We screen the full Companies House register against your acquisition criteria, then go straight to the shareholders behind the companies that fit. You get meetings with owners who would sell for the right deal but have never put the business on the market.
We do the sourcing, the screening and the first phone calls. You come in when there's an owner worth meeting.
Tell us the sector, geography, revenue range, profitability, ownership structure and any other filters. We build a bespoke search profile around your exact buy-box.
Your criteria run against every live company on the register, with ten years of filings, financials, director networks and shareholder records behind each match. A broker can only show you their own book. This is the whole market.
We find the shareholders' contact details and pick up the phone, discreetly and on your behalf. When an owner is open to selling, we book the meeting and introduce you. Most have never spoken to a broker.
Companies House holds far more detail than most buyers ever use. We turn it into a shortlist worth calling.
Filter by revenue, profit margin, net assets and growth, all drawn from filed accounts and confirmation statements.
Identify founder-owned, family-held or single-shareholder businesses most likely to be receptive to an acquisition approach.
SIC codes only get you so far. We pair them with market data to pin down your sub-sector, including companies filed under the wrong code.
Map director relationships, appointment history and connected entities to understand group structures and succession signals.
We trace contact details for the shareholders themselves and call them on your behalf. A real conversation with the person who owns the company, rather than an email into a shared inbox.
Our intelligence draws on Companies House filings, the Registry Trust, the Gazette and other official sources, usually refreshed within 24 hours of a filing.
Owner-led groups, funds and searchers come to us for the same reason: deal flow nobody else has seen. We take one client per sector, so everything we find is yours.
Owner-managed and family groups buying in fragmented markets without an in-house deal team. We find the next one and make the first call.
Platform and bolt-on sourcing for funds seeking proprietary deal flow in the UK lower mid-market.
Entrepreneur-led acquisition searches with precise criteria and a need for discreet, off-market introductions.
Tell us what you're looking for. We'll come back with a view on how many UK companies fit your brief and how we'd approach their shareholders.
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