Build a workplace people choose to stay in.
Fernwell helps leadership teams get the people side right: clear structures, fair pay, sound policy and managers who know how to lead. Senior advice, delivered calmly and without the jargon.
Practical HR thinking for teams of 50 to 2,000 people.
Eleanor WhitlockFounder & Principal Consultant, CIPD Chartered Fellow
We started Fernwell because too many businesses were handed thick HR manuals and left to work out the rest. We do it differently. We sit with your leaders, learn how the business actually runs, and build the people practices that fit it.
Our consultants have led HR functions in logistics, healthcare, technology and the public sector. We work as an extension of your team, whether that means a focused twelve-week project or an ongoing fractional HR director.
Every recommendation comes with a plan your managers can carry out, and we stay until it is working.
Organisation design
Reporting lines, spans of control and role architecture that let decisions happen at the right level as you grow.
8–12 weeksReward & pay equity
Salary benchmarking, grading frameworks and gender pay gap analysis, so pay is competitive and easy to explain.
6–10 weeksPolicy & compliance
Handbooks, contracts and procedures reviewed against current employment law, written in language people will read.
4–6 weeksLeadership development
Programmes for first-time and senior managers covering feedback, performance conversations and leading through change.
OngoingFractional HR director
Senior HR leadership two or three days a month, at board level, without the cost of a full-time hire.
RetainerTrusted by founders, boards and people leaders across six sectors.
Fernwell rebuilt our structure during the busiest year we have had. They listened first, and every manager understood the changes before they happened.
We went from no pay framework to a published one in nine weeks. Staff questions about pay dropped almost overnight.
Tell us what you're working on. We'll reply within one business day.
A first call is free and lasts about 30 minutes. We'll talk through where things stand and whether we're the right fit.
- hello@fernwell-advisory.com
- Phone
- +44 20 7946 0321
- Studio
- 14 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0AA
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 8:30–18:00