Owner-managed groups in professional services, specialist manufacturing, hospitality and technology, typically from £2m to £40m turnover. If the books are messy and the decisions are real, we are usually the right room.
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Frequently asked
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If your question is not here, write to us. A partner replies — not a mailbox that routes to sales.
Sometimes as a fractional FD. More often we sit beside a controller or bookkeeper and raise the quality of the pack, the close and the tax position. We are not a body shop.
A fixed fee on a written scope. Diagnostics are four weeks. Ongoing compliance is a calendar with a monthly retainer. We do not bill by the six-minute unit on advisory work.
Yes. We regularly prepare files for another firm’s audit opinion, and we take on audit where independence allows. We will tell you on the first call which seat we can occupy.
Usually within two weeks of the briefing, provided the last pack, trial balance and VAT returns can be shared. Urgent lender or HMRC work is scoped the same week.
Edinburgh is home. We travel to client sites across the UK and work with European subsidiaries of UK groups. First meetings are offered on Commercial Quay or on a call.
Ready to put a partner on the numbers?
Forty-five minutes with a practice lead. Bring the last pack, the VAT position and the decision you need to make.