About Us
We don't sell platforms or push tools. We look at how your business actually runs and fix the parts that cost your team the most time.
Who we are
ForthGrid is an automation consultancy. We work with businesses to find and remove the manual, repetitive work that slows teams down and introduces errors into their operations.
We don't have a platform to sell. We don't have a preferred technology we try to fit every problem into. We look at how your business actually operates, identify where time and effort are being wasted, and build systems that fix those specific problems — simply and sustainably.
Our clients are operations managers, finance leads, and business owners at companies between 10 and 150 people. They're good at running their businesses. They just want their tools and workflows to work as hard as they do.
You work with the people who build
Our primary clients
Typical project duration
Long-term contracts required
How we approach our work
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We don't arrive with a technology recommendation. We arrive with questions. The right tool reveals itself once we understand the problem clearly, and sometimes the answer is simpler than expected.
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Replacing working software is expensive, disruptive, and usually unnecessary. We work with your existing systems wherever possible, connecting, extending, and automating the gaps between them rather than starting from scratch.
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A system no one uses solves nothing. We design automations and tools that fit how your team already works, so adoption is natural. If it requires significant behaviour change, we rethink the design.
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Complex systems break and become impossible to maintain. We build the minimum that solves the problem well, and we document everything clearly so your team isn't dependent on us to understand what we built.
Why work with us
We know the tools, vendors, and operational patterns common to businesses working at this scale in this market. We don't bring enterprise solutions to 20-person teams.
No jargon, no technical mystification. We explain what we're building in terms your whole team can understand. If something can't be explained simply, we question whether it should be built.
Our pricing reflects the scale and budget of the SMEs we work with, not international agency day rates. You'll know the full cost before any work starts, and it won't change.
No account managers, no handoffs to a delivery team you haven't met. You communicate directly with the people building your system from day one.
We'd rather solve your problem properly once than fix a shortcut repeatedly. Most of our clients come back with more work once they've seen the first automation running.
What we believe
If something can't be explained simply, it probably shouldn't be built. We push back on unnecessary complexity: in design, in pricing, and in how we communicate.
A delivered system that nobody uses is a failure, regardless of how well it was built. We measure success by what changed for your team, not what we shipped.
We're building a consultancy, not completing a task list. The goal is to be the team you call every time an operational problem appears — not just the first one.
No pitch, no pressure. A straightforward conversation about where your team is spending time it shouldn't be.