What ForgeFront does

ForgeFront is a London-based futures and policy consultancy founded in 2022, serving UK central government departments, arm's length bodies, international governments, large enterprises (defence, insurance), philanthropic organisations, and individual strategy and policy professionals. The company operates as one of 35 approved suppliers on the UK Government's Futures Procurement Framework, with additional approvals on ASTRID (defence/security, £350M ceiling), R-Cloud (Dstl marketplace), and the Research & Insights Dynamic Purchasing System — giving it direct procurement access across UK public sector buyers. Internationally, it has delivered projects for a Middle Eastern government, a South American government, and an intergovernmental organisation.

The company's core technology is its Future.Ctrl methodology, which integrates superforecasting techniques — sourced through a partnership with Good Judgment Inc — with futures thinking and policy delivery. This is supplemented by proprietary frameworks including FORGE (a foresight maturity assessment scoring organisations across six areas at five maturity levels), LACES (policy legacy framework), and PRICE (policy structuring model). Supporting IP includes six registered trademarks covering Future.Ctrl, ForgeFront, Agora, Vanguard, Lodestar, and Apex.

ForgeFront monetises through three channels: (1) professional services consulting billed via UK procurement frameworks or direct engagement for private-sector clients; (2) a self-serve online course, Future.Ctrl, sold at £549 per user with 3-month access and Foundation Accreditation; and (3) live training courses — Vanguard (3-day policy), Lodestar (3-day strategy), Apex (senior leadership) — plus customisable Agora away days. The FORGE maturity assessment is offered free as a lead-generation funnel. The firm is small (5 employees) with no disclosed revenue or external funding.

Name

ForgeFront

Legal name

ForgeFront

Website

https://forgefront.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ForgeFront is a London-based futures and policy consultancy serving UK and international government departments, large enterprises, and philanthropic organisations through consulting engagements, an online course (Future.Ctrl), and live training courses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Futures and foresight consulting engagements for government, business, charity sector, and academia. Projects include horizon scanning, scenario development, strategy design, policy recommendations, and capability building. Billed through government procurement frameworks for public sector or direct engagement for private sector.
2. Future.Ctrl Online Course: Award-winning online course teaching futures and foresight skills. Priced at £549 for individual access with 3-month focused access period. Includes 46 lessons across 8 modules, video tutorials, case studies, exercises, quizzes, and Future.Ctrl Foundation Accreditation with certificate.
3. Live Training Courses: In-person and live training including Vanguard (3-day policy course), Lodestar (3-day strategy course), and Apex (senior leadership course). Course descriptions suggest business-oriented pricing.
4. FORGE Assessment: Free futures and foresight maturity assessment available to organisations and individuals. Functions as a lead generation tool for consulting services and Future.Ctrl course upsell.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ForgeFront is a UK-based futures and policy consultancy providing futures, foresight, and horizon scanning services to government, private sector, charity, and academic clients. Their offerings include bespoke consulting engagements, the award-winning Future.Ctrl online course, three live training courses (Vanguard, Lodestar, Apex), the FORGE maturity assessment tool, and tailored team away days (Agora). Their work integrates superforecasting techniques with futures thinking and policy delivery to help organisations prepare for long-term opportunities and threats.

Product overview

ForgeFront is a futures and policy consultancy offering a portfolio of products and services centred on futures and foresight methodology. The core offerings include Future.Ctrl, an award-winning online course with 46 lessons across 8 modules, and FORGE, a maturity assessment tool for organisational foresight readiness. Supporting these are three live courses — Vanguard (policy), Lodestar (strategy), and Apex (senior leadership) — plus Agora team away days. The company also delivers bespoke futures and foresight consultancy services, Futures Lab creation, and advisory support. The Future.Ctrl methodology integrates forecasting with futures thinking and policy delivery, drawing on Good Judgment Inc's Superforecasting techniques.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Future.Ctrl: Award-winning futures and policy analysis methodology with superforecasting at its core, providing ground-breaking futures and policy analysis for decision-makers.
• FORGE
• Agora
• Vanguard
• Lodestar
• Apex

Products and services

• Future.Ctrl Online Course

Quantifiable outcome

• Firms with mature foresight practices outperformed average by 33% on profitability and 200% on market capitalisation growth (Rohrbeck and Kum 2018 study)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Good Judgment InccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for superforecasting methodology integration. Good Judgment Inc (GJI) provides forecasting expertise and techniques (Superforecasting) that are integrated into ForgeFront's Future.Ctrl methodology. The partnership enables ForgeFront to offer probabilistic forecasting capabilities alongside their futures and policy services. GJI's de-biasing training and forecasting processes are referenced in course materials and client work.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting firm with an established foresight and scenarios practice competing for the same enterprise and government strategy engagements. Vastly larger scale and broader portfolio, but overlapping capability in futures and strategic planning.
• Deloitte: Big Four professional services firm with established foresight and scenario planning capabilities serving government and large enterprises. Overlaps with ForgeFront on public sector consulting and policy advisory work, with much broader scope and resources.
• PwC: Big Four firm with a strategy& practice and public sector consulting including futures and policy work. Comparable on UK government framework presence and policy advisory, with significantly broader service portfolio.
• Baringa Partners: UK-based independent consultancy with strong energy, financial services, and policy practices. Comparable to ForgeFront on UK-based policy and strategy consulting serving government and large enterprises, though operating at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• School of International Futures (SOIF): UK-based charity training civil servants and policy professionals in futures and foresight methods. Highly comparable to ForgeFront's Future.Ctrl course and Vanguard policy course, with similar government and public sector audience and similar pedagogical approach.
• Reos Partners: Global social innovation consultancy using systemic and futures-based approaches to address complex challenges. Directly comparable to ForgeFront's work with governments, philanthropies, and multi-stakeholder initiatives on strategic foresight and policy.
• Good Judgment Inc: Superforecasting research and training firm that is ForgeFront's core strategic partner. Both work in probabilistic forecasting and futures training, with Good Judgment Inc focusing on accuracy research and tournament-based forecasting while ForgeFront integrates these techniques into policy and strategy consulting.
• Institute for the Future (IFTF): US-based nonprofit futures research and training organization offering foresight maps, research, and educational programs. Directly comparable to ForgeFront's research, consulting, and training offerings, with a similar methodology-led go-to-market and diverse client base.
• Fast Future: UK-based foresight and futures research consultancy providing scenario planning, horizon scanning, and strategic foresight services. Closely comparable boutique competitor serving similar government and corporate clients with overlapping consulting offerings.

Others

• Government Office for Science (GO-Science): UK Government body that manages the Futures Procurement Framework on which ForgeFront is an approved supplier. Adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a competitor, but central to ForgeFront's public sector go-to-market strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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