Case Studies. Direct-Effect

The following links tell the story of some of the companies who have used Diana's skills to turn around their accounting systems. As you will notice, the companies are not named. This is because of the need for confidentiality.

Case Study 1: The company was an agency for opera singers. Before Diana was appointed, the accounts were done by a bookkeeper from the accountants on a monthly basis. This was not ideal as queries from clients could frequently not be responded to in-house... Read the whole of Case Study 1

Case Study 2: The company provided consultancy in the field of TPM. Before Diana’s appointment, the company had been going through a decline. After a period of rapid growth and high profits, complacency had set in with regard to record keeping, with the result that when things started to take a turn for the worse, nobody really noticed... Read the whole of Case Study 2

Case Study 3: This company was a £1m turnover charity working in the environmental sector. Before Diana’s appointment, there was a manual system in place. This did not cope with the many restricted funds. Several funders had complained that reports were inadequate, and the auditors had qualified the accounts... Read the whole of Case Study 3

Case Study 4: The company was a £350k turnover educational charity. Before Diana’s appointment the rudimentary accounts system ignored all the restricted funds and was so summarised that it was impossible to audit. The accounts information presented to trustees was highly inadequate, and had led to poor management, resulting in negative free reserves... Read the whole of Case Study 4

Case Study 5: The company was a £15m turnover publishing company experiencing phenominal growth of 40% year on year. This rapid growth had led to a proliferation of systems to cope with specific needs, resulting in rekeying essentially the same information several times. The accounting software was also stretched to breaking point and management accounting was six months in arrears... Read the whole of Case Study 5

Case Study 6: This was a small charity whose administrative and accounts systems had been neglected for two years, such that the trustees and director did not know their financial position. Some funding bodies were beginning to complain about the quality of financial and monitoring reports... Read the whole of Case Study 6

Case Study 7: This was a commercial enterprise primarily involved in energy performance services and accreditation. The company was relatively young, and had never established good internal accounting systems. As a result, the records were rather a mess... Read the whole of Case Study 7

Case Study 8: This was a manufacturing business, newly formed by the acquisition of two long standing similar businesses that had failed. In a two month (mid payroll year) project, Diana implemented MiraclePay... Read the whole of Case Study 8