Aetas in the Workplace

Your employees are under financial pressure.
Your business is feeling it too.

A consultancy-led financial wellbeing service designed for organisations where every employee matters. Built around your workforce. Never a corporate model scaled down.

£51bn
lost in UK productivity each year, much of it linked to financial stress
£6.2bn
cost of financial stress through absenteeism and presenteeism combined
9.4
average sickness absence days per employee — a record high
50–200%
typical cost of replacing a mid-level employee, as a share of annual salary
What an engagement covers

Three areas of structured support

Every engagement begins with a no-cost discovery conversation and a structured diagnostic. What is introduced is built around your organisation — not a generic package applied by default.

01

Employee benefits consultancy

We review your pension and existing benefits to ensure they are structured effectively, clearly communicated, and genuinely valued by your employees. Where improvements are needed, we manage implementation on your behalf.

02

Financial resilience workshops

Practical financial education that replaces anxiety with clarity and capability. Covering the issues most likely to affect your workforce — from day-to-day money management to mid-career planning and retirement. One-to-one guidance is available where needed.

03

Wellbeing and incentive initiatives

Targeted programmes introduced through the Aetas Collective — our curated network of specialist partners — that strengthen engagement, culture, and performance. Introduced only where a clear need exists, and proportionate to your size.

Who we work with

The pressures are similar. The context is different.

The underlying challenge is the same across sectors. But what resonates, what works, and what is commercially justifiable differs meaningfully between a private limited company and a charity. Tell us about your organisation.

Limited companies

SMEs and mid-sized businesses

For business owners and leadership teams where the commercial case for financial wellbeing is real but the appetite for overhead is limited.

Employee benefits consultancy with cost savings as a natural outcome
Financial resilience workshops that improve engagement and retention
All implementation and communications managed on your behalf
For limited companies
Charities and not-for-profits

Charities and not-for-profits

For organisations that want to support their people meaningfully, demonstrate responsible governance, and in some cases open new income streams.

Financial wellbeing support built within your budget constraints
Legacy giving programmes and corporate donation schemes
Clear documentation to support trustee and funder reporting
For charities and not-for-profits
Why Aetas ITW is different

Built for organisations where every employee is critical.

Most financial wellbeing solutions are designed for large corporate employers. They rely on broad platforms, generic content, and low-touch delivery. Scaled down, they do not translate well — and in a smaller organisation, the stakes are simply higher. One disengaged person in a 30-person team represents more than three percent of your entire workforce.

01

Always bespoke, never templated

Every engagement begins with a structured diagnostic before anything is introduced. No two programmes look the same, because no two organisations are the same.

02

Communication built in from the start

A benefit that is not understood is not working. Employee communications are managed throughout every engagement, not added as an afterthought.

03

Managed on your behalf

Aetas acts as a single point of coordination. You retain full visibility without being required to manage providers or produce communications yourself.

04

Commercially grounded

This is not a wellbeing initiative or a tick-box exercise. It is a structured, commercially justified approach to employee investment, built around performance and return.

Get started

Two ways to take the next step

Join one of our upcoming webinars or book a one-to-one discovery conversation with Matthew Steiner. Both are provided at no cost and carry no obligation.

Upcoming event
15 April 2026·12:00–12:45

Financial Wellbeing in the Workplace: Understanding Whether It Matters for Your Business

FormatWebinar via Zoom
SpeakersMatthew Steiner & Daniel Cottam

Financial pressure is quietly affecting workplace performance. This session helps leaders understand whether it is happening in their organisation, and what a structured, proportionate response looks like in practice.

One-to-one conversation

Book a discovery conversation with Matthew Steiner

A focused, no-cost conversation to explore whether Aetas ITW is the right fit for your organisation. We will look at what is already in place, where financial pressure may be showing up, and what a proportionate response could look like.

No obligation beyond the conversation itself
Designed to give you as much clarity as we gain from it
Available by video or phone, at a time that suits you