draft reply waiting for someone to check.
  • Your sales figures turned into a monthly report the team actually reads.
  • An assistant that answers questions from your own documents, with a written rule for what it’s allowed to see.
  • A half day of AI training for your team, on the tools they already use.
  • An independent read on an AI tool before you sign for it.
Automation
Quoted from a short call, from £1,495. Built on systems you own, tested and handed over.
AI
Priced from the scope, because the checks around it matter as much as the AI.
Training
A half day, three hours, from £1,250.
Support
Looking after what we built for you, from £299 a month, or from £499 with a self-hosted AI model.

Start with a diagnosis,
not a quote.

01Free, and it stays free. No follow-up sequence.
02Thirty minutes, in the diary, by video or phone.
03You leave with a view either way, build or no build.

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