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NAILING THE FINANCES

Finance makes more sense when someone explains it properly

 

Friendly, jargon-free financial education

Budgets. Cash flow. VAT. Payroll. Financial reports.

You may deal with these regularly while still feeling that you don’t fully understand them.

Perhaps you avoid looking too closely at the numbers. You rely on someone else to explain them. Or you worry about asking questions because you think you should already know the answers.

You’re not “bad with numbers”.

Finance has simply been made more complicated and intimidating than it needs to be.

Nailing the Finances gives you clear, practical financial education that relates to the decisions and responsibilities you face in real life.

No jargon. No judgement. Just finance explained in a way that makes sense.

 

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DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

  • Financial terminology leaves you feeling lost.
  • You can read the figures but don’t know what they mean.
  • You make decisions without feeling confident about the financial impact.
  • You want to understand reports instead of simply receiving them.
  • You worry about asking questions that feel too basic.
  • You have tried learning about finance before, but the explanations were too technical.
  • You want practical knowledge you can use—not an accountancy qualification.

If any of that sounds familiar, you’re in the right place.

You don’t need to become an accountant. You simply need someone to start with what you already know, explain things clearly and show you how finance connects to the real world.

LEARN IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR YOU

Nailing the Finances offers practical, jargon-free financial education for business owners, managers, CICs, charities, trustees and boards.

Courses and mini-courses

Build your knowledge at your own pace through clear, focused learning based on real financial situations.

Workshops

Learn alongside others, ask questions and work through practical examples in a friendly and supportive environment.

Personalised training

Training can be developed around the needs of your business, organisation, team or board and delivered online or in person.

Topics may include:

  • Finance for non-financial managers

  • Understanding management accounts

  • Budgeting and cash flow

  • Finance for CIC directors

  • Charity finance

  • Finance for trustees

  • Restricted and unrestricted funds

  • Reading charity accounts

  • Financial governance

  • Bespoke training for teams and boards

Resources and templates

Use straightforward guides, checklists and tools to put what you have learned into practice.

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LEARNING WITHOUT THE JUDGEMENT

Many people arrive believing they are simply “not a numbers person”.

I don’t believe that’s true.

More often than not, they have never had finance explained in a way that relates to them. They may have been given reports without context, surrounded by unfamiliar terminology or made to feel that their questions were too basic.

There are no silly questions here.

As a CIMA Fellow and experienced finance trainer, I combine professional knowledge with a friendly, patient and down-to-earth approach.

I won’t assume what you already know. I won’t overwhelm you with technical language. And I won’t teach you things simply because they appear in a textbook.

The goal is to give you financial knowledge you can understand, remember and use.

START BUILDING YOUR FINANCIAL CONFIDENCE

You don’t need to understand everything at once.

Begin with one topic, one question or one area that has never quite made sense. Every step you take will make the next financial conversation, report or decision feel a little easier.

Ready to make finance feel less daunting?

 

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