Our Consulting Services

 

Control and confidence in your next strategic move

You’ve worked hard to build your business. But growth feels stuck and you feel trapped inside it.
The margins are under pressure and the cash flow is tight. The lenders don’t see the potential you know is there and you feel more like an employee rather than a business owner. That’s where we can help.

 

The ELLCADO™ Framework

 

The foundation of everything we do

Every engagement starts with ELLCADO™,  our proprietary business diagnosis and transformation framework, designed specifically for manufacturing and operational SMEs.

E - Explore - Understand what is actually going on in your business

  • Profit vs cash contradictions, hidden structural risk, real competitive strengths, external forces shaping demand and cost

L - Locate - Identify where is the business actually constrained

  • Production bottlenecks, decision-making delays, accountability failures, process leakage

L - Link -Turn diagnosis into executable strategy

  • 90-day strategic priorities, stop / Start / Invest decisions, capital allocation logic, growth path with risk visibility

C - Control - Install performance and accountability systems

  • Clear ownership of results, weekly execution tracking, cash discipline, value-based decisions

A - Activate - Make change and transformation happen

  • Leadership alignment, cultural buy-in, change momentum, internal resistance removal

D - Defend - Acknowledge what could destroy this business and how do we protect it

  • Downturn protection, debt and interest exposure clarity, cost blow-out scenarios, supply chain resilience

O - Optimise - Build a long-term scaling engine

  • Continuous improvement culture, strategy-to-shopfloor deployment, digital readiness roadmap, controlled innovation pipeline

 

 

 

 

 

Operational Performance Reset

 

Make the business work without you firefighting daily

Operational performance is the bedrock of profitability, scalability, and value.
If operations are weak, everything else suffers — margins, cash flow, delivery, and credibility.

Outcomes you achieve:

  • Stable, predictable output

  • Fewer operational surprises

  • Improved delivery, quality, and cost control

  • A business that runs on systems, not heroics

What we address:

  • Bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and hidden waste

  • Misalignment between people, assets, and processes

  • Lack of operational visibility and accountability

  • Poor decision-making due to weak or misleading data

Using ELLCADO™, we assess the as-is, define the to-be, and build a practical transformation roadmap.

Growth and Strategy

 

Grow without chaos or don’t grow at all

Growth without structure destroys businesses.
This service ensures growth is intentional, controlled, and aligned to your capacity.

Outcomes you achieve:

  • A clear growth strategy you trust

  • Confidence in investment decisions

  • Alignment between operations, finance, and leadership

  • Fewer “expensive mistakes”

What we do:

  • Stress-test growth plans against operational reality

  • Align financial planning with strategic ambition

  • Build robust business cases for investment

  • Define the right management and governance frameworks

You stop guessing, and start choosing.

 

EBITDA and Value Engineering

 

Lenders, investors, and buyers don’t fund potential, they fund evidence.

This service focuses on engineering EBITDA upwards in a sustainable way, not cosmetic fixes.

Outcomes you achieve:

  • Improved lender confidence

  • Easier access to funding

  • Higher business valuation

  • A resilient, fundable business model

What we work on:

  • Margin structure and pricing logic

  • Cost-to-serve clarity

  • Operational drivers of profitability

  • Translating performance into credible financial narratives

This is where operational improvement and finance discipline come together, and where businesses become investable.

 

Financial Performance and Cash Flow Control

 

Turn effort into cash

Profit on paper means nothing if cash is tight and decisions feel risky.

This service is about turning your finance function into a decision-making engine, not just a reporting one.

Outcomes you achieve:

  • Stabilised cash flow

  • Improved working capital

  • Stronger margins

  • Financial clarity you can actually act on

What we fix:

  • Weak forecasting and visibility

  • Margin erosion hidden in operations

  • Poor cost control and leakage

  • Finance teams stuck in hindsight reporting

We restructure how finance supports the business, aligning numbers to strategy, operations, and growth priorities.

Exit and Lender Readiness

 

Show decision-makers the evidence they need to say yes

Whether you’re preparing for:

  • Funding
  • Buy-in / buy-out
  • Partial exit
  • Full sale

This service prepares your business to stand up to scrutiny.

Outcomes you achieve:

  • Credible numbers

  • Clear narratives

  • Reduced deal friction

  • Stronger negotiating position

What we prepare:

  • Financial and operational clarity

  • Management information that holds up under questioning

  • A business story lenders and buyers understand

  • Fewer last-minute surprises

This is about control.

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
Warren Buffett

"I can't say enough about the outstanding service I received from Adina.  She exceeded my expectations by creating a clear and actionable growth strategy, and linking it directly to our financial goals. Her insight helped us see opportunities we hadn’t considered, and her guidance gave us the confidence to move forward. Adina is a rare mix of strategic thinker and practical problem-solver, exactly what every business needs."

Ollie Buckley