Budgets, forecasts and reporting that turn your bookkeeping into something you can genuinely plan with.
Our CFO advisory and business support service provides tailored financial guidance to help you make informed business decisions and plan for growth with confidence. We can assist with budgeting, cashflow forecasting, systems advisory, strategic reporting and business performance analysis, offering practical insights to support your goals.
At Lady Abacus, we understand every business is different, so we can provide as little or as much support as you need, from occasional guidance through to ongoing strategic involvement.
This is the layer that sits above bookkeeping. Your accounts tell you what happened; this tells you what it means and what to do next, whether you are pricing a new service, working out if you can afford to hire, or trying to understand why a profitable month left you short on cash.
If any of these feel a little close to home, this is exactly the sort of thing we take off your plate.
A new hire, a second location or a bigger contract, and you need to know whether the numbers support it.
The profit and loss looks healthy but your bank account is telling a very different story.
Big calls are being made on gut feel, because the numbers are not in a form you can actually use.
Scaled to what you need, from a once-a-year budget to a monthly seat at the table.
A realistic annual budget built from your actual trading history, not optimistic guesses.
A forward view of your cash position so you can see pinch points well before they arrive.
Reporting built around the handful of numbers that genuinely drive your business.
Margins, trends and comparatives reviewed to show what is working and what is not.
Practical recommendations on the tools and processes that would save you real time.
Someone to think it through with when a hire, a price change or an investment is on the table.
We start with where your business is heading, then build the numbers around it.
We talk about where your business is heading and what decisions are sitting in front of you.
We look at your numbers and history to understand your margins, trends and cash cycle.
Budget, forecast and reporting built around your goals and the decisions you need to make.
Regular sessions to track against plan and adjust as things change, at whatever frequency suits.
The questions we hear most about cfo advisory & business support. If yours isn't here, just ask.
They serve different purposes. Your accountant looks back at the year for tax; this is forward-looking support for running the business day to day. The two work well side by side.
Not at all. A sole trader deciding whether they can afford their first employee benefits from a forecast just as much as a business with twenty staff.
It varies enormously. Some clients want a budget built once a year, others want a monthly review session. We can provide as little or as much as you need.
It helps, because advice is only ever as good as the data behind it. If your books are handled elsewhere we can still work with them, provided the records are reliable. Our bookkeeping service is the usual starting point.
A free, no-obligation call of about 20 minutes
to work out the support that fits your business.
