The numbers
Every figure on this site is checked before it goes up. This is the one page that shows how well each one is evidenced, and where it comes from.
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The three grades
| Grade | What it means |
|---|---|
| Confirmed | Checked against a record we can point to: Companies House, a signed document, published accounts or a public announcement. |
| Reported | A client, partner or other credible source told us, and we haven't verified it independently yet. |
| Estimated | Our own working, with the assumptions available on request. |
A grade reflects what we could evidence on the date we published the figure.
02
HAM
| Figure | What it is | Grade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Trading since 2018. Incorporated 20 March 2018. | Confirmed | Companies House |
| 350+ | Founders mentored through an online MBA over four years | Reported | Steph Hamill's count on leaving the programme. The programme's own record is being filed |
| 4,312 | UK public contract notices read in 45 days by a scanner HAM built in 2026: 3,792 from Find a Tender, 520 from Contracts Finder. 41 passed | Confirmed | HAM's own scanner logs |
| 7 years | Our validation method for consumer goods and services businesses, developed in consulting and tested since | Reported | Steph Hamill's own record |
| 350+ | Start-ups the validation method has been run with | Reported | Steph Hamill's own record |
03
The work
| Case | Figure or status | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| A live sport raise | 52 documents in the investor data room, across 13 sections | Confirmed |
| A live sport raise | Year-one profit and loss reconciled to source, to the penny | Confirmed |
| A live sport raise | Trade mark status corrected from "registered" to "pending" | Confirmed |
| A live sport raise | Raise preparation done: data room built, reconciled and red-teamed | Confirmed |
| A live sport raise | The strategic partner structure is proposed, and nothing is signed | Reported |
| A global online MBA | 350+ founders mentored through the programme | Reported |
| A global online MBA | Seed and Series A closed by the company during the tenure | Confirmed |
| A global online MBA | The tenure has ended and the work was handed to the in-house team | Confirmed |
| A premium food range | The price list is converted into landed cost and shelf comparisons for the first market | Confirmed |
| A premium food range | Retailer briefing pages are approved for the first grocery meetings | Confirmed |
| A premium food range | The other markets are mapped, with meetings in discussion | Reported |
| A premium food range | Producer volume by grade is being confirmed | Reported |
| A family office | The principal asked HAM to propose how one seat would sit across the whole office | Confirmed |
| A family office | The proposal is being written. Nothing is signed | Confirmed |
| Selected earlier work | Brand and MVP for a legal proptech, in about eight weeks (2021) | Reported |