ABOUT THE FIRM

British. Honest.
Quietly Brilliant.

Black Light Solutions was founded on a simple belief: that truth and transparency set businesses free. We apply that belief to everything we do.

CO-FOUNDERS

Michael Lucas-Black | Ibs Taguri

Black Light Solutions was built by two people who have spent a combined 25 years operating across the political, charitable, and commercial sectors — and who have seen, first-hand, what happens when systems fail the people who depend on them.

That experience is not incidental to what we do. It is the foundation of it. The functions and solutions Black Light offers are a direct result of working inside organisations where the cost of opacity, poor information, and unchecked process failure is measured not in lost revenue, but in real harm to real people.

Over those 25 years, we identified a recurring pattern: the same systemic failures — hidden decision-making, absent audit trails, processes that could not survive scrutiny — appearing across sectors that should have known better. Highly regulated environments. Publicly accountable institutions. Organisations with every reason to get it right.

The methodology we have built at Black Light draws directly from disciplines where proof and accountability are non-negotiable: investigative journalism, law enforcement process, regulatory audit, and compliance frameworks. We apply that same rigour to the businesses we work with — not because we expect the worst, but because we know that the businesses which operate as if every decision could be examined are the ones that last.

That experience drives every aspect of how we operate. Plain English contracts. Visible decision-making. No hidden clauses. We set businesses free through intelligent automation — and we do it with complete transparency about how and why.

Michael Lucas-Black

"The truth will set you free. In business, that means honest observation and transparent operations. We don't do hidden clauses. We don't do jargon. We do results."

— MICHAEL LUCAS-BLACK, FOUNDER

THE FOUNDATION

What we stand for.

Truth Over Comfort

We believe the truth sets people free. In business, that means honest assessments, transparent operations, and the courage to tell clients when AI isn't the right answer for their problem.

Plain English, Always

No jargon. No buzzwords. No 'disruption' or 'paradigm shifts'. If we can't explain it in plain English, we don't understand it well enough to build it.

Visible Decision-Making

We show our working. Every recommendation comes with a clear rationale. You can challenge it. We welcome that. Good decisions survive scrutiny.

No Hidden Clauses

Plain English contracts. No lock-in. No small print. You own the systems we build for you, outright. We earn your continued business by being excellent, not by trapping you.

THE VISION

A business that gets
smarter while you sleep.

The long-term vision for Black Light Solutions is to become the AI operating system for British small business. Not a tool. Not a platform. An intelligence layer that runs quietly in the background.

Horizon 1 — Now

Project-Based Consulting

AI consulting and automation for small businesses across Kent and the South East. Building the foundation, establishing the proof.

Horizon 2 — 2026–2027

Productised Intelligence

A library of proven automation blueprints and productised AI kits for specific industries. Subscription-based intelligence services.

Horizon 3 — 2027+

The Platform

A licensable AI platform for British small business. The Q Branch, available to every business in the country.

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