Northbound Associates Information

Northbound Associates is a fractional finance practice for founder-led and owner-managed UK SMEs — the businesses heading for growth, a raise, a sale or succession. Most founders don't need more finance. They need cleaner information and firmer judgement. We give you the strategy, discipline and deal experience of a full-time finance leader for a fraction of the cost — senior operators only, a partner on every account. Every business is heading somewhere. We make sure the numbers lead. What we do: • Embedded finance leadership — fractional CFO and finance director support, two to four days a month: financial strategy, rolling cash flow, board-ready reporting, pricing and margin, and the systems and controls underneath. • Exit, succession & transactions — because every exit is won years before the deal. Valuation, due-diligence readiness, owner independence and exit-route planning (trade sale, MBO, EOT, family succession). • Fundraising & M&A — deal-grade finance on your side of the table: financial models, data rooms and deal process, buy-side and sell-side. • A modern finance function — automated close, live dashboards and AI-assisted reporting. Machines do the typing. People do the judging. The result: you always know your number, your reporting tells the truth without you in the room, and your business is worth more when it matters most. Straight answers. Senior judgement. The speed and discipline to act. Book a call — 30 minutes, no pitch. hello@northboundassociates.com