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[ Industry advisory · Professional services ]
Strategic advisory for design-led architecture studios.
Architecture practices are built on craft, but they're businesses. We help studio principals run a practice that protects the work, the team and the long-term economics of the firm.
[ What we hear, again and again ]
The pressures inside architects.
These questions need the business’s information and circumstances to be understood. They are not, on their own, evidence of the cause or the right solution.
- 01Fee proposals set by feel rather than by real studio cost
- 02Stage-based billing creating cash gaps that go unnoticed
- 03Team utilisation and realisation drifting downward
- 04Practice and personal finances tangled together
- 05Long-term wealth and succession rarely sitting on the agenda
[ How we work ]
What the accounting and advisory work can cover.
- 01
Studio profitability and project margin reviewed at an agreed frequency
- 02
Fee structures recalibrated against actual cost-to-serve
- 03
Cash, tax and personal position cleanly separated
- 04
Long-term wealth, structure and succession considered in planned reviews
- 05
Conversations about the practice you actually want to run
[ The numbers that matter ]
Measures that help owners understand performance.
Not a long list — the handful of numbers that, watched consistently, change how the business is run.
01
Project margin by stage
Where margin actually erodes through documentation and admin
02
Studio utilisation
Productive hours vs available hours
03
Fee recovery
What's billed vs what was originally proposed
04
Owner drawings vs studio profit
Sustainable ownership returns
These are possible review topics, not a standard calendar. We agree the work, reporting and meeting frequency for your business. Agreed actions have clear responsibilities and are followed up.
- 01
Utilisation, WIP and realisation review
- 02
Partner / owner conversation on profitability and capacity
- 03
Tax, structure and partner / shareholder economics
- 04
Long-term plan — equity, succession and wealth outside the firm
[ The honest line ]
We help architecture practices stay design-led commercially — without compromising the craft.
[ The next conversation ]
Run the studio with quiet confidence.
Bring the messy stuff. The numbers, the pressures, the decisions you've been putting off. The first conversation is structured, candid and obligation-free.
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