It all starts with a conversation.
Most print owners come to us in one of three places. Wherever you are, the first step is the same: a straight conversation and a clear plan.
Maybe you are carrying too much yourself. Maybe the business is ready to grow, but you are not sure what needs to change. Or perhaps you are thinking about an exit and want to be sure you get the value you have built.
Wherever you are, the first step is understanding what is really going on. We start by getting under the skin of your business, then bring clarity to the numbers and focus to the decisions that matter. From there, we stay involved to help you deliver the changes, not just tell you what they are.
Take a look at the situations below. If one sounds familiar, you are probably in the right place.
The 3 common situations
The process to profit
Step 1.
Understand your business
We spend time getting under the skin of the business: how you make money, your customers, your jobs, your costs, your team and what is really driving performance.
We want to understand the business inside out before we start making recommendations.
Step 2.
Provide Clarity
We turn that understanding into numbers you can trust. We establish what your jobs and customers really make, identify the key financial issues and build a cash forecast. The exact scope depends on the business and the quality of the data. You will know what is possible after the diagnostic, not before.
Step 3.
Deliver positive change
This is not a report that gets handed over and forgotten. Dave stays involved as your fractional FD, helping you make decisions, chasing the actions that matter, keeping the numbers on track and reporting back regularly.
So what will it cost?
Establishing a trusted, long term relationship, in our view, is the best path for success. We get to know your people and business inside out, ensuring the best possible recommendations and action plan.
This is why we offer three month rolling contracts to keep up the momentum. Perhaps you want to test the waters first? Then we can also work on one off projects where we can get you started.
Rolling Packages
Take Control
For owners who need to see their numbers and steady the ship.
Grow with Control
Everything in Take Control, and we take on the bookkeeping and the management accounts, so the numbers can be trusted.
Both are examples rather than a menu. Every engagement is built around what the business actually needs, and priced up front.
One Off Services
Priced to the work and agreed up front, no hourly clock.
Get your numbers straight
Bad data leads to bad decisions, so this gets sorted first. We clean up what is there, sort the systems and set out what the numbers need to show. From there you either keep it in house, we hand it to an outsourced provider we manage, or we take it on ourselves under Grow with Control. Whichever is most cost effective for you.
Diagnostic & Profit Deep Dive
Want the full detail? We build a proper analysis of which jobs, customers and products actually make you money, once every real cost and overhead is fairly split in. This is where the monthly view goes deep. A one off piece of work, scoped after the diagnostic. What it costs depends on the data, how many products you carry and how the overheads need splitting.
Common Problems We Solve
Cannot trust the numbers
If the figures are wrong, every decision after them is a guess. Margins, break even and reporting you can act on. This is always where we start.
Cash and getting paid
The VAT bill is a date, not an event. Thirteen weeks on one page, the money already owed to you chased properly, and the bank approached early.
More turnover, same profit
Full order book, healthy margins, no money in the bank. Overtrading looks like success right up to the point it is not.
Before you sign
Kit, a vehicle, a unit, a system or a hire. What does it have to earn every month to cover itself? You get a clear yes or no, and the numbers behind it.
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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