Client Feedback
"I've met with the competition and they stand out head and shoulders above all the others."
"Our biggest challenge before we started working with Wainwright Consulting was really understanding our numbers. We really needed someone who could come in and act as a mentor, give us that experience and skillset which we didn't have within the business, and also help the finance team achieve their overall ambitions.
The first time we met Wainwright Consulting, they brought a different approach to the conversation. It was a lot about our cultural values and really what we wanted to get out of it, not just numbers. It became very much more a friendly conversation as opposed to being a very financial conversation.
Working with Wainwright Consulting immediately gave us a different perspective on what the financial director is. It's not just about the financial day-to-day workings of the company, but it's about forward planning, looking after your money, forecasting and budgeting. The last 12 months has been quite difficult, and we've managed to work our way through that with the help of the financial director, which we wouldn't have been able to do before.
Probably the biggest area of improvement has been cash flow forecasting. We never really did that prior to working with Wainwright Consulting, and I now have a really good idea of how much cash we have in the business in 4 weeks, 8 weeks' time. The biggest asset from working with Wainwright Consulting has been the modelling we've been able to do whenever a new tariff was imposed.
Having a fractional FD on board has given us one thing we could never get a lot of before, and that's time. From the first time we met Wainwright Consulting it felt like it was a real partnership. We wanted it to feel like a real partnership and not just a business contract, and that's how it feels with Wainwright Consulting. I've met with the competition and they stand out head and shoulders above all the others. You've changed the business and you've changed the way we look on our business as well."
Denny Maude, Quality Bearings Online Ltd
"Very quickly, Wainwright Consultingp put in place a number of tools and processes which have given us much better visibility over our numbers and profitability."
"We are a digital agency based in Leeds. Very quickly, Wainwright Consulting put in place a number of tools and processes which have given us much better visibility over our numbers and profitability. The type of reporting we can now achieve means we can make better business decisions and push the organisation forwards in a much stronger and more agile way than before."
Simon Horniblow, Campus Life Ltd
"In hindsight, I would have had Wainwright Consulting on board much earlier, if not on day 1."
"We were at the very beginning of an ambitious growth plan, which in the early stages saw us beginning to build a great team of management to help grow the business. That's where Wainwright Consulting came in!
3 things stuck out straight away when talking to and working with Wainwright Consulting... the team are experienced in business and have helped a variety of types of business. They're enthusiastic about getting involved and seeing how they can help in a variety of ways. And finally, they work with a modern and friendly approach to finance and business. Because of this, they stood out from anyone else we spoke to.
They're always happy to answer the phone and answer any query, or spend more in-depth time looking into larger issues and solutions.
Wainwright Consulting came on board during our ambitious growth plan. Since then we managed to grow the business significantly in both turnover, profit, and staff numbers, and successfully exited the business in an acquisition of the business.
Wainwright Consulting are worth every penny and nothing is too much of a hassle for them. In hindsight, I would have had Wainwright Consulting on board much earlier, if not on day 1."
Bob Makin, SockMonkey Studios
"I can honestly say that working with Wainwright Consulting has been transformative."
"Alps as a business was transforming from being an Edtech consultancy business to a fully online SaaS operation. We were using quite old clunky systems and we really wanted to get an expert in to show us how to set up the finance processes correctly.
I can honestly say that working with Wainwright Consulting has been transformative. In a very short period of time, they've managed to streamline all of our accountancy processes and systems. They've trained the team up to give them the tools to be able to do the day to day job really effectively and efficiently.
The biggest impact has been just having really timely, accurate monthly figures at the end of each month end to be able to really assess the position of the company and make our strategic plans going forwards. The time it takes now to produce those month end figures is just a couple of days, whereas previously it was taking weeks to get the final accurate figures. We've now got an automated invoicing system, and the invoicing was up to date within a couple of days, as opposed to taking weeks previously to get all the invoices out. They have been incredibly big wins for us as a company, helping with strategic planning but also helping with cash flow.
With hindsight, I would have got Wainwright Consulting a lot, lot earlier. I would not hesitate in recommending working with Wainwright Consulting to any CEO or managing director of a business. I think that the return on the investment that you would see would be very swift."
Mary Ahern, Alps