Business coaching in Cardiff
Cardiff has a higher share of larger businesses than Wales as a whole, and professional firms are the largest group. Coaching is one-to-one, fortnightly and ninety minutes at a time, in four areas: personal, leadership, business and financial.
Professional firms are the largest group.
Cardiff has 1,975 professional, scientific and technical businesses, 16.3% of the total. Coaching for these firms covers pricing, utilisation and the owner’s billable hours.
More firms here have ten or more staff.
86.7% of Cardiff firms are micro businesses, against 89.1% for Wales. Owners of growing teams need managers they can rely on, and Leadership Coaching works on building them.
Construction is the second largest group.
Cardiff has 1,385 construction firms. For contractors and trades, coaching starts with what each job earns and the cash between stage payments and supplier bills.
Cardiff businesses in numbers
ONS counted 12,120 VAT or PAYE registered businesses in Cardiff in March 2026. 10,505 employ fewer than ten people, which is 86.7% against 89.1% for Wales, and 11,795 (97.3%) employ fewer than fifty. Professional, scientific and technical firms are the largest group with 1,975 businesses (16.3%), followed by construction with 1,385 (11.4%).
Source: ONS, UK business: activity, size and location 2026, published 24 September 2026.
Business support in Cardiff
Business Wales is the Welsh Government’s business support service, with a helpline on 03000 6 03000 and tailored support and guidance for Welsh businesses. Chambers Wales South East, South West and Mid covers Cardiff and runs membership and events. Coaching is a paid, regular, one-to-one arrangement focused on the owner, and it works alongside free support. UK coaching options compared sets out the routes side by side.
Where do sessions happen?
Sessions for Cardiff owners run by video, at a fixed fortnightly time. Owners who want to meet in person can do so by appointment at the East Finchley office in north London or the Salford office, usually for the first two sessions. In person and online cost the same. Everything starts with a free discovery call, and the Performance on Purpose scorecard shows where you sit before it.
Frequently asked questions
Do you coach businesses across Wales?
Yes. Coaching runs by video, so Cardiff, Swansea and the rest of Wales are served in the same way, with the same fortnightly rhythm and ninety-minute sessions. The Wales page has the figures for the whole country, and there is a separate page for Swansea. Wales has its own rates for some taxes, such as income tax through the Welsh rates and Land Transaction Tax on property, and Financial Coaching takes those into account where they affect the owner.
I run a growing agency in Cardiff. Where would coaching start?
With three numbers: what each client earns once the hours are counted, how much of the team’s time is billed, and how much of your own week is client work. Those three explain most profit problems in an agency. The work then moves to pricing and scope, to handing client relationships to account leads, and to the management layer the agency needs before it hires again. Leadership Coaching and Business Coaching are the usual programmes, and the discovery call is the place to decide which fits.
Can coaching help a Cardiff business get ready for investment or a sale?
Yes. Investors and buyers look for the same things: profit that does not depend on the owner, a management team that runs the business day to day, monthly figures that can be trusted and customers spread across more than a few accounts. Strategic Growth Coaching works on each of those over twelve to thirty-six months, starting with an honest score of where the business stands against them. Financial Coaching with Peter Allen covers the reporting. Valuation, deal terms and tax on a sale are matters for your accountant and corporate finance adviser, and the coaching works alongside them.
Book a free discovery call for your Cardiff business.
The call with Andy Jackson is free and lasts 30 minutes. You leave with your position on the Performance on Purpose quadrant, your money, time and mind scores, and your top three priorities in writing.