NorthGate Collective works with small businesses and community organisations across Swindon and Wiltshire — cutting the hours lost to admin with better processes and tools that cost little or nothing.
Swindon is full of exactly the organisations we work best with: trades and family firms, independent shops, small practices, and charities doing a lot with very little. What they share is the same problem — the person running the organisation is also the person doing all its paperwork.
NorthGate Collective is an operational consultancy based in Reading, working across the M4 corridor. We review how your organisation runs, redesign the processes that waste your time, and set up low-cost software that handles the repetitive work. Then we train you to run it all yourself, so you're not paying a consultant forever.
Much of this work happens remotely — screen-sharing works fine for process mapping and software setup. But when seeing the way work moves through your premises would get to the answer faster, we come to you. We cover:
Trades, shops and independent firms. If quoting, invoicing and chasing paperwork is eating your evenings, that's fixable — usually with tools you won't have to pay for.
The average grant monitoring report takes a charity 40 hours to compile (Plinth, 2026). We help Wiltshire charities claw that time back for the people they're here for.
It starts with a free 30-minute call — phone or video, no pressure, no sales pitch. If it makes sense to go further, a £300 strategy session gets you a full review of how your organisation runs, with a written report and recommendations you can act on with or without us. Hands-on work — fixing processes, setting up software, training your team — is £100 an hour, and our rates are the same wherever you are. Full details on the pricing page, and everything we do is on the services page.
Yes, when it helps. We're based in Reading, about 40 minutes along the M4. Much of the process and automation work happens remotely, but seeing how work actually moves through your office, shop or workshop is often the fastest way to spot what's slowing you down. Any on-site visits get agreed upfront.
Swindon and the towns around it — Royal Wootton Bassett, Marlborough, Chippenham, Calne and Devizes. For remote work, anywhere in Wiltshire or beyond.
The same as everywhere else we work — our pricing is flat and published. A free 30-minute intro call, a £300 strategy session with a written report, and £100 an hour for hands-on work. No retainers, no long contracts.
Very likely. Charities and community groups are a big part of our work, and hourly billing with no retainer is designed for small budgets. Start with how we help charities reduce admin time.