Each bolt-on reports differently
EBITDA is computed one way at the platform and another at each acquisition, so consolidation is a reconciliation, not a roll-up.
By company type · PE-backed & portfolio
Every bolt-on adds
Every bolt-on adds
another set of books
The platform had its systems. Each bolt-on brought its own. Now portfolio reporting is a monthly reconciliation exercise and the value creation plan is argued rather than evidenced. SCIKIQ standardises the view without standardising the systems.
97systems after five bolt-ons
9of them in a governed view
60days to a live 360 view
1definition per portfolio metric
01A day in the role
What the operating partner sees
on a Monday morning
One governed brief instead of nine dashboards — every number traced to its source system, every recommendation showing its reasoning.
Good morning, GauravMonday · 9:30 AM
Portfolio health87▲ 2AI confidence94%Agents working8liveDecisions need you3
Today’s brief
Run-rate EBITDA is tracking 4.2% ahead of the value creation plan.
Synergy capture accelerated once the fifth bolt-on joined the governed layer, and working capital released cash for a third month. Covenant headroom is comfortable but one entity is drifting.
If only one decision is made today, standardising the chart of accounts at bolt-on 5 is expected to unlock the most synergy.
Confidence94%
Portfolio health
- Run-rate EBITDA+4.2%Ahead of plan
- Synergy capture+£3.1MAccelerating
- Working capital− £2.4M releasedThird month
- Covenant headroom+0.1xComfortable
- Integration progress+18ptBolt-on 5 joined
- Exit readiness+22ptDiligence-ready
What changed
- Bolt-on 5 integration +18ptConnected to the governed layer in 9 days
- Synergy capture +£3.1MProcurement consolidated across six entities
- Consolidation effort − 71%Roll-up no longer a manual reconciliation
- EBITDA traceability 100%Every bridge line traces to a source ledger
- One-off costs − £480KDuplicate contracts identified across entities
- Chart-of-accounts drift 1 entityBolt-on 5 still on its own mapping
Decisions
Standardise the chart of accounts at bolt-on 5
Unlocks£1.4M synergy visibility
Confidence95%
WindowWithin 30 days
Consolidate duplicate supplier contracts
Saves£620K annually
Confidence89%
WindowThis quarter
AI reasoning — why standardise now?
- Bolt-on 5 is the only entity still on its own mapping
- Synergy in that entity cannot be evidenced until it maps across
- The next reporting cycle sets the baseline the plan is measured against
- 9 comparable standardisations surfaced 11% more synergy on average
Recommendation Standardise now.
AI has been working
- Consolidated six entities into one governed view
- Traced the EBITDA bridge to source ledgers
- Resolved duplicate suppliers across the portfolio
- Modelled three synergy capture scenarios
- Rebuilt the value creation dashboard from live data
- Maintained the diligence pack continuously
WhyOne entity still reports on its own chart of accounts
Why nowThe next cycle sets the baseline the plan is judged on
Evidence9 comparable standardisations surfaced 11% more synergy
Confidence95% · based on prior portfolio integrations
AlternativeDefer to next quarter — models £1.4M unevidenced
Ask me anything — or tell me the outcome you’re trying to achieve
Illustrative operating partner view · sample data
02The estate
Nobody chose this.
It accumulated.
No single decision created the sprawl — each system was reasonable on the day it was bought. The cost only shows up when someone asks a question that crosses them.
Not in a governed view
In a governed view
View the data as a table
| Acquisition | Governed | Not governed | Total systems |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| +Bolt-on 1 | 4 | 35 | 39 |
| +2 | 5 | 48 | 53 |
| +3 | 6 | 62 | 68 |
| +4 | 7 | 75 | 82 |
| +5 | 9 | 88 | 97 |
03The pressure
What this costs a
pe-backed business
The value creation plan is unevidenced
Synergy capture is asserted in the board pack because the underlying numbers cannot be traced across entities.
Diligence restarts every time
At exit, or at the next raise, the data room is rebuilt by hand because nothing was governed along the way.
04What changes
One governed view,
and four things follow
01
Standardise the view, not the systems
Each company keeps its ERP. SCIKIQ resolves entities across all of them, so consolidation stops depending on a migration programme.
02
Evidence the plan
EBITDA, working capital and synergy metrics get one governed definition with lineage, so value creation is demonstrated rather than claimed.
03
Integrate the next deal faster
A new bolt-on connects to the governed layer instead of triggering another integration project.
04
Be diligence-ready by default
Because every figure traces to a source system continuously, the data room is a export rather than a project.
05What it runs on
Built on Finance 360
This starts with Finance 360 — entities, P&L, variance and financial health — assembled over your existing systems with no replatform.
- Supplier 360 — consolidate spend across the portfolio
- Digital Transformation — a governed 360 view in 60 days
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Frequently asked questions
Can SCIKIQ consolidate across portfolio companies with different ERPs?
Yes. Entities, accounts and cost centres resolve across every ERP into one governed view, which is why consolidation does not require standardising the underlying systems first.
How does this help at exit?
Every figure carries lineage back to its source system continuously, so diligence material is produced from the governed layer rather than rebuilt by hand under time pressure.
What happens when we acquire the next company?
The new company connects into the existing governed layer. Because the model is additive, integration extends it rather than restarting it.