Operations, finance & strategy
Grow the business without losing your grip on it.
We help owner-run companies of 10 to 200 people get their numbers, processes and plans in order, and we stay until it works.
Who we work with
Manufacturers
Wholesalers
Food producers
Logistics
Healthcare groups
Independent retail
What we do
Four ways to work with us.
Business diagnostic
Three weeks inside your numbers, processes and team, ending with a written plan.
Interim finance director
Senior finance leadership two or three days a week, until you’re ready to hire.
Operations review
Find where time and margin go, from order to invoice.
Strategy days
A facilitated day with your leadership team and a one-page plan at the end.
How we work
We work inside your business, not from a slide deck.
We spend time on your shop floor, in your accounts and with your team. Every recommendation comes with an owner, a date and a number, and we help you put it in place.
Client results
Measured in cash, time and margin.
Month-end close cut from 15 days to 5
A growing bakery business was making decisions on numbers that arrived three weeks late. We rebuilt the close with their finance team and moved them to weekly cash reporting.
£1.2m of cash released from stock in nine months
Stock had grown faster than sales. We set reorder rules by product line, cleared slow lines and tied buying to a rolling forecast.
Gross margin up six points after a pricing review
Quotes were priced on habit. We costed real jobs, built a simple quoting tool and trained the sales team to use it.
How an engagement runs
Clear scope, fixed fees, no lock-in.
Intro call
You tell us what’s not working. We tell you whether we can help.
30 minutes · Free
Proposal
A short written scope with outcomes, a timetable and a fixed fee. No day-rate surprises.
Within a week
The work
On site with you and your team, with a short update every Friday on progress and numbers.
3 weeks to 12 months
Handover
Your people run the new way of working. We check in at three months, at no charge.
3-month check-in
What clients say
I now know what our cash will look like in three months. Helen made the numbers make sense to the whole board.
Sarah O. They spent more time in our warehouse than in our meeting room, which is exactly why it worked.
Mark D. Straight answers, a fixed fee, and they told us when we didn’t need them any more.
Priti S.
Start with a 30-minute call.
No pitch and no charge. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so and point you to someone who is.