1BEING CONSULTING
Advice with an
owner's 1-track mind.
The same discipline we apply to our own balance sheet, made available to a small number of founders, families and business owners - clear numbers, straight advice, and a steward's view of what your decisions cost you in ten years.
who it's for
For people who own what they run
Owners carry a different weight: the business, the properties, the structures, the family - all on one set of shoulders.
Our consulting is built for that reality, joining the pieces most advisers treat separately.
WHAT WE ADVISE ON
Six things we do well
1
CFO & reporting
2
Structuring & tax strategy
Numbers you can act on — management reporting, cash-flow discipline and a chartered accountant across your figures every month.
Entities, trusts and ownership arranged so tax, risk and succession work together - not against each other.
3
Property & investment advisory
Buy, hold, develop or sell — evidence-based property decisions from people who own and manage property themselves.
5
Governance & succession
Family charters, decision rights and handover plans that keep the family and the business on the same page.
4
Transactions
Buying or selling a business or asset - due diligence, valuation sense and a steady hand through negotiation and settlement.
6
Special projects
The problems that don't fit a category - modelled, structured and solved with owner-level care.
HOW WE ENGAGE
Three steps, no theatre
No decks for the sake of decks. We understand the position, agree the mandate, and get to work.
1
The conversation
An hour, in confidence. You talk, we listen, and we tell you honestly whether we can help.
2
The diagnostic
A short, fixed-fee review of the numbers, structures and position — ending in a written view of what we'd do in your shoes.
3
The mandate
Ongoing counsel or a defined project — scoped in writing, priced up front, reviewed together.
A NOTE ON FIT
A small number of clients, on purpose
We keep the consulting practice deliberately small so every engagement gets principal-level attention. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so — and where we can, point you to someone who is.
We give the advice we would want across our own balance sheet — nothing more, and never less.
— 1BEING CONSULTING
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Write a few lines about where you are and what's in the way. We reply personally, in confidence.