The first engagement
One lane, one fixed fee, real work. We pick the workflow that costs you most — invoices, quotes, inbox, diary — scope it inside the engagement, and deliver on it. You don't pay for a report about your problems. You pay for one of them handled.
You get · one lane working
The workflow we agreed runs properly for the engagement — quotes chased on schedule, invoices drafted on cadence, or your inbox and diary under control.
You get · everything in writing
A written scope before we start, the configured process as it runs, and a close-out note of what we found and did — yours to keep either way.
You get · the honest answer
What a managed package would cost, what it would take over, and — if the maths doesn't work — a clear "don't buy this". The scoping is included; it's how we price the work, not what you pay for.
How the week runs
- Day 1 — one working session with you: the week as it really is, not as it should be. Your Initial Discovery answers are the starting point.
- Days 2–4 — we scope the lane inside the work, configure it, and run it: the chasing cadence, the diary rules, the invoice prep — whatever the written scope says.
- Day 5 — the close-out call: what ran, what we found, and the honest answer on whether a managed package pays for itself.
What it costs
A fixed fee, agreed before it starts
Quoted from your Initial Discovery — bounded, in writing, no meter running. We don't publish prices we can't stand behind. The number lands before the work does.
For scale: an employed part-time bookkeeper or payroll clerk loads at roughly £1,450–£1,550 a month once employer NI and pension are counted (ONS ASHE 2025). The engagement exists to show whether a managed lane beats that for your week — and to say so plainly if it doesn't.
The boundary
One lane, bounded scope — we don't rebuild your whole back office in a week. Regulated work (tax, legal, certification) stays with your professionals. Where the honest answer is "fix it yourself", we say so.
Fair questions
What does the first engagement cost?
A fixed, bounded fee agreed before anything starts — quoted from your Initial Discovery so it fits your size, not a rate card. We don't publish a price we can't stand behind. For scale: a part-time employed bookkeeper loads at roughly £1,450–£1,550 a month (ONS ASHE 2025). The engagement shows whether a managed lane beats that for your week.
What if it turns out I don't need you?
Then we say so — the scoping is honest by design. You keep whatever was delivered plus a written close-out of what we found. Plenty of fixes are ones you can run yourself.
How much of my time does it take?
Roughly an hour at the start — the week as it really is, not as it should be — plus the answers your Initial Discovery already gave. We do the scoping and the work. You review on one close-out call.
Start with the free version
The Initial Discovery does the first pass on-screen in five minutes — if it shows a lane worth fixing, the first engagement is the next step.