Practical AI for UK small businesses
Big companies are pouring money into AI. We help small and medium-sized businesses get the same advantage: in plain English, at a fair price, and without the hype.
Sound familiar?
Most small business owners we talk to are stuck in the same places.
If any of these ring a bell, you’re in the right place.
Four practical ways to get real value from AI. Start wherever makes most sense for your business.
Generative AI
We help you pick the right tools, set them up safely and train your team to use them with confidence.
AI research and reporting
AI does the digging on your customers, competitors and market. A person checks it, and you get a clear report.
AI workflows
We connect the tools you already use so routine tasks happen by themselves.
Agentic AI
AI assistants that see a job through from start to finish, within limits you set.
Not sure which you need? That’s exactly what the free chat is for.
Real projects, finished and in progress. Client names are left out to protect their privacy.
Generative AI
Every dish gets a kitchen-ready spec sheet, with allergens worked out automatically from its ingredients, on screen or printed. Costing and pricing to a target margin are being added now.
AI workflows
One place for the money and the stock: bills and sales, who owes whom between the partners, and every instrument from purchase through repair to sale. The monthly report is ready to send to the accountant. A weekly price check against comparable listings online is being added now.
AI research and reporting
An in-depth analysis of how carbon markets have changed and where they’re heading, researched with AI and checked by a person.
Agentic AI
We designed a team of AI agents that turn delivery records into donor impact reports, and find and draft funding applications for a trustee to review.
Why Lark AI
I’m Simon McCarroll. I spent many years in the creative industries, working in print, design and marketing, before moving into a natural health business and personal and business coaching.
When AI arrived, I was hooked. It took me straight back to my small-business roots, because here at last was something that could give small firms the edge big companies take for granted. I use it every day in my own businesses.
Most AI projects stumble on people, not technology. That’s where my coaching comes in: I help owners and their teams build the confidence and habits to actually use AI, not just buy it.
When this site says “we”, it means me and my team of AI assistants. That’s the point: it’s exactly how I’ll help your business work. One person stays accountable and checks everything, while AI does the heavy lifting.
Based at The Hop Pocket, Bishops Frome, Worcestershire. I work with businesses in person locally, and online anywhere in the UK.
Start small, see results, then decide. No long contracts, no surprises.
Tell us where the time goes. We’ll tell you honestly whether AI can help, with no obligation.
We tackle one or two of your biggest time drains. Within a week you get a written plan with three quick wins.
We look at your tools, your team and your data. You get a ranked plan and fixed-price quotes for any build work.
We put the plan into action and support you afterwards. Your audit fee is credited if you go ahead within three months.
The prices you see are the prices you pay. Lark AI is not VAT-registered, so there is no VAT to add.
Arrange a free 30-minute chatAI should make your business stronger, not riskier. Here’s how we keep it that way.
We check data protection in every audit, choose tools and settings that keep your business and customer information private, and follow UK GDPR in everything we build.
My AI team drafts, researches and sorts. I check anything that matters before it reaches you or your customers.
You own what we build, in tools you can keep using without us.
Fixed prices agreed up front, and we tell you the running costs of any tool before you commit.
The things people usually ask before the free chat.
Something else? Email hello@larkai.uk and I’ll answer it directly.
Me, Simon. My AI team does much of the legwork, but I’m your contact from start to finish and I check everything.
No. We work with the team and tools you already have, and train your people as we go.
The Head Start session is £595 and a full audit starts at £1,500. Any build work gets a fixed-price quote before we start. There’s no VAT to add.
It takes one to two weeks, for businesses of up to about 10 staff; larger businesses are quoted individually. We review the tools you already pay for, talk to your team, map how the work really gets done and check data protection. You get a ranked plan of three to five priorities, what not to change yet, and fixed-price quotes for any build work.
The Head Start session is half a day, with your written plan within a week. A full audit takes one to two weeks. Quick wins can often be in place within weeks.
Yes. We check data protection in every audit, use tools that keep your information private, and only use your data for your work.
Then I’ll tell you in the free chat, before you’ve spent a penny. Sometimes the best advice is not to change anything yet.
Tell me a little about your business and where the time goes. I’ll reply by the next working day to arrange a free 30-minute chat by phone, video, or in person locally. No obligation and no hard sell.