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What is worth automating
The handful of jobs where automation would genuinely pay back, measured in hours and pounds rather than demos. Usually quoting, invoicing, chasing payment, or the same details being keyed in twice.
Free strategy session· 30 minutes · no obligation
What in your business is worth automating? Ask an auditor, not a salesperson.
Quotes typed out twice. Invoices chased by hand. The same details keyed into three systems. David Perkins spent fifteen years as an internal auditor: the person who tells you what is working, what is broken, and what is worth fixing. In a free 30-minute session he gives you the same straight read on which of those jobs are worth automating, and where AI is genuinely part of the answer.
No pitch and no vendor commission. If automating it would not pay back yet, that is exactly what you will hear.
Certified internal auditor
Certified with the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors.
Fifteen years of process audit
Auditing business processes across professional services, government, and tech.
Independent
No licences sold. No vendor pays us commission on anything we recommend.
Everything runs in your accounts
Your systems, your off switch. Your data stays in your business.
Why an auditor
Everyone selling you AI and automation is paid when you say yes. An auditor is trained to check first.
You would not ask the company selling you a system whether you need it. That is the problem with taking automation advice from the people whose software you would be buying. An internal auditor works the other way round: look at how the work actually gets done, find where the hours go, weigh the risks, and only then say what deserves your money and time.
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What is not worth automating
The jobs better left with a person, fixed with a simpler process change, or not touched at all. This list is usually longer, and nobody selling you software will give it to you.
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Where AI fits, and what it risks
Which of those jobs actually need AI and which a plain rule handles better, where your data would go, what happens when the AI gets something wrong, and which controls belong in place before anything runs on its own.
What it costs
If the session leads somewhere, here are your options. Prices included.
Most consultancies quote after a sales call. Here are our prices up front. These are separate options, not steps in a sequence: pick whichever fits, and you can go straight to any of them. Everything paid starts from a diagnosis, and nothing gets built unless the numbers say it pays back.
Orientation
Free strategy session
Free · 30 minutes
Best for you if you want a straight answer on whether automating any of it is worth your money.
A look at how the work gets done now and where to start. Nothing to prepare, nothing to buy.
The numbers
Time and Money Map
£495, all-in
Best for you if you want the numbers for your own business, not industry averages.
A two-hour call, then a written map of your three biggest opportunities: what each is worth in your own hours and pounds, and what it costs to build. Go ahead within 30 days and the £495 comes off.
The direction
Audit and Assurance
£1,995 · single site
Best for you if you want direction for the whole firm, not just a first project.
A full independent review: what is worth doing, what is not, the risks and controls, and a prioritised roadmap. Covers a single site of up to around five departments; a larger or multi-department firm costs more, and you get a fixed quote first.
The build
Automation Builds
From £1,495 · fixed quote after diagnosis
Best for you if the diagnosis found something worth building.
Only what the diagnosis showed pays back, built on systems you own with a payback target agreed first. Stop paying us tomorrow and it all keeps running.
Prices are the full amount. We are not VAT registered, so there is no VAT on top.
Not ready to talk to anyone?
Take the free 2-minute assessment instead.
Seven quick questions about how your business runs, then a personalised view of your top automation, where AI fits, and an honest read on your readiness. No call, no email required.
Common questions
Before you book.
Is it really free?
Yes. Thirty minutes, no fee, no obligation. It is the conversation we would want to have before recommending anything, so it would be odd to charge for it. If something is worth doing after the call, you will know exactly what it costs before you commit to anything.
What happens on the call?
David asks about your business: what you do, where the hours go, which jobs are still done by hand, and what you have already tried. Then you get a straight read on what is worth automating, where AI is part of that answer and where a plain rule does the job better, and what a sensible first step would be. You leave with a clearer picture either way.
Are you going to sell me software?
No. We do not sell licences and no vendor pays us commission. We sell independent advice and, where the numbers justify it, we build the automation that takes the job off your desk, running on systems you own. If the honest answer is that what you have is fine for now, that is the answer you get.
What about our data?
The session is a conversation, not a data-collection exercise, and we do not need access to your systems for it. If we go on to build something for you, it runs on accounts your business owns, so your data stays under your control. Where a build sends data to an AI provider, we tell you exactly what goes where and what the provider does with it before anything is switched on. That is part of the risk-and-controls thinking you are getting.
What you are not signing up to. The session is free and there is nothing to sign. If it does lead somewhere, the prices are the ones on this page, with no retainer you did not ask for and no surprise bills. Anything we build runs on accounts and a server your business owns, so there is no lock-in and nothing to keep paying us for. And if the honest answer is that you do not need us, you will hear it on the call.
Book the free session.
Thirty minutes with an auditor's eye on how the work actually gets done. Worst case, you leave knowing which jobs are worth automating and it cost you nothing.