About Carlton Brooke
We start with your business.
Carlton Brooke is a business advisory firm helping owners and privately held businesses improve performance, strengthen financial management, and navigate important business decisions.
We work directly with owners and senior decision-makers to identify opportunities, design practical solutions, and help implement them.
We don't start with AI. We start with your business.
Business Advisory
Carlton Brooke is led by Ralph M. Richter, CPA, MBA, PMP, founder and principal. Meet the people behind Carlton Brooke.
Our approach
- Understand the business model, economics, and how work actually gets done.
- Establish a current-state baseline where an opportunity is worth measuring.
- Keep the work practical and proportionate to the situation.
- Judge initiatives by measurable value: revenue, cost, capacity, cash, decisions, and risk.
- Connect accurate financial information, operating improvement, technology, and owner decisions when the situation calls for it.
- Recommend not doing the work when the economics do not hold.
- Implement in bounded engagements, then advise if ongoing senior judgment is useful.
Keep the advisors you trust. Carlton Brooke works alongside your accountant, bookkeeper, CPA, tax professional, fractional CFO, attorney, and other specialists. We help improve the systems, information, workflows, and technology around those relationships—not replace them.
Carlton Brooke LLC does not offer CPA audit or attest services. Specific accounting, tax, advisory, and transaction services depend on the engagement scope and applicable professional requirements. Information on this website is general and is not a substitute for advice tailored to your circumstances.
Core principles
- Integrity & Honesty — Truthful representation in all dealings.
- Objectivity & Independence — Avoid conflicts and maintain independence when required.
- Professional Competence — Operate within expertise and pursue continuous improvement.
- Confidentiality — Protect client information and disclose only with consent or as required by law.
- Fairness & Non-Discrimination — Provide equitable service to all clients.
- Duties to Clients & Public — Prioritize client interests and uphold public trust.
- Compliance — Follow applicable laws, regulations, and professional standards.