Most UK mid-market deals
never reach your desk.
We find them first.
Proprietary intelligence on 5.6 million UK companies. Scored targets. Qualified introductions. One flat monthly fee.
Deal Pipeline
Review and manage investment opportunities
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The origination problem
You already know the maths. The question is what you are doing about it.
30 buyers chasing 6 marketed deals
Advisors launch a process, a dozen firms circle, and multiples climb. You are competing on price, not on timing.
90% of deal flow is invisible
Trade sales, family successions, management buyouts. Over 90% of UK business transfers never appear in a database or on a marketplace.
50 hours a week on desk research
Your analysts are manually combing Companies House, LinkedIn, and trade press. The signal is there. Nobody is connecting it at scale.
24 proprietary signals. One Dealflow Score.
Every target is scored across Exit Readiness, Financial Health, Market Position, and Execution Capability, so you know who’s ready to transact, not just who fits your criteria.
Built by people who understand intelligence
Military precision, commercial execution, and a shared belief that better data wins.
James A Lang
CEO20+ years military experience in the Royal Signals. Exited founder. Leads client delivery and strategic partnerships across the UK mid-market.
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Ben Brand
CTOMilitary intelligence specialist. Built pattern recognition and signal analysis systems for defence. Now applies that methodology to M&A target detection.
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Enrique de la Barrera
CMOFounder of BBS and three specialist agencies. Builds high-performing commercial teams and bridges brand strategy with market execution. Leads growth and international expansion.
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We handle origination end-to-end. Off-market targets, scored for transaction readiness, qualified conversations booked into your calendar.
Thesis Configuration
Week 1We document your investment mandate: sectors, enterprise value, geography, deal type, and exclusion criteria — so every target we surface is genuinely relevant.
Coverage Universe Build
Weeks 2–3Financial data, ownership structures, and advisor relationships mapped across your complete target universe. 5.6M+ UK companies tracked, filtered to your mandate.
Scoring & Qualification
OngoingEvery target scored 0–100 across Thesis Fit (40%), Transaction Readiness (35%), and Accessibility (25%). You only see companies scoring 70 or above.
Outreach & Introductions
OngoingMulti-channel outreach to decision-makers. Qualification conversations handled on your behalf. Meetings booked directly into your calendar — you only talk to people worth your time.
Sector expertise
Our data covers every UK sector. These are the verticals where we see the most acquisition activity, but we build thesis-specific universes for any industry.
Free resources
Learn the framework, build your thesis, or get weekly M&A intelligence straight to your feed.
The DEALS Framework
The methodology behind how we find, score, and qualify acquisition targets at scale.
Read the frameworkBuild Your Thesis
Define your mandate. Refine sector, geography, EV range, and deal type in one place.
Build your thesisThe Deal Sheet
Weekly M&A intelligence — ownership shifts, signals, and off-market moves to your LinkedIn feed.
Subscribe freeCommon questions
They track deals that have already happened or companies that have received funding. We track the entire UK company register for signals that predict a deal event before it happens. Over 90% of our targets have never appeared in any deal database.
Most clients see their first qualified conversations within 4–6 weeks. Week 1 is thesis configuration and universe building. Weeks 2–3 we build and score your target list. By week 4, outreach is live and responses start coming in.
No. We deliver a full origination service, not a database subscription. That means scored targets, enriched company profiles, multi-channel outreach to decision-makers, qualification conversations, and booked meetings.
An in-house origination hire costs £80–120K fully loaded and takes 3–6 months to ramp. We deliver pipeline from week 4 at a fraction of the cost, with proprietary data and infrastructure that would take years to build internally.
Yes. Search funds are a core client segment. We offer tailored packages for independent sponsors and funded searchers, including thesis refinement, target universe building, and outreach.
Every sector. Our data covers all 5.6 million UK companies registered at Companies House, so we can build a thesis-specific universe for any sector. Technology, healthcare, business services, and manufacturing are where we see the most activity.
Book a Demo
We learn your thesis
We start by understanding your mandate, your ideal acquisition profile, sectors, geography, size, and what makes a target worth pursuing.
You see the platform in action
A walkthrough of our scoring engine, data sources, and how we surface and qualify targets, so you can see exactly what powers the pipeline.
You get a scoped proposal
Pipeline volume, meeting targets, timeline, and a clear decision to make. No follow-up calls needed.