Gosforth Digital.
Applied AI consultancy · Newcastle upon Tyne

Software that fits your business. AI where it earns its place.

We build the bespoke tools small and medium businesses actually need, run them for you afterwards, and tell you honestly when an off-the-shelf product is the better buy. Published fixed prices. Senior, SC-cleared engineers. No hype, no bench, no juniors.

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Bespoke, not SaaS◆ Published fixed prices◆ SC-cleared engineers◆ Made on Tyneside
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Applied AI consulting

Most businesses pay for a stack of software that half-fits, then glue the gaps with spreadsheets and people. We build the thing that fits, using AI where it genuinely saves time and plain software where it doesn't. Every engagement starts with a one-week sprint, and no build happens without one.

  • 1.

    AI Opportunity Sprint

    One week inside your business. We map the process that hurts, audit what you already pay for, and hand back three to five ranked opportunities with a return estimate, an honest build-or-buy call on each, and a costed roadmap.

    Fixed price · 1 week · £2,500 for firms under 10 staff, £5,000 for 100+

    £3,500 fixed Fully credited against a build started within 60 days
  • 2.

    Proof of Value

    One workflow, working on your real data, measured against how you do it today. You get a working tool, the numbers, a clear go or no-go, and a fixed quote for production.

    Fixed price · 3–4 weeks

    £9,500–15,000 fixed
  • 3.

    Bespoke Build

    A production system built for how your business actually works. You own the code and the documentation. Fixed price, milestone payments, written change control, and a 30-day warranty after handover.

    Fixed price · 6–12 weeks · milestones 30 / 40 / 30 · larger programmes quoted separately

    £25,000–75,000 typical · fixed
  • 4.

    Run & Improve

    The answer to "who looks after it?". Hosting, monitoring, security patching, and keeping the AI parts accurate as models and your data change. Standard adds a day a month of improvements and a quarterly review; Growth adds two days and a roadmap.

    Monthly retainer · six-month minimum, then month to month · Essential / Standard / Growth

    £950–4,500 per month

Also: a Fractional AI Lead at £4,000 a month for two days or £7,000 for four, owning your AI roadmap, vendor decisions and team coaching. And training that doubles as a first conversation: a half-day leadership briefing for £1,500, or a full-day hands-on team workshop for up to twelve people at £2,750.

Priced against your SaaS bill, not our day rate

A 40-person firm typically pays £40k–£100k a year for software with a third of the seats in use. A build costs roughly 18 to 30 months of the SaaS it replaces. Then it's yours.

Sometimes the answer is "buy it"

The sprint can end with us recommending an existing product. We'd rather lose a build than sell you one you don't need. That's what makes the builds we do recommend worth trusting.

Founding clients, to the end of 2026

Our first three applied-AI clients get 30–40% off the build in exchange for a named case study and two introductions. Sprint at full price. Say "founding client" when you get in touch.

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Who it's for

Owner-managed businesses of 10 to 250 people with a process held together by spreadsheets, email and goodwill. These are the sectors where we start with an advantage.

Care & health providers

Care groups, domiciliary care, dental groups and clinics. We already build on CQC data.

  • Rota and compliance admin
  • Care-plan documentation
  • CQC evidence packs
  • Enquiry handling

Professional services

Accountants, solicitors, surveyors, architects and recruiters. Document-heavy and margin-conscious.

  • Document intake and extraction
  • Client onboarding and checks
  • Proposal and report drafting
  • Time capture

Manufacturing & logistics

Engineering, fabrication and haulage across the North East, where off-the-shelf software rarely fits the shop floor.

  • Quotes from drawings and emails
  • Job tracking
  • Quality records
  • Supplier communications

Defence & government supply chain

Firms supplying the MOD, nuclear and critical infrastructure, where the people touching your systems must be cleared.

  • Secure internal tooling
  • Bid and tender drafting
  • Document control
  • Private LLM deployment
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How we work

Fixed-price outcomes

You know the cost upfront. We carry the delivery risk, and we prefer it that way.

Your code, your data

Standard, well-documented stack. Everything is handed over. Nothing is hostage to us staying involved.

Security cleared

Our founder and engineers hold active SC clearance. Trusted with sensitive data, and able to work on OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE and SECRET programmes without vetting delays.

We build and run our own

The engineering you get is the engineering we bet our own products on. See what we've built below.

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Cloud, security & modernisation

The same engineers do the platform work behind the software: AWS, Terraform, compliance and legacy modernisation, built to public sector standards. Still available on their own, including for SC-cleared environments.

a.Cloud Readiness Assessment

System inventory, dependency mapping, risk register and a costed migration roadmap before you commit to a programme.

Fixed price · 1–2 weeks · start with the free scorecard

b.AWS Infrastructure & Terraform

Infrastructure as Code, landing zones, CI/CD pipelines, security hardening and operational readiness, with full handover.

Day rate or fixed price · SC-cleared engagements from £850 a day

c.Security & Compliance

SOC2 readiness, Cyber Essentials preparation and AWS security posture reviews, delivered hands-on with audit-ready documentation.

Fixed price · 1–2 weeks

d.AI Infrastructure & Ops

Private LLM hosting, evals and guardrails, cost control and monitoring, where public AI services aren't an option.

Monthly retainer · scoped to your estate

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Things we've built and run

Our own products on official UK open data, live and refreshed automatically. Client case studies will join them here.

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Writing

Security clearance

What SC Clearance Means for Cloud Consulting

How security clearance reduces risk and accelerates delivery on public sector cloud programmes.

 Cloud migration

Cloud Readiness Assessment: What It Is and Why You Need One

What a readiness assessment delivers, and why it comes before any commitment to migrate.
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Get in touch

Based in

Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne

Delivering across the North East, nationwide and remotely

Typical response

Within 24 hours on working days

A free 30-minute call, no pitch, no pressure. Tell us what's slow, manual or expensive and we'll tell you whether it's worth building, buying or leaving alone. Gosforth Digital Ltd is registered in England & Wales; our founder and engineers hold active SC security clearance.