Independent advisory
Clear advice, written down and signed
We work with owner-managed companies on the decisions that are too large to take alone and too small to justify a permanent department.
- 22
- YearsAdvising owner-managed companies
- 40
- ClientsAnd a deliberate ceiling
- 2
- PartnersYou work with one of them
- 1 day
- To a replyEvery working day
How we work
Three commitments in every engagement
The same method applies whether the work lasts a week or a year.
01
A fixed scope before the start
The question, the deliverable and the fee are agreed in writing before any work begins.
02
One partner accountable
The person who takes the brief stays on the file until it closes. Nothing is handed down.
03
A recommendation, not options
Every report ends with what we would do and why, with the alternatives set out beneath it.
Practice areas
Where the work usually starts
Four areas cover most of what clients ask for. Anything outside them is referred.
Financial planning
Budgets, cash forecasts and the reporting that makes them usable month by month.
Retainer or fixed fee
Operations review
A structured look at how work moves through the company and where it stalls.
Fixed fee
Compliance and risk
Obligations mapped, owners assigned and a calendar that survives holidays.
From an audit
Transactions
Preparation, diligence support and the hundred small questions that follow a signature.
On request
Client comment
Why clients stay
They gave us one page with a recommendation on it. The board took the decision in twenty minutes.
Managing directorManufacturing client
Start with a conversation, not a proposal
A half-hour call is enough to tell you whether we are the right practice for the question.