Fractional Finance Director for ambitious SMEs
Get the clarity to see what’s ahead, and make confident decisions about growth, profitability and cash flow.
Bookkeeping and year-end accounts are the basic requirements for every business. What’s missing is the insight in between, the monthly clarity on cash, profit and what’s coming next.
FDPack fills that gap, right at the point where growing complexity has you thinking about hiring a Finance Director. Before you do, talk to us. We combine hands-on fractional Finance Director expertise with our own forecasting software, so you always know where your business stands and where it’s heading, without the cost of a full-time hire.
You can’t make good decisions without clear financial visibility
Most businesses don’t lack data, they lack good quality financial information they can trust. That’s where we come in. We assemble your numbers properly, and turn them into clear management information that shows where your business stands and where it’s heading.
The result is better visibility and a dependable, forward-looking financial picture you can rely on to run your business well.
See what’s ahead, stay in control, and act with confidence, all without the cost or risk of a full-time finance director.
“A breath of fresh air to meet a financial person that I trust and like.”
”With being able to see into the future, what the future could look like, it means you can make actions today that change that future”.
Nick Ford, Founder & Design Engineer, PipSqueak
Why choose FDPack
What sets us apart
A Fractional Finance Director, with our own forecasting software
We are the only UK provider offering both fractional CFO expertise and proprietary forecasting software in one clear, cost-effective solution. You get everything you need to understand your financials and be confident in the decisions you are taking today, so that you are in complete control of your business and its future.
A complete package: we take care of your management accounting
As your business grows, tracking performance gets harder – actuals, budgets, forecasts, margins, cash flow, board packs. Just when you’re on top of it, things change and you’re back to square one. Let us handle your management accounting so you can focus on your customers, your team, and spend less time worrying about the numbers.
FDPack sits at the heart of your finance and accounting function
We understand the stress and the pressure to make the right calls, because we’ve been in the room where those decisions happen. That’s why FDPack offers a well-defined solution that fits neatly into the “sandwich” between bookkeeping and external accountants and auditors. From customising your accounts to building forecasts and presenting to boards and stakeholders, we give you expert, hands-on support exactly when and where it matters most.
FDPack has given us the financial expertise you’d expect from an in-house finance director and we’re now confident in the growth decisions we’re making.
Ross Brain, Managing Director, Barratts Solicitors
A simple way to view, analyse and share your financial statements
FDPack combines actuals, budgets, and forecasts into a single database so that you can move seamlessly along a timeline from past performance to future plans. You can analyse your P&L, Cash Flow, and Balance Sheet in any comparative combination and for any timeframe. Share tailored views across your business to give every recipient the insight they need and in the format that makes sense to them.
Forecasts done properly
In order to make forecasts more accurate and detailed, they are built with transaction level detail in the same format as the actuals. All three statements are integrated ensuring that, for example, changes to the P&L are automatically reflected in the Cash Flow and Balance Sheet.
See FDPack in Action
Ready to see what’s coming in your business?
If your numbers feel uncertain, and the big decisions are harder than they should be, let’s talk.
There’s no pressure, just a relaxed conversation with Spencer, based on real experience running businesses like yours.
Built by a Finance Director who’s lived it
Spencer Smith founded FDPack 15 years ago, one of the UK’s first virtual Finance Director services, after seeing too many SME owners make big calls without a clear view of what was coming next.
He’d built, bought and advised businesses himself, so he’d seen the gap between bookkeeping and the boardroom first hand. Inspired by Lotus Cars founder Colin Chapman’s principle, “simplify, then add lightness,” he built FDPack to strip out the noise and keep only what actually helps you decide.
Meet The Team
Spencer Smith
Spencer built FDPack after years as a Finance Director, holding full-time and fractional roles across a range of businesses. He combines deep knowledge of accounting systems with a straightforward belief: business owners need clarity, not complexity.
Simon Phippen
Simon has spent his career building planning and forecasting tools across corporate and personal finance. He’s skilled at identifying exactly the information a growing business needs to manage well.
Lee Ramsingh
Lee leads FDPack’s technology partnership. His team specialises in web-based, on-demand reporting and big data analysis. Lee worked with Spencer to bring FDPack’s online platform to life, and continues to support its development.
Blogs
A few honest, plain English reads on running the numbers side of your business.
How Many Hours a Week Are You Wasting on “Fixing” Financial Admin?
Most business owners know what they pay for accounting. Few know what they pay for fixing accounting. Not the fee. The effort. The same questions being answered over and over again. None of these appear as a cost in the accounts. But they still consume time. And for many growing businesses, that time becomes a…
Why Rising Supplier Costs Often Cause Bigger Problems Than Businesses Expect
Most business owners expect rising supplier costs to reduce margins. What they often miss is everything that happens next. The issue is rarely the cost increase itself. The issue is understanding how that increase moves through the business before it appears in the monthly accounts. By the time the impact shows up clearly in the…
How Can Project-Based Businesses Grow Without Losing Control Of Cash?
Growth creates a unique challenge for project-based businesses. The next project often arrives before the previous one has been paid for. That sounds manageable when projects are small. As projects become larger, the gap becomes more important. The challenge is not winning the next project. The challenge is understanding what those projects require before commitments…
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