About Cooper Vance
Helping good businesses grow up
Cooper Vance gives owner-MDs senior, one-to-one support through the growing pains. You’ve built something real. We help you turn it into a business that runs properly, with or without you in every room.
What we do
From teenage years to a functioning adult
Most owner-managed businesses hit the same wall. Sales and headcount have grown, but the business still runs on the owner’s memory, goodwill and long hours. We sit alongside the MD and fix what’s holding it back: the processes, the systems, the numbers and the people.
Processes written down and followed
One version of the numbers
Systems and automation that save time
A team that owns its results
Who we help
Owner-MDs who are still the bottleneck
We work with owner-managed businesses turning over £1m to £10m, with 10 to 50 staff, typically 5 to 15 years in. The founder has done the hard yards, but every decision, exception and late-night spreadsheet still runs through them, and growth is creating pressure rather than freedom.
Every decision comes back to you
Turnover is up, profit isn’t keeping pace
Good people need clearer direction
You want time back for life outside work
How we help
Diagnostic first. Then one to one.
1. A free call. We talk about what’s not working and whether a Diagnostic would help. No pitch.
2. Growing Pains Diagnostic. Half a day with you and your business, then a written 90-day plan with the three changes that matter most. £1,500 + VAT, credited against Advisory.
3. MD Advisory. Two 90-minute 1-2-1s a month, WhatsApp access between sessions, and hands-on help putting the plan in place. £1,500 + VAT a month, six-month minimum.
Where it helps, we use AI and automation to take the admin off your team, using whichever tools suit you: Claude, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and others. It’s a means to an end, not the point.
The people
Small team. Real experience.
Andrew, founder. Andrew has done the job he advises on. At McGovern & Co, a 70-year-old builders’ merchant, he led the move from paper to fully automated finance, sales and marketing. At Power Tool World, a £45m e-commerce business, he started seven days before Black Friday, then built the processes and structure that let its owners step back. Today he’s MD of a 15-year-old national B2B distributor, and coaches directors in other businesses one to one.
Chris, data and AI. Chris is our numbers and systems specialist. He turns messy spreadsheets and disconnected systems into reporting a business can trust, then builds the automation and AI setups that take repetitive work off the team, across Claude, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and the tools you already use.
Between us, we’ve sat in the MD’s chair and built the systems behind it. That’s the combination most growing businesses are missing.
Next step
Find out what’s holding your business back
A free call, no pitch. You’ll leave knowing whether a Diagnostic would help, and what to fix first either way.