About Wood & Disney
The plain-speaking chartered accountants helping Ambitious Entrepreneurs to Build Awesome Futures by giving them the wisdom to future proof their companies and build lifetime businesses as opposed to lifestyle businesses.
Our ideal clients are ambitious entrepreneurs and it does not matter what industry they are in as their attitude is more important than what they do. In fact, in our ideal world, we would love to have one client from every industry because the cross pollination of ideas would be incredible and of course we wouldn’t be giving the same business advice to a competitor as we give to you.
But why is our focus on business advice and regular meetings rather than just tax?
The failure rate of small businesses in the UK is quite frankly appalling. Recent data from Companies House confirms that less than 28% of businesses survive more than 10 years and only 10% survive more than 20 years. Why are these statistics so poor?
You run a small business. That means you are busy. Every day is a sprint to manage the cash flow, serve the clients, keep the team happy, and handle the unexpected problems. You focus on the here and now, because frankly, the here and now is demanding.
This focus is natural, but it’s also dangerous.
The truth is the way most small businesses operate, fixating on immediate profit and fighting today’s battles, is setting them up for a major struggle tomorrow. The market is changing too fast. Technology is shifting. Customers are demanding more. If your business is only built to survive the next three months, it will not survive the next five or ten years when a big disruption hits.
Having us as your mentors, guides and coaches will keep you on track to a more prosperous future.
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