CDTV — Colin Davison
Beyond the Numbers.
A Chartered Accountant, entrepreneur, investor and presenter — telling the honest stories behind the numbers, and building the businesses that come next.
- 15
- Video & podcast series
- 5
- Audience pathways
- 1
- Growing ecosystem
Your host
Colin Davison FCA
Entrepreneur · Investor · Presenter
Choose your pathway
Wherever you are in the journey, there's a way in.
Five audiences. One promise: real numbers, honest strategy and the people who can help you act on both.
Startups
Turn an idea into a trading business.
Founders in the first 24 months.
Growing Businesses
Scale without losing the plot — or the profit.
SME owners between £250K and £10M turnover.
Investors
Find the deals. Underwrite them like a Chartered Accountant.
Angel investors, family offices, first-time backers.
Preparing to Exit
Leave the business worth more than you thought possible.
Owners planning to sell in the next 1–5 years.
Speakers & Media
A Chartered Accountant who can actually hold a stage.
Conference organisers, broadcasters, journalists.
Featured series
Video-first. Because the numbers deserve to be told properly.
Series 01
What's Your Number?
Street-style micro-interviews about financial aspirations.
Series 02
One Number. One Idea.
60-second educational insights that punch above their weight.
Series 04
County Capital
Local business spotlight — Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey.
Series 05
The Honest Numbers
A weekly podcast for SME owners who are done with polished success stories.
The flagship podcast
The Honest Numbers.
A weekly podcast for SME owners who are done with polished success stories. Every guest brings one real number — a loss, a ratio, a target they missed. That number becomes the spine of the whole episode. No number, no booking.
- 35–45 minutes. Weekly. Founders only.
- Five-question spine, every episode.
- Guest referral engine — 20 warm relationships, not 20 strangers.
Format
Referral-first
Guests
SME founders only
The bigger build
CDTV is the front door. The ecosystem is what's behind it.
Coming soon
Academy
Structured programmes for founders and finance leaders.
Coming soon
Incubator
Hands-on support for early-stage businesses.
Coming soon
Investor Network
Peer-to-peer deal flow around live opportunities.
Coming soon
AI Tools
Purpose-built tools for the numbers work.
Coming soon
Learning Platform
Everything on-demand, in one place.
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Work with Colin
Ready to move beyond the numbers?
A 30-minute strategy session to look at your business, your numbers and where the biggest lever actually is.