OPEN DIGITAL CONSULTING CO LTD

What OPEN DIGITAL CONSULTING CO LTD does

Open Digital Consulting Co Ltd is a boutique UK-headquartered consultancy advising public administrations, enterprises, and open source foundations on open source strategy, procurement design, governance frameworks, and the implementation of EU digital sovereignty initiatives. Operating as a subsidiary of MacKintosh Group, the firm is registered in England (company 07955270) and France (982 222 747), with offices in Stockport and Boulogne-Billancourt, and serves clients across the UK and EU with selective, high-touch engagements. Its core offering addresses what the firm describes as the execution gap between open source policy commitments and working operational systems.

The company's service portfolio comprises six consulting offerings: Digital Commons Readiness assessment, Open Source Procurement Design, Contributor and Governance Frameworks, Operating Model Design for Digital Services, Implementation Sequencing and Programme Support, and Grant Strategy and Funding Navigation. These services target four primary segments: open source foundations and steward organisations (OCA Governance Working Group, The Perl and Raku Foundation, DHCF), public administration bodies (European Commission, UK Ministry of Justice, DWP, DVLA, NHS Trusts), corporate and industry groups (Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Q8), and consultancies developing open source advisory capabilities. Marketing and distribution are relationship-led, anchored on a dedicated EU Open Source Strategy context page, a LinkedIn presence, and a GitHub organisation (OpenDigitalCC) demonstrating open source engagement.

Open Digital generates revenue through professional services billings on quote-based, context-specific engagements rather than standardised pricing tiers. The firm operates a selective rather than volume-driven GTM posture, taking on engagements where it judges it can deliver greatest value to public administrations, digital agencies, and corporate digital leaders. No revenue, headcount, or funding data is publicly disclosed; the firm's growth is structurally levered to EU and UK public sector open source procurement cycles and the EUR 1B EU funding envelope for digital commons over seven years.

Name

OPEN DIGITAL CONSULTING CO LTD

Legal name

Open Digital Consulting Co

Website

https://opendigital.cc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Open Digital Consulting is a UK- and EU-based boutique consultancy advising public administrations, enterprises, and open source foundations on open source strategy, procurement design, governance frameworks, and EU digital sovereignty implementation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Source Strategy Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital & Technology Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Sector & Policy Consulting (BPAHACAN)

Keywords

• Open source consulting
• Digital sovereignty advisory
• Procurement design services
• Governance frameworks consulting
• Digital transformation advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Poole

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consultancy Services: Provides consultancy on open source and business to organisations with purpose. Engagements include strategic direction development, technology strategy, and delivery support to maximise impact.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Open Digital Consulting Co provides consultancy on open source and business to organisations with purpose across UK and EU. It offers six consulting service lines: Digital Commons Readiness assessments, Open Source Procurement Design, Contributor and Governance Frameworks, Operating Model Design for Digital Services, Implementation Sequencing and Programme Support, and Grant Strategy and Funding Navigation. The firm bridges the gap between open source policy commitments and operational implementation for public administrations, foundations, and corporate digital leaders.

Product overview

Open Digital Consulting Co provides consulting services focused on open source strategy, governance, and implementation. The company offers six distinct consulting service offerings: Digital Commons Readiness (assessment and planning), Open Source Procurement Design, Contributor and Governance Frameworks, Operating Model Design for Digital Services, Implementation Sequencing and Programme Support, and Grant Strategy and Funding Navigation. These services are designed to help public administrations and organizations bridge the gap between open source policy commitments and working operational systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Commons Readiness Assessment service evaluating an organization's readiness to adopt open digital commons infrastructure, covering governance capacity, procurement capability, contributor obligations, and integration complexity, resulting in a sequenced implementation plan.
• Open Source Procurement Design Design service for procurement approaches that separate software from services, maintain competitive supplier markets, avoid vendor lock-in, and preserve the right to switch vendors.
• Contributor and Governance Frameworks Development of internal frameworks defining how an organization engages with upstream open source communities, including contribution terms, AI-assisted code handling, and obligation accounting.
• Operating Model Design for Digital Services Design of operating models for organizations transitioning to open digital commons infrastructure, where software is held in common and value derives from the service layer and ecosystem participation.
• Implementation Sequencing and Programme Support Programme support service to maintain technical soundness, political sustainability, and commercial defensibility of large open source adoption programmes, including dependency identification and decision resolution.
• Grant Strategy and Funding Navigation Advisory service for navigating the European funding landscape for digital commons and open source infrastructure, including application development and programme structuring.

Quantifiable outcome

• Separates software from services in procurement, keeps supplier market competitive, preserves right to switch
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MacKintosh Groupparent_companyOthersOpen Digital Consulting Co is a MacKintosh Group company, indicating a parent-subsidiary relationship. This provides corporate affiliation and potentially shared resources or brand association within the group.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini: Global consulting and technology services firm with a dedicated open source practice and large public sector EU engagement - a broad incumbent that competes in EU digital transformation and open source advisory.
• ThoughtWorks: Global technology consultancy with deep open source heritage, providing digital transformation and technology strategy advisory to governments and large enterprises - a broad incumbent with overlapping digital transformation consulting capabilities.
• Accenture: Global professional services firm with significant EU public sector practice and growing open source advisory capability - a broad incumbent that competes for large-scale digital transformation and procurement mandates.
• Linux Foundation Europe: European arm of the Linux Foundation providing open source stewardship, training, and policy engagement across the EU - a broader incumbent offering overlapping services in foundation governance, training, and EU open source policy work.

Emerging players

• Eclipse Foundation: Open source foundation that stewards major projects and increasingly provides governance advisory, foundation operating model design, and stewardship services - closely comparable to Open Digital's foundation and stewardship consulting line.
• OpenCraft: Open source consulting and implementation firm providing services across governance, contribution, and software development to enterprises and institutions - comparable niche open source consultancy with similar target customer profile.
• Free Software Foundation Europe: European advocacy organization for free software providing policy consulting and public sector guidance on open source procurement and digital sovereignty - overlapping EU policy advisory focus.
• OW2: European independent open source community and foundation providing governance, code stewardship, and policy engagement for European public administrations - directly comparable mission and EU public sector focus.

Direct peers

• TODO Group: Group of corporate open source program managers and consultants (now part of the Linux Foundation) that provides open source governance, contribution strategy, and training services to enterprises and government bodies - directly comparable service portfolio to Open Digital's contributor and governance frameworks offering.
• OpenForum Europe: European open source policy advocacy and consulting organization that works directly with EU institutions on open source strategy, procurement guidance, and digital sovereignty - the closest comparable peer in terms of EU open source policy advisory focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/OpenDigitalCC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/open-digital-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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