Tillie Spots It.Fictional character. Practical shop tools.

The Tillie Toolkit for independent retailers

Small fixes.
Better shops.

Useful calculators, checklists and tiny improvements for the jobs that quietly cost your shop money. Start with the Shop Money Check and get every new standard tool while your membership is active.

Join as a founder — £30/yearSee what is available now ↓
  • Annual membership
  • All current standard tools
  • New additions included
Spotted.Tillie, an illustrated shopkeeper, holding a clipboard and pencil
£30/yearprotected founding renewal rate
1 feeno bundles or upgrade charges
Cancel renewalaccess to the paid period end

Built for owner-run shops

Spot the leak. Use the right tool. Make one useful change.

Tillie turns common retail problems into short, practical jobs. Check margin properly. Find stock trapping cash. Test a promotion before discounting. Then keep the actions that genuinely help.

01

Understand the numbers

Plain-English tools show what is happening without pretending to replace your accountant.

02

Choose the next fix

Each tool produces a decision, target or short action rather than another report to file away.

03

Keep improving

New standard tools and original Tiny Shop Improvements are included while membership is active.

Prepared for launch

Start with a working product, not a promise.

The Shop Money Check has been regression-tested offline with realistic anonymised retailer figures. These are genuine screenshots from the corrected workbook.

Corrected Shop Money Check Excel dashboard
Shop Money CheckMonthly result, effective contribution, break-even sales and three actions.
Corrected product margins worksheet
True product marginsMargin and markup for up to 40 products after VAT, landed cost and fees.
Corrected 90-day action worksheet
90-day action trackerExamples are labelled clearly before you enter your own actions.
Shop Money Check guide cover
Plain-English guideThirteen pages explaining the workbook and seven money leaks.

The next tools

A useful pipeline, released in response to real members.

These tools are planned, not yet available. Founders help decide the release order.

Dead Stock Detective

Rank slow stock by cash tied up and choose clearance or reorder actions.

Discount Damage Calculator

See how many extra units a discount must sell before it earns its keep.

Reorder Radar

Set reorder points using sales rate, lead time and safety stock.

Promotion Profit Checker

Test likely revenue, margin and cannibalisation before launching an offer.

Cash Flow Forecaster

Build a practical 13-week view of cash in, cash out and pinch points.

52 Tiny Shop Improvements

Original five-minute lessons with one action and a worksheet where useful.

Founding membership — opening soon

One annual fee. Every standard tool.

  • Access to the complete Shop Money Check workbook and guide when membership opens
  • All standard tools published during an active membership
  • Updated versions in one member library
  • Original Tiny Shop Improvements as published
  • No monthly option, premium tier, bundle or per-tool charge
  • £30/year founding rate while continuously active

Future new members will pay £49/year once the toolkit is sufficiently developed. Cancelling will stop automatic renewal; access will continue until the end of the paid period. Membership is not lifetime ownership of future tools.

How membership will work

Join once. Use the library. Keep your rate.

  1. 1

    Join securely

    The future hosted checkout will confirm £30 annual billing before creating access.

  2. 2

    Open the library

    Members will download the Shop Money Check and return for updates and new tools.

  3. 3

    Stay or cancel

    Members will manage renewal themselves, with access continuing to the paid period end.

Questions

Plain answers.

What is available today?

The website is a public preview. The corrected Shop Money Check and guide are prepared, but membership, payment and member downloads are not open yet. Planned tools are labelled clearly.

Is £30 a one-off payment?

No. It will be an annual founding membership, renewing at £30 each year while continuously active.

What will happen if I cancel?

Automatic renewal will stop and access will continue until the paid period ends. Member-library access and future additions will then end.

Will founders be moved to £49?

No. £49/year is the planned future price for new members. Founders will retain £30/year while continuously active.

Will it work in my software?

The workbook is an Excel .xlsx file with no macros. Current Excel for Windows is the primary format; the final native Excel compatibility check remains a launch gate.

Does this replace my accountant?

No. The tools provide general management information, not accounting, tax, legal or regulated financial advice.

Is Tillie a real person?

No. Tillie is an openly fictional illustrated shopkeeper. We do not use pretend endorsements or invented results.