Power BI consultant · trusted reporting
You don't lack reports. You lack reporting you can trust.
I help businesses turn data scattered across ERPs, CRMs, SQL databases and spreadsheets into audit-ready, decision-ready Power BI reporting people actually want to use. Start with a fixed-price Power BI Health Check.
The problem is not a lack of reports.
It's a lack of trusted, usable reporting. Sound familiar?
Every team has its own version of the truth.
Your data lives in finance systems, manufacturing systems, CRMs, ERPs, SQL databases and spreadsheets. Different teams pull different numbers, and month-end becomes a debate about whose figure is right.
Reports that are really just data dumps.
Manual to produce, hard to audit and overloaded with numbers. Many are little more than a SQL extract with a few charts on top. Nobody wants to open them, so nobody does.
Leaders can't see what matters.
What changed since last month? What is at risk? Where is performance slipping? Which number should you believe? If the answers take a week of digging, decisions stall.
A reporting system people want to use.
Audit-ready, decision-ready Power BI reporting: well-modelled data, traceable logic, trusted measures and proper design thinking. Finance, manufacturing, operations, customer and leadership reporting that helps people understand the business faster.
Power BI Health Check
A fixed-price, scored assessment of your Power BI estate covering data model, measures, performance, governance and design, with a prioritised roadmap.
Sage 200 Reporting Audit
An independent audit of your Sage 200 data, with trusted reports built on top. If the trial balance doesn't tie back to Sage at £0, it doesn't ship.
Reporting System Build
From scattered spreadsheets to one source of truth: connected systems, a properly modelled semantic layer, and reports people want to open.
Training & Unblocking
Stuck on a measure, a model or a design that won't land? Unblocking sessions and training days for developers, consultants and teams.
Ongoing Support
Up to four hours of Power BI support each month. Refresh failures diagnosed within 24 hours, small fixes shipped, and straight answers when your team is stuck.
If it doesn't reconcile, it doesn't ship.
Every reporting system I hand over ties back to the source it came from. On Sage 200 audits that standard is contractual: the trial balance reconciles to Sage at £0 variance, to the penny, before anything reaches you.
I don't sell licences. Or software.
No Sage licences, no Microsoft seats, no add-on product of my own. Nothing in the advice is shaped by a resale commission. The only thing on sale here is reporting you can trust.
Built in, not bolted on.
Contrast that passes, colour that's never the only signal, alt text on every visual and an order screen readers can follow. I speak about accessible reporting at conferences; the standard that matters is that it's in every build, on every page.
Trusted with the numbers that run real businesses.
I'm the bridge between “we have this data” and “we know what to do with it.”
"If a figure doesn't reconcile back to your source system to the penny, it doesn't ship. That is the standard every piece of work is held to."
A decommissioned ERP, made trustworthy again.
- SituationA complex Sage 200 estate where the numbers had to reconcile exactly for a full-year audit.
- ActionAttached the data read-only, rebuilt a curated reporting layer, and validated it end to end.
- ResultFull-year accounts reconciled to £0 variance, across 13 audit pages leadership relies on.
Built for the systems and teams you already run on.
Manufacturing
Production, stock and cost reporting pulled straight from the ERP.
Wholesale & Distribution
Sales, margin and inventory in one clear view instead of five spreadsheets.
Professional Services
Utilisation, project and finance reporting your partners can trust.
Construction & Engineering
Project cost, valuation and operational reporting that reconciles.
Three steps from mess to clarity.
Understand the decision
I start with the questions your teams need answered before anyone talks dashboards. I learn how your business runs in practice.
Build one source of truth
I connect your systems and model the data properly, with logic you can trace and measures you can trust, so everyone works from the same figures.
Hand it over and support it
Reports with a clear visual hierarchy that people want to open, training so your team owns it, and support when you need it. No lock-in.
Frequently asked questions
What does Duncan Boyne do?
Duncan Boyne is a UK Power BI consultant who helps businesses turn data scattered across ERPs, CRMs, SQL databases and spreadsheets into audit-ready, decision-ready reporting that leaders trust. The work combines proper data modelling underneath with design thinking on top: visual hierarchy, colour theory and accessibility.
How much does a Power BI Health Check cost?
A Power BI Health Check is fixed price: £550 for one day (a focused review of one model or reporting area) or £1,100 for two days (a deeper review across your estate). You get a scored report card, the issues that matter ranked by impact, and a practical roadmap.
Do you work with Sage 200 data?
Yes. The Sage 200 Reporting Audit is a fixed-price £1,500 engagement that independently audits your Sage 200 data and builds trusted reports on top, with accounts that reconcile to the penny.
Where are you based and who do you work with?
Duncan is based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and works with businesses across Norwich, East Anglia and the wider UK, remotely and on-site. Typical clients run on Sage 200, other ERPs, CRMs, SQL databases and spreadsheets across manufacturing, wholesale and distribution, professional services and construction.
What makes your reporting different?
The difference is trust and usability. Numbers are traceable from the visual back to source and reconcile to the penny, measures are consistent everywhere they appear, and reports are designed with a clear visual hierarchy so people can see what changed and what is at risk, not just a wall of numbers nobody opens. Accessibility is part of the build too: contrast that passes, alt text on every visual, and colour never carrying a meaning on its own.
Is your reporting ready for Copilot and AI?
That's the point of it. Copilot answers questions using whatever your semantic model tells it, so if measures disagree or numbers don't reconcile, AI repeats those errors faster and with more confidence. Reconciled data, consistent measures and documented logic are the groundwork that makes Copilot safe to switch on, and they're exactly what these engagements build.
Do you offer ongoing Power BI support?
Yes. The support plan is £250 a month, rolling: up to four hours of support each month, refresh failures diagnosed within 24 hours, and every change written up. No long contract, cancel any time.
How do we start working together?
Most people start with a fixed-price Power BI Health Check or a free 20-minute intro call. You can pay online or book a call directly from this site.
Stop arguing about the numbers. Start using them.
Book a fixed-price Power BI Health Check and find out how trusted, usable and audit-ready your reporting really is, and exactly what to do next.