Understand your numbers. Make better decisions. Build a business worth more.
Proof that matters when decisions matter
Julia helped Neurofenix build the financial foundations for investment, UK/US growth and sale readiness.
Commercial finance judgement built across owner-managed, international and board-level business environments.
Supporting overseas-owned businesses operating in the UK with reporting, governance and practical financial control.
Turning financial information into clearer decisions, stronger cashflow and greater business value.
THE CHALLENGE
Your accountant may be doing the accounts.
But who is helping you make
BETTER DECISIONS?
Most businesses do not struggle because they lack financial information.
They struggle because the information is too late, too unclear, too historic or too disconnected from the decisions being made.
Do you have a clear view of…
→ Where your cash is going?
→ What is really driving profit?
→ Whether you’re ready for investment?
→ Whether the business could run without you?
You need more than reports.
You need strategic finance leadership.
That is where Leask Advisory Solutions comes in.
Strategic finance support for businesses at important decision points
Leask works best with established businesses where finance has become more complex, decisions carry more weight, and the owner or leadership team needs clearer commercial insight.
Owner-Managed Businesses
The owner is still too central to decisions, cashflow is not clear enough, or reporting does not give the full picture.
Helps owners understand what the numbers are really saying, improve control and reduce reliance on instinct or spreadsheets.
International Businesses
UK operations, overseas ownership, cross-border reporting or governance responsibilities are becoming difficult to manage from a distance.
Provides trusted UK finance leadership, reporting, governance and practical support for international leadership teams.
Investment-Ready Growth Businesses
The business is preparing for funding, investor scrutiny, due diligence, board reporting or international growth.
Builds the forecasts, reporting, controls and financial story investors need to trust.
Exit & Succession-Focused Owners
The owner wants to step back, sell, transition leadership or build a business that is less dependent on them.
Helps strengthen value, reduce owner dependence and prepare the business before a sale, succession or leadership transition.
Not sure where you fit?
The Leask Difference
Leask does not replace your accountant, bookkeeper or finance team.
Leask adds the senior strategic finance layer when your business needs more than compliance. Julia works alongside existing advisers and internal teams to help leadership understand what the numbers mean, what needs to change and what decisions need to be made next.
If the numbers are not helping you make better decisions, they are not doing enough.
Compliance Finance
Strategic Finance Leadership
Produces accounts
Interprets what the numbers mean
Looks backwards
Helps plan what happens next
Focuses on compliance
Supports commercial decision-making
Reports what happened
Challenges what needs to change
Keeps records accurate
Builds clarity, cashflow, control and value
WHAT STRATEGIC FINANCE LEADERSHIP CHANGES
Go beyond reporting what happened.
Understand what the numbers mean and what they are telling you about the business.
Turn hindsight into foresight
Use financial insight to plan what happens next, rather than simply looking backwards.
Move beyond compliance
Connect the numbers to the commercial decisions that drive the business forward.
Challenge what needs to change
Don’t just report the results — identify what is causing them and what needs to happen next.
Build clarity, cashflow, control and value
Use accurate financial information as the foundation for a stronger, more valuable business.
HOW LEASK HELPS
Clearer numbers. Stronger cashflow. Better decisions.
Leask supports businesses through practical, senior finance services that connect financial information to commercial action.
01
Fractional CFO & Strategic Finance Partner
Get senior finance leadership around the decisions that affect cashflow, growth, investment, governance and long-term value, without needing a full-time Finance Director.
02
Business Value Review
Understand what is strengthening or weakening the value of your business, so you can make better decisions before growth, investment, succession or exit.
03
Cashflow & Profitability Improvement
Find out why profit is not turning into usable cash and what needs to change across pricing, margins, working capital and decision-making.
04
Investment Readiness
Prepare the forecasts, reporting, controls and finance story investors need before they commit capital.
05
Exit & Succession Readiness
Reduce owner dependence and strengthen the financial foundations buyers, successors or management teams need to trust.
06
International Finance Support
Give overseas leadership clearer visibility, reporting and control over UK operations.
07
UK Director & Company Secretary Support
Provide trusted UK governance, representation and practical financial oversight for international businesses.
08
Governance, Reporting & Board Support
Turn reporting into board-level insight that supports better decisions, clearer accountability and stronger control.
09
Finance Systems, Reporting & Controls
Build the systems, processes and reporting foundations that make better financial decisions possible.
INDUSTRIES WHERE THIS MATTERS
Specialist businesses need finance support that understands complexity
Leask works especially well with businesses where financial decisions are connected to technical delivery, international operations, investment pressure, project cashflow or governance.
Marine, Surveying & Specialist Technical Services
Specialist contracts, UK operations, international teams and governance responsibilities need clear reporting and practical oversight.
Construction, Infrastructure & Sustainability-Led Businesses
Project margins, cashflow timing, operational control and overseas ownership can make financial visibility harder to manage.
Life Sciences, Healthtech & Innovation-Led Businesses
Funding, due diligence, investor reporting, international growth and finance function development can quickly outgrow basic accounting support.
CASE STUDIES
Strategic finance leadership in action
Leask’s work is grounded in real client results, not generic advice.
Njord Survey
SWEDISH-OWNED UK OPERATIONS
Julia supported UK financial visibility, forecasting, cashflow, governance and practical operations—acting as a trusted UK finance and governance partner for Njord’s overseas leadership team.
“She feels like part of the Njord leadership team, rather than an external consultant.”
Martin Wikmar
CEO, Njord Survey
Stop Digging / Sluta Gräv
DISRUPTION, RECOVERY AND CONTROL
Julia supported UK reporting, back-office finance, HMRC, banking, administration and financial structure—bringing calm, control and professional oversight when the UK operation became difficult to manage from overseas.
“I don’t know what I would have been doing without Julia.”
Richard Alm
Former CEO, Stop Digging / Sluta Gräv
Neurofenix
INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL GROWTH
Julia supported UK, US and group finance, Series A due diligence, board reporting and finance-function development—providing senior finance leadership through high-pressure growth and investor scrutiny before a full-time Finance Director was in place.
“Julia is an expert at building out a smoothly operating finance function that can be easily handed over to an in-house finance hire when the time comes.”
Guillem Singla Buxarrais
CEO, Neurofenix
Client Perspective
Trusted by leaders who need clarity, control and confidence
“Julia made the UK business straightforward and stress-free.”
CFO, Sluta Gräv AB
About Leask
Led by Julia Leask FCMA, CGMA
Leask Advisory Solutions is led by Julia Leask, a strategic finance adviser with more than 30 years’ commercial finance experience.
Julia works with owner-managed businesses, overseas parent companies, boards and leadership teams when the financial decisions are too important to rely on historic accounts alone.
Her role is not just to report the numbers. It is to help business leaders understand what the numbers mean, where the risks are, what needs to change and how to build a stronger, more valuable business.
She brings the judgement of a Finance Director, the commercial challenge of a board adviser and the practical mindset of someone who understands what it takes to run a business.
Why business leaders trust Julia
FCMA, CGMA
Senior chartered management accountancy credentials, combining financial discipline with commercial decision-making.
30+ years’ commercial finance experience
Deep experience helping businesses understand their numbers, improve control and make better decisions.
Elected to International CIMA Council
Recognised leadership within the global management accountancy profession.
Fractional CFO, Finance Director and Board Adviser experience
Practical senior finance leadership for businesses that need strategic input without a full-time FD.
UK Director and Company Secretary experience
Trusted governance and UK leadership support for overseas-owned businesses operating in the UK.
£5.5m Series A supported
Helped Neurofenix build the finance foundations for investment, international growth and sale readiness.
Not sure where your business needs support first?
Start with a practical diagnostic that helps you see where the pressure is really coming from — cashflow, reporting, investment readiness, UK operations, business value or owner dependence.
Each assessment is designed to help you identify where financial clarity, reporting, cashflow, governance or business value may need attention.
Business Value Assessment
What may be strengthening or limiting the value of your business.
Best For
Owners who want to build a stronger, more valuable business.
Investment Readiness Assessment
Whether your forecasts, reporting, controls and financial story are ready for investor scrutiny.
Best For
Businesses preparing for funding, investors or due diligence.
UK Expansion Finance Readiness Assessment
Whether your UK finance, governance and reporting foundations are strong enough.
Best For
Overseas companies entering or operating in the UK.
Cashflow Clarity Assessment
Where cash may be getting trapped, delayed or misunderstood.
Best For
Businesses where profit is not turning into usable cash.
Practical resources for the decision point your business is facing
These resources are designed to help business owners and leadership teams make better financial decisions before the pressure point becomes urgent.
Whether the issue is UK expansion, investment readiness, project cashflow, owner dependence or preparing for exit, the right resource should help the visitor take the next sensible step.
UK Expansion Finance Readiness Guide
Understanding the finance, reporting and governance foundations needed for UK operations.
International businesses entering or operating in the UK.
7 Steps to Raising Capital
Preparing the numbers, forecasts and commercial story needed for investment conversations.
Growth businesses preparing for investment or due diligence.
Healthtech & Innovation-Led Investment Readiness Guide
Connecting growth plans, funding requirements and financial reporting for innovation-led businesses.
Healthtech, medtech, life sciences and innovation-led companies.
Project Cashflow & Profitability Guide
Understanding margins, project timing, working capital and cash pressure.
Construction, infrastructure, sustainability-led and project-based businesses.
Cashflow Improvement Tool
Identifying why profit is not turning into usable cash.
Businesses experiencing cashflow pressure despite sales or profit.
Exit Readiness Checklist
Spotting the financial, operational and owner-dependence issues that can weaken exit value.
Owners preparing to step back, sell or hand over.
PARTNER PROOF
Trusted by finance partners, accountants and advisers
Leask works well alongside existing accountants, bookkeepers, outsourced finance providers and professional advisers.
Partners bring Julia in when a client needs senior financial interpretation, commercial challenge or board-level support that sits above compliance and day-to-day finance delivery.
“Julia comes along and makes sense of the numbers for the management board.”
Managing Director, Think Smart Accounts
“Her strength was really in advising the owners, the C-suite and the board on what are the next steps.”
Head of Diversified and International, Escalon Services
“She’s not a bookkeeper. She’s not a financial accountant. She’s not a tax accountant. She’s so much more and very good at looking beyond the obvious.”
Director, Cloud Bookkeeping Warwick
For accountants, bookkeepers and finance partners
Some clients need more than compliance, but they do not always need to replace their existing accountant, bookkeeper or finance team.
Partners bring Julia in when a client needs senior financial interpretation, commercial challenge or board-level support that sits above bookkeeping, accounts or day-to-day finance delivery.
Leask works alongside professional advisers, outsourced finance teams and specialist partners to provide the senior strategic finance layer their clients need when the business becomes more complex.
That might mean board reporting, investment readiness, exit preparation, UK finance support, cashflow clarity or commercial challenge.
Leask supports the client relationship by adding the strategic layer, not by replacing the people already doing valuable work.
Ready to understand what is really happening in your business?
Whether you are growing, expanding into the UK, preparing for investment, thinking about exit or simply tired of making decisions without clear financial visibility, Leask can help you see the numbers more clearly and decide what needs to happen next.