Boardroom Information

Where ambition meets success. Boardroom is a UK strategic business advisory practice for owner-managers, founded by James Hansford. Over a 20‑year career as CFO, James helped grow an electrical and mechanical contracting group from £8m to over £250m in annual revenue and from a small team to more than 300 people. Working alongside the chairman, CEO and operational directors, he played key roles in the 2008 management buy‑out, full restructuring through the financial crisis, raising more than £50m of finance, expansion into Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden, four acquisitions, a multi‑year share buy‑back programme, major litigations, and the succession that led to his own multi‑million‑pound exit at 40 — all delivered as part of a board navigating three UK recessions. Three services, One philosophy Strategic Business Coaching — Partnering With Your Ambition. 48 hours of strategic coaching across 12 months for owner-managers of UK SMEs over £1m in turnover. Includes 6 complimentary executive counselling sessions delivered in partnership with Headroom. Independent Director Services — Governance That Builds Trust. Independent oversight for boards of owner-managed businesses, PE-backed SMEs, family businesses preparing for sale, and charities. Leadership Mentoring — Guiding Today, Empowering Tomorrow. One-to-one mentoring for talented senior leaders on the path to board-level appointment. Boardroom brings the commercial judgement of someone who spent two decades in rooms where major decisions had to be made well — and saw what separated effective boards from ineffective ones. The bank manager and family accountant who once played this role for SME owners are largely gone. Boardroom exists to fill that seat. Book a 30-minute discovery call: boardroomcoaching.uk