SCALE2SELL® plans
A structured monthly subscription for founder-led businesses: a six-month minimum term, then month to month, without an open-ended consulting retainer.
Every plan follows the same six-month SCALE2SELL® journey, built to strengthen founder worth, business worth and exit worth. What changes from plan to plan is how much of Nik's time you have. Plans start after your Founder Discovery Session, where Nik recommends the one that fits your stage, and you can agree a move to another plan with Nik as your business progresses toward an exit.
For growth-focused founders building toward exit readiness.
£495/month
Six-month minimum term (six monthly payments), then rolling monthly. After that, cancel any time before your next billing date.
Recommended by Nik after your Founder Discovery Session.
For founders preparing for funding, sale or strategic transition.
£1,250/month
Six-month minimum term (six monthly payments), then rolling monthly. After that, cancel any time before your next billing date.
Recommended by Nik after your Founder Discovery Session.
For founders roughly one to three years from exit who need more than two calls a month.
£2,250/month
Six-month minimum term (six monthly payments), then rolling monthly. After that, cancel any time before your next billing date.
Recommended by Nik after your Founder Discovery Session.
By application
A fully tailored, high-touch advisory relationship for complex transitions, M&A preparation or succession planning.
From£5,500/month
Limited to two Bespoke clients at a time.
Apply through the Founder Discovery Session. Scope and fee are set in a signed engagement letter, with a six-month minimum term.
Month by month
Here is the advisory time each plan gives you every month, and how your toolkits arrive over your first six months.
Essentials£495/month
1 × 45-minute advisory call per month
Advisory+£1,250/month
2 × 60-minute advisory calls per month
Exit Programme£2,250/month
Up to 3 hours of advisory time per month, remote, in flexible 30–90 minute blocks
Bespokefrom £5,500/month
Up to 6 hours of advisory support per month, remote, bookable in 30–90 minute blocks
Your first six months
Each toolkit is a set of practical worksheets and scorecards for one SCALE2SELL® pillar, released in order so that it becomes the starting point for your next conversation with Nik. Month 2 adds the Toolkit 3a Executive Dashboard and the Quarterly Readiness Radar, which you review with Nik every quarter. After Month 6, your work with Nik follows your real priorities.
On every plan
Strategy Days
The Exit Programme includes one Founder Strategy Day a year, and Bespoke one every quarter. On Essentials and Advisory+ a Strategy Day is available to add, at £3,500.
Included as standard
Compare
| Essentials£495/month | Advisory+£1,250/month | Exit Programme£2,250/month | Bespokefrom£5,500/month | |
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| SCALE2SELL® toolkits (all eight, released over six months) | ||||
| Secure Stratworth Vault | ||||
| Quarterly business readiness dashboard | ||||
| Advisory time | 1 × 45-minute advisory call per month | 2 × 60-minute advisory calls per month | Up to 3 hours per month, in 30–90 minute blocks | Up to 6 hours per month, in 30–90 minute blocks |
| Priority access | Scoped with you | |||
| Priority responses by the next working day | Scoped with you | |||
| Quarterly readiness reviews with recommendations | ||||
| Customised email guidance and strategic prompts | Scoped with you | |||
| Email support based on readiness stage | ||||
| Additional templates and tools added where relevant to your journey | ||||
| Curated resources and partner network | ||||
| Deeper valuation mapping and exit-readiness support | Scoped with you | |||
| Exit pathway review and next-step planning | Scoped with you | |||
| Quarterly review of management accounts and data-room readiness | Scoped with you | |||
| Exit roadmap, updated each quarter | Scoped with you | |||
| Founder Strategy Day | Available to add, £3,500 | Available to add, £3,500 | One a year, included | Quarterly, included |
| Founder positioning and buyer negotiation preparation | ||||
| Succession and legacy planning for family or management exits | ||||
| Secure collaboration under NDA | If required | |||
| Terms | Six-month minimum, then rolling monthly | Six-month minimum, then rolling monthly | Six-month minimum, then rolling monthly | By application, with a signed engagement letter; six-month minimum; two clients at a time |
| Begin with Discovery | Begin with Discovery | Begin with Discovery | Apply |
Nik recommends the right plan after your Founder Discovery Session, and you start it from your Stratworth Vault. Every plan follows the same six-month journey; the plan sets how much of Nik's time you have.
Everything you share with us is treated as strictly confidential on every plan.
Choosing
Suits founders who are growing and want structure and accountability through the SCALE2SELL® journey, with a monthly call to keep momentum. A good fit if an exit is on the horizon but not yet in view.
Suits founders with a sale, investment or transition in view who want more time with us, deeper valuation mapping and a clear exit pathway.
Suits founders roughly one to three years from an exit who need more than two calls a month but are not yet in deal mode, with a quarterly review of the accounts and data-room readiness, and a Strategy Day each year.
Suits complex situations, such as M&A preparation, family or management succession, or a transition with many moving parts, where you want close, tailored support and a quarterly Strategy Day. By application, for up to two clients at a time.
You do not have to choose on your own. In your Founder Discovery Session, Nik works through the issues that matter most and recommends the plan that fits. If you would like to talk first, book a complimentary Founder Conversation.
Bespoke, by application
Bespoke is the closest way to work with Nik, so we keep it small: no more than two Bespoke clients at any one time. It is by application, and there is no online checkout.
The route is the Founder Discovery Session. If you and Nik agree that Bespoke is the right fit, he sends you a Bespoke Engagement Letter that sets out the scope of the work and the monthly fee, from £5,500, with a six-month minimum term. Once it is signed, Nik sends you a personal link to start.
Engagement Letter
The template of the letter we send, so you can read it before you apply.
Download the template PDFYour Founder Discovery questions, then a session of about 60 to 75 minutes with Nik.
The scope, the monthly fee from £5,500, and a six-month minimum term, agreed and signed.
Nik sends a private invitation to start your Bespoke plan.
One-off sessions
£500
Where every plan begins. You answer twelve short Founder Discovery questions, then meet Nik for about 60 to 75 minutes to work through the issues that matter most. He then recommends the right plan, and the £500 is credited against your first plan payment where it applies.
About Founder Discovery£3,500
A full-day strategy session with Nik for your senior team, on-site or off-site, with a pre-session briefing, a concise summary and UK travel and accommodation. Included once a year on the Exit Programme and every quarter on Bespoke.
About the Strategy DayThe small print, in plain words
Questions
Essentials is £495/month, Advisory+ is £1,250/month and the Exit Programme is £2,250/month. Bespoke is from £5,500/month, with the fee set in a signed engagement letter. Every plan has a six-month minimum term and includes full access to the SCALE2SELL® toolkits, a quarterly business readiness dashboard, curated resources and our partner network, email support based on your readiness stage, and additional templates and tools added where relevant to your journey. The difference between plans is how much time you get with Nik and how tailored the support is.
Every plan follows the same six-month SCALE2SELL® journey; the plan sets how much of Nik's time you have. Essentials includes one 45-minute advisory call a month, your toolkits as they are released, quarterly readiness reviews with recommendations, and customised email guidance. Advisory+ adds two 60-minute calls a month, priority access, deeper valuation mapping, exit-readiness support and an exit pathway review. The Exit Programme replaces the two calls with up to three hours of advisory time a month in total, one Founder Strategy Day a year, a quarterly review of your management accounts and data-room readiness with an exit roadmap updated each quarter, and priority responses by the next working day. Bespoke is fully tailored: up to six hours of advisory time a month in total, including any calls, a quarterly Strategy Day, buyer negotiation preparation, succession and legacy planning, and secure collaboration under NDA if required.
Yes. Every plan, including Bespoke, has a six-month minimum term: you commit to the full six-month programme, and all six monthly fees are payable whether or not you use everything available to you. If a payment is overdue or fails, new toolkit releases, Vault access and advisory sessions may be paused until it is paid; a pause does not cancel or reduce the six-month commitment. After the minimum term, plans roll monthly: you can cancel any time before your next billing date in Manage billing in your Stratworth Vault, and your plan runs to the end of the month you have paid for. When a plan ends, your Stratworth Vault access ends. Anything you've already downloaded stays with you for your own reference, once all fees due have been paid.
It's our plan for founders roughly one to three years from an exit who need more than two calls a month but aren't yet in deal mode. At £2,250/month it includes everything in Advisory+, with the two monthly calls replaced by up to three hours of advisory time a month in total in flexible 30 to 90-minute blocks, one Founder Strategy Day a year with UK travel and accommodation included, a quarterly review of your management accounts and data-room readiness with an exit roadmap updated each quarter, and priority responses by the next working day. Like every plan, it has a six-month minimum term.
Bespoke is by application, and we work with no more than two Bespoke clients at a time. Start with the Founder Discovery Session (£500): your Founder Discovery questions, then a session of about 60 to 75 minutes with Nik. If you both agree Bespoke is the right fit, Nik sends you a Bespoke Engagement Letter setting out the scope and the monthly fee, from £5,500, with a six-month minimum term. Once it's signed, he sends you a personal link to start. You can download the template of the letter from our plans page. If both places are taken, we'll tell you when one opens.
No. Each plan includes a set amount of advisory time each month: one 45-minute call on Essentials, two 60-minute calls on Advisory+, up to three hours on the Exit Programme and up to six hours on Bespoke, both bookable in 30 to 90-minute blocks. That time is measured monthly and doesn't roll over, and calls and sessions are booked in advance by appointment.
Next step
Book a complimentary Founder Conversation with Nik by Zoom, Teams or phone: 30 to 45 minutes, at no charge, to see whether we are the right fit. If we are, the next step is your Founder Discovery Session.