A price agreed before anything starts.
Two ways to work: a fixed price for a one-off piece of work, or a monthly retainer for reporting that needs keeping alive. No hourly meter running in the background, and no open-ended bills.
One-off work — fixed price
A report to build, a workbook to rebuild, a discrepancy to chase down, an analysis to run. I scope it, quote a single fixed price, and that's the price.
- Quoted in writing before work starts
- Agreed deliverable, so "done" is not a debate
- If the scope changes, I requote before continuing
Ongoing upkeep — monthly retainer
Once reports are live they need refresh checks, small changes and the occasional new question answered. A retainer covers that for a set number of hours a month.
- Rolling monthly, no minimum term
- Cancel any time with 30 days' notice
- Fees reviewed no more than once a year, with 30 days' notice
Three tiers, or a custom one if none of them fit.
Hours are per calendar month. Most clients start on Essential and move up only if they actually need to.
- Report upkeep and refresh checks
- Fixes when something breaks
- Email support, reply within one working day
- Everything in Essential
- Small changes and improvements
- New reports within your monthly hours
- A short monthly check-in
- Everything in Standard
- Priority turnaround
- Ongoing development of your reporting
What actually moves the price.
So you can tell roughly where your job sits before you even get in touch.
| Factor | Cheaper end | More expensive end |
|---|---|---|
| Number of data sources | One clean export | Several systems that have to be reconciled to each other |
| State of the data | Consistent columns, sensible keys | Free-text fields, duplicates, no reliable identifier |
| Is the logic written down? | Rules already documented | Rules live in someone's head and have to be reconstructed |
| How often it runs | A one-off answer | Scheduled, monitored, with failure alerting |
| Who reads it | One person who knows the data | A whole team, or an external audience who need it self-explanatory |
Simple invoicing, no card fees.
- 1You get a written quote or proposal. Nothing starts until you're happy with it.
- 2For retainers, the monthly fee is invoiced at the start of the month. Payment is due within 14 days.
- 3For one-off work, I agree the invoicing point up front — usually on delivery, or split for a larger build.
- 4Payment by bank transfer. Card and Direct Debit can be arranged if you'd prefer.
What you own at the end
Once an invoice is paid in full, the reports, dashboards and files built for you belong to you. Not licensed to you, not hosted on my account — yours.
And your data
Client data is treated as strictly confidential, used only to deliver the agreed work, and handled in line with UK GDPR. On request, or when I stop working together, it's returned or securely deleted.
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Why isn't there an hourly rate on the site?
Because an hourly rate tells you almost nothing useful. Two analysts quoting the same rate can take wildly different amounts of time on the same job, and an hourly price puts all the risk of that on you. A fixed price for an agreed deliverable moves that risk to me, which is where it belongs.
There is an hourly figure — £80 — but it only applies to extra work beyond a retainer's monthly hours, and it's always agreed with you before it's incurred.
Do I have to take a retainer?
No. Plenty of work is a single fixed-price job with no ongoing commitment. A retainer only makes sense once you have live reporting that genuinely needs maintaining — if it doesn't, I'll say so.
What if the job turns out to be bigger than expected?
I come back to you with a revised quote before doing the extra work, not after. You then decide whether to go ahead, trim the scope, or stop. You will never receive an invoice for work you didn't agree to.
Is the first conversation really free?
Yes, including the initial data review. You get the findings — where the time is going and what I'd tackle first — whether or not you go on to hire me. If it turns out you don't need me, that's a perfectly good outcome.
Can you work to a fixed budget?
Usually. Tell me the budget and I'll tell you honestly what can be done well within it, and what would have to wait. I'd rather scope to your number than deliver a compromised version of something bigger.
Get a fixed price for your reporting.
Tell me what you need and I'll come back with a clear quote — and an honest view of whether a retainer is worth it for you or not.