Leapwise

What Leapwise does

Leapwise is a UK-based management consultancy specialising in policing, justice, and public safety. Founded in 2018 by Tom Gash (former Director of Research at the Institute for Government and strategy adviser to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit), the firm is headquartered in London and operates with a small core team of around 11 employees supplemented by freelance associates and a senior Advisory Council. Its work is organised around three service areas: Strategy and Transformation, People and Culture, and Policy and Partnerships, with engagements ranging from rapid reviews and programme acceleration to multi-year transformation mandates. The firm serves a roster of over 40 UK police forces, national policing bodies (NPCC, College of Policing, APCC), central government departments (Home Office, Ministry of Justice, HMPPS), and local authorities, with named clients including Police Scotland, Thames Valley Police, Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies, and Humberside Police.

The firm's core intellectual property centres on two proprietary methodologies: the VICTORY Framework for Major Change, a 104-indicator programme health assessment, and the Critical Success Factors for Major Change Framework, which evaluates transformation programmes across seven dimensions. Its second major asset is the National Police Wellbeing Survey, a system-wide workforce engagement tool delivered in partnership with Oscar Kilo that generated 56,000+ responses in 2026, described as the most representative national survey of policing across England and Wales. Leapwise does not operate a unified software platform; its deliverables are consulting services, assessment frameworks, surveys, and thought leadership publications such as 'Fit for the Future' (co-published with the Police Foundation) and 'Live Facial Recognition: The Case for Coordinated National Expansion'.

Leapwise monetises exclusively through professional services fees paid by UK public sector clients, with engagements procured through the Crown Commercial Service framework and direct appointments. The firm has no disclosed external funding, is privately held and founder-controlled, and operates solely in the United Kingdom. Its go-to-market relies on direct enterprise sales to senior public sector leaders, supported by a thought leadership engine (weekly Leapwise Insights newsletter, policy publications, conference speaking, and media presence). Quantified outcomes reported across engagements include £8m of savings identified for Humberside Police, £340,000 cost avoidance for Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies, and 540 fewer monthly police deployments through the Right Care, Right Person model.

Name

Leapwise

Legal name

Leapwise Ltd

Website

https://leapwiseadvisory.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Leapwise is a UK-based consulting firm founded in 2018 that advises senior leaders in policing, justice, and public safety on strategy, transformation, people and culture, and policy, delivering proprietary frameworks and the National Police Wellbeing Survey to 40+ UK police forces and government clients.

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, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services across strategy and transformation, people and culture, and policy and partnerships. Engagement models include project-based work, programme acceleration, rapid reviews, and advisory mandates. Revenue is generated through fees for consulting engagements with public sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Leapwise is a specialist consulting firm that advises senior leaders across policing, justice and public safety on strategy, transformation, people and culture, and policy and partnerships. It sells bespoke advisory engagements, rapid reviews, and programme acceleration work, and deploys proprietary frameworks (VICTORY, Critical Success Factors for Major Change) and a national workforce wellbeing survey to support delivery.

Product overview

Leapwise is a consulting firm offering advisory services across three main service areas: Strategy and Transformation, People and Culture, and Policy and Partnerships. Their core proprietary offerings include the VICTORY Framework for Major Change (a programme assessment and acceleration framework) and the National Police Wellbeing Survey (a national survey tool delivered in partnership with national policing bodies). These products are supported by a weekly Leapwise Insights newsletter and publications. The firm does not operate a unified software platform but rather delivers consulting engagements, assessment tools, and thought leadership content to public sector clients in policing, justice, and public safety.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy and Transformation

Quantifiable outcome

• Identified £8m of potential savings for Humberside Police
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Independent Anti-Slavery CommissionerminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Leapwise co-published a report with the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner on how the police response to modern slavery has changed in the past decade. Annie Haswell and Paul Griffiths OBE joined Commissioner Eleanor Lyons to discuss findings.
• Oscar Kilo (National Police Wellbeing Service)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2025Leapwise is delivering the new National Police Wellbeing Survey in partnership with Oscar Kilo. The survey focuses on organisational drivers impacting motivation, performance and wellbeing, enabling officer and staff voice to be at the heart of action across policing. Over 56,000 responses were gathered in 2026, making it the most representative national survey of policing across England and Wales to date.
• Police FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2024Co-published the landmark policy paper 'Fit for the Future: the case for a reformed national policing landscape' with the Police Foundation. The paper sets out proposals for national policing landscape reform including establishing a National Police Agency.
• Blue Light CommercialminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlue Light Commercial is delivering significant procurement savings for policing in areas like fleet and uniform. Leapwise references this organization in the context of collaboration and shared services to find efficiencies across forces.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EY UK: Big 4 firm with public sector practice including justice, policing, and government transformation. Competes on similar mandates at larger scale than Leapwise.
• McKinsey & Company: Global strategy consultancy with public sector practice serving UK Home Office, policing, and justice clients. Competes on high-level strategy mandates where Leapwise also bids.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global strategy consultancy where founder Tom Gash previously worked as a strategy consultant. Public sector practice competes with Leapwise on policing and government transformation mandates.
• PwC UK: Big 4 firm with significant UK public sector consulting practice across central government and policing. Competes with Leapwise on transformation and strategy work for government clients.
• KPMG UK: Big 4 professional services firm with established public sector consulting practice across policing and government. Competes on larger transformation programmes; Advisory Council member Iain Gravestock is a former KPMG Partner.
• Deloitte UK: Big 4 firm with public sector practice spanning policing, justice, and central government. Visible in Leapwise's own client logo set, indicating direct overlap in target client base.

Direct peers

• PA Consulting: Major UK and global consultancy with significant public sector practice including policing, justice, and government transformation. Competes with Leapwise on mid-to-large strategy and transformation mandates for public safety clients.
• Crest Advisory: UK-based public safety and policing advisory firm providing research, policy, and strategic consulting to police forces and government. Most direct specialist competitor to Leapwise in UK policing and justice advisory.

Others

• Police Foundation: UK's independent policing think tank and Leapwise's co-author on the 'Fit for the Future' report. Adjacent rather than directly competitive, but engages on overlapping research and policy topics for police reform.
• Reform: UK public services think tank researching criminal justice, policing, and public services reform. Adjacent ecosystem player with overlapping policy focus rather than direct consulting competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/leapwise-ltd

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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