Off-market acquisition targets, approached before anyone else.
We source companies that are not for sale, not in a process, and not on a broker's list. You see them first, and you see them alone.
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WHO THIS IS FOR
Built for funds buying in the lower mid-market.
Private equity firms and M&A advisors buying in the lower mid-market, UK and US, in the $1m to $10m revenue band.
We work to a defined mandate. You tell us the thesis, the sector, the geography and the criteria. We build the search around it. We run a small number of mandates at a time and we do not run competing searches in the same sector.
HOW IT WORKS
Exclusive Deal Flow. Motivated Sellers.
Direct outreach to every owner in your segment, not just the ones already thinking about it. You see the companies before a broker does, and before anyone else is bidding.
COMMERCIAL MODEL
Search fee and completion fee
A monthly fee for the search, and a fee when a deal completes.
01
Define the mandate
Sector, geography, revenue band, ownership profile, and what rules a company out. Written down and agreed before any outreach begins, so there is no ambiguity later about what counts as a fit.
02
Map the whole segment
Every company that meets the criteria, not a shortlist. Pre-filtering on public signals is guesswork, and the seller you want is usually not the one the data flags. You get the full universe inside the first three weeks, and it is yours whether or not a deal comes from it.
03
Approach every owner directly
Not brokers, not intermediaries, not advisors. We contact the owner of every company on the list, because the only reliable way to find out whether someone will sell is to ask them.
04
Qualify
A reply is not a seller. We speak to everyone who responds and establish whether they are serious about transacting, what the business actually looks like, and whether it fits your criteria in practice rather than on paper. Ownership, financials, timing, and motivation.
05
Introduce
You receive introductions to owners who are willing to have a real conversation, with the context of everything we have already discussed with them. One at a time, and only to you.
BEST FIT
PE firms and M&A advisors buying in the lower mid-market. UK and US, $1m to $10m revenue, with a defined thesis and capacity to act on introductions.
SECTOR COVERAGE
Where we source.
The method does not depend on knowing a sector in advance. These are the fourwe already understand how the businesses operate and who owns them.
Home improvement and trades
Windows and doors, kitchens and bathrooms, general builders, roofing, heating and plumbing.
Highly fragmented, almost entirely owner-managed, and the sector we know commercially through our lead generation arm.
Ageing ownership across the segment with limited succession planning.
Business services
Facilities management, staffing, compliance, and outsourced back office.
Recurring revenue, contracted customers, and a large population of independent operators at this size.
Consolidation is active but most owners have never been approached directly.
Industrials and manufacturing
Specialist manufacturers, engineering, and precision components.
Long customer relationships and real barriers to entry, often overlooked because the businesses do not market themselves.
Owners are typically second generation with no obvious buyer.
Professional services
Accountancy, insurance broking, financial advice, and consultancy.
Recurring fee income and sticky client relationships, with practices that rarely reach the open market.
Many principals are approaching retirement without a succession plan in place.
Exclusivity and conduct
We take one mandate per sector and geography. If we are searching a segment for you, we are not searching it for anyone else, and we will not take on a client who could compete with you for the same company.
Owners are approached on a confidential basis. We do not name you at first contact. Your identity is disclosed once an owner has agreed to a conversation and we have qualified them against your criteria.
We approach owners as a firm acting for a buyer, not as a broker running a process. Nobody is told their business is being marketed and nobody is asked for information before they have agreed to talk.
Once we make an introduction, the relationship is yours. We provide the context of the conversations we have had and step back. We do not represent the seller and we do not take a fee from them.
An owner who is not interested is not approached again for that mandate. These sectors are small and the way we conduct outreach reflects on you as much as on us.
CONTACT
Tell us what you are looking to buy.
A short call to understand the mandate and agree the criteria. If we are already running a search in your sector and geography, we will say so before going further.
COMMON QUESTIONS
What you need to know.
Scope, exclusivity, and how introductions are handled.
