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Specialists for growing businesses
Finance, AI, strategy, data, training, marketing, operations and research. Vetted professionals on your work this week, without adding a salary.
Accountant or analyst with spare capacity? Join as a specialist
The Problem
Every growing business needs a finance lead, a strategist, a data person and someone who understands AI. Almost none can afford to hire them all. That ends here.
What We Do
Every specialist a growing business needs.
Eight functions, one call. Tell us which part of the business needs help and we match the right specialist.
Finance & Tax
Tax filed on time, books you can read, and senior finance help when the business outgrows the founder doing it.
Strategy & Fundraising
Business plans, financial models and investor or grant applications that hold up when the hard questions come.
AI & Technology
Put AI and automation to work in your business, and get the systems, software and security right.
Data & Analytics
Sales, stock and cash on one screen instead of ten spreadsheets nobody trusts.
People & Capacity Building
Train your team, set up HR that stands up to scrutiny, and find and grow the people you need.
Marketing & Sales
A brand people remember, marketing that brings enquiries, and a sales process that closes them.
Operations & Legal
Processes that run without you, a supply chain that holds, and the paperwork done properly.
Research & MEL
Studies, evaluations and impact measurement, and analysts on your project when you've won the work.
Need something not listed? Tell us what’s on your desk and we’ll say honestly whether we can help.
Ways of Working
Same specialists. The arrangement that fits.
Project
One defined piece of work with a price and a date agreed up front.
- Commitment
- Fixed scope, written quote
- Best for
- A model, a dashboard, a training, a study
Fractional
Senior expertise on a monthly basis, for as long as you need it. Stop any month.
- Commitment
- A few days a month, ongoing
- Best for
- Tax, finance, HR, ongoing leadership
On demand
Analysts, researchers and specialists on your project this week, for as long as the project runs.
- Commitment
- Days or weeks, at short notice
- Best for
- Consulting firms that just won work
Trial to hire
Work with someone first. If it fits, hire them permanently for a one-time fee.
- Commitment
- 1–3 months, then decide
- Best for
- A permanent hire you want to get right
For Businesses
Hire the expertise. Not the salary.
Most growing businesses need a specialist for a few days a month, not twenty-two.
A full-time accountant or analyst means a salary, NSSF and management time. With CLBK you get the days you need from someone who does only that work, and you stop when you no longer need it.
Request a quoteA written quote within one working day.
Not a tender. Tell us what you need, we call to understand it, and a price and a date follow.
Qualified. Checked. Named.
Qualifications and references are checked before anyone reaches you, and you know exactly who is doing your work.
Paid on approval.
Project fees sit in escrow while the work happens and are released only when you accept it.
You keep 85% of every contract.
No joining fee, no monthly charge, and no bidding against twenty people for one job.
The money is there before you start.
Clients fund project work into escrow up front. We chase them, not you.
Work that fits around your job.
Most work is a few days a month. Take what suits you and say no to the rest.
For Specialists
Qualified, and not busy enough? We bring the clients.
Accountants, analysts, modellers and researchers.
We find the client, agree the scope, handle the contract and make sure the money arrives. You do the work you’re good at.
Join as a specialistHow It Works
From message to specialist in days, not weeks.
1. Tell us what you need.
One short form or a WhatsApp message. Not sure how to describe it? Say so. That's a normal place to start.
2. We match and quote.
We choose from specialists we have already checked and send a written quote with a price and a date.
3. Pay when it's done.
The fee sits in escrow while the work happens, and is released when you approve it.
Request a Quote
Tell us what’s on your desk.
It’s free and commits you to nothing. We quote per business, because a five-person shop and a fifty-person company are not the same job.
- Who actually does the work?
- A qualified specialist. For tax and finance, that means a certified accountant. You’ll know their name before any work starts.
- Do I need to come to an office?
- No. Most work happens over WhatsApp, email and calls, with visits only when the work genuinely needs one.
- What if I'm behind on my filings?
- Tell us. That’s common, and we’ll quote to catch up first before anything runs monthly.
Get your quote
A few quick questions. We’ll call you back.
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