Managed AI call answering for UK small businesses

An AI Receptionist That Answers, Qualifies and Books

SplashSol builds and supervises an AI phone receptionist around your real opening hours, services, booking rules and escalation paths. It can cover unanswered, overflow or out-of-hours calls while keeping judgement and exceptions with your team.

Interactive product simulation

Hear an Approved Opening and Follow the Call

Choose a call type and enter a fictional business name. The browser can read the greeting aloud; no call is placed and nothing you enter is submitted.

Uses your browser’s built-in speech feature when available.

AI receptionist simulation

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What the AI Receptionist Can Do

Answer defined call journeys

Cover new enquiries, overflow, out-of-hours calls or another agreed route without replacing every phone conversation.

Qualify with approved questions

Collect the job, location, urgency, timing and other facts the team needs before acting.

Book within real availability

Use connected calendar availability and business rules, or request a time for a person to approve.

Transfer and escalate

Route emergencies, complaints, uncertainty and high-value conversations to the agreed person.

Create a usable record

Send a structured summary, transcript or recording link into the CRM or team inbox.

Confirm the next step

Send the caller an approved SMS or email confirmation after the conversation.

Control before autonomy

Rules We Define Before a Call Goes Live

Identity and consent

The greeting identifies the assistant, explains recording where applicable and uses approved privacy wording.

Safety and emergencies

The assistant follows a narrow escalation path and never invents medical, legal, gas, electrical or technical advice.

Prices and promises

Only fixed prices, fees, service areas and availability supplied by the business can be stated.

Human takeover

A person can take over when the caller requests it or when confidence and risk rules require escalation.

Retention and access

Recordings, transcripts and customer details have a defined purpose, retention period and access list.

Outcome review

Calls are reviewed for resolution, booking, handoff, errors and changes required in the operating rules.

Transparent starting prices

Start With One Call Journey

Telephony and model usage are billed separately at the connected provider’s rate, so the business can see platform cost and managed-service cost clearly.

AI Receptionist Answer

£149 /month

One call path, qualification, summaries and controlled handoff.

  • Setup from £500
  • One business line or forwarding route
  • Approved knowledge and questions
  • Email or CRM summary
  • Monthly review
AI Receptionist Book

£299 /month

Qualification, calendar booking, confirmations and lead-system integration.

  • Setup from £1,000
  • Everything in Answer
  • Calendar or booking integration
  • SMS/email confirmations
  • CRM pipeline update
Apply for a Free 14-Day Pilot

One approved call journey · Setup included during the pilot · No contract · Fair-use provider minutes

From Call Map to Supervised Pilot

01

Map the real calls

Review call reasons, opening hours, current phone routing, booking rules and situations that need a person.

02

Write the operating rules

Approve the greeting, questions, knowledge, prices, safety wording, handoffs and data retention.

03

Connect and test

Configure the provider, forwarding, calendar, CRM and notification routes, then test every defined branch.

04

Run one live journey

Start with unanswered, overflow or out-of-hours calls rather than replacing the whole phone system.

05

Review every exception

Inspect incorrect answers, failed bookings, caller objections and handoffs during the supervised pilot.

06

Expand only with evidence

Add more journeys, channels or locations after the first route produces reliable outcomes.

AI Receptionist FAQs

Calls, bookings, safety, privacy and the pilot

Does the AI receptionist tell callers it is automated?
Yes. The approved greeting identifies it as an automated assistant. It must never pretend to be a named employee.
Can we keep our current business number?
Usually. Conditional forwarding or a connected business line can route unanswered, overflow or out-of-hours calls without changing the number customers already know.
Can it book appointments?
Yes when reliable calendar availability and booking rules are available. Otherwise it records the preferred time for a person to confirm.
What happens with emergencies or unusual questions?
The workflow follows approved escalation wording, records the context and hands the call to a person or emergency route. It does not improvise technical, medical or safety advice.
Are calls recorded?
Recording depends on the chosen setup. When enabled, the greeting and privacy information must explain it, retention must be defined and access must be restricted.
What does the 14-day pilot include?
It includes one business line or forwarding route, one approved call journey, testing, supervision and a review of calls, outcomes and handoffs. Provider usage is subject to a fair-use pilot limit.