Part-Time CFO Services In Basingstoke

Funding, strategy and a clearer route to value for owner-managed businesses in north Hampshire

Owner-managed businesses in Basingstoke and north Hampshire can call on Secantor for a part-time CFO, with the strategic financial leadership of a chief financial officer and none of the full-time cost. Your CFO takes a seat in the management team, answers for the plan and works with the directors on funding, planning and where the business is heading.

Our national guide to the Fractional CFO role covers the model, and our board-level support for Basingstoke businesses shows the wider range.

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What Does A Part-Time CFO Do For A Basingstoke Business?

A Secantor part-time CFO helps a Basingstoke business make the big financial decisions with confidence: where to invest, how to fund it and what the business could be worth. The areas of support typically include:

  • Cash and the bank: forecasts and a lender relationship that hold up under scrutiny.
  • The plan: a financial model for the next three to five years, bringing profit and loss, balance sheet and cashflow together and tied to what the board wants to achieve.
  • Funding: the right finance for growth, and the case that secures it.
  • Deals and exits: leadership through acquisitions, disposals and sales.
  • Board reporting: monthly figures and KPIs the board can act on.

Where control, reporting and cash come first, our Part-Time Finance Director page is the better start. People also search for this service as a fractional, outsourced or virtual CFO.

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When Does A Basingstoke Business Need A Part-Time CFO?

Secantor's part-time CFO service suits a Basingstoke business that faces a bigger financial decision than its team can carry on its own. Typical triggers include a bank that wants a credible plan, a cash squeeze, a funding round, an acquisition or a sale. In the toughest cases it means a business that needs a turnaround. Our blog on when an SME needs a CFO sets out the signs.

How A Secantor CFO Helped A Family Retail Group Through A Turnaround And Sale

A long-established family-owned retail group, with its own manufacturing arm and several hundred staff, was making losses of millions of pounds over successive years. Its bank's support unit referred it to Secantor when it had too little cash to cover the following month's payroll.

Secantor acted as Finance and Turnaround Director. The first step was a daily cash forecast giving four months' visibility, and personal conversations with creditors that led to time to pay arrangements the business then kept. An 18 day strategic review followed, with interviews across head office and production and visits to outlets, and it concluded that the business could be turned round rather than sold or merged. The directors and shareholders agreed the plan, and so did the bank, which supported it throughout.

The board was restructured, with new directors bringing retail and finance skills, a three year business and financial plan gave every budget holder clear accountability, and monthly management accounts and KPIs went to a board meeting each month. Production was restructured and modernised, surplus property was sold, and a new Retail Director put every outlet under management accountability, with a performance-related pay scheme and a business plan for each store. After eight months a new bank provided the larger funding the business needed to invest.

A £2m annual loss became a £250,000 profit the following year and £1.5m in the year after. In year three Secantor initiated and guided the sale of the group to a national chain for £14m. Read the full case study.

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How A Part-Time CFO Works With You

A Secantor part-time CFO begins in a Basingstoke business with a diagnostic phase. The CFO studies your ambitions and what stands in their way, gets to know the directors and key people, and reviews the systems, processes, reporting and organisation structure as well as how the business really runs, with cash and the bank relationship firmly in view. An action plan for improvement is then agreed with the board, and the CFO helps put it into effect around your lenders and any deal in progress.

We recommend the advisor whose experience fits your plans, or more than one if you would like to choose. All of our advisors have held senior board roles themselves, and each is accredited by our directors. Your CFO takes a seat inside the management team, answers for delivery and has a senior Secantor director alongside.

What Does A Part-Time CFO Cost In Basingstoke?

A Secantor part-time CFO in Basingstoke is charged at £1,200 a day plus VAT and expenses. The days are agreed in advance and you have full flexibility to increase or decrease them to suit your business needs, with more when a funding round, a turnaround or a sale needs them. Our cost guide explains the figures.

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Choosing The Route That Fits The Question

Secantor's part-time CFO suits a Basingstoke business whose main question is funding, strategy, a turnaround or a sale. The right route depends on which question comes first.

Our comparison of Fractional vs Part-Time vs Interim CFO sets out the differences.

Working Alongside Your Finance Team, Bank And Board

Secantor's part-time CFOs work with the finance team, accountants, bank and board of a Basingstoke business and do not replace any of them. They add the senior strategic layer above your finance function. Bookkeeping and outsourced accounts are not part of what we provide. For a business heading towards a sale, our Exit Planning service sets out how we prepare it.

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Starting With A Free Business Review

Secantor's Free Business Review gives Basingstoke business owners a free, no obligation first step. A conversation comes first, then we come to you to understand the business and what you want from it, and you are left with an independent view and our recommendation. See the Free Business Review.

Our 5-Point Commitment to You

✅ Expert Advice You Can Rely On: You’ll work with qualified, experienced advisors who are focused on results.

✅ A Trusted Working Relationship: We select advisors who fit your culture, team and goals.

✅ Tailored Support for Your Business: No templates, just relevant, practical, hands-on input.

✅ Dependable, Consistent Delivery: We meet deadlines, keep promises and deliver lasting impact.

✅ Clear, Proactive Communication: No jargon. Just senior-level expertise, clearly delivered.

Next Steps

Start with a Free Business Review, or have a discovery call with a Secantor Director first if you would sooner talk before deciding.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Part-Time CFOs In Basingstoke

Can a part-time CFO help a business in financial difficulty?

Yes. A CFO can take control of cash with a daily forecast, deal openly with creditors and the bank, and lead a recovery plan. Secantor has done this for a business referred by its bank.

Is a part-time CFO a consultant?

No. Consultants recommend and depart. A Secantor CFO takes a seat in your management team, answers for the plan, helps the directors decide as a director would and stays until it is delivered.

Can a part-time CFO help us with our bank?

Yes. The CFO produces the cash forecasts and plan a bank asks for, keeps the lender relationship in good order and can sit alongside you when you present them.

Can a part-time CFO help us sell the business?

Yes. A CFO prepares the forecasts, financial history and due diligence information buyers ask for, and can guide the process through to completion.

How many days a month does a part-time CFO work?

That depends on the work in hand. The time rises during a turnaround, a funding round or a sale, and you decide how it changes.

Do you cover businesses outside Basingstoke town?

Yes. Businesses in Old Basing, Chineham, Hook, Tadley, Kingsclere and Overton are within our part-time CFO service, as are those across north Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey.

Not quite found the answer you need? Contact our team and we will get back to you personally.

If reporting or the board is the real question, our Part-Time Finance Director and Non-Executive Director services in Basingstoke may suit you better, and so might our overview of board-level support for Basingstoke businesses.

How Can a Fractional CFO Transform Your Bottom Line? is a useful next read, on our blog.

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