Engagements

Aldermere Advisory Quarterly

Five ways to work together.

Five ways to work together.

Each is a fixed fee, a fixed length and a written handover. Pick the smallest one that answers your question.

Each is a fixed fee, a fixed length and a written handover. Pick the smallest one that answers your question.

An open notebook and pen on a wooden desk

01

Diagnostic

2 weeks

from £6,500

One problem, one written answer.

The shortest way to find out whether you have a problem worth paying to fix. We talk to the people who do the work, look at the last year of numbers, and write down what we found.

You get

✓

A one-page answer in plain words

✓

The evidence, laid out so anyone can check it

✓

A fixed quote for what could follow

Best when: something is wrong and nobody agrees what.

02

Strategy sprint

6 weeks

from £24,000

Three lines of strategy and a plan to run it.

For owners and leadership teams who feel busy but not clear. We agree who you serve, what you do for them and what you will stop doing, then turn it into a twelve-month plan with an owner against every line.

You get

✓

A three-line strategy the whole team can repeat

✓

A one-page twelve-month plan

✓

A thirty-day check-in call

Best when: a new year, a new leader, or a sense of drift.

03

Operations review

8 to 12 weeks

from £38,000

Find where time and money leak.

We follow real orders, jobs or customers from start to finish and measure the waiting. We fix the four biggest leaks with you, then leave a simple way to see whether they stay fixed.

You get

✓

A map of the work as it really happens

✓

The top four fixes, made

✓

A monthly one-page dashboard

Best when: growth is making things slower, not better.

04

Finance and pricing

6 to 10 weeks

from £28,000

One model, one price page, one board page.

We build a single model of how the business makes money, use it to set prices you can defend, and shrink the monthly pack to one page that leads to a decision.

You get

✓

A working model your team can update

✓

A price page the sales team helped write

✓

A board page with an owner

Best when: nobody can say what a job really earns.

05

Interim and coaching

Monthly

from £4,800 a month

A senior adviser one day a week.

For a founder who needs a sounding board, or a first-time manager who needs somebody who has done it. One standing day, one page of notes each month, and one month’s notice to end it.

You get

✓

A standing weekly day

✓

Support for the board or leadership team

✓

A monthly one-page report

Best when: you need help, not a project.

Exhibit 3 · Week by week

What happens in a six-week sprint.

Bars show when each part of the work runs. The dot marks the meeting where you decide.

Phase

Phase

Wk 1

Wk 2

Wk 3

Wk 4

Wk 5

Wk 6

Listen

Listen

Measure

Measure

Options

Options

Decide

Decide

Write the plan

Write the plan

Start and hand over

Start and hand over

At a glance

Which one is right for you?

Engagement

Length

From

You end with

Diagnostic

Diagnostic

2 weeks

2 weeks

£6,500

£6,500

A one-page answer and a fixed quote

A one-page answer and a fixed quote

Strategy sprint

Strategy sprint

6 weeks

6 weeks

£24,000

£24,000

A three-line strategy and a twelve-month plan

A three-line strategy and a twelve-month plan

Operations review

Operations review

8 to 12 weeks

8 to 12 weeks

£38,000

£38,000

The top four fixes made, and a dashboard

The top four fixes made, and a dashboard

Finance and pricing

Finance and pricing

6 to 10 weeks

6 to 10 weeks

£28,000

£28,000

A model, a price page and a board page

A model, a price page and a board page

Interim and coaching

Interim and coaching

Monthly

Monthly

£4,800

£4,800

A standing day and a monthly page of notes

A standing day and a monthly page of notes

Our promises

Three things you will not get from us.

A deck of eighty slides

Reports are ten pages at most. Anything longer is a sign we have not decided what matters.

A junior team you never met

The adviser who sells the work does the work. You will have their number.

A contract that traps you

Fixed fees, two invoices, and one month’s notice on anything monthly.

Questions

Before you choose.

Can we start with a diagnostic and stop there?

What if the problem is bigger than we thought?

Can you work alongside our team?

Who does the work?

Not sure which?

Tell us the problem, we will tell you the smallest fix.

The Aldermere Letter

One essay a month on running a business well. Short enough to read on the train.

Find us

4 Wool Hall Lane

Bristol BS1 5QH

Mon to Fri, 9 to 5:30

Aldermere

© 2026 Aldermere Advisory Ltd, Bristol

© 2026 Aldermere Advisory Ltd, Bristol

Independent since 2011 · Fixed fees · No lock-in

Independent since 2011 · Fixed fees · No lock-in

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