Useful Projects is a consultancy specialising in transformative change for the built environment.

Our mission is to help organisations tackle the significant challenges they are facing in order to be a responsible and sustainable business –  spanning carbon neutrality, circular economy and social value creation, to biodiversity net gain.

We help our clients find added value in delivering sustainable development, by providing expert independent insight in an engaging manner.

We provide a range of strategic and technical consultancy services and take pride in our ability to provide practical advice which is tailored to client needs. Our approach is holistic across a set of environmental, social and economic themes. Our challenge, in which we delight, is to work with clients to understand this complex arena, to identify opportunities for innovation and to develop practical approaches for implementation.

See our Services page for further information.

We’re Part of Something Bigger

We are part of the Useful Simple Trust group of companies, which is an Employee Benefit Trust. The mission of the Trust is to blaze a trail in the integrated, intelligent and ethical provision of the human environment. Our sister companies are Civil and Structural Engineers (Expedition), Communications Designers (thomas.matthews), Architects (Useful Studio) and Engineering Educational Resource Designers (ThinkUp).

The Useful Simple Trust is a member of the Employee Ownership Organisation and has achieved Investors in People Silver, working towards Gold.

We’re a B Corp and Social Enterprise

Useful Projects is a B Corp and a certified Social Enterprise.

Becoming a B Corp™ is recognition of the fundamental mission and ethos of the Useful Simple Trust set out over 10 years ago. We are proud to be part of B Corp UK and a growing group of companies around the world that use business as a force for good.

You can read more about what it means to be a Social Enterprise here.