Dockar Consulting was founded by Neil Dockar to provide a personal bespoke senior consulting service specifically aimed towards solving problems for CEOs / CFOs.

Often in the larger organisation vested interests and politics can prevent a clear, unbiased course of action from being proposed.  As we are independent with years of experience we can cut through this "noise" and give a valued assessment to the CEO / CFO.  This can be invaluable in smaller situations where sometimes you just need an independent sounding board.

For the smaller organisation (SME / startup) we specialise in "filling the gap" between your bookkeeper and high street accountant in helping you manage and properly structure the future of your business.

We offer a range of services including:

We have wide real world experience from start up companies through to SMEs and major blue chip corporates both within and outside the UK. Whatever the project we don't have a "set formula" rather we will tailor our approach to give maximum value to you.

Our aim is simple, to solve a pressing problem to allow you to get on with running your company.

Neil Dockar is the lead consultant in order to ensure that a bespoke personal service is offered. If additional cover or experience is needed then we have working relationships with a number of other consultants.

Neil originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte.  Following 12 years with Procter & Gamble in a variety of senior Europe wide Finance roles he was Group Finance Director at Capespan International plc for 12 years, where he initiated a wide range of new business ventures and led a number of corporate restructurings. Since 2006 he has been involved in a number of start up ventures as well as providing bespoke consultancy.  His LinkedIn profile with full details can be found here

David is an experienced Finance Director with 15 years' experience at board level in multinationals, SMEs and start ups (Procter & Gamble, Capespan, What If?, Lornamead). His sector experience includes Consumer Goods, Retail, Food, and Marketing Services and he is experienced in Business Plans and Financial Plans for financing discussions. Since 2009  he has been running as an independent consultant providing coaching and a sounding board to MD's. His LinkedIn profile with full details can be found here.

Following a successful swimming career where she achieved Olympic, Commonwealth and World medals (under her Willmott maiden name) Jackie had a variety of senior roles in the Food Catering and Vending sectors working with the likes of Compass, Tesco and B&Q.  From 2005 she has jointly owned and managed Usmoothie Ltd and is now providing selling and operational consultancy services to a variety of clients in the Catering and Food Retail sector.   Her LinkedIn profile with full details can be found here.

"Neil's approach to producing a business and strategic plan to guide our expansion in the UK and beyond was simple, thorough and very effective. Sound valuable and profitable advice"

"The management team was pushing hard to make the acquisition, but Neil provided sound arguments as to why "hearts were ruling heads" - an invaluable independent perspective"

"We are a young growing company with limited time and knowledge of key financial factors.  Neil has designed a simple key reporting system which allows us to "keep our finger on the pulse" whilst also keeping a watchful brief himself"

With a broad range of experiences from start up organistions through to major multi-national corporate entities, we offer you not only a professional sounding board, but an independent perspective. As a CEO or CFO you need a partner you can trust to get involved in the detail yet at the same time give you the balanced options available and a recommended course of action.

We are not enshrined in your culture. We can take a non-political viewpoint as to what needs to be done. Fresh pair of eyes. Our recommendations and actions will not be influenced by career paths and internal positioning. Just clear, balanced, impartial advice and action.

Projects and issues are always difficult to resource in addition to everyone's day-to-day roles and responsibilities. Use us by the hour, or by the day, to provide additional cover and resource to deal with issues and problems so you can focus on running your company

Each project will be clearly defined in terms of timescales and deliverables. We do not operate a "1 size fits all" approach as we know each client is different and has unique needs. However in agreeing any project we will develop a clear project brief with you covering:

Daily rates are commensurate with the complexity and experience required, but will always be significantly less than those charged by the major Consulting firms