The Alpha-Financials approach brings our expertise from the corporate financial world to the SME sector, but stripped of the bureaucracy and hefty price tag.
We know that spending money on consultants is often a difficult decision for SME owners to make. Fortunately, we understand this situation and so provide our services with the trust and flexibility needed to find the best fit with your unique circumstances. This results in the following pricing policy, starting with the easy ones first:
Annual Accounts and Tax Returns
We simply won’t be beaten on price by any competitor (providing they’re qualified accountants and are insured for this type of work). Prices start from a few hundred pounds for single employee or start-up businesses).
Raising Finance
Again, we won’t be beaten on price and we would only be paid if we succeeded in actually raising the finance. Prices are typically 2% of the money raised.
Introduction to other services
The quality and value for money of most other finance work requires subjective judgement which you may have difficulty in establishing in advance if you’ve never worked with us before.
One solution is to use our heavily subsidised Financial MOT for just £350 (and in fact refundable). Our experienced experts will independently review your financial systems, processing and reporting and give you a host of ideas for profit improvements.
This enables you to develop a trust in us with little up-front commitment and cost.
Specific other services
If you then decide to pursue a deeper relationship with Alpha-Financials, we want you to feel you’re receiving excellent value for money by being totally transparent with our pricing which is as follows:
You are considering buying one of your partners out (or they want to buy you out) and you need to determine how much your business is worth.
What you get:
Following at least one face-to-face meeting, Alpha-Financials will:
- review your business plan,
- review historic accounts and
- research & review relevant external market data
- produce a detailed business valuation model that lays out all sensitivities.
In addition to explaining every detail, we also provide a comprehensive written report summarising the information.
Don’t have a professional business plan? We can also help you create one.
Recommended Fee Structure:
We will suggest a fixed fee for this service.
You need to know the value of a business for inheritance, divorce or management buy-in reasons.
What you get:
Following at least one face-to-face meeting, Alpha-Financials will:
- review your business plan,
- review historic accounts and
- research & review relevant external market data
- produce a detailed business valuation model that lays out all sensitivities.
In addition to explaining every detail, we also provide a comprehensive written report summarising the information.
Don’t have a professional business plan? We can also help you create one.
Recommended Fee Structure:
We will suggest the best option is our fixed fee structure for this service.
You have a project in mind, but aren’t sure if it is financially viable or how to price it.
What you get:
Following at least one face-to-face meeting, Alpha-Financials will:
- review your business plan,
- review historic accounts and
- research & review relevant external market data
- produce a detailed business valuation model that lays out all sensitivities.
In addition to explaining every detail, we also provide a comprehensive written report summarising the information.
Don’t have a professional business plan? We can also help you create one.
Recommended Fee Structure:
If you provide all the required information, we suggest a fixed fee for this service.
In a bidding situation, forecasts and structures frequently change, in which case a daily rate makes more sense.
If your cash flow is limited, let’s discuss the possibility of risk sharing – we will always consider a reduced payment combined with an acceptable success fee or equity stake.
You are an organisation with limited, often historical-only financial information. You are not getting the relevant financial analysis and projections needed to support your operations, drive business forward and increase profitability.
What you get:
We transform your financial performance by bringing in a team of financial specialists – all focused on implementing a forward-looking accounting system. Your team will include:
- Bookkeeping, to ensure the accuracy of the data input
- Management Accountant, to implement a relevant, regular reporting process
- Interim Finance Director, to oversee the overall finance structure and provide links to your day-to-day operations.
The majority of the transformation process will fall into the management accounting area, with two to three days per month allocated to bookkeeping and an additional one or two days per month towards financial directorship.
With this service, there’s no need to change your current accountant, who is probably already well-established and knowledgeable about your payroll, annual accounts and tax returns.
Although Alpha-Financials does offer these outsourced accounting services, we prefer to remain focused on our area of expertise: optimising your cash and profit performance.
Recommended Fee Structure:
For our self-financing service, we would recommend a variable rate charge based on the exact amount and level of resources you receive.
You are interested in a full financial outsourcing service.
What you get:
Alpha Financials’ financial outsourcing service provides you with a hassle-free, cloud-based finance system available anywhere, anytime. We’ll bring in the right combination of financial specialists, guaranteeing you get a complete service tailored to your unique business needs. Your financial outsourcing team will include:
- Bookkeeping, to set up your accounting system and ensure the accuracy of the data input
- Management Accountant, to implement a relevant, regular reporting process
- Interim Finance Director, to oversee the overall finance structure and provide links to your day-to-day operations
The majority of the transformation process will fall into the management accounting area, with two to three days per month allocated to bookkeeping and an additional one or two days per month towards financial directorship.
With our financial outsourcing service, there’s no need to change your current accountant, who is probably already well-established and knowledgeable about your payroll, annual accounts and tax returns. Although Alpha Financials does offer these outsourced accounting services, we prefer to remain focused on our area of expertise: optimising your cash and profit performance.
Recommended Fee Structure:
Alpha-Financials will develop a tailor-made financial outsourcing proposal with a choice of fee options:
Specified hourly rates for different services required (includes scalable rate based on seniority of staff required). All-inclusive fixed monthly fee.
