Sharon Crombie, founder of MicroChilli

Money · Profit · Choice

You look good
making money.

Even better keeping it.

Profit strategy, commercial numbers and bookkeeping for female founders of service based industries.

$200mCorporate turnover managed
30+Years reading accounts
100%Remote, worldwide

Sound familiar

You can recite your revenue.
Can you say what you keep?

The revenue went up and nothing else did.

Bigger months, bigger team, bigger stress, and the same amount reaching you at the end of it. You can grow revenue and get poorer doing it.

You're fully booked and it hasn't fixed anything.

The diary is full, the clients are good, and you still can't say what any of it actually pays you. Busy is not a financial result.

Everyone gets paid before you do.

Payroll, super, the ATO, the subscriptions nobody has reviewed in two years. Then whatever's left, and some months that's nothing.

You find out in July how the year went.

A set of accounts nobody explains, a tax bill that lands as a surprise, and twelve months you can no longer do anything about.

You've had bookkeepers before and nothing changed.

The books were accurate. They still didn't tell you a single thing you could make a decision with.

None of this is a discipline problem. It's a structure problem, and structure can be built.

Sharon Crombie, founder of MicroChilli

The woman behind the numbers

I was a single mum with a corporate finance career.

Which meant I spent my working life making sure businesses turning over $200m knew precisely where their money was going, and then went home to a household where the same question mattered a great deal more.

A woman who understands her own numbers gets to make her own decisions. A woman who doesn't is relying on somebody else to make them well on her behalf, and that's a far more fragile position than it looks from the outside.

Thirty years of that, and then I saw what businesses your size get handed. A set of accounts nobody explains, a tax bill that lands as a surprise, and an owner taking whatever's left.

Same numbers. Same discipline. The only difference now is that when the money shows up, it shows up in your name.

Chartered Management Accountant · CIMA · Certified Business Advisor · Registered BAS Agent

worth saying

I am not going to tell you to manifest it, and I am not going to manage your feelings about your own numbers. I will tell you what they say.

Money looks good on you.

Why I started this →

How this works

Three steps, and the first one is fifteen minutes.

One

We talk

Fifteen minutes. You tell me what's happening, I tell you honestly whether I'm the right answer. If I'm not, I'll say so and point you somewhere better.

Two

We pick the right room

Bookkeeping, the six-week sprint, the boardroom or private work. Starting in the wrong one wastes your money and my time, so I'd rather point you correctly than sell you the bigger thing.

Three

We map what you actually want

Your financial goals and the hours you're prepared to work, turned into a number the business has to hit. Then the part a calculator can't do: whether your pricing and capacity can reach it, and what has to change first. What happens after that depends on the room.

no pitch deck, promise ↓
Book the fifteen minutes →

Work with me

Where profit becomes personal.

More profit in the business. More money in your hands. More say over what happens next.

Three rooms. The one you need depends on how much of it you want to carry yourself.

And underneath all of it, the work that keeps the numbers true.

MicroChilli Bookkeeping

Full-service bookkeeping and BAS, run by people who understand what the numbers are for.

Monthly · Three tiers · BAS included

See the tiers →

MicroChilli Tax

Returns prepared from books that have been right all year. No shoebox in October, and no explaining your own business to someone who has never seen it.

Individuals · Sole traders · Companies · Quoted before we start

See tax pricing →

here's what happens →

What it looks like when it works.

$10K of empty seats in a group programme she was already paying staff to run, and $5.5K from a price rise

For the first time I actually know my freedom number and what the business needs to generate to give me the life I want.
These school holidays I was present with my family. Not stressed, not doing mental arithmetic about money.

FibiFounder, The Study Hub Tuition

Monthly profit up more than $5,000 within a quarter, and an owner finally paying herself consistently

We were turning over around $600,000 and were busier than ever, but I couldn't understand why there never seemed to be enough left.
I don't just know what the business turned over anymore. I know what it's doing for me.

SarahFounder, beauty and wellness business, Australia

Owner pay up $3,000 a month and more than $40,000 in cash reserves, inside six months

I was turning over close to $1 million, but I still felt like I was constantly watching the bank account.
The biggest change isn't just the money. I finally feel like I'm in control of it.

MelanieFounder, boutique law firm, Melbourne

As featured in

  • Inside Small Business
  • Business Chicks
  • Brainz Magazine
  • Balance The Grind
  • Australian Accounting Awards 2022 finalist
  • AusMumpreneur 2021 finalist

Honest fit

Who this is actually for.

Yes

  • You're a female founder of a service based business.
  • You want the books taken off you, done properly, and explained in English.
  • You can recite your revenue and have no idea what you keep.
  • You've had bookkeepers before and nothing changed.
  • You want the truth about your numbers, not your feelings managed.

Probably not

  • You're pre-revenue or just starting out. The maths needs something to work with.
  • You want the cheapest option. There are cheaper. This isn't a bidding war.
  • You want someone who'll file quietly and never raise anything. I will raise it.

not ready to talk yet? →

Find out what's actually holding your profit back.

Ten questions. Two minutes. You'll get a straight read on where your business is losing money and what to do about it first.

two minutes, might sting a bit! ↓

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before you ask →

The questions I get most.

Do I have to move my bookkeeping to you?

No. Plenty of people take a programme and keep the bookkeeper they have. Clean books make the work faster, but they're not a condition of it.

My books are a mess. Is that a problem?

It's the normal starting point, and it's what I'm for. Catch-up work is quoted separately and upfront so you know exactly what it costs before anything begins.

Do you only work with women?

The programmes are built for female founders and the rooms are women only. Bookkeeping and tax aren't restricted.

Where do you work with people?

The programmes run remotely and I work with founders anywhere in the world. Bookkeeping and tax are Australia only, because that's where I'm registered. The only thing that's Melbourne-specific is the in-person workshop.

Which one should I start with?

Take the quiz, or book the fifteen minutes and I'll tell you. Starting in the wrong room wastes your money and my time, so I'd rather point you correctly than sell you the bigger thing.

Ready when you are

Make the money.
Keep more of it.

Because a successful business should create more than revenue.

fifteen minutes, no pitch deck ↓


Let's talk money →