Strategic finance support for project-led businesses where cashflow, margins and control matter.
Construction, infrastructure and sustainability-led businesses can look strong on paper while cashflow feels tight behind the scenes.
Projects move. Costs shift. Suppliers need paying. Margins can change quickly. Growth can create pressure before the business feels ready for it.
Leask Advisory Solutions helps project-led and sustainability-focused businesses improve financial visibility, cashflow control, reporting, profitability and business structure.
Led by Julia Leask FCMA, CGMA, Leask provides senior strategic finance support when the business needs more than bookkeeping, compliance and historic accounts.
Busy does not always mean profitable.
In project-led businesses, the financial pressure is often hidden in the timing.
A project may be won, work may be underway and revenue may look healthy, but cash can still be under pressure. Costs may arrive before income. Margins may be squeezed by delays, labour, materials, subcontractors, supplier terms or poor forecasting.
Leask helps owners and leadership teams understand what is really happening beneath the surface, so decisions around projects, cashflow, pricing, growth and risk are made with clearer financial insight.
You may need strategic finance support if…
Projects are profitable in theory, but cash feels tight
Income, costs and payment timing may not be properly aligned.
Poor project cashflow can weaken the whole business.
Margins are hard to see clearly
Profitability may vary by project, customer, team or contract type.
Better margin visibility helps protect profit before it leaks away.
Growth is creating pressure
More work, staff, suppliers or commitments may be consuming cash.
Growth needs stronger forecasting and financial control.
The finance function feels messy or reactive
Processes, reporting and controls may not have kept pace.
Weak structure creates avoidable risk and stress.
The business has been through disruption
Records, reporting, banking, systems or confidence may need rebuilding.
Recovery needs calm financial leadership and practical structure.
The owner is carrying too much knowledge
Decisions, approvals and financial understanding may depend too heavily on one person.
This limits delegation, succession, value and future options.
The numbers need to show more than turnover.
Turnover matters, but it is not the whole story.
For construction, infrastructure and sustainability-led businesses, financial control depends on understanding how each project affects cash, profit, risk and capacity.
Project Win
Delivery
Costs
Invoicing
Payment
Margin & Cash
Project cashflow
When costs land, when invoices go out and when cash is expected.
Helps avoid pressure caused by timing gaps.
Margins
Which projects, services or contracts are truly profitable.
Protects the business from being busy but under-rewarded.
Working capital
Debtors, suppliers, stock, subcontractors and payment terms.
Shows where cash may be trapped, delayed or exposed.
Forecasting
Future cash needs, commitments, risks and scenarios.
Helps leadership act before problems become urgent.
Reporting
Timely information that explains performance and project pressure.
Supports better decisions around pricing, growth and delivery.
Systems and controls
Clear processes for approvals, records, reporting and accountability.
Reduces risk and makes the business easier to manage.
Practical finance support for stronger control and better decisions.
Leask helps project-led businesses understand what is really driving cashflow, profitability, control and business value.
Understanding why profit is not turning into cash
Cashflow & Profitability Improvement
Rebuilding or improving finance processes and controls
Finance Systems, Reporting & Controls
Creating better reporting for owners or leadership teams
Governance, Reporting & Board Support
Adding senior finance leadership without a full-time FD
Fractional CFO & Strategic Finance Partner
Understanding what affects business value
Business Value Review
Preparing for succession, sale or owner step-back
Exit & Succession Readiness
Supporting overseas-owned UK operations
International Finance Support
Coordinating finance, advisers and practical UK support
UK Director & Company Secretary Support
Stop Digging / Sluta Gräv: rebuilding UK finance structure through disruption and growth.
Stop Digging / Sluta Gräv is a Swedish sustainable construction business operating in the UK.
After disruption in the UK operation, the business needed calm, trusted finance leadership to help rebuild structure, reporting and back-office control.
Julia supported the UK business with finance structure, reporting, banking, HMRC coordination, practical adviser communication and back-office oversight. Her support helped give the Swedish leadership team confidence that the UK finance picture was being handled properly, allowing management to focus on sales, customers and rebuilding the business.
UK operation had been through disruption
Helped rebuild finance structure and back-office control
Greater confidence and clearer UK oversight
Reporting and finance routines needed strengthening
Supported reporting, banking, HMRC and adviser coordination
Better structure and fewer distractions for leadership
Overseas leadership needed trust in the UK finance picture
Provided practical UK finance support and professional control
The Swedish leadership team could focus on business development
Growth needed stronger foundations
Helped create a more organised finance and reporting structure
UK operation became easier to manage and rebuild
From disruption to proper structure.
“She built that up from a complete mess to a really, really good structure.”
Richard Alm
Former CEO, Stop Digging / Sluta Gräv
Trusted finance support when businesses need more than the basics.
“Julia made the UK business straightforward and stress-free.”
Sara Ritzman Jönsson
CFO, Sluta Gräv AB
Overseas leadership confidence, UK finance support and practical control
“She’s so much more — and very good at looking beyond the obvious.”
Samantha Heynes
Director, Cloud Bookkeeping Warwick
Strategic finance support beyond bookkeeping and compliance
This support is for project-led businesses that want better control.
Better fit
- Construction, infrastructure or sustainability-led business with financial complexity
- Project-led business with cashflow or margin pressure
- Overseas-owned UK operation needing local finance support
- Business recovering from disruption or messy finance processes
- Owner wants stronger reporting and controls
- Business is growing and needs better financial visibility
Not the right fit
- Business only wants basic bookkeeping or compliance
- No appetite to understand profitability properly
- Wants isolated UK accounts with no management insight
- Wants a quick fix without improving structure
- Wants reports produced but not challenged
- Too early-stage to need strategic finance support
Start by identifying where pressure is coming from.
Cashflow Clarity Assessment
Whether project timing, working capital or payment terms are creating cash pressure.
Business Value Assessment
Whether cashflow, reporting, systems or owner dependence may be limiting value.
Governance & Reporting Assessment
Whether management information and controls are strong enough.
Exit Readiness Assessment
Whether the business is too dependent on the owner or weak finance structure.
Practical resources for cashflow, margin and project control.
Project Cashflow & Profitability Guide
Understand margin, timing and working capital pressure in project-led businesses.
Cashflow Improvement Tool
Identify why profit may not be turning into usable cash.
Finance Systems & Controls Checklist
Review whether finance processes and controls are strong enough.
Business Value Guide
Understand how cashflow, reporting and owner dependence affect value.
Could Your Business Survive Without You?
Identify whether too much depends on the owner.
Frequently asked questions
Can Leask help with project cashflow?
Yes. Leask can help you understand how project timing, payment terms, costs, debtors, suppliers and working capital affect cashflow.
Can Leask help us understand project profitability?
Yes. Leask can help review margins, pricing, costs and reporting so the business can see which work is genuinely profitable.
Is this only for construction businesses?
No. This page focuses on construction, infrastructure and sustainability-led businesses, but the support is also relevant to other project-led businesses with similar cashflow, margin and reporting challenges.
Can Leask support overseas-owned UK businesses in this sector?
Yes. Leask has experience supporting Swedish-owned businesses operating in the UK, including practical finance, reporting, adviser coordination and local oversight.
Does Leask replace our accountant or bookkeeper?
No. Leask works alongside accountants, bookkeepers and other advisers, adding the senior strategic finance layer above day-to-day records and compliance.
Build a project-led business with stronger cashflow, clearer margins and better control.
If your construction, infrastructure or sustainability-led business is busy but cashflow, reporting or margins still feel unclear, Leask can help you understand what is really happening.
You get senior finance insight that connects the numbers to the decisions that matter.