highviewBUILT AROUND YOU

Practical help with the problems that keep leaders up at night.

Staffing and HR, finance, compliance, premises and day-to-day operations, for schools, charities and growing businesses. I’ve spent twenty years inside organisations under pressure. I find out where things really stand, set out where they should be, and work alongside your team to get there.

Harry Abenson, smiling, in a navy jacket against a brick wall
Harry Yisroel Abenson, founder of highview

Where I’ve spent twenty years

Most organisations don’t need another specialist. They need someone who can see how the pieces fit together: the regulator, the staff, the money, the buildings and the day-to-day running.

Schools and Ofsted
Registration and Ofsted inspections, governance, safeguarding and policies, staffing structures and school finances.
Health and care (CQC)
Registering services with the CQC from scratch and keeping them compliant: policies, governance, audits and inspection readiness.
Charities
Director of Operations and CEO roles. Trustee relations, fundraising, grant applications, events and volunteer teams.
HR and culture
Restructures, clear roles and line management, recruitment, policy creation, and changing a culture so it lasts.
Finance
Rebuilding finance departments, budgeting and cash flow, fundraising functions, and renegotiating supplier costs.
Premises and facilities
Extensions, renovations and moves, maintenance and health and safety, and contracts for cleaning, security and IT.
Operations and reporting
Operational reporting that tells leaders and boards what is really happening, and simple systems built around how your team works.
Businesses
Ten years in commercial debt recovery for UK and international companies and credit insurers. Today I help owner-run and growing businesses with structure, HR, finance, credit control and reporting.

How we can work together

Every engagement starts with a free consultation. From there, we choose what fits.

One area

A specific problem, such as an HR restructure, a policy overhaul, an inspection, a building project or your finance function. I come in, fix it and hand it back in good order.

Full operational review

A clear report on where your organisation stands, where it should be and a practical plan to get there.

One-off projects

A defined piece of work with an agreed scope, timeline and fee, from a CQC registration to a new reporting system.

Monthly retainer

Ongoing support each month for leaders who want someone senior on hand without a full-time hire.

Some of the work

Schools, charities, emergency services and businesses, each with different pressures and the same need for things to run well.

CUK

National charity supporting schools

Staff time, school billing, consultant payments, events and resources were spread across spreadsheets and inboxes, with no single picture of the organisation.

I’m building one platform to run it: time logging, billing, consultant payments, school records, a portal for schools and a live view of every school’s Ofsted position.

Hatzola

Volunteer emergency medical service

A volunteer ambulance service that needed to operate to the standard of a CQC-registered provider.

As Director of Operations I’ve led CQC registration and compliance, HR and volunteer management, finance, fundraising and trustee relations.

Shomrim

Long-established volunteer community charity

A charity doing important work that had grown faster than its structure.

As part-time operations lead I’m setting up fundraising and grant applications, recruitment, communication with members and the structure to support them.

Schools

Independent and faith schools

Schools facing Ofsted and registration inspections, building work, staffing changes and contracts that had never been properly reviewed.

I’ve taken schools through registration and Ofsted inspections, managed extensions and renovations, restructured staff teams, rebuilt finance and fundraising, and renegotiated supplier contracts.

Businesses

UK and international companies

Companies with money owed, disputes stalling and cash flow under strain.

Ten years recovering commercial and international debts, including for credit insurers, and helping businesses put the credit control and reporting in place to stop it happening again.

Harry Abenson, smiling, in a navy jumper outdoors

Tell me what’s stuck.

Book a free consultation. We’ll sit down, look at where things stand and talk through where I can make a real difference. No obligation and no sales pitch. If I’m not the right fit, I’ll tell you.