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The right service.
The right time.
The right results.

Browse our specialist services and find the support that's right for your business, wherever you are on your growth journey.

Growth Coaching

Create profitable growth with stronger margins, healthier cash flow, and clear priorities.

Scale-Up Coaching

Reduce founder dependency and unlock ROI through leadership, systems, and accountability.

Exit Advisory

Increase exit value and certainty through structured preparation and experienced challenge.

Transformation Advisory

Deliver step-change improvement by fixing the biggest constraints holding performance back.

Acquisition Advisory

Acquire with discipline and integrate effectively so growth creates value, not complexity.

Funding Advisory

Secure the right funding, on the right terms, aligned to your strategic plans.

Non-Executive Advisory

Board-level governance, challenge, and perspective to improve strategic decision-making.

EOT Advisory

Expert advice on EOT suitability, feasibility & transaction delivery. Provision of Independent Trustee/s.

Our Strategic Impact in Action

How Whatley & Co increased net profit by 283% and transformed margins through structured scale up coaching

How Whatley & Co increased net profit by 283% and transformed margins through structured scale up coaching

Chalkhill Blue helped Whatley & Co (Pewsey) Limited significantly improve profitability and operational performance using its Scale Up Coaching programme, delivering 35 percent turnover growth, 113 percent gross profit growth, and 283 percent net profit growth within three years, alongside a strategic acquisition to accelerate scale.

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February 2026

How Roots Shoots Leaves grew from £400k to over £1m turnover and secured smart funding to accelerate growth

How Roots Shoots Leaves grew from £400k to over £1m turnover and secured smart funding to accelerate growth

Chalkhill Blue helped a founder led grounds maintenance and tree surgery business move from low profitability and operational strain to structured growth using Growth Coaching and Funding Advisory, resulting in turnover exceeding £1m, doubled profitability and a successful funding strategy to support accelerated expansion.

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January 2025

How MKL Groundworks built structure, improved margins and reclaimed strategic control in six months

How MKL Groundworks built structure, improved margins and reclaimed strategic control in six months

Chalkhill Blue helped a fast growing groundworks and landscaping business overcome operational chaos and founder dependency using its Growth Coaching programme, resulting in improved cashflow, stronger margins and a more accountable team within six months.

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April 2024

How Little Angels Childcare Group grew from a capacity crisis to a £1.8m multi site business through growth coaching

How Little Angels Childcare Group grew from a capacity crisis to a £1.8m multi site business through growth coaching

Chalkhill Blue helped an owner managed childcare business overcome burnout, capacity constraints, and stalled growth using its Growth Coaching programme, resulting in multi site expansion, a seven figure turnover, and a complete leadership transformation.

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April 2024

How HR Hislop Electrical Contracting scaled revenue and strengthened profitability through strategic leadership and systems excellence

How HR Hislop Electrical Contracting scaled revenue and strengthened profitability through strategic leadership and systems excellence

Chalkhill Blue helped an owner managed electrical contracting business overcome founder dependency, inconsistent profitability and operational strain using its Growth Coaching programme.

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April 2024

How Happy Pet Products Limited repositioned itself and returned to profitable growth through strategic transformation

How Happy Pet Products Limited repositioned itself and returned to profitable growth through strategic transformation

Chalkhill Blue helped the UK subsidiary of a major US pet product group overcome declining margins, brand erosion and strategic drift using its Business Transformation Advisory service.

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April 2024

How Grey Matter Learning increased valuation by 800 percent by transforming its business model and executing a structured exit

How Grey Matter Learning increased valuation by 800 percent by transforming its business model and executing a structured exit

Chalkhill Blue helped Grey Matter Learning transition from a traditional face to face training provider to a scalable e learning business using its Exit Planning and Exit Readiness framework.

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February 2026

How Channel Services increased revenue by 460 percent and built the confidence to scale beyond their limits

How Channel Services increased revenue by 460 percent and built the confidence to scale beyond their limits

Chalkhill Blue helped a fast growing electrical services business in Jersey move from uncertainty and operational strain to structured scale using its Scale Up Coaching programme.

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February 2026

How AP Air Europe reignited growth, expanded internationally and strengthened strategic governance

How AP Air Europe reignited growth, expanded internationally and strengthened strategic governance

Chalkhill Blue helped a long-established specialist agricultural air conditioning parts distributor reignite growth and strengthen leadership alignment using Scale Up Coaching and Non Executive Advisory services, resulting in improved performance, international expansion across Western Europe and Ireland, and a more strategic board led approach to the company’s future.

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February 2026

How Acaster Lloyd secured its legacy through a structured Employee Ownership exit in 10 months

How Acaster Lloyd secured its legacy through a structured Employee Ownership exit in 10 months

Chalkhill Blue helped a specialist consulting firm evaluate its exit options and transition to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), securing a structured, tax efficient shareholder exit and long term cultural continuity within 10 months.

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February 2026

Real experience applied at board and ownership level

Our advisors bring 15+ years of hands-on experience coaching, consulting, and advising SME leaders.

Proven ROI from growth and scale-up coaching

Clients investing in our growth and scale-up coaching typically see an additional £14 of net profit for every £1 invested.

Practical Experience across almost every sector

Including construction, engineering, manufacturing, technology, professional services, healthcare, consumer, and specialist industries.

Senior advisory input focused on outcomes, not activity

Whether acting as a coach, consultant, or non-executive, Chalkhill Blue is 100% results orientated.

A track record of strategic impact at critical moments

In every case, success is measured by return on investment, increased enterprise value, and long-term optionality not billable hours.

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Need a quick answer? AI Sam is available 24/7 to answer questions, explain concepts and help you explore your options.

Growth Coaching

Avoiding common mistakes

Explore risks quietly before they escalate

Scaling operations

Test assumptions without pressure

Leadership challenges

Systemising the business

Preparing for investment

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Clarity first. ROI follows.

The fastest route to return is knowing where to focus. Our diagnostic tools are designed to identify where coaching, consulting, or non-executive input will generate the greatest ROI and where it won’t.

Milestone Report

Identifies the constraints limiting growth, profitability, leadership, and scale.

Exit Readiness Report

Highlights value gaps that directly impact exit multiple and deal certainty.

Financial Readiness Report

Reveals where financial structure, control, or risk is eroding performance and value.

Upcoming events

Events designed to help business owners make better decisions, with Confidence. Educational webinars and in-person events that create clarity, reduce risk, and connect you with a community of like-minded business owners.

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24 Sep

The Growth Collective: Learn. Plan. Execute (Your Next 90 Days)

Thu • 08.30am - 16.30pm
Royal Wootton Bassett Rugby Football Club, Malmesbury Road, Royal Wootton Bassett SN4 8DS

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Featured blog posts

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The working capital trap that catches founders at completion

The working capital trap that catches founders at completion

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How to Create Scalable Financial Systems for Your SME

How to Create Scalable Financial Systems for Your SME

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