12
Assessments Delivered
1,450+
AI Opportunities Identified
£63-98M
In Savings Identified
Up to 200
Opportunities per Assessment
250+
Proven Use Cases
THE CASE FOR CHANGE
The easy savings are gone
The traditional levers have largely been pulled. The next savings won't come from cutting budgets - they'll come from changing how the work gets done. And they have to land this year.
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councils given a record £1.5bn of exceptional financial support for 2026-27
£7bn
funding gap by 2028-29 just to keep services at today's level
51%
of council finance chiefs lack confidence they can meet statutory duties by then
"We can no longer rely on traditional savings measures alone and need to find new ways of working to maintain high-quality services and meet future pressures." - Patrick Murray, Head of Digital, Transformation and Customer Services, Renfrewshire Council
Sources: GOV.UK, Exceptional Financial Support for local authorities 2026-27; LGA, July 2026; LGA council budget setting survey 2026/27.
SPRAWL
Fragmented pilots and pockets of AI, with nothing joined up.
One joined-up plan for the whole council
NO PLAN
A vision, but no costed roadmap or business case to back it.
A costed roadmap finance will back
DISCONNECTED
Leadership, services, finance and IT not aligned on where AI fits.
Everyone engaged, SLT to front line
STUCK
Strategies and ideas that never turn into delivery.
An actionable plan, ready for delivery
WHY COUNCILS COME TO US
Lots of AI ideas. No joined-up plan.
Every council starts from a different place. The assessment finds where AI gets you there fastest.
HOW IT WORKS
Whole council. Not just IT.
Leaders, managers, frontline staff, finance and IT in the same room, service by service - so every idea is identified, costed and sense-checked in one conversation.
5-7 Days
on site with your teams
90 - 120 Mins
per service workshop
40+ Hours
of workshops per council
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8-16 weeks. A fixed fee, agreed upfront. A separate decision from any transformation that follows.
GUARANTEED OUTCOMES
UP TO £5M TRANSFORMATION SAVINGS GUARANTEE
For the transformation that follows your assessment. Year-one savings underwritten by ICS.AI. Subject to terms.
WHAT YOU GET
A fully costed plan. The choice to proceed is yours.
AI readiness summary
Where your council stands today
Prioritised use cases
Up to 200, ranked
Savings plan
Use-case financial modelling
Phased roadmap
A four-year sequence
Business case
Ready for committee or board
Full report
Written and interactive
"This isn't us coming in with a set of numbers and predictions. Every number is checked, double checked and triple checked." - Aneeq Star, Chief Revenue Officer, ICS.AI
Customer stories
Two councils. One pattern.
Prove AI with residents. Assess the whole council. Then scale.
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go deeper
Six short reads from the team behind 12 assessments.
Blog 1 · Martin Neale
The easy savings are gone
Blog 2 · Aneeq Star
Why do we need an assessment?
Blog 3 · Dwayne Johnson
What 12 assessments have taught us
Where should your council start?
We'll come and meet your SLT in person, at no cost, and walk through what an assessment could find for your council.
Working in higher education? The assessment works for universities too - talk to us.
Missed the webinar? Watch the full session on demand, with chapters for each part of the story.