About 5i Consulting
We built 5i to close it. A senior-led consultancy where the people who win the work are the people who do it — to a standard with a name.
We want to be recognised as an industry leader in digital transformation for governments and enterprises — in the UK and internationally — measured not by headcount, but by the difficulty of the programmes we're trusted with and the consistency with which we land them.
Public bodies and enterprises face the same core problem: ambitious mandates, ageing systems, and a low tolerance for risk. The usual answer is to throw scale at it. Ours is to throw judgement at it — senior people, small teams, fixed principles.
That's the bet 5i is built on, and it's the bet our clients keep validating.
Our name is our operating model — five principles the whole team is held to, on every engagement.
We bring emerging technology and AI to bear — but only where it earns its place. Innovation here means solving the real problem faster, not chasing the trend.
Most value is trapped between systems. We connect platforms, data and people so the whole estate works as one — API-led and free of lock-in.
We ship. Working software, in production, on time — and robust enough to survive an audit, a launch and a peak day.
Data only matters if it changes a decision. We build the platforms, analytics and reporting that turn information into action and prove the benefits.
The rarest word in tech branding — and the one that wins public-sector trust. We're honest about risk, transparent on cost, and personally accountable for what we deliver. Integrity is why clients come back, and why regulators are comfortable when we're in the room.
We benchmarked ourselves against the firms that dominate digital transformation — the global integrators and the large UK delivery houses. Here's where a focused, senior team wins.
The directors don't leave after the pitch. They architect, build and assure your work in person — the model large integrators can't run economically at scale.
Small teams make fast decisions. No competing internal workstreams, no process layered to justify a rate — just lower rework and fewer surprises on the invoice.
GDS service standard, WCAG 2.2 accessibility, ISO 27001-aligned security and G-Cloud readiness aren't an add-on for us — they're the baseline on every engagement, public or private.
We use AI where it removes manual effort or sharpens a decision — agentic automation, intelligent service, applied analytics — and we're honest about where it doesn't belong yet.
The rigour that satisfies a government assessment is the rigour that protects a commercial launch. Clients get the discipline of public delivery and the pace of private.
You're not an account number. You get the same six directors, a relationship that compounds over time, and a standard you can hold us to by name.
The clearest way to understand 5i is to meet the directors who run it.