It isn't a sales call. It isn't a task list.
It's the map everything else gets built from.
A structured diagnostic across five domains of your business, delivered by the person who'd actually do the work next - not a rep reading from a script.
What's actually broken in this market
Three assumptions we spend the first ten minutes correcting
1. "This is a sales call in a diagnostic costume."
It's the same instrument we build retainers from - not a pitch dressed up as help.
Most "free audits" are a 20-minute call engineered to close. This one produces a real, five-domain map of your business, whether or not you ever work with us again. Nothing about the process changes based on whether you buy.
2. "Ops support means someone else does your admin"
The Audit maps dependency, not to-do lists.
A task list tells you what's undone. This tells you why it stays undone - which decisions only you can make, which knowledge only lives in your head, and what that's actually costing the business while it stays there.
3. "Once the audit's done, that's the end of it."
It's the starting map, not the whole trip.
The Audit hands you a score and a plain-English plan you can act on with or without us. For founders who want it built out, it's also the exact document the next stage of work gets built from - so nothing is repeated, and nothing is guessed at twice.
The instrument, not the vibes
Five domains. One score. A plain answer to "what happens if I stepped away."
This is the same framework behind the Founder Dependency Score - scored, not guessed.
01
Decisions
Who actually holds authority day to day, and what still routes through you by default.
02
Knowledge
What only exists in your head, your inbox, or your memory - and nowhere your team can reach it.
03
Delivery
What actually breaks, slips, or slows the moment you're not the one holding it.
04
Revenue
How much income depends on your direct involvement rather than the business itself.
05
Resilience
What would genuinely survive two full weeks with you fully offline.
What's included in the Audit:
Pre-session questionnaire A detailed set of questions before we meet so we arrive already across your business. The more you share here, the deeper we can go in the session.
90-minute mapping session This is not a sales call. A structured conversation about how your business really operates: the people, the processes, the pressure points, and what founder dependency is actually costing you right now.
Full written report Delivered within five working days. A complete picture of your operational landscape — the root causes of the dependency, the gaps that matter most, and what they are costing the business. Clear, practical, no jargon.
Prioritised action plan Not a list of problems. A sequenced roadmap of exactly what needs to change and in what order. Something you can act on immediately, regardless of what you decide to do next.
"Gemma came in and saw what I couldn't see any more - the dozens of places where my week was leaking. Three months later I've got my Fridays back, my team knows what they're doing, and I finally stopped waking up at 4am worrying about the business."
Hunter Admin Client - 10-Person Team, Construction Industry
Not ready for the full Audit yet?
The DIY Founder Dependency Audit is a self-guided alternative.
A structured framework built around the same five domains, a scoring system that makes the gaps impossible to ignore, and a 30-day action plan template to take straight into your business.
Work through it at your own pace. Arrive at the Audit - when you are ready - already knowing exactly where the problems sit.
- Guided workbook across all five founder dependency domains
- Reflection prompts that go beyond the surface
- Scoring framework and priority matrix
- 30-day action plan template
£97. Instant access.
Get the map before you spend another month guessing.
Fixed scope. Fixed price. A real diagnostic, whether or not you ever work with us again.
£395 - rising to £495 in August. Booking now locks in the current rate.