The Challenge: Data Paralysis
Acquired in 2025 after a legacy of failure, the business was hemorrhaging £45k per month. With no stock tracking and a P&L that managers couldn't trust, the owner was flying blind.
Operational Blindness
Losses were triple expectations, driven by inventory "black holes" and manual intake risks.
Compliance Risk
Inherited debt and a high-risk VAT audit loomed over disconnected production data.
The Unicorn Trap
The owner planned to hire one junior manager to handle strategy, systems, and debt.
The Solution: "Stop the Bleed"
Forensic Data Engineering
We cleaned 12 months of trading data and built a manufacturing-grade Chart of Accounts to map the path to profitability.
Inventory Architecture (Cin7)
Replaced manual intake with Cin7, configured for complex carcass-to-cut disassembly to ensure 100% stock traceability.
Modular Function Deployment
Instead of one hire, we deployed the full 6-layer architecture: from Level 6 Ledger Clerks ensuring daily data integrity, up to Level 1 Strategic CFOs leading board-level planning, with every layer between, Analysts, Managers, and Controllers, synchronised to eliminate decision lag.
The Transformation
Risk-Heavy VAT Audit
Inventory Yield Tracking
"Finance is no longer a bottleneck; it is a platform that actively supports growth. We have visibility over our margins that we never had before."
— owner, D2C Food Group