May 2026 (sample) brief for demo-acme-plumbing-ltd
I'm Memo. The team pulled the numbers; this is what they actually mean for you this month + what I'd test next.
What the numbers are saying
Days sales outstanding (AR days)
AR days at 58 days - above 45 means the chase cadence is too soft or the deposit rule is missing for high-risk customers; Eddy / Coin can rank the 3 to tighten. outside healthy range — pay attention.
Capacity utilisation
Utilisation is 58.0% - below 65% wastes capacity; above 85% burns the team. The right band is 65-85%; Snip/Pour/Chase queue the right next-shift adjustment. outside healthy range — pay attention.
Customer churn rate (monthly)
Churn is 6.2% - above 5%/mo is a retention problem, not a sales problem; Pia's bucket analysis names the specific fix to test. outside healthy range — pay attention.
Gross profit margin
Gross margin is 38.0% - if it's slipped, the usual cause is a quiet supplier-price move on a high-volume input; check Brace / Crate's latest scorecard. outside healthy range — pay attention.
LTV : CAC ratio
LTV:CAC is 5.33xx - the industry-healthy range is 3-5x. Below 3 = unsustainable acquisition; above 5 = you're under-investing in growth. outside healthy range — pay attention.
Customer-side observations (Pareto)
- Top 8 customers are 62% of revenue - concentration risk warning. Two of them have spend dropping 30%+ this quarter.
- Direct + referral cohort retains 3.1x better than Meta-ads cohort over the first 6 months.
- Cohort retention slipping for paid channels: Mar cohort down to 41% by month 4 vs 68% for direct.
What to test next
- Marketing (Helix): Cut meta_ads (ROAS < 1); expected blended CAC drop 18-35% (Cometly); Allocate 70/20/10: organic £1050, google_ads £300, experimental £150
- Operations (Pivot): Under 65% - capacity is going to waste. The fix is the empty-slot filler pattern (Snip / Pour / Chase), not 'work harder'. | Forecast 180h is 20%+ below capacity 400h. Trim the lowest-margin work + redirect capacity to higher-margin demand.
Reports route to the right manager too — Marnie's got the marketing brief, Otis the operations one. Reply to this email to push back on any of it; I'll route.