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    MIS Maturity

    Whether your reporting is good enough to run the company, and to be examined.

    Start the assessment (opens founders.srfcapital.studio)

    Opens on founders.srfcapital.studio. No sign-up: your name and email are asked for once, at the end, to see your result.

    How it works

    Most companies measure their sales precisely and their information not at all. MIS Maturity measures the second: how far information travels in your company before it can be trusted, through five layers (Source, Measurement, Meaning, Decision and Confidence), and which of three streams it comes from: people, sales and operations.

    You get a profile, not a score. The headline is your lowest load-bearing layer, because information architecture fails from the bottom up. Level 4 reporting built on a Level 1 source is a Level 1 company, and diligence will find it.

    The five levels

    Level 1Reactive
    Numbers assembled on demand, with no trusted base.
    Level 2Reporting
    On time, but only looking backward. The MIS trap.
    Level 3Aligned
    One agreed foundation, and the pack drives decisions.
    Level 4Predictive
    Rolling forecasts, scenarios and leading indicators.
    Level 5Institutional
    Trusted end to end, and always diligence-ready.

    1. Read how it works. The tool opens on its own page on founders.srfcapital.studio.

    2. Rate sixteen statements from 1 to 5 on how true each is of your company today, as it actually runs rather than how it is meant to.

    3. Give your name and email once, at the end. Nothing is asked for before that.

    4. Read your result (“Your foundation is Level N. Your reporting reaches Level N.”) and download the three-page report.

    What you get

    Reporting — answered on your own numbers, not on a benchmark someone else published.

    • How long it would take you to answer a diligence question with evidence

    • Which numbers your board pack asserts but cannot yet prove

    • What a month-end close should look like at your stage, and where yours differs

    The Studio Connect session

    Studio Connect, Edition 04 · 23 September 2026Beyond MISMoving from reporting to information-led decision making, with growth-stage founders, CFOs, finance leaders and investors in the room.
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