Client stories
What working with What If HR looks like
Real work for real small businesses, told with their permission or anonymised. The problem, what we did and what changed.
- Day careRetained HR Partner
How a Surrey day care business moved from HR firefighting to embedded HR support
Two HR providers had already let them down. Eight months on, the inbox is answered, contracts match how people work and managers have somewhere to go.
- 35 to 40 people
- Surrey
- Ongoing
- Education recruitmentPay as you go
How an education recruitment agency got audit-ready in six weeks, and passed
Two handbooks, a privacy notice and a governance pack, mapped to the auditor's checklist. The agency passed its external audit in August 2026.
- South East
- About six weeks
- Ten-hour blocks
- Health productsTeam Operating Blueprint
How a founder-led health products business got the structure, rhythm and hiring plan to step back
A small team across four time zones and an exit on the horizon. Five weeks later: a lean structure, a light rhythm the team welcomed and a clear hiring order.
- Four time zones
- About five weeks
- Fixed fee
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