Audit-day pricing board

Show the commercial case before discussing price.

Use the same conservative capacity model from the audit, then compare it against setup fee, retainer, audit credit, net first-year gain, and payback.

Pricing guardrail Below 60%

First-year investment should stay below 60% of conservative first-year recoverable capacity.

01 Audit assumptions
02 Client economics
Estimated annual capacity recoverable £10,626 ≈ 35 fee-earner days returned each year
First-year investment £5,525
Net first-year gain £5,101
Return multiple 1.92x
Setup payback 2.9 mo
Fee-earners
7
Weekly drag
10.5 hrs
Recoverable hrs/week
5.8 hrs
Annual value
5.8 hrs x £40 x 46 weeks
03 Pricing proposal
Growth firm sprint
Setup after credit £1,625
12-month retainer £3,900
Benchmark scenarios

Three examples to use when pricing comes up.

5 staff £4,554

Conservative annual capacity recoverable.

First-year fee
£2,120
Net gain
£2,434
Return multiple
2.15x
12 staff £10,626

Recommended sweet spot for the first workflow sprint.

First-year fee
£5,525
Net gain
£5,101
Return multiple
1.92x
25+ staff £22,770

Use as the floor before pricing extra integrations.

First-year fee
£12,200
Net gain
£10,570
Return multiple
1.87x
How to say it

"The first workflow sprint is priced below the conservative recovery case. If the audit is right, the system pays for itself inside the first year. If the numbers do not hold up, we should not implement."