Antevon vs The CFO Centre: a part-time finance chief or a forecast audit

Antevon describes itself as a managed demand desk for indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands.⁴

The audit is a fixed-fee two-week forecasting project.³

The optional monthly desk refreshes the forecast and maintains the decision ledger.⁵

Antevon publicly offers a bookable two-week demand audit.³

Antevon Ltd operates the public offer and website.²

Not in the published offer. No additional trading aliases were established from the public pages read.

The public trading name is Antevon.¹

This is fractional finance leadership, rather than an inventory-planning software licence.¹²

An experienced CFO works with the business on a part-time, flexible basis.¹²

The vendor also offers project-based CFO assistance.¹³

The UK website currently offers fractional CFO matching and tailored engagements.¹⁵

The CFO Centre says it is part of The Liberti Group.¹⁴

The UK website also uses the name The CFO Centre UK.¹³

The CFO Centre offers fractional CFO services in the UK.¹²

The public audience is roughly £0.5M to £25M in revenue.⁴

Antevon targets indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands.⁴

The audit is for beauty brands selling through retailers or about to do so.³

The stated service audience is in the UK and EU.⁴

The audit is positioned for a founder or commercial team without a full-time owner of the forecast.⁵

The vendor targets ambitious SMEs, typically starting from £1 million, with support tailored to business stage.¹²

The CFO Centre describes cross-sector experience including retail, services, technology and manufacturing.¹⁶

A current vendor case study describes support for ecommerce brand Vault X with international sales.¹⁷

The UK site says it works with clients across the UK and Ireland and matches CFOs by region.¹²

The offer fits businesses with financial complexity or a need for strategic finance support, including those with an existing team.¹⁸

The brand brings its sales export and retailer reports and makes an hour available for questions.⁵

Antevon cleans the imperfect data as part of the work.⁵

Not in the published offer. Responsibility for supplier lead-time, MOQ, safety-stock and connected-system parameter maintenance is not specified publicly.

On the optional desk, Antevon refreshes each forecast number monthly and maintains the ledger.⁵

Not in the published offer. Native system installation, production integration builds and full-stack migration scope are not established for the general audit.

The client can keep using the delivered files without adopting software or maintaining a paid login.⁵

Cleaning imperfect data is included in the audit rather than charged as a surcharge.⁵

The audit leaves the client with two Excel files to keep.⁵

Not confirmed. Responsibility for extracting, mapping and cleaning stock and retailer data is not allocated in a standard public scope.

Not confirmed. Responsibility for SKU-level lead times, MOQ and forecasting-parameter upkeep is not established.

Not confirmed. The included onboarding, system-change and data-migration scope is not defined as a priced standard package.

The forecast is by product, retailer and month.⁵

Not in the published offer. A standard service forecast horizon is not established from the public offer.

The CFO Centre describes three-way financial models and visibility of profit at product and customer level.¹⁹

Not confirmed. SKU-by-retailer unit-demand forecast granularity is not established in the public pages read.

Not confirmed. The pages read do not specify a standard forecast horizon or time bucket.

Not in the published offer. Retailer-by-retailer sell-in versus sell-through input coverage and data-feed availability are not specified.

The stated forecast target is what each retailer will sell, with buy decisions following from it.⁷

Not in the published offer. retailer EDI support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not confirmed. The pages read do not specify whether forecasts use retailer sell-in orders, consumer sell-through or both.

Not confirmed. A standard retailer EDI connection, data scope and read/write method are not established in the pages read.

The audit models each promotion separately and gives each forecast number a likely range.³

The audit prices a retailer promotion against not running it, in pounds.⁶

Not in the published offer. The standard method and data requirements for a product with no sales history are not specified in the public offer.

Launch events are marked when the audit cleans sales history.³

Not confirmed. A retailer-promotion demand model or recurring promotion approval workflow is not established.

Not confirmed. A product-launch forecasting workflow is not established in the pages read.

The audit supplies buy, move, hold and cut recommendations with their money impact.³

Not in the published offer. Creating, sending and executing purchase orders are not established parts of the public offer.

Purchase orders are inputs to the audit.³

Not in the published offer. The public service description does not assign every PO creation, sending or supplier-follow-up step.⁴

Not in the published offer. An audit feature for minimum-order quantities or case-pack optimisation is not established publicly.

The audit puts a date and a price in pounds on each buy that follows the retailer forecast.⁷

Not confirmed. The vendor discusses inventory management, but the pages read do not define a recurring SKU-level replenishment service.²⁰

Not confirmed. Purchase-order creation, sending and supplier follow-up are not established as a standard service.

Not confirmed. Responsibility for creating, sending and following purchase orders is not established.

Not confirmed. Minimum-order-quantity modelling is not established in the public pages read.

Not confirmed. Supplier lead-time modelling and maintenance are not established in the public pages read.

Production sizing, cash planning and promotion calls are priced from the same forecast.⁵

Not in the published offer. An automatic hard-budget constraint or cash-constrained optimiser is not established publicly.

CFO support includes cash management, payment terms, funding decisions and supplier relationships.²¹

Not in the published offer. Batch tracking, expiry handling and shelf-life constraints are not established in the public offer.

Not confirmed. Batch, expiry and shelf-life planning are not established in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. Shopify support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. Amazon support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. 3PL support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. ERP support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. CSV file intake support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not confirmed. A standard Shopify connection, data scope and read/write method are not established in the pages read.

Not confirmed. A standard Amazon connection, data scope and read/write method are not established in the pages read.

Not confirmed. A standard 3PL connection, data scope and read/write method are not established in the pages read.

Not confirmed. A standard ERP connection, data scope and read/write method are not established in the pages read.

Not confirmed. A standard CSV import/export connection, data scope and read/write method are not established in the pages read.

Not in the published offer. A formal approval matrix for forecast sign-off and cash commitments is not published.

The brand signs its retailer promotions after the desk’s profit read.⁵

Not in the published offer. Responsibility for ongoing operational exceptions and their response times is not fully specified publicly.

Not confirmed. Authority to approve forecasts, commit cash and approve purchases is not allocated in the public pages read.

Not confirmed. Responsibility for operational forecast and stock exceptions is not defined in the pages read.

The audit takes two weeks from when the data lands, not from payment.³

The audit draft arrives on day 13 and the walkthrough call is on day 14.³

The audit asks for 12 to 24 months of sales, purchase orders, a stockist list and a promotion calendar.³

The client supplies a sales export, retailer reports and an hour for questions.⁵

Not confirmed. No time to a reviewed, decision-ready SKU/retailer forecast is established.

The vendor says it can typically match a CFO within days, not weeks.¹⁵

Onboarding involves reviewing business needs and systems, meeting stakeholders and setting financial goals.¹³

The public AML policy requires completed customer due diligence before work starts unless specifically authorised.²²

Yurii Blazhevych takes the call and runs the forecast.⁵

The audit includes a working session through the first decisions on day 14.⁵

The monthly desk refreshes the numbers, maintains the ledger and reads retailer promotions before the client signs.⁵

Antevon lists a registered office at Manorfield, Church Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6EA.²

Not in the published offer. A staffed UK operating office is not established from the public registered-address statement.

Antevon Ltd states that it is registered in England and Wales under company number 17404379.²

Not in the published offer. UK support hours, time-zone coverage and response-time commitments are not specified publicly.

Not in the published offer. Named or independently verified UK clients are not established from the allowed public pages.

The CFO Centre describes a jointly agreed plan, regular reviews and check-ins as part of the leadership team.¹³

The UK site publishes an international headquarters address in Swindon.¹²

The UK website identifies The F D Centre Limited, company 04281071, as its operator trading as The CFO Centre.²³

Companies House lists The F D Centre Limited, company 04281071, as active at a Swindon registered office.²⁴

Not confirmed. Client support hours and response commitments are not established.

The vendor says it serves clients across the UK and Ireland.¹²

Antevon publishes from-prices for both the audit and the monthly desk; the final fee is scoped on a call.⁸

Neither the audit nor the monthly desk is billed by the hour.¹⁰

The audit fee depends on product and retailer count, is quoted on the first call, and is fixed once agreed.⁸

Half the audit fee books the slot and half is paid on delivery.⁸

Data cleaning is part of the audit work, not a surcharge.¹⁰

The optional monthly desk is scoped to the catalogue and retailer count.¹⁰

Not in the published offer. A separate minimum purchase or initial commitment beyond the published from-prices is unknown.

Not in the published offer. Whether a separate setup or onboarding fee applies is unknown.

There is no surcharge for cleaning imperfect audit data.⁵

Not in the published offer. Trial availability and trial terms are unknown from the public pages checked.

The full terms for working together are in each signed engagement letter, not the website terms.²

The monthly desk is optional after the audit.¹⁰

The audit files keep working without an ongoing software login or subscription.¹⁰

The monthly desk has rolling 30-day notice.⁸

No numeric service price was found in the pages read; obtain an individually scoped quote.¹⁵

The FAQ describes paying for CFO time and tasks needed, rather than a full-time salary.¹³

Not confirmed. A minimum fee, minimum CFO-days purchase and minimum initial invoice are not established.

The UK service page states that there are no up-front recruitment fees.¹⁵

Not confirmed. Other setup, onboarding and implementation charges are not established.

Not confirmed. A free trial of paid CFO delivery is not established; the published free discovery call is not a service trial.¹⁵

The UK service page advertises a flexible monthly contract without long-term lock-in for standard engagements.¹⁵

Not confirmed. The exact cancellation notice is unresolved because the public pages use differing wording.¹⁵

Audit exports and reports are used only to build the client’s files, not shared outside Antevon and deleted on request.¹¹

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