What FIS360 Ltd does

FIS360 Ltd is a UK-based, founder-led professional services firm specialising in open innovation programme design, technology commercialisation advisory, and innovation training for highly regulated industries. Founded in 2013 by Frank Allison (PhD, Biomedical Materials), the company is headquartered in Stockport with operational offices in Penrith and Glasgow and operates across 50+ sectors including nuclear, defence, water, engineering, and advanced technology. Its core business is the design and delivery of bespoke open innovation programmes that connect large regulated enterprises with SMEs, universities, and cross-sector technology providers. The flagship offering, the Game Changers Innovation Programme, has been delivered on behalf of Sellafield Ltd since 2016 and was extended for a further five years in 2023; the company has also built a bespoke digital product, The Challenge Portal, for Sellafield to manage challenge submission, evaluation, and routing. Additional products include Actuate360 (a matchmaking service across four modes: Find-a-Tech, Find-a-Service, Find-a-Partner, Promote-a-Tech/Service), ScaleMaker (a nine-month intrapreneurship programme for Amentum), Fusion (a business creation programme for Createc), Research to Reality (academic commercialisation with the University of Manchester), and an AI Governance Framework advisory report (2025).

Revenue is generated entirely through bespoke, quote-based professional services contracts with enterprise and government clients, including multi-year programme delivery agreements (e.g., the Game Changers contract), tailored training and mentoring engagements, and event delivery. There are no standardised pricing tiers or publicly disclosed rate cards. Sales are direct and consultative, predominantly secured through competitive tendering, senior executive relationships, referrals, and event-driven lead generation. The company has 16 employees as of 2024 and holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, and JOSCAR certifications, alongside Constellia and Bloom approved supplier status.

Name

FIS360 Ltd

Legal name

FIS360 Ltd

Website

https://fis360.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FIS360 is a UK-based innovation services firm that designs and delivers open innovation programmes, technology commercialisation advisory, training, and networking for regulated industries, with its flagship Game Changers programme serving Sellafield Ltd alongside clients including Amentum, UKNNL, Createc, RAICo, and academic partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Innovation Management Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC)

Keywords

• Open innovation services
• Technology commercialisation
• Innovation programme management
• Nuclear sector innovation
• Innovation training mentoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Penrith

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Open Innovation Programme Delivery: FIS360 designs, manages, and delivers open innovation programmes on behalf of corporate and government clients (e.g., Sellafield Ltd, Amentum). Revenue is earned through contracted programme delivery fees, typically multi-year agreements (e.g., five-year Game Changers contract). Services include challenge definition, applicant evaluation, project monitoring, and mentoring.
2. Technology Commercialisation Advisory: Expert guidance on IP strategy, funding, and market entry for technology developers. Delivered through bespoke consulting engagements, technology assessments, and health checks. Revenue is earned as professional service fees for tailored advisory engagements.
3. Innovation Training & Mentoring Programmes: Tailored training and mentoring programmes delivered to organisations and academic institutions (e.g., Amentum ScaleMaker, Createc Fusion, Marie Curie PhD students, University of Manchester). Programmes are bespoke and contracted as multi-month or annual engagements.
4. Innovation Networking & Events: Design and delivery of bespoke innovation events (conferences, exhibitions, demos, sprints, webinars, workshops). Includes the Actuate360 matchmaking service. Revenue earned through event delivery contracts and service fees.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

FIS360 designs and delivers open innovation programmes, technology commercialisation advisory, and tailored innovation training and mentoring for organisations in regulated industries, with deep specialisation in the UK nuclear sector. Its flagship offering is the Game Changers programme for Sellafield Ltd, which identifies global innovators to solve nuclear decommissioning challenges through structured challenge capture, evaluation, and proof-of-concept funding. The firm also delivers bespoke programmes for clients including Amentum (ScaleMaker), Createc (Fusion), University of Manchester (Research to Reality), and provides matchmaking via Actuate360.

Product overview

FIS360 Ltd operates as an innovation services company offering a portfolio of interconnected programmes and services rather than a single software product. The core offerings include: Game Changers (flagship nuclear open innovation programme), Open Innovation Programmes, Technology Commercialisation, Innovation Training & Culture, and Innovation Networking. Supporting products include Actuate360 (matchmaking service), Challenge Portal (digital challenge management), Fusion (business creation), ScaleMaker (intrapreneurship), and Research to Reality (academic commercialisation). These services work together to connect challenge owners with innovators, provide commercialisation guidance, and deliver training across regulated industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Actuate360: FIS360's bespoke matchmaking service designed to connect innovators with the right collaborators by analysing needs and identifying potential connections from their extensive global network.
• Game Changers

Products and services

• Game Changers Innovation Programme The UK's leading nuclear open innovation programme, designed and delivered by FIS360, connecting Sellafield Ltd's decommissioning challenges with global innovators from SMEs, universities, and industry across nuclear and non-nuclear sectors. The programme has assessed over 1,000 applications, funded over 300 feasibility studies, managed 125+ proof-of-concept projects, and secured £3m+ in investment with predicted savings of over £1bn to nuclear decommissioning costs.
• Open Innovation Programmes Customised programmes connecting businesses with supply chains, identifying and developing technologies to solve specific challenges through tailored programme design, strategic marketing, and project management. Services are delivered to enterprises and government clients seeking to access external innovation ecosystems.
• Technology Commercialisation Expert guidance on technology transfer and strategies to maximise the value of new innovations, including IP protection, funding strategies, market entry, and commercial health checks. Delivered as bespoke consulting engagements and technology assessments for technology developers and SMEs.
• Innovation Training and Culture Tailored training and mentoring programmes to build commercial and entrepreneurial expertise within organisations, including workshops, seminars, networking, and one-to-one mentoring. Delivered to enterprises, academic institutions, and government clients.
• Actuate360 FIS360's bespoke innovation matchmaking service that connects innovators with collaborators by analysing needs and identifying connections from their global network spanning supply chain companies, manufacturers, investors, and research facilities. Supports four modes: Find-a-Tech, Find-a-Service, Find-a-Partner, and Promote-a-Tech/Service.
• Innovation Networking and Events Innovation events and services connecting academia, industry, and supply chain to address key challenges, including conferences, exhibitions, demos, innovation sprints, webinars, and workshops. FIS360 has hosted over 55 events globally reaching 3,400 participants across 900 organisations.
• ScaleMaker Intrapreneurship Programme Amentum's intrapreneurship programme created and delivered by FIS360 - a tailored 9-month programme combining mentoring, innovation training, and wrap-around support to transform technical excellence into commercial success. ScaleMaker produced 8 validated business cases and identified potential to unlock over £10 million in additional revenue within 3 years for Amentum.
• Fusion Business Creation Programme A business creation programme for Createc that brings together talented individuals with Createc's technologies to develop CEOs and CTOs for technology start-up companies over a two-year period. Includes comprehensive business training, mentoring, and access to commercial networks.
• Research to Reality Programme Programme developed and delivered by FIS360 in partnership with University of Manchester's UMIF and BEKE, providing interactive workshops and one-to-one mentoring to help academics commercialise research. Nine workshops plus one-to-one mentoring were delivered.

Quantifiable outcome

• £1bn+ in predicted savings to nuclear decommissioning costs through Game Changers programme
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and flagship / core.

• ConstelliaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2025Constellia is an approved supplier platform that empowers procurement functions by providing access to a pre-vetted marketplace of suppliers. FIS360's approved status on Constellia enables streamlined and compliant procurement engagement for public sector clients.
• BloomminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2025Bloom connects public sector clients with pre-vetted suppliers via a fully managed procurement process. FIS360's Bloom accredited supplier status provides assurance to public sector entities that FIS360 meets rigorous procurement standards.
• UKAEA (UK Atomic Energy Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025UKAEA participated as a challenge owner in the Game Changers programme, expanding the programme's reach beyond the nuclear decommissioning estate to include challenges related to advanced nuclear technology and fusion.
• Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (CLEP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024FIS360 partnered with CLEP as part of the Cumbria Accelerator: Westmorland and Furness Programme, funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. FIS360 delivers specialised 1-2-1 innovation and commercialisation support to up to 10 companies in the Furness and Westmorland area. This follows a previous collaboration on the Innovating for Success programme.
• Westmorland and Furness Council / Cumberland CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024Administer the UK Shared Prosperity Fund underlying the Cumbria Accelerator programme through which FIS360 delivers innovation advisory services to regional businesses.
• AmentumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024FIS360 delivers the ScaleMaker intrapreneurship programme for Amentum — a 9-month tailored programme combining mentoring, innovation training, and wrap-around support to convert technical expertise into commercially successful products and services. Also: FIS360 launched Amentum's ScaleMaker intrapreneurship programme.
• Entrepreneur Business SchoolminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Entrepreneur Business School contributes business leaders to the Fusion programme delivery team alongside Createc's Directors and FIS360's technology commercialisation specialists.
• Co-Lab EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-Lab Engineering was brought in as a delivery partner for the next phase of Game Changers to provide support in defining challenges. They complement FIS360's programme management and commercialisation expertise with specialist technical challenge-definition capabilities.
• Innovate UK KTNcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023Innovate UK KTN (Knowledge Transfer Network) helps promote Game Changers even more widely than before, leveraging its extensive innovation network to attract a broader range of solution providers across sectors and geographies.
• RAICo (Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023RAICo is a collaboration between nuclear site operators, academia (University of Manchester), and FIS360 to develop technology supporting decommissioning of UK nuclear facilities. FIS360 coordinates innovation projects, supports technology from feasibility through to deployment, and delivers events (e.g., HRAICE conference, Academic Showcase) for RAICo.
• University of ManchestercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023University of Manchester is a key academic partner across multiple programmes: co-lead of RAICo with FIS360; partner in the RAICAM EU-funded doctoral network; recipient of Research to Reality programme via UMIF/BEKE; and collaborator on the Lyra robot project (Dounreay deployment). Professor Barry Lennox serves on the FIS360 Advisory Group.
• RAICAM Consortium (Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Critical Asset Monitoring)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023RAICAM is an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral training network bringing together 10 PhD students across 10 European universities to work on next-generation mobile robots for inspection and maintenance of industrial facilities. FIS360 was selected as an associate partner to provide innovation and entrepreneurship workshops, training, and mentoring commencing in 2026. The University of Manchester's Dr Simon Watson serves as RAICAM Deputy Network Coordinator.
• iSH (Industrial Solutions Hub)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022iSH (Industrial Solutions Hub) is a Cumbria-based organisation promoting collaboration between industry, SMEs, and academia. FIS360 and iSH jointly hosted the 'Innovation for the Future – Right Here, Right Now' event with DASA to highlight defence and security business and funding opportunities for Cumbrian companies.
• DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022DASA is a UK government body that finds and funds exploitable innovation to support defence and security. FIS360 partnered with DASA and iSH to host events promoting DASA funding opportunities to Cumbrian SMEs, connecting defence sector funding channels with regional businesses.
• CreateccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021FIS360 designed and delivers Createc's Fusion business creation programme — an entrepreneurship programme that employs aspiring entrepreneurs for two years to explore Createc's technology and IP portfolio and develop technology start-up businesses. FIS360 provides comprehensive business training, mentoring, and access to its commercial networks. Also: FIS360 designed and developed Createc's Fusion innovation programme.
• Sellafield Ltdflagship / coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Sellafield Ltd is the primary client and strategic partner for the Game Changers programme, which FIS360 designed and has been delivering since 2016. The programme addresses Sellafield's decommissioning challenges through open innovation. FIS360 also delivered The Challenge Portal (a secure challenge management digital product) and an AI Governance Framework guidance report for Sellafield. A five-year contract extension was awarded in 2023. Game Changers is firmly embedded in Sellafield's operational processes and future strategy.
• UKNNL / National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL)flagship / coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016UKNNL (National Nuclear Laboratory) co-delivers the Game Changers programme with FIS360 on behalf of Sellafield Ltd. FIS360 also partners with UKNNL to deliver the Open Nuclear innovation programme, addressing challenges in Health and Nuclear Medicine, Environmental Restoration, Security and Non-Proliferation, and Clean Energy. UKNNL provides unparalleled nuclear sector knowledge and expertise to funded projects.
• Innovus ProgrammecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013FIS360 was founded to provide independent technology commercialisation support for the Innovus Open Innovation Programme — Cumbria's successful technology transfer and entrepreneurial programme. This early engagement established FIS360's credentials in the nuclear decommissioning innovation ecosystem.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AtkinsRéalis: Major global engineering services and nuclear consultancy with extensive UK nuclear decommissioning footprint (formerly Atkins). Comparable as a large incumbent serving the same Sellafield/NDA customer base with overlapping innovation and programme management capabilities, but operating at much greater scale.
• Cambridge Consultants: Large UK-headquartered product development and technology consultancy with deep regulated-industry (medical, industrial, energy) and innovation programme capabilities. Comparable as a broader innovation services incumbent, though Cambridge Consultants is significantly larger and more engineering-focused than FIS360.
• Connected Places Catapult: UK government-backed innovation catapult focused on transport, place, and urban infrastructure. Comparable as a publicly-funded open innovation intermediary running challenge-driven programmes for enterprises and government, though focused on mobility rather than nuclear.
• Innovate UK Business Connect (formerly KTN): UK's national innovation network connecting businesses with funding, partners, and expertise across sectors. Comparable as a UK-wide open innovation intermediary with overlapping sector reach, but operates as a public-sector body rather than a commercial firm.

Others

• Digital Catapult: UK innovation catapult accelerating advanced digital technology adoption across industry. Comparable as an ecosystem-level innovation facilitator connecting SMEs with enterprise demand, though focused on AI/deep tech rather than nuclear decommissioning.
• Fraunhofer UK Research: UK arm of the Fraunhofer applied research network, partnering with FIS360 through Game Changers and the Lyra robot deployment. Comparable as an adjacent R&D and applied innovation partner in nuclear robotics rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• L Marks: UK-headquartered corporate innovation consultancy that designs and delivers open innovation programmes, accelerators, and venture-building engagements for large enterprises. Closest comparable in terms of bespoke programme design, challenge-driven innovation, and UK enterprise client base.
• Oxentia: Global innovation and technology commercialisation consultancy originating from Oxford University's technology transfer office. Directly comparable to FIS360's technology commercialisation, IP strategy, and university-to-market advisory offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

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Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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