Business consulting for companies that have outgrown their current plan
Most mid-market firms hit a ceiling between £2m and £20m in revenue. The habits that got you here start working against you. We help you find the specific constraints, fix them, and build the structure for the next stage.
Book a diagnostic call
Four weeks from diagnosis to action plan
We do not sell retainers that stretch for months before producing a recommendation. The diagnostic phase is designed to surface answers quickly so you can decide what to do with them.
Financial and operational scan
We review your last three years of accounts, your current org chart, and your sales pipeline. This takes two half-day sessions with you and your finance lead. The goal is to identify where cash is leaking and where margin is hiding.
Owner and team interviews
Separate, confidential conversations with your senior team. We ask about bottlenecks, decision-making habits, and what they would change if they could. Patterns usually emerge fast.
Constraint mapping
We build a one-page map of the two or three constraints holding the business back. Not a 60-slide deck. A clear picture of what is stuck and why, with the financial impact quantified where possible.
Recommendations and 90-day roadmap
You receive a written plan with priorities, owners, and deadlines for the next quarter. We present it in person, answer questions, and agree on which items you want support to implement.
Operators first, consultants second
The firm was started by two former managing directors who spent fifteen years running manufacturing and services businesses in the Midlands before advising others. That background shapes everything we do: we care about cash conversion more than frameworks, and we measure our work by what changes in the P&L within six months.
We keep the team small on purpose. Every engagement is led by a partner, not delegated to a junior analyst. Our clients include family-owned distributors, SaaS companies scaling past their first £5m, and PE-backed businesses preparing for exit.
Five areas where we make a measurable difference
Margin improvement
We dig into your cost structure line by line: supplier terms, labour allocation, pricing architecture. Most clients recover between 3 and 7 percentage points of gross margin within the first year. The work is granular and sometimes uncomfortable, but the results show up in the bank account.
Operational restructuring
When a business doubles in size but keeps the same reporting lines and meeting rhythms, things break. We redesign the operating model: who reports to whom, which decisions need approval, and how information flows from the front line to the owner.
Growth strategy
Should you expand geographically, launch a new product line, or acquire a competitor? We model the options with real numbers, stress-test the assumptions, and present a recommendation you can take to your board or lender with confidence.
Exit and succession planning
If you plan to sell in the next two to five years, the preparation starts now. We help you build the management layer, clean up the balance sheet, and position the business to attract the right buyer at the right multiple. Several of our clients have achieved exits between 6x and 9x EBITDA after a structured 18-month programme.
Post-acquisition integration
Buying a business is the easy part. Merging the cultures, systems and customer relationships is where value gets created or destroyed. We run 100-day integration plans that cover finance, operations, people and IT, keeping the acquired team engaged rather than heading for the door.
Things prospective clients usually ask
Tell us what you are working on
The first conversation is always free and usually lasts about 30 minutes. We will ask about your revenue, your team, and the one thing keeping you up at night. If we think we can help, we will outline next steps. If not, we will say so.
Visit us
681 Swaniawski Paddock, Birmingham B1 1TF, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Call
+44 121 993 8259
Email
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