Pricing

A part-time bookkeeper will cost you around £28,000, a payroll and CIS administrator about £30,000, and a finance manager who can actually produce management information closer to £48,000.

Add employer's National Insurance, pension contributions, holiday and sick cover, recruitment fees, software licences and training, and the real number is roughly £20% higher than each of those salaries.

If you want anyone operating at FD level, you're starting at £70,000 before any of that gets added on. Then add the parts nobody budgets for. You still need an external accountant to file the accounts. You're now managing three people. And none of them have worked in construction.

One monthly fee. One team. No recruitment, no employer's NI, no pension, no holiday cover, no management. And the construction knowledge comes as standard, which is the part you couldn't hire at any of those salaries.

There are perhaps a few hundred finance people in the UK who properly understand construction. They're not applying for a £48,000 job in your local town. That expertise is the difference between a finance function that records what happened and one that proactively plans for the future.

Our smallest engagements start at £250 + VAT per month. Most clients choose to invest meaningfully above that. The fee depends on the size of the business, how complex the work is, and how much of the finance function you want us to run. We'll give you the number before you commit to anything. If you're turning over under £100k and you want compliance filed once a year, we're probably not the right fit, and we'll tell you that on the call rather than waste your time.

1. Discovery call: We learn how the business runs, what's working, what isn't, and what you're planning.
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‍2. Proposal: A clear scope with a fixed monthly fee. You'll know exactly what you're paying and exactly what you're getting.
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‍3. Onboarding: We liaise with your current accountant, take over the records, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

The fee we quote is the fee you pay. No charge for picking up the phone. No extra invoice at year end. No hourly rates. If your business changes significantly we'll have a conversation about it, we won't send you a bill you weren't expecting. Construction directors give fixed prices on jobs. We think your accountant should do the same.

Most directors we speak to are already paying a bookkeeper, a payroll provider and an accountant separately, and still don't have a clear picture of where the business stands. Consolidating that into one team is the easy win. The bigger one is the tax you stop overpaying and the visibility you gain on your finances.