Fractional CFO Price Index
The median published figure in the Fractional CFO Price Index is 1,795 GBP across 9 sources' own pages (range 900 to 4,800 GBP), read 28 October 2026.
1,795 GBP Median published figure middle half 1,375 to 2,250 GBP
900 to 4,800 GBP Range a 3,900 GBP spread; quartiles 1,375 and 2,250
9 Published figures from 9 source pages, read 28 Oct 2026
9 of 70 Sources read that publish one 13% publish a figure at all
- 4900 to 1,550
- 31,550 to 2,200
- 12,200 to 2,850
- 2,850 to 3,500
- 3,500 to 4,150
- 14,150 to 4,800
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 900 to 1,550 | 4 figures |
| 1,550 to 2,200 | 3 figures |
| 2,200 to 2,850 | 1 figure |
| 2,850 to 3,500 | 0 figures |
| 3,500 to 4,150 | 0 figures |
| 4,150 to 4,800 | 1 figure |
9 of the 70 named sources read in full publish a figure; 61 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Content Savvy cost guide | 4,800GBP | 2026-10-28 |
| Financial Dynamix fractional CFO cost | 2,500GBP | 2026-10-28 |
| ScaleWithCFO UK | 2,000GBP | 2026-10-28 |
| Finley fractional FD Nottingham | 2,000GBP | 2026-10-28 |
| Leadership Services fractional CFO | 1,795GBP | 2026-10-28 |
| AccTek fractional CFO for startups | 1,500GBP | 2026-10-28 |
| Wynyard Advisory Yorkshire | 1,500GBP | 2026-10-28 |
| Insight Professional Partners virtual FD | 1,250GBP + VAT | 2026-10-28 |
| Zmartly fractional CFO guide | 900GBP | 2026-10-28 |
The sentence each figure was read from (9)
- Content Savvy cost guide, read 2026-10-28:
One day a week £2,800–£4,300/mo The classic fractional seat for a growing SME – ours starts at £4,800/mo including board attendance
- Financial Dynamix fractional CFO cost, read 2026-10-28:
Our retainers typically range from £2,500 to £6,000 per month, depending on the level of engagement.
- ScaleWithCFO UK, read 2026-10-28:
Fixed monthly retainer, £2,000 to £5,000 per month, nationwide.
- Finley fractional FD Nottingham, read 2026-10-28:
A fractional FD gives you access to the same level of expertise from £2,000 per month.
- Leadership Services fractional CFO, read 2026-10-28:
Leadership Services' fractional CFOs start from £1,795 per month, typically £1,795–£6,000 depending on days required.
- AccTek fractional CFO for startups, read 2026-10-28:
AccTek's integrated model starts from £1,500/month — significantly less because the compliance layer is already included.
- Wynyard Advisory Yorkshire, read 2026-10-28:
Engagements typically range from £1,500–£4,000 per month depending on scope and days required.
- Insight Professional Partners virtual FD, read 2026-10-28:
The Finance Director tier is £1,250 + VAT a month, from a practice whose own county this is.
- Zmartly fractional CFO guide, read 2026-10-28:
Zmartly’s own fractional CFO service starts from around £900 a month.
Read in full, publishes no figure
61 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- ScaleWithCFO London, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- ScaleWithCFO Manchester, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- FD Capital fractional CFO pricing, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- FD Capital fractional FD cost, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Zmartly pricing, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Tunneys fractional CFO (London), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- PDC Online virtual FD (Liverpool), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- CFO Centre Manchester, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- CFO Centre UK, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- CFO Centre Edinburgh, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Taxflow Partners pricing, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Secantor virtual FD, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Secantor part-time FD London, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- AccTek fractional CFO pricing, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- The Finance People London, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- The Finance People Edinburgh, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Eightx London, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Eightx Manchester, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- iFD (Dains) Leeds, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- iFD (Dains) Manchester, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Wynyard Advisory Newcastle, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- FD Works outsourced finance department (Bristol), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Dolmans outsourced FD (Bristol), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Milsted Langdon outsourced finance function, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Finance Department (Exeter, Bristol), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Singletree CFO services (Enfield), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Consult EFC London, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Fractional | London, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Fractional | Manchester, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- YF Accounting fractional CFO (Manchester), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Oppenheim Advisory locations (Reading, Oxford), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- FD4theSME (Cambridge), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Bright Numbers (Nottingham), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Moore Kingston Smith outsourced FD, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- OD Accountants virtual FD, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Heights Accountancy virtual finance office, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- The Tax Consultant virtual FD, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Lanop part-time FD guide, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Alto Accounting fractional CFO for agencies, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- EmergeOne fractional CFO cost, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- HireCFO cost of hiring, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- HireCFO fractional CFO service, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Leadership Services startup guide, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Leadership Services day rate 2026, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- GoCFO fractional CFO cost, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- MouCFO fractional CFO cost, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Exec Capital fractional CFO, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Blair West fractional CFO, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- The CFO Practice fractional, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- FD Solutions (Kent), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Barnlake part-time FD Kent, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Julian Hobbs fractional FD, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- PCFO 2026 pricing guide, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Standard Ledger UK, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- fractional-cfo.uk near-me directory, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Codenest guide, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Connectd marketplace, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Fractionus platform, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Toptal marketplace London, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- FD Recruit Leeds, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Ryecroft Glenton Outsourced FD launch, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
9 of the 70 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 61 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 5 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 488 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): per firm, its own published fee normalised to a day rate and a monthly retainer ex VAT, tagged by product (CFO-only retainer, bundled finance function, placed day-rate contractor), stage served and region; across firms the median, quartiles and range of the day rate and of the 1-day-a-week monthly fee, the London premium against the regions, the share of firms that publish versus quote-only, and the monthly fee as a share of the ONS full-time FD cost plus employer on-costs
488 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (75)
- ScaleWithCFO London(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ScaleWithCFO Manchester(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ScaleWithCFO UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FD Capital fractional CFO pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FD Capital fractional FD cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Zmartly pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Zmartly fractional CFO guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Tunneys fractional CFO (London)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- PDC Online virtual FD (Liverpool)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CFO Centre Manchester(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CFO Centre UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CFO Centre Edinburgh(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Insight Professional Partners virtual FD(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Taxflow Partners pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Secantor virtual FD(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Secantor part-time FD London(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AI Accounts fractional CFO(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AI Accounts cost guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AccTek fractional CFO pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AccTek fractional CFO for startups(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Finley fractional FD Nottingham(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Finance People London(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Finance People Edinburgh(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Eightx London(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Eightx Manchester(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- iFD (Dains) Leeds(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- iFD (Dains) Manchester(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wynyard Advisory Yorkshire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wynyard Advisory Newcastle(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FD Works outsourced finance department (Bristol)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dolmans outsourced FD (Bristol)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Milsted Langdon outsourced finance function(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Finance Department (Exeter, Bristol)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Singletree CFO services (Enfield)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Consult EFC London(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fractional | London(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fractional | Manchester(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- YF Accounting fractional CFO (Manchester)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Oppenheim Advisory locations (Reading, Oxford)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FD4theSME (Cambridge)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bright Numbers (Nottingham)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Moore Kingston Smith outsourced FD(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- OD Accountants virtual FD(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Heights Accountancy virtual finance office(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Tax Consultant virtual FD(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Lanop part-time FD guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Alto Accounting fractional CFO for agencies(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- EmergeOne fractional CFO cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HireCFO cost of hiring(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HireCFO fractional CFO service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Leadership Services startup guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Leadership Services fractional CFO(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Leadership Services day rate 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GoCFO fractional CFO cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- MouCFO fractional CFO cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Exec Capital fractional CFO(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Blair West fractional CFO(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The CFO Practice fractional(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FD Solutions (Kent)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Barnlake part-time FD Kent(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Julian Hobbs fractional FD(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Financial Dynamix fractional CFO cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- PCFO 2026 pricing guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Standard Ledger UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Holden Associates virtual FD(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- TAJ Accountants fractional CFO(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sira Financial Consulting Glasgow(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- fractional-cfo.uk near-me directory(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Content Savvy cost guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Codenest guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Connectd marketplace(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fractionus platform(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Toptal marketplace London(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FD Recruit Leeds(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ryecroft Glenton Outsourced FD launch(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Fractional CFO Price Index is 1,795 GBP across 9 sources' own pages (range 900 to 4,800 GBP), read 28 October 2026.
9 of the 70 named sources read in full publish a figure; 61 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
Cite as: "fractionalcfocost.co.uk Fractional CFO Price Index", updated 2026-10-28, https://fractionalcfocost.co.uk/datasets/fractional-cfo-price-index/.
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