IT services · £1.5m turnover
From £80k loss to over £100k profit — in year one
A client came to us in serious difficulty. The business was loss-making by £80,000 a year. From the outside it looked successful — busy team, growing revenue. On the inside, profit was being destroyed by the same decisions made every month without anyone reading what the numbers were already saying.
We went through their costs, their pricing, their margin by service line. The questions the numbers were asking had never been asked out loud before. Year one with MBS: profit of over £100,000. Same business. Same clients. Different thinking.
The outcome£180,000 swing from loss to profit in 12 months. No new clients required. No cost-cutting exercise. Just the right questions, asked clearly.
Professional services · £3m turnover
From wiped-out profits to £600k+ — after a costly VAT error elsewhere
This client came to us after a significant VAT error by a previous accountant resulted in an unexpected bill that wiped out an entire year's profit. The firm had to restructure and rebuild from a very difficult position. That process took time, discipline, and financial leadership — not just compliance.
Three years later: back to £3m turnover, over £600k profit. They recently had a £135,000 profit month — not a year, a month.
The outcomeFrom crisis to record performance. £600k+ annual profit. Clear financial visibility that now drives every decision.
Service business · £800k turnover
They didn't know if they'd made money last month. Three months later they were making decisions with it every week.
This is the pattern we see most often. A capable, well-run business. An owner working hard. No real visibility on whether the business is profitable until the accountant calls — usually months after the fact, with a tax bill.
Within 90 days of joining MBS: clean books, monthly management accounts delivered by the 15th, a visual report they could read in ten minutes on a Tuesday morning. The first month they spotted a pricing problem they'd missed for two years.
The outcomeFrom no financial visibility to weekly decision-making. Pricing corrected. Monthly profitability understood and tracked from the 15th of every month.
B2B services · £1.8m turnover
Chasing 30% margin while 60% margin sat on the other side of the business.
The client had two revenue streams. One required significant effort, generated reasonable volume, and ran at around 30% margin. The other was less prominent but ran at nearly double the margin with a fraction of the sales effort.
Nobody had ever put the two side by side. Nobody had asked why the focus was where it was. The numbers had been telling the story for years. Nobody had read them.
The outcomeStrategic pivot to the higher-margin channel. Significant increase in profit without a corresponding increase in revenue or headcount.
