The Financial Helm was founded on a simple observation: most growing businesses are held back by a critical gap between their accounting and their day-to-day operations. The numbers are handled by one person, the systems by another, and the founder is left trying to bridge the divide.
We exist to close that gap for good.
For years, from two different professional worlds, we saw the same problem from opposite sides.
As an expert accountant, Emma saw the consequences of broken systems every day. She worked with ambitious founders who had brilliant products and impressive growth, but whose financial operations were held together by fragile spreadsheets, manual data entry, and sheer willpower. This "creeping chaos" led to delayed decisions, unclear profitability, and founders who were trapped working in their business, not on it.
As a tech automation specialist, Stuart saw the other side of the coin. He saw powerful, accessible technology that could eliminate these bottlenecks, but it was often poorly implemented or completely overlooked by traditional finance professionals. The potential for efficiency was huge, but it required a systems-thinking mindset that most accountants simply didn't have.
The Financial Helm was born when we realised the solution wasn't just better accounting or smarter tech—it was the seamless integration of both. We built a new kind of accountancy practice, one that architects the operational engine that powers our clients' growth.
Emma is the accountant and financial strategist. With over 10 years of experience, she ensures every system we build is rooted in robust, compliant accounting principles. Her aim is to empower founders, by transforming financial data from a historical record into a powerful tool for real-time, forward-looking decision-making. She is the architect of your financial clarity.
Stuart is the systems specialist. He translates complex operational challenges into elegant, automated workflows. With a background in software development, having worked with The University of Cambridge and The Economist, amongst others, he ensures that the technology we implement is perfectly tailored to streamline and automate your processes. He is the engineer of your financial efficiency.
To move business owners from being a bottleneck in their finances to being in control of them.
We replace outdated, manual processes with streamlined systems that provide clarity, eliminate operational drag, and free up ambitious leaders to focus on what they do best: scaling their company.
Stop letting your processes dictate your potential. Let's build a financial engine that's ready for your growth
