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The survey itself takes around 10 minutes per respondent. We'd typically include a small group of senior stakeholders and employees across the functions you want to assess. From survey close to delivered report is usually within 21 working days.

Often yes, and arguably more so. Informal AI use without policy, approved tools or measurement is one of the most common risk patterns we see. The audit will tell you where employees are ahead of governance, where sensitive data may be exposed, and which use cases are worth structuring properly.

That's exactly what the audit is designed for. Most organisations we audit score between 3 and 5 on the AI Adoption Gauge, meaning they're early-stage but ready to begin structured pilot work. The report makes the right next steps obvious, even if some of those steps are non-AI process improvements or governance work first.

For suitable automation builds, we agree the opportunity and the measurement approach, build a baseline dashboard, deliver the solution, and share in the verified savings, typically 50% of Year 1 verified savings, 25% of Year 2, and 10% of Year 3. You pay from value created, not from forecasts. The model does not usually apply to fixed-fee training, policy development, maintenance, upgrades, hosting or non-implementation consulting.

The audit itself collects only the information your stakeholders and employees provide through the survey and no system access is required. For implementation work, every candidate workflow is classified for sensitivity (low / medium / high) before build begins, with agreed storage, retention and human review points. High-sensitivity workflows only proceed once policy, approvals and auditability are sufficiently strong. Full NDA's will be in place prior to commencement.

Because effective training and implementation need to sit in one joined-up approach. Most agencies build automations and walk away. Most training providers run courses without context. ACT brings them together as a UK AI consultancy; your training is matched to the workflows we're improving, and your champions are identified through the same audit that prioritises the work. That's how AI starts paying back consistently.

No. The audit is a structured survey and there's no system access or data integration involved at this stage. IT involvement typically becomes relevant later, when implementation opportunities are scoped. Many of our clients use the audit report itself as the document that brings IT, leadership and operations into a shared conversation.