Practical advice for growing businesses
We help owners and directors make better decisions about money, operations, and growth. Based in Northern Ireland, working across the UK.
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A small consulting firm that takes the time to understand your business before giving advice.
Dependable Biz Advisory was founded to fill a gap we kept seeing: business owners getting generic recommendations from consultants who never learned how their company actually worked. We do things differently. Every engagement starts with on-site observation, interviews with your team, and a close look at your financial data.
Our team includes former finance directors, operations managers, and people who have run their own companies. That mix means we spot problems across departments, not just within one silo. We have worked with manufacturers, professional services firms, retailers, and tech start-ups ranging from five employees to three hundred.
We are based at 88 Poplar Close, Bechtelar-on-Hammes-Ankunding, DY1 2CR, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Most of our clients are within a two-hour drive, but we regularly take on projects across England, Scotland, and Wales through a combination of site visits and video calls.
Six core services. Each one is scoped, priced, and scheduled before we start.
We dig into your profit-and-loss statements, cash flow patterns, and balance sheet to find where money leaks out. You get a written report with specific actions ranked by impact, usually within ten working days.
Bottlenecks cost more than most owners realise. We map your workflows, time critical processes, and identify where delays cluster. One manufacturing client reduced order fulfilment time by 35% after a six-week engagement with us.
Hiring the wrong person for a key role can set a company back six months. We help you define roles clearly, build a workable org chart, and design incentive structures that actually motivate your team. This is not HR outsourcing; it is strategic workforce planning.
Expanding too fast without the right plan is a common cause of business failure. We model different growth scenarios, stress-test your finances against each one, and recommend the path with the best risk-to-reward ratio for your specific situation.
Technology should save time, not create new headaches. We audit your current tools, recommend replacements where the return on investment justifies the switch, and manage the transition so your staff can keep working while systems change.
Keeping up with regulatory requirements is tedious but essential. We review your governance framework, flag gaps, and draft the policies you need. Clients in regulated sectors such as financial services and healthcare rely on us for quarterly compliance check-ins.
Four clear stages from first conversation to measurable results.
A 30-minute phone or video call where you describe what is happening in your business. No charge, no obligation.
We spend one to three days on site, reviewing documents, talking to key staff, and observing how work flows through your organisation.
You receive a written plan with prioritised recommendations, estimated costs, expected timelines, and the data behind each suggestion.
We stay involved for as long as you need. Some clients want us for two weeks; others keep us on a monthly retainer for a year or more.
Real feedback from business owners we have worked with.
"They found £40,000 in annual savings we had completely overlooked. The diagnostic took three days and the report was thorough without being overwhelming."
"I was sceptical about consultants. These people changed my mind. They sat with our warehouse team, understood the actual problems, and gave us a plan that was realistic for a company our size."
"We brought them in to help with a digital transformation project. They recommended against two of the three software tools we were considering, saving us over £15,000 in licensing fees alone."
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Office hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm. We aim to respond to all enquiries within 24 hours.