Manchester is the engine of the Northern Powerhouse — a city where tech scale-ups, manufacturing heritage, and a booming startup scene converge. Your growing business deserves finance leadership that matches its ambition. Management accounts by the 5th, every month.
No contracts · Cancel anytime · From £1,995/mo
Manchester's tech ecosystem has exploded over the past decade. MediaCityUK, the Oxford Road Corridor, and the Northern Quarter now host hundreds of SaaS companies, digital agencies, and e-commerce brands — all growing fast but not yet large enough to justify a £120K Finance Director salary. A fractional FD gives these businesses investor-ready reporting from day one.
The city's manufacturing legacy hasn't disappeared — it's evolved. Advanced manufacturing, aerospace supply chains, and food production businesses across Greater Manchester need sophisticated job costing, inventory management, and margin analysis that generic bookkeeping can't provide. These are businesses where a 2% margin improvement on £10M revenue changes everything.
Manchester's startup scene is the largest outside London, fuelled by accelerators like Entrepreneur First, government-backed funds, and the Northern Powerhouse initiative. Seed-stage and Series A companies here need burn-rate modelling, investor reporting, and R&D tax credit preparation — all core deliverables of a fractional Finance Director.
Full P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow by the 5th. FRS 102-compliant with variance commentary.
13-week rolling forecast with scenario modelling. Know your runway before the board asks.
Institutional-quality board decks with KPIs, commentary, and forward-looking analysis.
Year-end preparation, audit support, and ongoing compliance with UK accounting standards.
Making Tax Digital compliance, VAT returns, PAYE oversight, and CIS management.
Pricing strategy, fundraising support, M&A preparation, and scenario planning.
We connect to your cloud accounting platform (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage) on day one and work through shared dashboards and regular video calls. Your management accounts, board packs, and forecasts are delivered digitally — the same quality as an in-house FD, without the Manchester office overhead.
An accountant records history. A Finance Director shapes the future. We deliver forward-looking analysis — cash-flow forecasting, scenario planning, KPI dashboards, and strategic advice — that helps Manchester businesses make better commercial decisions.
Three tiers: Controller at £1,995/mo, Finance Director at £3,495/mo, and FD + Cross-Border at £5,995/mo. No contracts, cancel anytime. That's significantly less than hiring even a part-time FD in Manchester.
We prepare the financial analysis and documentation your R&D tax advisor needs — project-level cost tracking, qualifying expenditure identification, and the management accounts that underpin a strong claim. We work alongside specialist R&D advisors to maximise your claim.
30-minute discovery call. We'll review your current finance setup, identify the gaps, and show you what institutional-grade management accounts look like. No pitch — just proof.
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