Finance & Strategy
for Creative agencies
We are Le Chéile.
[lay-shy-el]: means together in Gaelic
Led by Meredith Fennessy Witts, we help boutique agencies regain their creative freedom and run profitable businesses.
45% Revenue Growth
2.7X Avg. Profit Increase
4.2X Quarterly Profit Increase
25+ Creative Agencies
1M+ Saved in Profit
93% of clients 2X profit
45% Revenue Growth 2.7X Avg. Profit Increase 4.2X Quarterly Profit Increase 25+ Creative Agencies 1M+ Saved in Profit 93% of clients 2X profit
Offerings
We have several unique offerings for you to choose from based on where you’re at. They include custom financial reporting tools, hands-on Strategic and FinOps Consulting, and bookkeeping services.
Strategic and FinOps Consulting Containers
Our consulting containers start at six months, but clients generally continue indefinitely.
In the first month, we custom-build a forecasting tool to clarify & organize your finances.
We make sure that you’re paying yourself fairly and have profitable offers + healthy margins.
We solve core problems such as your payroll, bonuses, cash flow visibility, and more.
93% of our clients have doubled their profit margins within 6 months.
Custom One-Off Projects
We can also customize a project and tools based on your specific needs.
Custom Projects include custom and bespoke reporting tool builds and Bookkeeping Services.
Our Bookkeeping Services include clean-ups, audits, build-outs, and ongoing bookkeeping.
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Financial Tools
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You are a visionary entrepreneur who bravely left the corporate world to pursue your own path as a boutique agency founder. As your company succeeds, you are ready to create systems that facilitate onboarding, team management, project execution, invoicing, and more. Together, we will build the infrastructure you need to streamline your finances and maximize growth. Our team of bookkeepers and data analysts build custom reporting tools including a cash flow and forecasting tool to enable you to leave emotional decision-making in the dust. Our solutions empower you to eliminate stress and focus on creativity.
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Data-backed Business Decisions
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You’re ready to approach business decisions confidently with data-backed insights. You’re over second-guessing yourself when it comes to hiring, payment schedules, and projected profit. Our data and reporting tools allows you to make moves, confidently, with support.
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Strategic Support & Advising
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You’re looking for a strategic advisor that can help to grow your business in a seamless, profitable way. You’ve done a brilliant job running your business independently, and now, you’re ready for an expert thought partner. We offer strategic support to make the most of your current foundation with a CPA/bookkeeper.
the Le Cheile Effect
This is for you if…
You have 35-150K in monthly revenue
You have not paid yourself your full salary to keep the company afloat
You feel like you’re flying blind (even with your CPA + accounting software)
You regularly skip your weekly calendar invite to check + update your finances
You often make decisions emotionally, not based on data or the numbers
Your agency has grown considerably, but it is unclear if your offers are profitable
You want to create systems that facilitate team management, project execution, etc.
In the next 6 months…
You want to scale profitably and in alignment with your mission + values
You want to pay yourself a steady salary and even a bonus!
You want to grow your team in a mindful, strategic way
You want someone to hold you accountable + provide sound strategies
You want to visualize your finances in a way that makes sense to you
You want to clarify your niche client and offerings
You want to kick emotional decision-making to the curb with reporting tools.
Data-Backed Decisions
We craft a bespoke financial tool for every client we work with, with tweaks that help bring you the most clarity on how you run your business.
Want to see how it works?
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Meet the founder
Hi, I'm Meredith Fennessy Witts! I am the fearless leader behind Le Chéile. From tactful financial and operational consulting with the nations largest health systems to founding and scaling my own agency, my knowledge and experience is expansive. I thrive working with creative entrepreneurs to grow their business mindfully and profitably by building lasting client relationships and identifying mission-aligned clients and profitable offer niches. But I cannot do it all alone.
Le Chéile’s fully female team is thoughtfully designed to holistically support you as a creative entrepreneur. We instill confidence with data-backed tools and share insights and strategy through mindful consulting. We offer sliding scale resources and strategic support to service-based solopreneurs and seasoned creative founders.
FAQs. tl,dr.
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“Le Chéile.” (pronounced – “leh shy-il”).
It's a Gaelic phrase that has no English language equivalent, but the feeling is universal. Literally, it means “together”.
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We have several unique offerings we’ve perfected with our clients for proven success.
From [affordable] DIY visual reporting tools, interactive & custom financial tools, and hands-on strategic and consulting, we have something for all service-based businesses/entrepreneurs scaling toward or beyond 1M.
We also offer bookkeeping support and one-off projects. Simply get in touch, and we’ll navigate it together!
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We support all creative entrepreneurs but our specific niche is boutique creative agency founders.
Our retained consulting clients are most often minority founders and tend to make 450K-2M annually with a mix of 2-20 subcontractors and employees.
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Our consulting engagements begin with six months but most often clients continue indefinitely.
Within the first month, we gather your data — revenue and expenses — and my team sifts through all the numbers. Then, we build a custom cash flow tool for your business which gives you visibility into your finances (because who consistently checks their Quickbooks?)
With your data at our fingertips, we develop a roadmap to reach your goals. We create a clear and actionable plan to scale sustainably by breaking down your operational and profit goals.
Once we’ve set a path within our first month, we take the steps together. Whether your goal is to scale your business, determine how much to pay your team, or determining rates that will bring you profit, we’ll create a data-backed system to get you there.
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By the numbers, our clients have seen 427% quarterly profit growth, 257% profit margin increase, and 45% revenue growth.
93% of our consulting clients see a 2X in profit within our first six months together.
They’ve also gained the confidence to act as CEO, say no to projects for the sake of money, pay themselves fairly with profit-sharing systems and bonus structures, and start charging profitable and competitive rates.
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Glad you asked! Here is a quick tool walkthrough. We also have several DIY visual tools we’ve crafted specifically for creatives.
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The best way is to fill out our contact form or shoot us an email: hello@lecheile.co. You can schedule a call with our Founder, Meredith Fennessy Witts, via Calendly, too.