The Leaky Bucket Podcast | MBS Accountants
The Leaky Bucket · Podcast

The conversations your accountant isn't having.

Two years. 77 episodes. Each one about something owner-managed business owners are thinking but nobody's saying clearly — profit leaks, pricing decisions, financial blind spots, and the questions the numbers are already asking. Hosted by Ian Morgan.

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£127m+ combined client turnover under our management 77 episodes — two years of conversations about profit, clarity, and business decisions 40% of our clients exceed £100k profit vs 4% nationally £180k swing — from £80k loss to £100k+ profit. Same business, different thinking Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else £127m+ combined client turnover under our management 77 episodes — two years of conversations about profit, clarity, and business decisions 40% of our clients exceed £100k profit vs 4% nationally £180k swing — from £80k loss to £100k+ profit. Same business, different thinking Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else

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What this show is about

The questions nobody else is asking.

The Leaky Bucket is named after the most common problem in owner-managed businesses: money going out quietly through gaps nobody's noticed. Overheads that crept in. Margins that got eroded. Pricing that never got challenged. Decisions made without clear numbers.

Each episode covers a specific aspect of that problem — profit leakage, pricing psychology, cost structure, business valuation, financial leadership versus compliance. The conversations a good accountant should be having, but most don't.

Hosted by Ian Morgan. Built for owner-managed service businesses with £500k–£10m turnover who think they could be doing more — and want to understand why the numbers aren't adding up the way they should.

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What you'll find

The conversations that matter most.

Profit leakage

How money leaves quietly — through cost creep, pricing gaps, margin erosion, and decisions made without the full picture. The single most common problem in growing businesses.

Financial clarity

What good financial leadership actually looks like. The difference between compliance and clarity. Why most business owners don't get either — and what changes when they do.

Business value and exit

How business value is built — and lost. The decisions that compound over years. Why exit planning starts long before you decide to sell. What buyers actually pay for.

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