H&A

What H&A does

H&A Agency is a privately-held, Edinburgh-based design-led management consultancy founded in 2001 that serves leadership teams of growing organisations, primarily in the United Kingdom. The firm operates at the intersection of strategy, organisational development, and human-centred design, applying the Design Council's Systemic Design Framework and Buchanan's Four Orders of Design to help clients navigate the 'messy middle' of growth where complexity has outpaced alignment. It positions itself as an alternative to traditional management consulting by emphasising collaborative working sessions and shared understanding over pre-built frameworks and decks.

The firm's service offering is productised into three tiered engagement programmes: Strategy Foundations (4–6 weeks, £15K–£25K) for founder-led clarity, Strategy RESET (8–10 weeks, £30K–£45K) for leadership realignment, and Strategy Alignment Programme (12–16+ weeks, £45K–£90K+) for organisation-wide execution alignment. All programmes are delivered by senior consultants through discovery calls, workshops, and bespoke project engagements. There are no channel partners, resellers, or self-serve routes — every engagement is sold and delivered directly to the client leadership team. The firm supplements delivery with an extensive 'Thinking' content library, downloadable whitepapers and templates, and a LinkedIn presence for top-of-funnel lead generation.

H&A became a certified B Corporation in January 2024, legally embedding purpose-beyond-profit in its articles, and holds memberships in B Lab UK, Living Wage Foundation, Design Declares, Clean Creatives, SME Climate Hub, Better Business Act, and Prosper. The firm publishes annual Impact Reports (2023, 2024, 2025), maintains a headcount of 11–50 employees, has not disclosed any external funding, and reports no AI/ML capabilities within its service offering.

Name

H&A

Legal name

H&A Agency

Website

https://ha-agency.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

H&A Agency is an Edinburgh-based, design-led management consultancy founded in 2001 that helps UK leadership teams of growing organisations restore clarity and alignment through three tiered engagement programmes priced at £15K–£90K+.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Leadership Development & Executive Coaching (BPAHAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Talent Management & Leadership Advisory (Succession, Performance, Culture) (BPACAJAH), Organization Design & Restructuring (BPACAJAB)

Keywords

• Management consulting
• Strategic consulting
• Organizational design
• Purpose-driven business
• Leadership consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting & Professional Services: H&A generates revenue through structured consulting engagements delivered to leadership teams of growing organisations. Engagement types include discovery calls, workshops, and bespoke projects, with three primary programme tiers ranging from £15,000 to £90,000+. Revenue is project-based and episodic, tied to defined engagements of 4–16+ weeks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

H&A Agency is a design-led management consultancy that helps leadership teams of growing organisations find clarity, alignment, and forward momentum when growth outpaces coherence. The firm delivers three structured consulting programmes — Strategy Foundations, Strategy RESET, and Strategy Alignment Programme — each combining strategic thinking, organisational development, and human-centred design methodology to address strategic drift, leadership misalignment, and inconsistent execution across complex, growing businesses.

Product overview

H&A is a design-led management consultancy offering a portfolio of structured engagement pathways. The three core service programmes are Strategy Foundations (for early-stage clarification), Strategy RESET (for leadership realignment), and Strategy Alignment Programme (for organisational execution consistency). These programmes are designed for organisations experiencing growth-related complexity and work at the intersection of strategy, design, and organisational change.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy Foundations A focused 4–6 week structured consulting engagement designed for founder-led businesses and small leadership teams (typically 3–6 people) who have grown successfully but are beginning to lose the clarity that once held the organisation together. Helps leadership clarify what the business is becoming, how it creates value, and what matters most, so the organisation becomes easier to explain, align around, and grow with confidence. Typically priced at £15,000–£25,000 depending on scope.
• Strategy RESET An 8–10 week structured consulting engagement for leadership teams (typically 5–10 senior participants) at a strategic inflection point or experiencing recurring debates and competing assumptions due to growth-driven complexity. Includes leadership interviews and synthesis, structured working sessions, and strategic frameworks that reconnect the leadership team around shared priorities, strategic choices, and decision-making. Typically priced at £30,000–£45,000 depending on organisational complexity and scope.
• Strategy Alignment Programme A 12–16+ week structured consulting engagement for multi-team organisations with complex stakeholder environments where strategy no longer translates consistently across the wider system. Includes senior consultant involvement throughout, stakeholder interviews, operational alignment work, cross-functional working sessions, and strategic and operational recommendations that restore coherent execution between teams. Typically priced at £45,000–£90,000+ depending on organisational complexity and scope.

Quantifiable outcome

• Purpose-driven organisations demonstrate 22% higher productivity (Harvard Business Review)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• B Lab UKcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024B Lab UK is the non-profit behind the B Corp movement. H&A achieved B Corp certification through B Lab UK in January 2024, committing to rigorous social and environmental standards. As a certified B Corp, H&A is part of a community of businesses committed to redefining success beyond profit. The certification required H&A to legally embed its purpose-beyond-profit commitment in its company articles.
• Living Wage FoundationminorOthersThe Living Wage Foundation is a movement of businesses ensuring everyone can earn a wage that meets their everyday needs. H&A is a member signatory, committing to paying at least the real Living Wage rather than the government minimum.
• Design DeclaresminorOthersDesign Declares is a growing group of designers, design studios, agencies, and institutions declaring a climate and ecological emergency. H&A has signed up as a member, committing to advocate for improved environmental performance within the design industry.
• Clean CreativesminorOthersClean Creatives is a movement of advertisers, PR professionals, and their clients cutting ties with fossil fuels. H&A has signed up as a member committed to not working with fossil fuel companies.
• SME Climate HubminorOthersSME Climate Hub is a global initiative enabling small and medium-sized businesses to take climate action and build resilient businesses for the future. H&A has signed the SME Climate Commitment.
• Better Business ActminorOthersBetter Business Act is a campaign to transform UK company law so that every company takes ownership of its social and environmental impact alongside its financial performance. H&A has signed up as a member supporting this legislative reform.
• ProsperminorOthersProsper works with leaders from all sectors to transform Scotland's economy. H&A is a member of Prosper, aligning with its mission for a more purposeful Scottish economy. Prosper's 'Healthy Working People 2024' report on workplace health costs was referenced by H&A in its employee wellbeing content.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• IDEO: Global design and innovation consultancy that pioneered human-centred design and design thinking methodologies now central to H&A's service offering. Overlap in design-led strategy, organisational design, and leadership engagement work, but at far greater scale and brand recognition.
• frog (Capgemini Engineering): Design strategy consultancy operating at the intersection of design, brand, and business transformation, similar to H&A's positioning. Now part of Capgemini, frog serves a comparable buyer (leadership teams of growing and complex organisations) but with significantly broader geographic and service reach.
• McKinsey & Company: Global strategy consultancy whose Organisational Practice competes for the same leadership-team buyer as H&A on strategic alignment, operating model, and transformation engagements — at vastly greater scale, with a different methodology (analytical versus design-led).

Direct peers

• The Clearing: Boutique design-led strategy consultancy that helps leadership teams navigate complexity and align around strategic clarity — a near-direct analogue to H&A's Strategy Foundations, RESET, and Alignment programmes, with similar size, methodology, and target buyer.
• Wolff Olins: Global brand and design consultancy that works with leadership teams on purpose, brand strategy, and organisational alignment — overlapping materially with H&A's purpose-driven, design-led engagement model at a larger international scale.
• Livework: Service design consultancy that helps organisations design better services, strategies, and ways of working — directly comparable to H&A in methodology (human-centred design), buyer (leadership teams), and intervention types (strategy and alignment).
• Board of Innovation: Design and innovation consultancy that helps corporates and growth-stage companies with strategy, innovation, and organisational transformation — comparable to H&A in design-led methodology and target client profile of growing, complex organisations.
• ?WhatIf! (What If! Innovation): Creative strategy and innovation consultancy that works with leadership teams to unlock growth through design thinking and behavioural insight — directly comparable in approach (design-led, leadership-team-targeted) and adjacent to H&A's positioning around restoring strategic clarity.
• Pentagram: Independent design consultancy working at the intersection of brand, design, and organisational identity for complex organisations. Overlaps with H&A's brand and purpose work but is design-led rather than strategy-led, and operates at a different scale.

Emerging players

• Heurista: Purpose-driven strategy and brand consultancy helping organisations articulate purpose and align leadership teams — emerging peer with a similar B Corp-aligned, purpose-first ethos and a comparable mid-market buyer profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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