A structured half day on site.
Up to 4 hours with you and your team. We walk your real processes, map where time goes and review the systems and AI tools you already use.
AI AND AUTOMATION AUDIT
The AI and Automation Audit.
Half a day inside your business. A number on your "Admin Tax". A clear view of where you are with AI. A ranked plan for both.
Fixed price. Fixed scope. The report is yours to keep, whether you work with us afterwards or not.
£650 fixed
THE PROBLEM
Most businesses know they lose time. Few know how much.
Repetitive admin rarely announces itself. It hides in copied spreadsheets, retyped emails, chased invoices and reports rebuilt every month. No single task feels significant enough to fix on its own. Together they quietly tax your whole team.
AI often arrives the same way. One person tries a tool, then another. What is usually missing is an agreed way of using it, clear rules on what can go into it and a view of where it would help most.
The Audit puts a number on that tax and shows where you are with AI. Then it gives you a plan, in priority order, for both.
WHAT YOU GET
What you get for £650
Where you are with AI.
How your team uses AI today, the tools and access in place and how any guidance compares with good practice. Then practical suggestions for what to do next.
Your "Admin Tax" figure.
The hours and pounds your business loses to repetitive admin each year, calculated with the same method as our free calculator, with the working shown.
A written report within 5 working days.
Findings, a ranked opportunity list, AI suggestions and a recommended first automation, in plain English.
A 30, 60 and 90 day roadmap.
Covering automation and AI. A sequence you can act on with us, with someone else or on your own. Plus a 30-minute walkthrough call to talk it through.
On site within 30 miles of Sudbury, travel included. Further afield by arrangement.
HOW IT WORKS
How it works
01 BOOK
Pick a date, accept the terms, settle the invoice. Done in a day.
02 PREPARE
A short questionnaire before we arrive. Ten questions, fifteen minutes.
03 THE AUDIT
Up to 4 hours on site. Structured, practical and focused on how work actually gets done, and where AI fits into it.
04 THE REPORT
Delivered within 5 working days. Your "Admin Tax" figure, your AI adoption snapshot, ranked opportunities and the roadmap.
05 THE WALKTHROUGH
A 30-minute call to go through the findings and answer questions. No pitch. One optional next step.
INSIDE THE REPORT
Inside the report
- Executive summary with your "Admin Tax" figure, your AI adoption stage and top three opportunities
- Current state: the processes reviewed and where the time goes
- The calculation, shown in full so you can check it
- A ranked opportunity list scored for effort, tooling and payback
- Your AI adoption snapshot, and how any AI guidance compares with good practice
- AI suggestions, ranked by effort and benefit
- A recommended first automation with indicative scope
- Risks and prerequisites, including data quality and UK GDPR points
- Your 30, 60 and 90 day roadmap for automation and AI, and next steps
The report is written to stand on its own. If you never speak to us again, it still pays for itself in clarity.
NO OBLIGATION, GENUINELY
Most audits end one of three ways.
Run it yourself
The roadmap is written to be actioned internally, step by step.
Hand it to your IT support
Any competent supplier can deliver from the report. It is theirs to work from.
Ask newlens to build
Engage us within 90 days and the Audit stands as your discovery phase. You never pay for discovery twice.
All three are fine. The report is yours either way.
WHO IT SUITS
Who the Audit suits, and who it does not.
It suits
- Owner-led UK SMEs, typically 5 to 50 people, drowning in repeat admin
- Businesses that want a clear plan before spending anything on software or builds
- Teams that have tried tools piecemeal and want someone to look across the whole picture
- Teams using AI tools without an agreed way of working, or whose AI use has stalled
It does not suit
- ×Businesses looking for a free consultation. That exists: it is thirty minutes and it works out which route fits.
- ×Anyone wanting a software demo. We audit your business, not a product.
- ×Anyone wanting an AI policy written or legal sign-off. We review against good practice. Your own advisers sign off.
BOOK
Book your AI and Automation Audit
£650, no VAT. Payment on booking. On site within 30 miles of Sudbury, travel included.
Get in touch to bookQuestions first? Book a free 30-minute introductory call and ask anything.
COMMON QUESTIONS
The free assessment is a five-minute questionnaire that produces a readiness score and a general roadmap from your own answers. The Audit is half a day inside your business. We validate how work actually happens, quantify the "Admin Tax" from observed processes and rank the opportunities for your specific systems and team. The Audit also reviews AI on site: the tools your team actually uses, how they use them and how any guidance compares with good practice.
No. The report and roadmap are yours. There is no obligation to proceed and the walkthrough call is not a sales call. If you do engage newlens within 90 days, the Audit counts as your discovery phase.
Up to 4 hours with you and your team, ideally including someone who uses AI tools day to day. We may ask to see, not touch, the systems you use. We never need passwords or admin access.
No. We review any guidance you have against good practice and suggest what a one-page AI use guide should cover. Legal, employment and data protection questions are for your own advisers.
The Audit works best on site because that is where the real processes live. Where distance makes that impractical, we can agree a remote format over video.
Yes. £650 covers the preparation, the half day on site within 30 miles of Sudbury, the report and the walkthrough call. The only variables are travel beyond 30 miles, agreed in advance at cost, and any extension you ask for beyond the 4 hours.