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As a business becomes more complex, so do its finances. Cash flow, margins, costs, forecasts and management information become harder to understand - and the accounts don't always tell you what you need to know.

Making Sense of the Numbers

With a Master's in International Finance and 20 years' banking experience across lending, investments, credit and market risk, Simon, the principal, brings the analytical rigour and commercial acumen needed to make sense of complex financial information.

But getting the numbers right is only half the job. So we don't just produce reports or spreadsheets, we make sure you understand what the numbers mean, what matters and how that information impacts your business.

As a business becomes more complex, so do its finances. Cash flow, margins, costs, forecasts and management information become harder to understand - and the accounts don't always tell you what you need to know.

But getting the numbers right is only half the job. So we don't just produce reports or spreadsheets, we make sure you understand what the numbers mean, what matters and how that information impacts your business.

Making Sense of the Numbers

With a Master's in International Finance and 20 years' banking experience across lending, investments, credit and market risk, Simon, the principal, brings the analytical rigour and commercial acumen needed to make sense of complex financial information.

We make sense of how your business is performing financially.

What we can help with:

  • Profitability, margin and pricing analysis

  • Cash-flow and variance analysis

  • KPI analysis and dashboards

  • Management accounting

  • Management reporting

  • Xero and other financial software

Build the case for funding and understand your options to do that.

What we can help with:

  • Funding objectives and requirements

  • Financial readiness

  • Operational readiness

  • Funding options

  • Lender / investor requirements

  • Pitch deck financials

  • Funding applications

How We Can Help

Plan What's Next
Fund Your Business

Analyse where your company might go and what different decisions could mean.

What we can help with:

  • Cash-flow forecasting

  • Financial modelling

  • Scenario analysis

  • Budgeting

  • Investment analysis

Understand Your Finances
2. Operations Diagnostic
3. Prepare to Fund

How We Can Help

1. Know Your Finances

We make sense of how your business is performing financially.

What we can help with:

  • Profitability analysis

  • Cash flow and variance analysis

  • Drivers of financial performance

  • KPI analysis and dashboards

  • Management accounting

  • Software (Xero etc.)

Typical outputs include:

  • Management reporting packs

  • KPI dashboards

  • Profitability analysis

  • Findings & recommendations

2. Plan What's Next

Analyse where your company might want to go and what different decisions could mean.

What we can help with:

  • Cash-flow forecasting

  • Financial modelling

  • Scenario analysis

  • Investment analysis

  • Budgeting

Typical outputs include:

  • Cash flow forecasts

  • Budgets and financial forecasts

  • Financial models

  • Scenario and investment analysis

Build the case for funding and understand your options to do that.

What we can help with:

  • Funding objectives and requirements

  • Financial readiness

  • Operational readiness

  • Funding options

  • Lender and investor requirements

Typical outputs include:

  • Funding readiness report

  • Forecasts and financial models

  • Credit applications

  • Support through the credit process

3. Prepare for Funding
Step 1
Step 2

Working With Us

We listen, ask questions, tell you where we think the gaps are and how we can help.

No card details are taken on the call.

Free 30-Minute Discovery Call

We'll then detail how we can help, what we'll deliver and what it costs before you commit.

Project Work

£100/hr

Founding Client Rate

£50/hr

Ongoing Fractional CFO

Founding Client Rate

£5,000/mth

Choose How We Work

Funding Advisory

£3,000/mth

Working With Us

Free 30-Minute Discovery Call

We listen, ask the right questions, tell you where we think the gaps are and how we can help.

No card details are taken on the call.

We'll then set out how we can help, what' we'll deliver, and what it costs before you commit.

Choose How We Work

Step 1

Project Work

£50/hr

Founding Client Rate

£100/hr

Ongoing Fractional CFO

£5,000/mth

£3,000/mth

Step 2

Founding Client Rate

Founding Client Rate

Our Competitive Advantage

Financial Expertise

The Principal has a Master's in International Finance and 20 years' banking experience across lending, investments, credit and market risk, bringing serious financial expertise to every engagement.

Commercial Judgement

Getting the numbers right is only half the job. We focus on what they mean, what matters and how that information should influence the decisions you make.

A Banker's Perspective

With hands on experience of completing lending and investment credit applications from inside a bank, we understand how lenders assess counterparty risk and funding applications.

Competitive Advantage

Commercial Judgement

Financial Expertise

The Principal has a Master's in International Finance and 20 years' banking experience across lending, investments, credit and market risk, bringing serious financial expertise to every engagement.

Getting the numbers right is only half the job. We focus on what they mean, what matters and how that information should influence the decisions you make.

Commercial Judgement

A Banker's Perspective

With hands on experience of completing lending and investment credit applications from inside a bank, we understand how lenders assess counterparty risk and funding applications.

Book a Free 30-Minute Consultation

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simon@centraadvisory.com

+44 7444 294 122

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