Shouldn't Being Your Own Boss Be Simpler Than This?
✓ Run your own business but feel like it’s running you?
✓ Cashflow a constant headache?
✓ Hit a glass ceiling in your growth?
✓ Need to improve profitability?
✓ Frustrated that delegation isn’t working?
✓ Need a plan to exit your business?
Does This Sound Like You?
Many business owners come to us because they know something needs to change, but they are not always sure what the next step should be.
We typically help business owners who are:
Growing but feeling overwhelmed
Your business is moving forward, but you need more structure, stronger financial visibility, and better support to manage growth confidently.
Struggling with profit or cashflow
You are working hard, but profitability is under pressure and cashflow feels unpredictable or difficult to control.
Thinking about the future or planning an exit
You want to build a stronger, more valuable business and prepare properly for the next stage, whether that is stepping back, selling, or planning ahead.
If any of these sound familiar, Secantor can help you gain more clarity, control and confidence in your next steps.
Our Services
We help you make strategic decisions
Secantor provides expert financial and management support to SME owners and directors. Our commercially experienced team covers the following roles.
Non-Executive Director
Strategic support and experience to guide you as you make decisions and build value in your business. A NED acts as a sounding board for your ideas, improves business performance, holds you and your team to account and helps you achieve a successful exit.
✓ Strategic business planning
✓ Support strategic decision-making
✓ Set business goals and objectives
✓ Rejuvenate struggling businesses
✓ Manage growth effectively
✓ Implement best practice
✓ Sounding board for your ideas
✓ Set and communicate vision
✓ Hold you & your team to account
✓ Build an effective management team
Finance Director
Expert financial leadership from a commercially experienced, qualified accountant. An FD will create financial plans, report your monthly performance against budget and interpret the figures to help you make sound decisions & improve profitability.
✓ Expert financial advice
✓ Interpret financial results a support decisions
✓ Develop & oversee your finance team
✓ Improve profitability & control costs
✓ Prepare management accounts
✓ Create 3-5 year financial plan
✓ Budget setting
✓ Source appropriate funding
✓ Cashflow forecasting & management
✓ Prepare reports & commentaries for your bank
Operations Director
Strategic operational leadership to transform your people and business processes to improve efficiency and profitability. An Operations Director helps you build a strong management team, delegate operational actions and improve business performance.
✓ Develop strength in your management team
✓ Establish key performance indicators (KPIs)
✓ Hold people accountable to achieve results
✓ Process and quality improvement
✓ Help you delegate effectively
✓ Create clear job descriptions
✓ Identify and recruit talent
✓ Implement robust operational systems
✓ Establish clear goals and expectations
✓ Enable your team to achieve excellence
“Secantor has made a world of difference - we are now in control. It's a very cost effective way for us to have high level management and strategic help”
Helen Pattinson - Co-Founder, Montezumas Chocolates
Meet Our Experts
A dedicated business professional to become part of your management team
Our expert business executives help you unlock the full potential of your business.
Trevor Gibbins
Director
A very widely experienced company director and adviser to SMEs and entrepreneurs. Trevor acts in a variety of executive & non-executive roles for clients which also include Chairman, MD, NED, FD, Company Doctor and Mentor to Owners & Boards.
Paul Gibbins
Director
Paul is an experienced adviser and business executive within SMEs specialising in profit improvement and development of high-performing teams.
John Dernie
Regional Director South West
John has 30 years of financial management experience within small, medium & large business including Whitbread and Sony Music, where he held a variety of roles including European Finance Director.
Julia Branson
Senior Associate
A widely experienced Company Director and Adviser to SME businesses with extensive financial & management experience of enabling business owners to navigate change throughout the business lifecycle from start-up to exit.
What Our Clients Say About Us
“Secantor has transformed a struggling company, but full of good people, into a very, very profitable company full of very, very motivated, happy, well-rewarded people and the future looks extremely bright”
Chairman Water Engineering Business
“Secantor has made a world of difference to our business - we are now in control. It's been a transformation within the business. It's a very cost-effective way for us to have high-level management and strategic help”
Helen Pattinson
Founder & MD Montezuma's Chocolates
“Secantor makes us make decisions. What we are getting is a whole world of advice. The cost has paid for itself 100 times over. ”
Richard Atherton
Founder & MD Juno Records
“Thank you so much for all your work for us. It has certainly been challenging and you always presented a calm front, which helped, along with brilliant work. Secantor provided the senior business & financial support my fellow director & I needed at a very critical time for our company. I cannot recommend the incredible service we received highly enough”
Owner & CEO
Global Recruitment Business
“An impact above all expectations. It is hard for me to express my gratitude for such a clear-sighted plan, so well implemented.”
Chairman 3rd Generation Family Business
"A huge thank you for introducing Secantor. Obviously you know how dismissive and sceptical I can be of professionals…… However, I found Secantor to be very approachable with excellent communication. Thank you, I’ve been impressed. From my perspective, I was immediately comfortable with their approach and the time they took to learn more about our business."
Steve Wood
MD Roy Wood Transits
“Previously I only saw the cost of administrators but the results of the improvements led by Secantor have completely changed my mind. I now see that each person's contribution creates the opportunity to make more profit”
MD Engineering Services Business
“Secantor has been instrumental in helping us secure our future, bringing great insight, experience and expertise to the management team. Our Secantor Executive has integrated perfectly into our senior team and with a fresh approach and external perspective has helped us transform the business.”
Mark
MD Manufacturing Business
"We have worked with Secantor for over 7 years, having initially appointed them to audit our business performance. We thoroughly enjoy working with the Secantor team who continue to provide a highly professional and bespoke service, allowing us to develop our business strategies, our teams, and processes. Without their invaluable advice and knowledge, I doubt the business would have made such significant gains."
Group Managing Director - Specialist Construction Business
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Unlock The Potential In Your Business
Secantor helps you get on top of your business rather than being stuck in it allowing you to direct rather than do. We offer a broad range of Executive Management Services that are tailored to your needs.
Ways Secantor Will Help You
Develop & Implement A Successful Plan
Optimise Your Finances
Develop A Strong Accountable Team
Build Value In Your Business
Improve Operational Efficiency
Exit Your Business Successfully
What Does It Take to Build a Successful SME?
This guide is designed for ambitious SME owners who want to:
- Focus on what actually drives growth
- Spot where profit is being lost
- Improve margins with smarter decisions
- Strengthen cash flow and financial control
- Build a stronger foundation for sustainable growth
- Take practical action that moves the business forward
How Secantor Helped a £30m Recruitment Business at a Critical Time
“Secantor provided the senior business & financial support my fellow director & I needed at a very critical time for our company. I cannot recommend the incredible service we received highly enough”
CEO Of A £30m Turnover Recruitment Company
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“Secantor has been instrumental in helping us secure our future, bringing great insight, experience and expertise to the management team. Our Secantor Executive has integrated perfectly into our senior team and with a fresh approach and external perspective has helped us transform the business.”
Mark - Managing Director, Manufacturing Company
Talk To Paul About Your Business Goals
Book a Free 30-Minute Business Review
Paul Gibbins
Use the calendar to book a free 30-minute call with Paul and get clarity on your next steps
On the call, you’ll:
- Identify what’s holding back your profit and growth
- Gain clearer direction on your business priorities
- Understand how to improve cashflow and performance
- Explore practical steps to move your business forward
No obligation
30-minute call
Expert advice
“An impact above all expectations. It is hard for me to express my gratitude for such a clear-sighted plan, so well implemented.”
Nicholas Bateman - Chairman, 3rd Generation Family Business
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