Contexis

What Contexis does

Contexis is a UK-headquartered B2B consulting and analytics firm that helps large global enterprises measure and improve human and organisational performance. Its core offering, Contexis Insight®, is a proprietary measurement system developed with research partners at the University of Cambridge that combines employee survey inputs with behavioural-science methodology to deliver predictive analytics on trust, commitment, purpose activation, retention, and revenue outcomes; the system is supported by the Contexis Performance Culture Index® and a specialised Risk Culture Index®. The firm monetises through a hybrid model: subscription or recurring access to the Contexis Insight® analytics platform, paired with professional-services revenue from Contexis Impact® consulting, coaching, and change programmes delivered by senior ex-CEO practitioners, plus training programmes and the Contexis Engine Room delivery function. Contexis sells directly into C-suite and senior management at large multinationals, with named clients spanning banking (HSBC, Commonwealth Bank, Barclays Wealth Management, LCH, Danske Bank, Metro Bank), professional services (Pinsent Masons, PwC), insurance (ABI), consumer goods (Mars, Lamb Weston, AB InBev), publishing (Penguin Random House, CBA), financial market infrastructure (FMSB, Cboe Clear), utilities (Thames Water), and telecommunications (Vodafone). The firm operates from London and Dubai, claims reach across nearly 50 countries, holds Certified B Corporation and Cyber Essentials Plus credentials, and is privately held with no disclosed external funding.

Name

Contexis

Legal name

Contexis Limited

Website

https://contexis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Contexis is a London-based B2B consulting and analytics firm that helps large global enterprises measure and improve human and organisational performance through its proprietary Contexis Insight® measurement platform and Contexis Impact® change programmes, sold directly to C-suite buyers across financial services, professional services, and consumer goods.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organizational Culture Consulting

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

ESG Governance, Sustainability Reporting & Assurance Advisory (BPAHAFAJ)

Keywords

• Organizational culture consulting
• Human performance measurement
• Purpose activation consulting
• Employee engagement analytics
• Culture transformation services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contexis Insight® Analytics Platform: Access to the proprietary measurement system and analytics platform that measures human performance and provides predictive outcomes for organisations.
2. Contexis Impact® Consulting Services: Advisory and change programmes including coaching, training, and transformation services delivered by senior practitioners. Programmes include team-based workshops, discussions, self-learning, and in-house facilitator training.
3. Training Programmes: Immersive learning experiences and courses for management teams, such as the programme delivered to banking clients that achieved 78 NPS and uncovered estimated $100m in new business.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Contexis provides a proprietary data measurement and analytics platform (Contexis Insight) that measures, analyses, and predicts human and organisational performance, paired with senior-practitioner consulting, coaching and change programmes (Contexis Impact) to activate purpose and transform culture inside large global enterprises. The methodology combines behavioural science research (partnered with University of Cambridge) with predictive analytics to deliver specific actions and measurable outcomes such as trust, commitment, retention and revenue impact.

Product overview

Contexis is a unified performance measurement and transformation platform centered on Contexis Insight and the Contexis Index methodology. The core Contexis Insight platform provides data measurement and predictive analytics to help organizations understand and improve human performance. The proprietary Contexis Index is the measurement system that provides robust analysis and predictive outcomes. Contexis Impact delivers consulting and coaching services to transform culture, while the Contexis Engine Room handles programme delivery and scaling. Specialized offerings include the Contexis Risk Culture Index for risk culture assessment. The platform is built on research partnerships with University of Cambridge and operates globally across nearly 50 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Contexis Insight®: A pioneering measurement system that provides robust numbers, clear analysis, specific actions, and predictive outcomes for human and organisational performance.
• Contexis Impact®
• Contexis Index®

Products and services

• Contexis Insight Data measurement and analytics platform that helps organisations clarify priorities, strengthen commitment, minimise burnout and maximise retention by measuring and predicting human performance outcomes through a proprietary survey-and-analytics methodology.
• Contexis Impact Consulting and coaching services that help organisations transform culture through advanced coaching, advisory and change programmes using global data and analyses to motivate people and activate purpose.
• Contexis Index Pioneering measurement system that provides robust numbers, clear analysis, specific actions and predictive outcomes by asking employees targeted questions to understand organisational performance and predict intervention impacts across population groups.
• Contexis Engine Room Programme design and delivery service that designs and produces systems and transformational programmes for clients, manages client relationships and leverages knowledge between programmes to make delivery scalable.
• Contexis Risk Culture Index Specialised measurement tool focused on risk culture that assesses and provides insight into organisational risk culture and behaviours, led by Dr Roger Noon, for use by banks, insurers and financial market infrastructure organisations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% increase in trust (sustained performance increase)
• +11 more outcomes

Named customers20 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

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• University of CambridgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContexis works with research partners worldwide, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, on behavioural science research. This partnership underpins the Contexis Insight® measurement system and Performance Culture Index®, combining academic rigour with practical business application to develop proprietary methodologies for measuring purpose activation and organisational performance.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Workday Peakon Employee Voice: Workday Peakon is an enterprise employee listening platform that provides continuous engagement measurement, benchmarking and predictive analytics. It is a direct competitor to the Contexis Insight analytics platform within HR-tech buying centres.
• Glint (LinkedIn Talent Solutions): LinkedIn's Glint is an employee engagement and people analytics platform, overlapping directly with Contexis Insight's measurement and benchmarking proposition for large employers.
• Gallup: Gallup is the most established employee engagement and culture measurement firm, with global Q12-based surveys and decades of workforce benchmarking data. It directly competes with Contexis Insight® on the culture/engagement measurement layer for large enterprises.
• Culture Amp: Culture Amp is an employee experience platform offering engagement surveys, performance and development tools. It competes head-to-head with Contexis Insight for mid-market and enterprise HR analytics deals.

Broad incumbents

• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles operates executive search and a culture & leadership consulting practice that overlaps with Contexis's senior advisory and culture transformation services.
• Great Place to Work Institute: Great Place to Work provides culture benchmarking, certification and research-based trust indices, competing with Contexis on the culture measurement and certification layer.
• Bain & Company (Organization Practice): Bain & Company's Organization practice advises global enterprises on culture, operating model and change, overlapping with Contexis Impact transformation engagements.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organisational consulting firm with substantial culture, engagement and leadership practices that compete with Contexis Impact at large enterprise accounts.

Emerging players

• Qlearsite: Qlearsite is an emerging people analytics and culture measurement platform with predictive analytics similar in concept to Contexis Insight, often competing for enterprise survey and culture deals.
• OC Tanner: OC Tanner combines culture assessment with recognition and rewards programmes, partially overlapping Contexis's purpose/recognition and culture measurement themes in large enterprises.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/contexis

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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