What Altus does

Altus (operating as Altus Consulting Limited, headquartered at Bath Quays South, Bath, UK, with additional offices in London and Leeds) is a specialist management consultancy serving exclusively the Financial Services sector. Founded in 2005, it advises insurers, investment platforms, wealth managers, retirement specialists, retail banks, building societies and specialist lenders across three vertically organised practices — Investments, Insurance and Banking — on strategy, operations, digital and delivery. The firm reports serving 290+ Financial Services client firms and names blue-chip clients including Aviva, HSBC, Santander, Legal & General, Quilter, Phoenix Group, LV=, Virgin Money, Nucleus Financial Group and Direct Line Group.

Altus couples advisory services with proprietary tooling. PEAK is a Financial Services business-modelling and reference tool covering approximately 4,000 business capabilities, 8,000 information flows, 5,000 regulatory provisions and 22 industry reference models, used for maturity benchmarking, regulatory-impact assessment and SMCR compliance. APEX is a change-delivery platform powered by the third-party Method Grid platform (with AI capabilities), covering project management, PMO, architecture, business analysis, testing, migration and implementation. The portfolio is rounded out by a free online Consumer Duty Assessment Tool (50+ questions benchmarked against an industry average of 60%) and a Training suite (Business Architecture, Vulnerable Customers, and an AI Bootcamp for Senior Leaders) delivered by active practitioners.

The business model is project-based professional services sold through direct enterprise field sales to senior decision-makers, supplemented by event-driven and thought-leadership lead generation (1,000+ free articles, webinars and whitepapers). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per engagement on scope, duration and team composition, with engagements typically structured as long-term, multi-year transformation programmes. The firm reports a 98% consultant retention rate and positions itself on hiring FS practitioners rather than career consultants. In March 2025, Altus Consulting was acquired by Accenture and now operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary retaining the Altus brand.

Name

Altus

Legal name

Altus Consulting Limited

Website

https://altus.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Altus is a UK-based specialist management consultancy serving the Financial Services sector — insurers, investment platforms, wealth managers and banks — offering strategy, operations, digital and delivery services plus proprietary tools PEAK (business modelling) and APEX (change delivery).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Services Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital & Technology Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

Keywords

• Financial services consulting
• Management consulting
• Digital transformation
• Regulatory compliance
• Programme delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

Bath

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Altus provides strategic advice, operations consulting, digital transformation, and programme delivery services to Financial Services organisations. Engagements are typically project-based consulting assignments with enterprise clients requiring specialized expertise in insurance, investments, and banking sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Altus Consulting is a specialist management consultancy serving Financial Services organisations across the UK. The firm delivers strategic advisory, operations consulting, digital transformation, and programme delivery services across the Investments, Insurance, and Banking sectors. Its offerings are underpinned by proprietary tools PEAK (industry reference and business modelling) and APEX (change delivery platform), supplemented by training programmes and a regulatory benchmarking tool.

Product overview

Altus Consulting offers a platform-plus-modules portfolio consisting of two core products — PEAK (business modelling and reference tool) and APEX (programme delivery platform, powered by Method Grid) — complemented by the Consumer Duty Assessment Tool for regulatory compliance benchmarking and a Training suite covering Business Architecture, Vulnerable Customers, and AI topics. PEAK underpins the majority of consulting engagements with industry reference models, while APEX provides the change delivery methodology and intelligent platform framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PEAK: A comprehensive Financial Services business modelling and reference tool that captures knowledge about business capabilities, processes, and regulatory requirements.
• APEX
• Consumer Duty Assessment Tool
• Training

Products and services

• Strategy Consulting Strategic advisory service helping Financial Services organisations assess market opportunities, shape propositions, define business and technology strategy, and make critical business decisions. Targeted at senior decision-makers in banks, insurers, wealth managers, and investment platforms.
• Operations Consulting Operations consulting covering operating model design, process optimisation, capability maturity assessment, and operational efficiency improvement for Financial Services clients.
• Digital Consulting Digital transformation consulting supporting Financial Services firms in modernising legacy technology, adopting new platforms, and embedding digital capabilities across the value chain.
• Delivery Consulting Programme and project delivery consulting including PMO, migration, implementation, testing, and programme assurance for Financial Services transformation programmes.
• PEAK Proprietary Financial Services business modelling and reference tool that captures industry knowledge, catalogues product features, tracks regulatory impact, and manages SMCR compliance. Used for maturity benchmarking, regulatory impact assessment, and capability/process modelling by Financial Services organisations.
• APEX Next-generation intelligent platform for accelerated Financial Services change delivery, powered by Method Grid with AI capabilities. Brings together project management, PMO, architecture, business analysis, data, solution design, cyber security, testing, migration, and implementation under one framework with pre-defined transformation playbooks.
• Consumer Duty Assessment Tool Online self-assessment tool that measures progress and capability against the FCA Consumer Duty regulation. Comprises 50+ questions scoring assessments as a percentage out of 100 against an industry benchmark, with an average industry score of 60%.
• Training Solutions Training and learning solutions exclusively designed for Financial Services organisations. Includes Business Architecture Training Course, Vulnerable Customers Training Series, and AI Bootcamp for Senior Leaders. Delivered virtually, online, or in-person by active practitioners.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% consultant retention rate
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Equisoft (UCT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAltus has partnered with UCT, part of the Equisoft Group, to support migration services. UCT has experience of 100 Financial Services migrations internationally. This partnership enables Altus to offer comprehensive migration services to clients by combining Altus's consulting expertise with UCT's technical migration capabilities.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Alpha FMC: Alpha FMC is a London-listed specialist consultancy serving asset managers, wealth managers, and insurance clients with strategy, operating model, and digital transformation services, the closest like-for-like peer to Altus's Investments and Insurance practices.
• Capco: Capco is a global management and technology consultancy exclusively focused on Financial Services, offering advisory, digital, and programme delivery to banks, insurers, and capital markets firms in direct competition with Altus.
• Delta Capita: Delta Capita is a Financial Services specialist providing consulting, solutions, and managed services across the trade lifecycle, consulting, and client onboarding, closely comparable to Altus's FS-focused operating model and change delivery offering.
• Baringa Partners: Baringa Partners is a UK-founded independent consultancy with a strong Financial Services practice covering banking, insurance, and energy, competing with Altus for senior advisory and transformation mandates in the UK and Europe.
• Elixirr International: Elixirr is a UK-listed challenger consultancy with deep Financial Services exposure (Santander, Bank of Ireland) and a practitioner-led model that mirrors Altus's boutique, FS-specialist positioning.
• Oxbow Partners: Oxbow Partners is a specialist FS advisory firm focused on strategy, operating model, and digital transformation for insurers, wealth managers, and banks, addressing a near-identical client set to Altus.

Broad incumbents

• Oliver Wyman: Oliver Wyman is a global incumbent consultancy with a top-tier Financial Services practice serving global insurers, banks, and asset managers, representing the larger-scale alternative to Altus for major transformation programmes.
• PA Consulting: PA Consulting is a broad, innovation- and transformation-focused incumbent with a meaningful UK Financial Services practice, competing for many of the same insurance and platform transformation engagements as Altus.
• Accenture (Financial Services): Accenture's global Financial Services practice, now the parent of Altus, is the dominant large-scale integrator competing for end-to-end FS transformation mandates and will be both a channel and a competitor for Altus's practitioner-led advisory work.

Emerging players

• Equisoft: Equisoft (including UCT) is a strategic Altus partner providing technology-led migration and platform services to insurers and wealth managers, an adjacent specialist with overlapping delivery capability and customer base.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCexW4Bk9UnC_jawh3PZu7VA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/altus-ltd
• Xx.com/altusltd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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