Finance for people-led services

Finance for companies where your people are at the centre of the business

Consultancies, agencies and other professional service firms share the same economics. Revenue depends on people's time, salaries are the biggest cost, and margin is won or lost on how well that time is used and priced.

We help founders of people-led businesses see which clients, projects and services make money, and plan hiring and cash with confidence.

Book a 30-minute call

Clarity on the numbers that matter

Insights and reporting to support better decision making

  • Utilisation: how much of your team's time is billable

  • Margin by client and project, not just in total

  • Revenue per head, and what each new hire needs to bring in

  • Work in progress and unbilled time

  • Debtor days, because cash often lags the work

  • Capacity forecast against your pipeline

Common challenges we help with

  • 01

    Revenue growing but profit flat, because pricing hasn't kept up with salary costs

  • 02

    Hiring ahead of new work and feeling the cash squeeze

  • 03

    Large clients paying late while payroll goes out every month

  • 04

    Fixed-fee projects that overrun without anyone noticing until the year end

Who this is for

Founder-led consultancies, agencies and professional service firms turning over £500k to £10m. You've grown on the strength of your team and your reputation, and the business is now big enough that gut feel isn't enough.

You want to know which clients and projects make money, how many people you can afford to hire next, and what cash will look like in three months, without building a finance team of your own.

The Bright Beany team standing together against a panelled wall

Download the guide

The Business Owner's Guide to a Virtual Finance Department explains what a finance department does and how to tell whether your business needs one.

I agree to receive other communications from Bright Beany
I agree to allow Bright Beany to store and process my personal data 

Related services

Illustration of a rising growth chart

Virtual Finance Department

One joined-up finance function, sized to your stage.

Find out more
Illustration of a rising growth chart

Board reporting

Numbers you can trust, every month.

Find out more
Illustration of a rising growth chart

VFD Core

The full department, sized to where you are now.

Find out more
Illustration of a rising growth chart

Let's talk about where your business is heading

Book a 30-minute call. We'll ask about your plans, tell you honestly whether we're the right fit, and explain what working together would look like.