Trusted by PE investors £31m → £102m revenue 5x EBITDA expansion

Why does growth feel this hard?

Decisions keep landing with you. Revenue is growing, but margins aren't keeping up.
Everyone is busy, but something feels off and you can't quite put your finger on why.

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Trusted By

Vodafone
Panasonic
Lucid Group
Iris Software Group
MaxTag
Abbott Laboratories

Delivered finance and operational transformation inside these organisations.

The reframe
Nothing is broken - it just feels heavier than it should. The business has grown, but the way it runs hasn't kept up. Complexity builds quietly underneath. And leadership ends up carrying what the system should handle. Individually, these feel small. But collectively, they suppress EBITDA and reduce what the business is worth.
Case study snapshot

A PE-backed global professional services business, scaling across multiple markets.

Numbers were debated, not trusted. Forecasts were guesswork. Decisions were made without reliable data. Things worked - but only because people kept stepping in.
Revenue
£31m → £102m
Scaled across markets
EBITDA
£3.6m → £18.1m
5x expansion
Finance
283 →
573
Monthly transactions per FTE
Forecast accuracy
±1% at 8 mo
Zero audit adjustments (two years)
Cash conversion
~94%
3-year average
Month-end
10 days
Down from 60 days
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Case study snapshot

Iris Software Group — the largest privately held software company in the UK.

PE-backed, five-year exit window. The financial architecture to support a credible valuation story didn't exist. Board and PE approval secured. Reinvestment confirmed. Business prepared for larger M&A.
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Testimonials
★★★★★

"Andrew helped with the formation, registrations, systems, processes and the negotiation [with a major UK plc]. A truly worthwhile relationship and service"

Karl Crossman
Managing Director
FDM Broadband/IQ Network Limited
★★★★★

"Andrew's depth of understanding totally transformed the way we look at the business."

Paul Vogel
Divisional CEO
Iris Software Group
★★★★★

"Instrumental in winning a number of high-profile contracts totalling hundreds of millions of pounds."

Mark Jennings
COO
Panasonic
★★★★★

"A big step forward... and a great reflection of the quality of work you led."

Nick Jeffrey
CEO
Vodafone
★★★★★

"His thinking extends beyond finance - covering the market, opportunities, culture and operations before identifying how finance contributes to delivering the overall vision."

Dennis O'Brien
Founder & CEO
Lucid Group
★★★★★

"The input of an unbiased individual at our monthly board meeting was invaluable and assisted us make the correct strategic decisions for the business"

Fay Branch
Chief Executive
Zoo People
Design

AI doesn't fail.
The operating model does.

This isn't accidental. It's designed. Most AI efforts don't fall short because the technology can't deliver. They fall short because the business wasn't designed to absorb it.
See how this is designed
Most businesses don't fail to grow -
they fail to absorb growth.
Andrew McBarnett FCMA CGMA
Value Creation Architect
#1 Amazon international bestselling co-author · Building businesses that scale and a Foundation that creates opportunity for all.
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In closing
As growth accelerates, everything still looks fine on the surface. But underneath, it's already getting heavier. Over time, that weight builds. And by the time it's visible, value has already been lost.
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