PROGRAMME · THE ROPED PARTY
The Boardroom
A monthly peer board of twelve non-competing owners who see your numbers, hear your plans, and hold you to them. Chaired by a Fellside coach.
AT A GLANCE
£495/month +VAT
Monthly · 12 owners per group · by application
For: Owners past £1m who have nobody to think out loud with — and know it.
- One full-day board meeting per month, chaired by Neil or a senior coach
- Twelve owners, no competing businesses, everything under signed confidentiality
- The hot seat: two members per meeting bring one real problem and leave with a decision
- Members’ numbers dashboard shared quarterly — real accountability, not show-and-tell
- A private members’ line to the group between meetings
- An annual full-day strategy retreat in the Peak District, included
01Why a board
Running a company is the loneliest job most owners will ever have: you can’t tell staff everything, your partner has heard enough, and your mates think “busy is good”. The Boardroom is the room where eleven other people have carried the same weight — and have no stake in flattering you.
02How meetings run
Morning: numbers round (everyone, five minutes, no hiding) and a working topic led by the chair — pricing, hiring, cash, succession. Afternoon: two hot seats. The member presents the real problem, the board asks questions until the actual problem surfaces (it is rarely the presented one), then options, then a decision, minuted.
03Who is in the room
Three groups currently run — 34 seats filled across manufacturing, trades, agencies, professional services, hospitality and distribution, turnover £800k to £12m. Membership is by application and a conversation with the chair; we balance each group for sector, size and temperament, and competitors are never seated together.
04The commitment
£495 per month plus VAT, one day per month, minimum six-month commitment then rolling. Miss two consecutive meetings without cause and the chair will offer your seat to the waiting list — the group only works if the group turns up.
PROGRAMME QUESTIONS
Asked before joining
Is my information safe?
Every member signs the same confidentiality deed on joining, and competing businesses are never placed in the same group. What is said in the room stays in the room; that culture is enforced by the chair.
I’m too busy for a full day a month.
That is usually the strongest sign you need the day. Members consistently rate the board day their highest-leverage day of the month — 92% renew past year one.
Can I visit before joining?
Yes — applicants sit in on one meeting as a guest (hot seats excluded) before either side commits.
THE FIRST STEP
Walk the first mile with us. Free.
A 90-minute Survey Session at Blossom Street or on video: your numbers on the table, an honest read of the terrain, and a first route card to keep — whether or not we ever meet again.
NO OBLIGATION · NO FOLLOW-UP PESTERING · EST. 2012