About us
Small firm, senior people.
Founded in Manchester in 2011 by a former finance director. Four people with years inside finance and operations teams.
Marlow & Finch started from one belief: owner-run businesses deserve the same quality of advice as large companies, without the large-company bill.
Helen Marlow spent fifteen years as a finance director in food and engineering firms. She saw too many owners pay for reports that sat in a drawer. So we work differently: on site, alongside your team, until the change is in place.
We take on a small number of clients at a time and we don’t sell follow-on work. Most of our new clients come from the old ones.
How we work
Three things we won’t do.
Send juniors
The partner you meet does the work. We don’t have a bench of graduates to keep busy.
Charge for hours
Project fees are fixed up front, so you never pay for us to be slow.
Stay too long
We aim to make ourselves unnecessary. When you don’t need us, we’ll tell you.
Who you’ll work with.
Helen Marlow
Former finance director in manufacturing. Founded the firm in 2011.
James Finch
Ran operations for a national distributor. Leads our operations work.
Grace Adeyemi
Management accounts, forecasting and finance team set-up.
Tom Reid
Process mapping, stock and warehouse improvement.
Where to find us
Based in Manchester.
We work across the North West and Yorkshire, and travel further for the right project. Clients are welcome at our office for workshops and planning days.
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.
Let’s talk about your business.
A 30-minute call with a partner. Free, and with no follow-up unless you ask for it.