Finance & strategy for growing manufacturers, engineers & suppliers

You're good at the business bit.
The finance bit? That's mine.

You built this business because you're great at what you do: winning contracts and making things, not poring over forecasts and VAT bills. I'm Louis, a chartered accountant who takes the money and strategy off your plate, so you can get back to the bit you're brilliant at.

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ACCA Fellow15+ years in financeManufacturing · Renewables · Aerospace · Automotive
Know your numbers✦Strategic direction✦Fund your growth✦Cash management✦Assess your risks✦Sleep better✦ Know your numbers✦Strategic direction✦Fund your growth✦Cash management✦Assess your risks✦Sleep better✦

Sound familiar?

If any of these hit you at 2am, you're in the right place.

“Will I make payroll next month?”
“The money comes in — and just disappears.”
“Am I actually making money, or just busy?”
“I'm good at the business. The finance and strategy bit? I'm flying blind.”
“I don't even know what I don't know.”

None of that makes you bad at your job. It makes you a busy owner whose business has grown faster than its systems. That's the bit I help with.

What I do

Three jobs. All of them useful.

Think of me as the finance director you'd hire if you could justify one, except you only pay for me when you actually need me.

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Your money, made clear

Know exactly how your business is doing, every month, without needing a finance degree to follow it. You ask "are we okay?" and you get a straight answer.

  • Monthly accounts that make sense
  • Cash flow you can plan around
  • Funding sorted when a big contract lands
  • Pricing that protects your margin
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Where you're headed

Want to grow, buy that bit of kit, or take on something bigger? I've helped businesses plan exactly that, and find profit they were leaving on the table.

  • A growth plan that's real, not wishful
  • Which asset to buy — and if you can afford it
  • Finding profit you're leaving behind
  • A sounding board when it's lonely at the top
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Finance training for your team

Give your managers the confidence to read the numbers and link what they do day-to-day to the money. Practical sessions, pitched at exactly the right level for the room.

  • Finance basics for non-finance managers
  • Linking operations to the bottom line
  • Confident budgeting & forecasting
  • Sessions built around your business
Know it. · Grow it. · Keep it.

Understand your numbers, use them to grow, and hold onto more of what you make. That's pretty much the whole job.

The payoff

What changes once the finance is handled

You walk into meetings knowing your numbers cold, or you just call me and I'll have them. You stop second-guessing every decision, and you sleep better. Mostly, you get back to what you started this business for: making deals and pushing on, without the finance worry hanging over you.

“I finally understand my own business.”
“I've stopped guessing and started planning.”
“A weight off my shoulders — like having a finance director on speed dial.”

A bit about me

15 years of finance. Zero waffle.

I'm Louis, a chartered accountant (ACCA Fellow, if you want the official bit) with over 15 years running finance in places where a wrong number costs real money and real jobs: manufacturers, engineers, and firms across renewable energy, aerospace and automotive.

These days I coach growing businesses through change at one of the UK's leading transformation consultancies. Through EBGRO Advisory, I bring that same standard of thinking to smaller businesses that are too big for the back of an envelope but too small for a full finance team.

I'm a practitioner, not a typical consultant. You won't get a 40-page deck and a wave goodbye. You'll get someone hands-on who actually wants to share in your growth, and who's saved businesses real cash rather than just handing them theory.

ACCA Fellow15+ yearsManufacturing · Renewables · Aerospace · AutomotiveBedfordshire
Louis Ebanks

Why me, not a normal accountant

Big-firm brain. Small-business everything else.

✓Big-firm brain, small-business pricing. Senior experience without the senior invoice.
✓Hands-on practitioner. Not a 40-page deck and a wave goodbye.
✓Speaks human. Plain English, no being made to feel daft.
✓Big picture, fine detail. I can zoom out to strategy and dig into the numbers.
✓In it with you. I want to share your growth journey, not bill and bolt.
✓Real results. I've saved businesses actual cash — not handed them theory.

What people say

Don't just take my word for it

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The sessions were well structured and helped me understand the areas that weren't clear for me.

AgataManufacturing business
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Great for linking operational activities with the finances — I came away understanding the financial side of the company far better.

JamesEngineering business
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The best presenter. Clear, professional, encouraged questions, and clearly knew the subject inside out.

ZachManufacturing business

How this works

We start with a chat, not a pitch.

1

We talk

Half an hour, free. You tell me what's bothering you. I listen.

2

I come back

A straight plan: what I'd do first, and what it'd cost. No surprises.

3

We get going

Start small. Monthly, a one-off project, or just when you need me.

4

You stay in charge

It's your business. I just make sure you always know what's going on.

Right then

Fancy a chat?

Thirty minutes, free, no strings. Tell me about your business and we'll see if I'm the right person to help. Worried it'll be expensive, or that you'll be made to feel daft? Don't be. There's no jargon and nobody's judging. And if I'm not the right fit, I'll happily point you to someone who is.