Helping SMEs and PE-backed businesses make better decisions through sharper reporting, clearer data, and AI-powered automation.
Practical, hands-on consultancy across BI, AI automation, data strategy, and interim IT leadership — always commercial first, never just technical.
SQL Server, Tableau, Power BI — management dashboards that update automatically and reporting that finance and ops teams actually agree on.
Learn more →Practical workflows using Make.com, Zapier, Relevance AI and the OpenAI API — targeting the manual processes that consume the most time.
Learn more →Database design, data modelling and tool selection advice — building infrastructure that scales and won't need replacing in two years.
Learn more →Board-level IT and commercial support without the full-time overhead. Particularly suited to PE-backed businesses and growth-stage SMEs.
Learn more →Independent cyber security audits for SMEs and PE-backed businesses — identifying vulnerabilities, assessing controls, and producing a clear remediation roadmap.
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Vernwell was founded by James Eyles ACMA — a CIMA-qualified commercial and technology leader with a background scaling PE-backed retail businesses. As IT Director at Plumbworld (Online Home Retail), part of an MBO team that grew the business significantly before exiting to Highbourne Group, James understands what it means to make technology and data work at pace under commercial pressure.
Financial rigour, hands-on technical delivery, and board-level perspective — in one engagement.
No sales process, no obligation. A short conversation is usually enough to work out whether Vernwell can help.