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The free self-check

The Ratio Check. Five minutes, and it shows you where to look first.

This is a quick, honest read, not the full diagnostic. Sixteen questions, five minutes, no obligation. Answer straight off the top of your head. Most owners already know the answer before they've finished reading the question.

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The check

Sixteen questions, eight areas of the business.

For the scale questions, 1 means "not us" and 5 means "sounds like us". It won't tell you everything, but it will tell you where to look first.

1

The Numbers & Margins

1.Revenue's up on last year, but you couldn't say with confidence whether profit went up with it.
Not us
Sounds like us
2.You could not name your three most profitable customers, or your three least profitable, without pulling a report first.
3.Cashflow feels tight some months even when the order book looks healthy.
Not us
Sounds like us
2

Pricing & Charging

4.Your prices haven't been properly reviewed in the last twelve months, they've just drifted up with everyone else's.
5.You can win work at your current prices, but you're not fully sure which jobs actually make money once everything's accounted for.
Not us
Sounds like us
3

Sales & Pipeline

6.Most new work still comes from word of mouth or repeat clients, there isn't a reliable pipeline behind it.
Not us
Sounds like us
7.If your best salesperson (possibly you) took a month off, new business would visibly slow down.
4

Customers

8.A small number of customers account for most of your revenue, and losing one would properly hurt.
Not us
Sounds like us
5

Operations & Delivery

9.Delivery quietly slips, deadlines, quality, or both, more often than you'd like to admit.
Not us
Sounds like us
10.There's no written process for how your core work gets delivered, it lives in people's heads.
6

People & Decisions

11.The business can't run a full week without you in it, decisions, approvals, or the day-to-day.
Not us
Sounds like us
12.If you took two weeks off with no phone, you're not confident the business would run the same when you got back.
7

Systems, Data & KPIs

13.You couldn't pull up the three numbers that actually tell you how the business is doing, today, without asking someone else first.
Not us
Sounds like us
14.Different parts of the business run on different spreadsheets or systems that don't talk to each other.
8

The Owner & Risk

15.You're busier than ever, but you'd struggle to point to what actually changed for the better this year.
Not us
Sounds like us
16.If you had to sell the business tomorrow, you're not confident a buyer would pay what you think it's worth.
Not us
Sounds like us
What your answers point to

This is a mirror, not a mark.

There's no pass or fail, just a read on where to look first.

Mostly low / "No"

The engine's in reasonable shape. Worth a second opinion before you scale or sell, so nothing's assumed.

A mix

There's likely one or two things quietly costing you the most. That's exactly what the diagnostic is built to find, fast.

Mostly high / "Yes"

The business has grown, but it's got heavier to run, not lighter. Worth a proper look sooner rather than later.

Your details

Get your read.

Leave your name and email and I'll send your answers back to you, with a short note on where the quickest return is likely to be.

Your name and email so I can send your read back to you and, if it's useful, follow up. No mailing list, no follow-up you didn't ask for.

Your details stay with PeakRatio, used only to send your read. Never shared.

If any of this landed, the next step is a short call.

Fifteen minutes, no obligation, no pitch. Just a look at what you've answered and where the quickest return is likely to be. If it's not a fit, I'll say so.

Book the 15-minute call
brian.valentine@peakratio.co.uk +44 7815 675370