A marketing house for founder-led brands

Founders trust us with more than their advertising.

Their budgets, their brand’s voice, their pricing and stock decisions, and their next market. Founders of fashion, interiors and homeware brands have come to us for predictable growth since 2020.

In good company
  • Tess Newall
  • Smock London
  • Pierrot
  • Daydress
  • Cologne & Cotton
  • Roam
Why we exist

Most ‘agencies’ are handed a budget and a login. We would rather be handed the whole picture.

You founded a business you believe in. The hard part now is scaling without losing the soul and identity of the brand.

Our founders do not need another ‘agency’ reporting on clicks. They need marketers who understand branding, tone, creatives, stock levels, pricing and market expansion. They want advisors who will say plainly what they would do if it were their own money.

That is how we work: close to you, across the whole of the sales end of your business, for years rather than months.

What founders trust us with

It starts with the ads.
It rarely stays there.

Most founders hire us to run their advertising. Within a few months we are usually the first call on anything commercial.

  1. Your advertising

    Paid social, search and shopping, built around your margins and your calendar, tested until the numbers work. The quickest path to predictable growth.

  2. Your branding

    Positioning, creative direction and the words that make people buy. One consistent story, in your own voice, across every market.

  3. Your commercial decisions

    The sort of decisions that keep founders up at night. Pricing, margin, forecasting and stock planning, so every pound of advertising is working on sound numbers.

  4. Your next market

    London is not Los Angeles or Lisbon. Choosing the next market, adapting price and message, and launching it properly.

Selected work

Three brands, three different problems.

  • 01Premium homeware · UK

    Making a small budget go further

    Around £2,000 a month of paid media, and a founder who wanted it to work harder rather than wider.

    +110%Revenue, year on year
    2xNew customers
    19.6xSales to ad spend
  • 02Womenswear · UK

    Growing spend without losing efficiency

    A drop-led label ready to invest more, provided every extra pound kept earning its keep.

    +37%Revenue, year on year
    9.9xSales to ad spend, held flat
    £30Per new customer
  • 03Lifestyle · First year of trading

    Turning a loss-making account around

    A young label whose Google Ads were spending far more than they brought back.

    7.9xGoogle Ads return, up from 0.36x
    35%Less monthly spend
    £444 to £40Cost per sale
Stephen, co-founder of North Four
Stephen Co-founder

With a background in academia, Stephen brings a range of analytic and communication skills enabling our clients to tell a compelling brand story.

Nathan, co-founder of North Four
Nathan Co-founder

A marketer by training, Nathan excels in all things strategic, accelerating our brands through data led pathways to predictable growth.

Our story

Two brothers started North Four in March 2020, the week Boris told us to stay at home and the shops shut.

North Four has grown steadily ever since by working with quality founders we trust, selling things good for the planet.

  • HonestyWhat we would do if it were our money, even when it is not what you hoped to hear.
  • ClosenessWe work with founders directly, from the first call to the latest report.
  • Plain speakingRegular, clear, free of jargon. No hiding behind dashboards.
How we work

A year, planned properly.

Branding compounds. Every month builds on the last, which is why we plan in years, not campaigns.

  1. FirstGetting to know youAn honest conversation about the brand, the goals and the numbers.
  2. ThenThe deep diveAds, website, creative, pricing and supply chain, all audited.
  3. ThenThe twelve month planFocus, investment, targets and how we will measure them.
  4. Months one to threeTest and learnWe launch quickly and find out what sells.
  5. Months four to sixBuild momentumWe double down, and learning turns into results.
  6. Month six onwardsGrow togetherNew products, channels and markets, decided together.
In their words
“After several years of working together we have complete trust in Stephen and Nathan and their ability to pivot or reassess independently what’s best for the brand. They take the time to check in with us personally regularly, which makes a big difference.”
Daydress
Who we work with

We work only with a handful of brands, on purpose.

Not the right fit? We turn down work that is not suited to us and will introduce you to someone in our network who might be a match.

We might be right if

  • You are the founder, close to the numbers and happy to pick up the phone.
  • You make considered, well made things and care how you grow.
  • You see marketing as investment, not a tap to turn on and off.
  • Decisions are made quickly.

Not so much if

  • You are a massive corporation with endless bureaucracy.
  • You trust slowly.
  • You’d rather work with an agency for a few months rather than build a commercial partnership.
  • You think ads can solve all your sales problems.
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