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Fractional CFOs and finance coaching for pre-revenue companies in the UK

A founder of a pre-revenue company in the UK can hire a fractional CFO or learn the work and keep it in house. This page lists both: 1 solo practitioner offering fractional CFO work and 2 programs on finance, fundraising and exit preparation for founders and CEOs.

Updated 21 Oct 2026 Firms and practitioners 1 Programs 2 Order published rule

Hire: fractional CFO

A fractional CFO owns cash, forecasting, reporting, banking and investor relations, and sits between the bookkeeper and the board.

$2,540per month, median published
  • Hours4 to 16 hours a week
  • Minimum term3 months
  • Month oneAccess to the books, a cleaned-up close, a 13-week cash flow forecast and a first monthly reporting pack the CEO can read in ten minutes
  • Firms for Pre-revenue1 firm
  • Cost guideWhat a CFO costs

Learn: finance coaching for founders

You keep the work in house and learn to run it yourself, with a coach, a course or a peer group.

Prices on requestnone of these programs publishes one

Hire: fractional CFOs

One publishes a monthly fee: $2,540 a month at ScaleWithCFO. The rest quote. Most fractional CFOs at a $1M to $50M company work 4 to 16 hours a week, usually one fixed day plus the close and the weeks before a board meeting or a raise. Month one is access to the books, a cleaned-up close, a 13-week cash flow forecast and a first monthly reporting pack the CEO can read in ten minutes.

Fractional CFOs for pre-revenue companies

Learn: coaching for founders

2 programs on finance, fundraising and exit preparation for founders and CEOs, open to companies in the UK.

Finance coaching

How this page is built. The firms and practitioners offer fractional CFO work and say they serve pre-revenue companies in the UK. The programs cover finance, fundraising and exit preparation and name founders or CEOs as their audience. Each list keeps the published order. Full methodology.