Business consulting that fixes what the last consultant missed
We work with owner-managed firms across Scotland turning around margins, sorting out team structures, and building exit plans that hold up when a buyer actually looks at the books.
Book a diagnostic call
How an engagement works
Four weeks from diagnosis to a working plan
Most consulting firms spend months producing slide decks. We compress the diagnostic phase into a fortnight, then spend two more weeks building a plan you can act on the day we hand it over. Here is the shape of it.
Financial scan
We pull apart your P&L line by line, compare gross margins against sector benchmarks, and flag where cash is leaking. This takes five working days. You give us read access to your accounts package; we do the rest.
Team and operations map
Short interviews with every department head, plus a day on-site watching how work actually flows. We are looking for duplicated effort, approval bottlenecks, and roles that have drifted from their original purpose.
Opportunity ranking
Every finding gets scored on two axes: impact on EBITDA and difficulty of execution. The quick wins go into a 90-day sprint list. Bigger structural changes go into a phased 12-month roadmap.
Implementation support
We stay on retainer for the first quarter, joining your weekly leadership meeting to keep momentum. If a recommendation stalls, we help unblock it or revise the approach. No disappearing act.
What we do
Focused engagements, not open-ended retainers
Margin recovery
Gross margins below 35% in a service business usually mean pricing has not kept up with cost inflation, or scope creep has gone unchecked. We audit your top 20 client accounts, renegotiate or restructure the unprofitable ones, and install a pricing review cadence so the problem does not come back. Typical engagement length: eight weeks.
Exit readiness
Planning to sell within three years? Buyers pay more for businesses that run without the founder in the room. We document your key processes, reduce owner dependency, clean up the balance sheet, and prepare a vendor due-diligence pack. We have supported nine exits in the last four years, ranging from £2m to £18m enterprise value.
Operational restructuring
When headcount has grown faster than revenue, something in the org chart needs to change. We design a leaner structure, define clear accountability for each function, and coach your managers through the transition. This is hard work, and we do not pretend otherwise.
Growth strategy
Expanding into a new geography or adding a product line is risky if the core business cannot absorb the distraction. We stress-test your growth plans against cash-flow constraints, build a financial model with realistic assumptions, and identify the two or three moves most likely to pay off within 18 months.
Outcomes from recent engagements
Numbers from real projects
We cannot name clients publicly without their permission, so here are anonymised results from the past two years. Each figure was verified against management accounts at the end of the engagement.
Common questions
Before you pick up the phone
Get in touch