Sixty minutes with the numbers, and a written list of the five things costing you most.
Right now the hire, the price rise and the next purchase get decided on instinct.
Each of those decisions has a number behind it. When the number turns up months later, the decision has already cost you.
Or read on to see how it works.
How a decision gets made when the number arrives too late
- Decision lands on you
- Figures are months old
- You go on instinct
- Money commits anyway
- Year end confirms it
- Nothing left to change
By the time the figure is accurate, the money has already gone out.
A hire made on a hunch in March shows up as a margin problem in October. The accounts confirm it long after you could have done something about it.
Five questions your books should answer today, and probably can’t
Take a moment with these before you read on.
- Which customer actually makes you money?
- Can you afford the next hire this quarter?
- What does the cheaper supplier really cost you?
- Which jobs priced well and which lost money?
- When does cash get tight, and by how much?
That makes everything downstream harder.
What changes when the answer arrives the same afternoon
Same day. From live numbers. With the reasoning.
The review starts with the records you actually have, then names the five gaps costing you most.
- 5priorities, in writing
- Records looked at properly
- Gaps named out loud
- Priorities put in writing
- You decide with numbers
You keep that list whether you go ahead with me or not.
What the ninety days after the review are meant to produce
If we go ahead, the finance function is rebuilt to a fixed timetable.
- Before day one
Scope agreed, records collected
I agree the scope, complete the AML checks and manage the handover from your current accountant at no separate charge.
- Day 30
You can see where the cash sits
Books complete, banks reconciled, and debtor and creditor balances that make sense.
- Day 60
Decisions stop waiting on admin
Routines for bookkeeping, supplier bills, credit control, payroll and reporting are running, with proper checks in place.
- Day 90
The numbers arrive before you need them
Management information lands on the agreed date each month, provided the information is with me.
The review costs a fixed fee, credited in full if you go ahead
Sixty minutes with me, on your records. We cover how work flows through the books and the reporting, where debtors and creditors leave you exposed, what payroll and recurring costs commit you to, and what your systems are hiding.
One hour, your numbers, no presentation.
You leave with the five things costing you most, in writing, and an indicative monthly structure for the finance function you would actually need.
I take on four new clients a month, so the review is also how I decide.
Who this review suits, and whose time it would waste
Better to say this plainly before you book an hour.
This fits if
- You run a registered business and real decisions are waiting on numbers you cannot see.
- You have staff and a monthly payroll, and hiring questions come round regularly.
- You already have an accountant for the filings and nothing month by month.
- You can explain how your business makes money, even if the books do not show it.
- You want an ongoing monthly finance function, scoped once I have seen the records.
This does not fit if
- You run a cash business.
- Your work depends largely on CIS construction subcontracting.
- You want something non-compliant or reportable handled quietly.
- You cannot explain what your business does or what you need from me.
- You want a once-a-year filing exercise and nothing in between.
Two minutes. If it fits, you’ll book the review with Gavin.
The decision you keep postponing has a number sitting in your books
- Tell me if I can hire
- Show me where margin comes from
- Get the numbers here on time
- Answer me the same day
That is the work, and the review is where it starts.
Think your numbers should be answering this?
Begin the reviewTwo minutes to check the fit, then sixty minutes with me.
See if your finance function fits your size / structure
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