Finance Directors
who see it coming.
Helping owner managed businesses turn revenue into profit. Clear numbers, fewer surprises, and a finance director alongside you when the decisions matter.
Different businesses. The same job underneath.
Between us we have run finance in print and signage, ecommerce and merchandise, manufacturing, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, construction, property, defence, technology and media.
The industries change. The problems do not. An owner who cannot see where the money is really made, cash that arrives as a surprise, and a plan nobody is holding to account.
The specialists of D2D Associates.
Working with D2D Associates means you benefit from the experience of Dave Dring and his team of specialists.
Dave has spent the last fifteen years managing the finance of owner managed businesses, from print and signage to ecommerce, manufacturing and beyond.
Throughout his career he has fixed pricing that had drifted, found the jobs and customers quietly losing money, got cash under control, and helped owners make the bigger calls on kit, funding and selling up.
Whether you have jobs that look well priced but make a loss, customers paying late, costs nobody updated when they moved, or a decision coming that you would rather not make on gut feel. D2D Associates looks beyond the numbers to find what is really going on, and helps you do something about it.
The service you get with D2D Associates
Good financial decisions start with understanding the business behind the numbers.
We do not arrive with a template, spend an hour looking at your accounts and tell you what to do. The first step is to understand how your business really works: your customers, jobs, margins, costs, cash, team and the decisions that drive performance.
From there, we build a clear picture of where you are, what needs attention and what the numbers are telling you. Then we stay involved to help turn that insight into action.
It is a simple process: understand the business, create clarity, then deliver the changes that matter.
On an £800 job, look what’s left.
Most owners price the job, not the hidden costs packed inside it. Here is a typical print job, and the thin slice you actually keep.
On a £28 order, look what’s left.
Most owners look at the £9 the product costs. Delivery, ads, fees, returns and VAT take the rest. Here is a typical order, and the thin slice you actually keep.
Three things that keep owners up at night.
Where is the money really made?
We show you where your money is made, and where it drains away. Sometimes that means analysing it by product or customer. More often the answer comes out of a commercial conversation: how you price, who you say yes to, the terms you accept. So you do more of what pays, and know which is which.
What cash will I have, and when?
Too many owners are guessing, hoping and worrying. VAT, supplier increases, a big order to fund. We put a clear view of the cash ahead in front of you. So you decide on stock, hires and growth knowing it works, not hoping.
No time to work on the business
You are doing nineteen jobs at once, and not the one you are best at. We give you an hour a week to step out of it, with someone independent who tells you straight and holds you to what you said you would do. So things actually change.
These are print, sign and ecommerce problems. They are also, simply, business problems.
Owners who stopped guessing.
From print and signage to vehicle manufacturing, technology and media. Different industries, the same problems underneath.
The line we hear most from new clients.
Tired of running the business on gut feel?
It starts with a conversation and a clear plan. No jargon, no hard sell.
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