Pipeline Risk Audit

Messy CRM export in.
Pipeline risk report out.

AXIS cleans, checks and analyses your sales pipeline data to identify stale deals, overdue follow-ups, missing next steps and revenue that may already be at risk.

You receive a plain-English risk report reviewed by Meridion, showing what needs attention and what to prioritise first. Built for SME businesses whose pipeline looks active but is hard to trust.

Your pipeline is only as good as the data underneath it.

Your CRM or spreadsheet may contain old deals, missing next steps, inconsistent dates, overdue follow-ups and opportunities that should no longer be counted as live.

That means your pipeline can look healthy while revenue is already at risk.

AXIS is built for the reality of SME data: messy exports, missing fields, inconsistent formats and reports that take too long to prepare.

What AXIS Finds

AXIS shows where your pipeline is weak.

Every Pipeline Risk Audit checks for the signals that most pipeline reviews miss — or never look for.

Stale deals still marked as active

Overdue follow-ups with no recorded action

Missing next actions on open opportunities

Deals past their expected close date

High-value opportunities with no recent activity

Forecast value that may be overstated

Weak or incomplete data affecting accuracy

Revenue at risk over the next 30–90 days

The report does not just show pipeline risk. It also shows where your data itself is unreliable — so you know which numbers to trust.

How It Works

You do not need perfect data before AXIS can help.

AXIS cleans and standardises real-world business exports before analysis. The aim is not to give you another dashboard. The aim is to turn messy business data into a clear view of what needs attention.

Export

You send a CRM or spreadsheet export. It does not need to be clean or complete. AXIS is built to handle real-world SME data, including missing fields, inconsistent formats and outdated records.

Clean and analyse

AXIS standardises the data and checks the key risk signals — dates, values, stages, activity fields, missing data and deal health. AXIS supports the analysis. Every founder-led audit is reviewed by Meridion before delivery.

Report

You receive a plain-English risk report reviewed by Meridion. It shows what is wrong, why it matters and what to fix first. A short walkthrough is available where useful.

What You Receive

A plain-English pipeline risk report.

Designed for action, not interpretation. It shows what is wrong, why it matters and what to fix first.

  • Data quality snapshot
  • Pipeline risk summary
  • At-risk deal findings
  • Stale deal list
  • Overdue follow-up list
  • Missing next-step warnings
  • Revenue risk over 30–90 days
  • Top 5 leadership actions
  • Optional report walkthrough
Example Findings

Example findings from a Pipeline Risk Audit.

These are illustrative findings based on the type of pipeline data AXIS typically analyses for SME businesses. Actual findings depend on your export.

Overall pipeline data confidence: Medium

Example only. Actual findings depend on your export.

  • 38% of open pipeline has had no activity for 30 or more days
  • £42k of forecast revenue has no clear next action recorded
  • 17 deals are still open but past their expected close date
  • 6 high-value opportunities have no recorded owner activity
  • 23 records are missing next-step data entirely
  • 4 deals have inconsistent or missing close date information

Your data can be anonymised before sending.

For most Pipeline Risk Audits, AXIS does not need customer names, personal details or private notes. It mainly needs dates, values, stages and activity fields.

Data we usually need

  • Deal ID or reference
  • Deal stage
  • Deal value
  • Created date
  • Expected close date
  • Last activity date
  • Next action date
  • Deal owner
  • Open / won / lost status

Data we usually do not need

  • Customer names
  • Personal customer details
  • Full email threads
  • Bank details
  • Passwords
  • Private notes
  • Commercially sensitive attachments
You may remove or replace customer and company names before sending the file. Your export is handled under a controlled process. During founder-led audits, files are reviewed directly by Meridion and are not used to train public AI models.
Pricing

Simple pricing. Clear scope.

Start with one export. Receive a clear risk report. No dashboards to learn. No software to install.

Limited — 3 Accepted Businesses
Founder Proof Case
For SME businesses willing to provide honest feedback and allow Meridion to use anonymised findings in an early case study.
Free
No cost. In exchange for feedback and case study permission.
  • One CRM or spreadsheet pipeline export
  • AXIS cleaning and analysis
  • Pipeline risk report
  • 30-minute feedback call
  • Anonymised findings used in early case study
  • Does not include app access
  • Does not include monthly monitoring
  • Does not include full Business Stability Review
  • Pipeline domain only
Apply for one of 3 proof cases
Standard price after proof cases: £950
Business Stability Review
AXIS Business Stability Review
For businesses that want the wider AXIS review across the three core domains.
£ 2,950
Finance, Sales Pipeline and Operations reviewed together.
  • Finance domain review
  • Sales Pipeline review
  • Operations review
  • Cross-domain risk assessment
  • Executive PDF report
  • 30-minute executive walkthrough
Request Business Stability Review

After the first review

Monthly AXIS Watch, wider Executive Rollup reviews and future self-serve AXIS access may be discussed after an initial audit or Business Stability Review where there is a clear fit.

Self-serve AXIS access is planned as a later annual subscription for suitable clients who want to run AXIS internally.

Pipeline risk is the first view. AXIS can also review the wider business.

AXIS starts with the three areas that most quickly reveal business risk. The Pipeline Risk Audit covers the first. The AXIS Business Stability Review covers all three.

FinanceCore Domain
Sales PipelineCore Domain
OperationsCore Domain

Wider Executive Rollup reviews may be available later for businesses that need a broader view across additional domains.

AXIS is not another dashboard.

Most tools give you more data to interpret. AXIS gives you a clear report showing what needs attention.

AXIS is not

  • A BI dashboard
  • A chatbot
  • A forecasting tool
  • A generic analytics platform
  • An automated decision engine

AXIS is

  • A risk review system
  • A data quality check
  • An early-warning report
  • A decision-ready output
  • Manually reviewed before delivery

Controlled data handling.

Data can be anonymised

You may remove or replace customer and company names before sending the file. For most audits, AXIS only needs dates, values, stages and activity fields.

Founder-reviewed

During founder-led audits, files are reviewed directly by Meridion before the report is delivered. Data is not processed and sent blindly.

Not used to train models

Raw data is not published. Files submitted for audit are not used to train public AI models. Case studies use anonymised findings unless written permission is given.

Appropriate processing terms

Meridion works under appropriate processing terms and secure handling standards. Clients remain responsible for their lawful basis for sharing data.

Founder-led while AXIS is refined across real SME data.

Every early audit is reviewed by Meridion before delivery. AXIS supports the analysis, but reports are not sent blindly. This keeps quality high while AXIS is refined against real SME data formats.

The aim is not to give you another tool to manage. The aim is to give you a clear view of what your data actually shows — so you can make better decisions with more confidence.

Mark Wesson
Founder & Director, Meridion Group Ltd

Want to know if your pipeline is reliable?

Send one CRM or spreadsheet export. AXIS will clean, check and analyse it, then Meridion will deliver a plain-English report showing where revenue is at risk.

Request a Pipeline Risk Audit