Prior+Partners is a masterplanning and design consultancy founded in 2016, which has grown rapidly into a high-performing business delivering major projects across the UK and internationally.

Led by Chief Executive Jason Prior, the business scaled quickly — winning significant contracts and expanding its team — but with that success came increasing financial and operational complexity.

As the pace of growth accelerated, the need for structured financial leadership became clear.

Prior+Partners’ rapid expansion created pressure across the finance function.

“Our rapid growth had made it more difficult to predict the timings of cashflows — particularly with overseas projects — with any certainty.”

At the same time, the business lacked the internal structure needed to support its scale:

• Limited visibility over cashflow and forecasting
• No formal management accounts or consistent reporting
• Increasing strain on internal teams balancing growth with operational demands
• Legacy suppliers and systems that no longer matched the needs of the business

“We were growing so fast that we had little time to focus on support systems… and we had no management accounts to speak of.”

The result was a business performing strongly commercially, but without the financial clarity and infrastructure required to support sustainable growth.

In April 2022, Prior+Partners engaged Tectona Partnership to take a central role in managing the financial function and addressing these challenges head on.

“Tectona provided the high-quality professional expertise which fast-growing businesses need.”

With the right financial infrastructure in place, Prior+Partners was able to shift from reactive management to structured, forward-looking decision-making.

“Our FD gave the management team the space to focus on growth… he built a platform alongside us and put in place systems to manage the day to day.”

The benefits were both operational and strategic:

• Clear financial visibility across the business
• Improved confidence in forecasting and decision-making
• Reduced operational friction and inefficiency
• Greater focus on clients, delivery, and team growth

Most importantly, the leadership team regained the capacity to focus on what mattered most — scaling the business.

“This gave the leadership team the space to grow the business… without tripping over.”

For Prior+Partners, working with Tectona Partnership was about more than improving finance — it was about enabling sustainable, scalable growth.

By introducing structure, clarity, and strategic oversight, Tectona helped transform the finance function into a platform for decision-making and long-term success.

“Overall, Tectona have been fantastic… making sure our finance function is doing what it should be — supporting the business through a period of rapid growth.”

Tim worked closely with James and the team, prioritising the most important issues and tackling them one by one. Alongside that, Tectona stayed involved at a leadership level to make sure Excalibur had the right support, visibility, and momentum throughout.

The result was a calmer finance function — and a leadership team that could trust what they were seeing again.

If your business is growing and you need greater clarity, confidence, and control over your financial future, Tectona Partnership provides experienced part-time CFO and Finance Director support to help you scale with certainty.

If you’d like to explore what that could look like in practice, a short, informal conversation with Tectona can often surface insights long before any commitment is made. Email mark.nicholls@tectonapartnership.com and we’ll call you back within 48 hours to have a free, no-obligation conversation to understand your needs and advise you of the best course of action.