Fractional Financial Controller

Your numbers,
finally making sense.

High Crest Consultancy gives growing businesses senior-level financial control — without the overhead of a full-time hire. We read your numbers, flag what matters, and give you the clarity to make faster, better decisions.

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Not your average accountancy

An in-house finance professional. Just remote.

We're not a traditional accountancy practice, and we're not here to just file numbers away once a year. Think of High Crest as an in-house finance function — embedded in your business, working to your schedule rather than a compliance calendar — giving you the insight a Finance Director would, at a fraction of the cost.

Traditional accountancy

Once-a-year contact. Historic numbers, delivered late. You chase them for answers.

High Crest

Ongoing, embedded support. Current numbers, explained in plain English, on your schedule.

Traditional accountancy

Compliance-first. Reports built for HMRC, not for decision-making.

High Crest

Decision-first. Reports built to tell you what to do next.

Traditional accountancy

A full-time hire, or a firm juggling hundreds of clients like yours.

High Crest

Fractional — senior-level control, scaled to the size of your business.

What we do

Everything your finance function needs, under one roof.

From day-to-day bookkeeping to board-level reporting, we scale our involvement to what your business actually needs — no more, no less.

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Fractional Financial Controller

Senior financial oversight without the full-time salary — interpreting your numbers, flagging risk, and supporting decisions at director level.

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Bookkeeping

Accurate, up-to-date books that give you a true picture of the business, whenever you need to look.

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Payroll

Payroll processed accurately and on time, every cycle — one less thing on your plate each month.

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Month-End Board Reporting Packs

Clear, formatted board packs — P&L, balance sheet, KPI dashboards and recommendations — built for fast decisions.

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Ltd Company Set-Up

Get your company structured, registered and set up correctly from day one, with the right financial foundations in place.

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General Business Consultancy

Strategic input beyond the spreadsheets — cashflow planning, growth decisions, and honest, informed advice.

Why High Crest

Qualified. Embedded. Genuinely invested in your numbers.

Our team is MAAT and AATQB qualified, so you get properly trained finance professionals behind every number — combined with the flexibility and personal attention of working with a dedicated fractional partner, not a call centre.

MAAT qualified
AATQB qualified
100% remote & flexible
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Scaled to you

A day-rate, fractional model — pay for the level of support your business needs right now, not a fixed overhead.

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Built for decisions

Every report is designed to be read and acted on, not filed away — numbers translated into plain, useful language.

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One point of contact

Even where specialist year-end work is required, you keep a single, consistent relationship with High Crest.

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Businesses supported across
4+ sectors

Sector experience that speaks your language.

From site-based trades to hospitality margins, we understand the numbers that actually move your business — not just the ones on a generic template.

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Featured sector

Renewables

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Hospitality

Tight margins, seasonal cashflow, and the numbers that keep the doors open.

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Construction

Project-based reporting, retentions, and cashflow across long build cycles.

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Electrical & Mechanical

Contract accounting, aged debtors and margin control across multi-site work.

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And businesses across sectors

If it's a business that needs to understand its numbers better, we're built for it — whatever the industry.

Get in touch

Let's talk about your numbers.

Book a free, no-obligation consultation to see where a fractional Financial Controller could sharpen your decision-making — and what it would look like for your business.

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Based inUnited Kingdom · Remote-first

Or just email us directly at lewis.michael@highcrestconsultancy.co.uk — we usually reply within one working day.