Insights for business owners
Practical guidance on the numbers that matter, written for owners rather than accountants.
The six questions, answered
What is a good gross margin, and how do I find mine?
How to calculate gross margin by job, product and customer, and why sales growth can hide a falling margin.
How to work out your break-even sales, per day
Turn an annual target into a daily number your team can act on.
Revenue and gross profit per employee
Two numbers that tell you whether headcount and output are growing together.
Debtor days: how much cash is tied up?
How to calculate debtor days and what a ten-day improvement is worth.
Know your corporation tax bill before the year-end
Forecasting profit and tax during the year, and what you can still change.
Could you take a month off?
What a finance function that runs without you actually looks like.
Straight answers from Euan, in a few minutes.
Short videos on margins, cash, tax and Total Clarity.
Still worth reading
Our most useful articles from the old blog, kept at their original addresses.
Outsourcing your finance function: what it means for your business
Why more owner-managed businesses hand the whole finance function to one team.
Read the article →The power of a Fractional Finance Director
Why every growing business needs FD thinking, long before it can justify a full-time FD.
Read the article →See your business clearly.
Come and see us at Moncrieff House. An hour or so with our directors, getting to the bottom of what’s really going on, and a one-page summary to keep.