What DIGITAL ILLUMINATION LIMITED does

Digital Illumination Limited is a privately held UK technical practice headquartered in Edwalton, Nottinghamshire, operating across four stated disciplines: AI enrichment, scoring and automation inside CRMs and operational platforms (with an additional agent-era engineering advisory line), independent technology forensics and investigation, integration and data architecture across Salesforce, Jira, HubSpot and n8n, and product development. The firm deliberately caps the number of engagements it accepts each year and delivers every engagement on a senior-led, directly delivered basis with no junior handoff, billing on either fixed-scope fixed-price or day-rate terms depending on whether the work admits to a defined scope.

Its customer base is UK-only, spanning enterprises and mid-market companies, with two named public dispatches covering a Salesforce unauthorised-access investigation for a UK legal and professional-services firm and a multi-phase AI opportunity and account intelligence programme for a UK SaaS platform. The practice runs two owned software products, PicoPouch and LumioLayer, both currently in active build and iteration, which the firm uses to keep its client advisory grounded in practical product experience. Distribution is entirely direct via a single contact channel ([email protected]), with no disclosed partnerships, resellers, paid acquisition or institutional investors, and the company's online presence is editorial in tone (Vol. I, MMXXVI) rather than demand-generation driven.

Name

DIGITAL ILLUMINATION LIMITED

Legal name

Digital Illumination Limited

Website

https://digitalillumination.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Digital Illumination Limited is a small UK technical practice in Nottingham that designs AI-integrated business systems, conducts technology forensics investigations, builds cross-platform integrations, and develops its own products (PicoPouch, LumioLayer) for UK enterprises and mid-market clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Consulting Services

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

eSignature, Forms & Digital Workflow Platforms (HDAEAHAJ)

Keywords

• AI integration services
• Technology forensics
• Integration architecture
• Salesforce consulting
• Workflow automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and professional services: Senior-led consulting engagements with fixed-scope, fixed-price or day-rate billing. The company takes on a limited number of engagements per year, with each engagement being small, senior-led, and directly delivered.
2. Own product revenue (PicoPouch, LumioLayer): Revenue from proprietary products developed and iterated internally. The company runs products it owns to keep advice on client product work grounded in practice.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Digital Illumination is a small UK practice that designs and builds AI-integrated business systems (including enrichment, scoring, and automation inside CRMs and operational platforms), conducts independent technology forensics and investigation into suspected unauthorised access and data exfiltration risk, and delivers integration and data architecture work across Salesforce, Jira, HubSpot, and n8n. It also develops its own products, PicoPouch and LumioLayer, to keep client advisory work grounded in practice. Every engagement is small, senior-led, and directly delivered, with a hard ceiling on annual engagements.

Product overview

Digital Illumination is a UK practice that designs and builds AI-integrated business systems, conducts independent technology investigations, and develops its own products. Their service offerings span four disciplines: AI work (enrichment, scoring, and automation in CRMs and operational platforms plus agent orchestration for engineering teams), technology forensics and investigation, integration and data architecture, and product development. Their own product portfolio consists of PicoPouch and LumioLayer, which they develop and iterate on to maintain practical grounding for their client advisory work. The company operates with a limited number of engagements per year, all senior-led and directly delivered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PicoPouch: Product under development by Digital Illumination - currently listed as one of their own products alongside LumioLayer.
• LumioLayer

Products and services

• AI-integrated business systems (AI enrichment, scoring, and automation) Design and build of AI enrichment, scoring, and automation inside CRMs and operational platforms, plus agent orchestration for engineering teams. Intended for UK enterprises and mid-market companies needing trustworthy AI systems and intelligent enrichment across sales funnels (leads, opportunities, accounts).
• Technology forensics and investigation Independent technical investigation of suspected unauthorised access, data exfiltration risk, and integration-layer exposure, with findings suitable for legal and commercial use. Targeted at legal and professional-services firms needing discreet, compliance-grade investigations.
• Integration and data architecture Cross-system workflow, binary and attachment sync, API design, and version-controlled automation across Salesforce, Jira, HubSpot, and n8n. Delivered to UK enterprises and mid-market companies requiring integration-layer interoperability and workflow automation.
• PicoPouch Proprietary product developed and iterated by Digital Illumination as part of its product development practice. Spans positioning, architecture, and continuous shipping/iteration. Used to ground the practice's client advisory work in practical product ownership.
• LumioLayer Proprietary product developed and iterated by Digital Illumination as part of its product development practice, forming part of the owned product portfolio that grounds the practice's client advisory work.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy specialising in software engineering, integration architecture, and digital platform modernisation. Larger-scale peer across Digital Illumination's integration/data architecture and product development disciplines.
• Accenture: Global consulting giant with extensive AI, Salesforce, integration, and cyber forensics practices. Competes with Digital Illumination for enterprise transformation engagements but at vastly greater scale.
• Slalom: Technology and business consulting firm with strong Salesforce, AI, and integration practices serving enterprise and mid-market clients. Comparable on customer base and service mix, though larger and broader.
• Deloitte Digital: Large professional services firm's digital arm offering AI integration, CRM transformation, and cyber forensics across enterprise clients. Overlaps Digital Illumination's service portfolio at much larger scale.
• KPMG Digital: UK consulting firm with digital transformation, AI integration, and cyber risk practices serving enterprise and mid-market clients. Comparable service mix to Digital Illumination within a much larger firm.

Direct peers

• Mandiant: Specialist cyber forensics and incident response firm producing findings suitable for legal proceedings. Directly comparable to Digital Illumination's technology forensics and investigation practice, particularly on Salesforce/integration-layer exposure.
• Equal Experts: UK-based boutique technology consultancy with a similarly senior-led, fixed-scope delivery model focused on custom software and digital platforms. Highly comparable in operating philosophy and market positioning to Digital Illumination.
• Simplus (Infosys): Salesforce-focused consulting and integration firm now part of Infosys. Directly comparable to Digital Illumination's CRM/integration work for UK and global mid-market clients.

Emerging players

• Sourced Group: Cloud and enterprise platform consultancy with Salesforce and integration expertise serving mid-market firms. Comparable to Digital Illumination's mid-market integration and AI enrichment work, with similar niche positioning.

Regional players

• NCC Group: UK-headquartered cyber security and software resilience consultancy with a forensics and investigation practice. Comparable to Digital Illumination's forensics and AI/data security exposure work, with deeper scale and broader services.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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