Tytherleigh Consulting was founded by Jules Lewis-Thompson, building on more than 15 years’ experience supporting research, innovation and commercialisation across academia and industry. After supporting hundreds of funding applications and managing complex research and innovation portfolios worth over £100 million, Jules established Tytherleigh Consulting to bring that experience directly to ambitious organisations needing flexible, senior-level expertise.

Today, Tytherleigh Consulting works alongside SMEs, micro-companies, universities, charities and research-led organisations, bringing together the right expertise, relationships and strategic thinking to take innovation from opportunity through to funding, delivery and impact.

We help you work out what to pursue, how to fund it, who you need around you and how to turn an ambitious idea into a credible, deliverable project.

From early-stage ideas through to commercialisation and delivery, our support spans business development and funding strategy, opportunity assessment, consortium and partnership development, business cases, proposal development, contract negotiation, project mobilisation and ongoing delivery.

With extensive experience across UKRI, Innovate UK, Horizon Europe and other national and international funding programmes, we help you navigate complex funding requirements without losing sight of the bigger question: what are you trying to achieve, and what is the best route to get there?

Whether you need support for a specific project or additional expertise as part of your team, Tytherleigh Consulting provides senior innovation and funding capability when you need it — without the commitment of recruiting a full-time specialist.

Our aim is simple: to help good ideas become well-designed, well-funded projects that deliver meaningful results.