Higginson James

Services/CFO & Financial Management

CFO & Financial Management

Fractional CFO services.

Senior financial leadership for startups, SaaS, AI, life sciences and healthcare businesses, and growing owner-managed companies, on a part-time basis. A fractional CFO gives you board-level finance expertise without the cost of a full-time finance director.

Fractional CFO

Finance leadership, when you need it

Part-time CFO and finance director support for businesses that have outgrown a purely compliance-led relationship but don't yet need, or want, a full-time hire. Sometimes called an outsourced CFO or part-time FD, the role is the same: the financial thinking normally reserved for larger businesses.

Talk to us about fractional CFO support
  • Business plans and investor fundraising
  • Financial models, forecasting and cash flow
  • Management reporting and board-level financial strategy
  • Building and running an efficient finance team
  • Business restructuring and turnaround
Who we work with

Growing businesses, and the investors behind them.

01

Startups & scale-ups

Getting investment-ready: business plans, financial models and fundraising support, SEIS/EIS considerations, cash runway planning, and the finance setup investors expect to see.

02

SaaS businesses

Recurring-revenue finance done properly: ARR and MRR reporting, churn and unit economics, revenue recognition, pricing and board-ready metrics as you grow.

03

AI development businesses

Finance for high-investment, fast-moving businesses: R&D tax relief, compute and development cost control, forecasting through long build phases, and funding strategy.

04

Life sciences, biotech & healthcare

Finance for research-led and regulated businesses: grant and investor funding, R&D tax relief, managing cash through long development and approval timelines, and clear reporting for boards and investors.

05

PE & VC-backed businesses

Supporting portfolio companies and their investors: investor and board reporting, budgeting and forecasting against the investment plan, covenant monitoring, post-deal 100-day plans, due diligence support and getting ready for exit or the next funding round.

Financial management

What's covered

These are the services listed on the firm's ACCA register entry.

Ask about CFO & Financial Management
  • Corporate finance
  • Small-scale equity issues
  • Bank loans and overdrafts, including government-backed lending schemes
  • Management accounting consultancy
  • Share valuations
  • Grants and government funding schemes
  • Treasury
Where we work

Cambridge, Essex & London

We work with businesses in person across Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Essex and London, and remotely throughout the UK.