Financial leadership FOR THE SOUTH WEST'S ANGEL TO SEED STARTUPS.

BUILDING A STARTUP IS HARD

As startups grow, reporting becomes unreliable, processes break, and visibility disappears. You end up carrying too much of the weight alone.

We help ambitious founders like you build the financial, operational, and leadership foundations needed to scale with confidence.

Part finance leader. Part operator.

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GROWTH HAS OUTPACED YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE

Revenue is climbing, the team is expanding, and customers are coming through the door. But underneath it all, things feel fragile.

Your forecast isn't trusted.

Cash visibility is limited.

Crucial processes live in messy spreadsheets.

Reporting takes too long, stalling critical decisions.

The business is scaling, but your infrastructure isn't.

That's where we come in.

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Operational Foundations

Building reporting frameworks, KPIs, management information, processes and operating rhythms that create visibility across the business.

Helping leadership teams spend less time guessing and more time executing.

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Financial Leadership

Forecasting, cash management, fundraising support, board reporting, strategic planning and commercial decision making.

Giving founders confidence in their numbers and clarity on their next move.

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Scaling Infrastructure

Supporting system implementation, finance function development, process improvement and operational maturity.

Creating the processes required to scale without chaos.

Prepare To Scale >

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Founder Support

A trusted partner who has seen the challenges of growth before.

Someone to challenge assumptions, provide perspective and help navigate uncertainty.

Your Financial Guide >

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NOT YOuR TRADITIONAL
CFO FIRM

We're niche sector experts helping early stage South West entrepreneurs like you build robust, scalable and financially prepared businesses.

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DEEP SECTOR EXPERIENCE

We're finance people who love building businesses and are happiest at the early party of the journey.

Find out why we think startups need a different approach.

Our story

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WE HELP
YOU BUILD.

inside your business.

Working with founders.

Improving reporting.

Fixing processes.

Building systems.

Supporting teams.

Because startups need more than advice.

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LOCAL, FOCUSED, STARTUP SPECIALISTS

You don't need a cookie cutter, remote accountant obsessed with complex numbers...

Angel to Seed Focus

We specialise in early stage tech and growth businesses. We know this specific blueprint inside out.

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Calm & experienced

A team that has been there and done it. Building tech businesses from the ground up towards multi million valuations.

Storytellers

We believe finance is best when it's lean, clear, and easy to understand. We build numbers that complement and empower your entire team.

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Experience PRE-CFO with zero risk. We will spend a day looking under the hood of your business to evaluate your runway, spot process bottlenecks, and give you an actionable improvement roadmap.No obligations. No hard sell. Just clarity.