New Street Consulting Group

What New Street Consulting Group does

New Street Consulting Group (NSCG) is a privately held UK people advisory consultancy founded in 2004 and headquartered in Leeds, serving enterprise and public-sector clients across the UK. Its service portfolio spans five integrated lines: Assessment, Development, Interim Management, Executive Search, and Consulting on Demand, all underpinned by a Talent Intelligence practice combining research, pooling, and insight. The firm operates across at least eight verticals — Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, Housing, Industrials, Private Equity, Professional Services, and the Public Sector — with named clients including KPMG, Deloitte, Lloyd's, GSK, Netflix, Expedia, McLaren, Nissan, Severn Trent, and Nordic Capital.

The firm's proprietary technology layer centres on The Chemistry Platform, an in-house psychometrics and assessment system inherited via the 2016 acquisition of The Chemistry Group and now used with tens of thousands of participants annually, integrated with applicant tracking systems at scale. This platform operationalises the firm's WGLL (What Great Looks Like) methodology, which evaluates leaders across intellect, personality, motivations, behaviours, and experience. The firm supplements these tools with dedicated sector research, including recent publications on housing sector leadership effectiveness and AI-era leadership shifts.

NSCG operates a professional services, retainer- and project-based revenue model. Executive search work is conducted on retainer with a non-refundable upfront fee securing exclusivity; interim management engagements are priced off the placed interim's daily rate; assessment, development, and talent intelligence work is project-based. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales, led by senior consultants and partners, and reinforced through content-led demand generation (insights hub, quarterly newsletter, sector research, breakfast forums). In August 2024 NSCG secured a £6.5 million funding package from White Oak UK to accelerate a buy-and-build expansion strategy domestically and internationally; revenue figures are not publicly disclosed, and the firm is not listed.

Name

New Street Consulting Group

Legal name

New Street Consulting Group Limited

Website

https://nscg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

New Street Consulting Group is a UK privately held people advisory consultancy providing executive search, interim management, leadership assessment, development, consulting on demand, and talent intelligence services to enterprise clients across eight industry verticals, supported by its proprietary Chemistry Platform psychometrics and WGLL methodology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search and Leadership Advisory

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Strategy Advisory (BPAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Interim management solutions
• Leadership assessment consulting
• Talent intelligence advisory
• Leadership development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Executive Search: Retainer-based executive search services for senior-level appointments. Initial fee is generally non-refundable and secures exclusive agreement for sourcing high-level executive candidates.
2. Interim Management: Placement of interim executives at board or near-board level for defined periods to address business problems, manage change, or fill leadership gaps.
3. Leadership Assessment & Development: Psychometric assessments and leadership development programs using proprietary tools including The Chemistry Platform. Used for board effectiveness, succession planning, and talent optimization.
4. Talent Intelligence: Strategic research and market intelligence services including talent mapping, benchmarking, talent pooling, and competitive analysis to inform recruitment strategies.
5. Consulting on Demand: Flexible consulting services providing expert guidance on leadership and organizational challenges without long-term commitments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

New Street Consulting Group (NSCG) is a UK-based people advisory consultancy that delivers executive search, interim management, leadership assessment and development, talent intelligence, and consulting on demand services. The firm pairs senior-level executive placement with proprietary psychometrics and assessment tools (The Chemistry Platform) and the What Great Looks Like (WGLL™) methodology to evaluate and place C-suite and board leaders across multiple industry verticals.

Product overview

NSCG is a people advisory consultancy offering a portfolio of integrated leadership and talent services. The core offering spans Assessment (via The Chemistry Platform proprietary technology), Development, Interim Management (ranked UK's number one provider), Executive Search, and Consulting on Demand, all underpinned by a Talent Intelligence practice combining research, pooling, and insight. Services are delivered across six industry verticals (Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, Housing, Industrials, Professional Services) and supported by proprietary tools including The Chemistry Platform and the WGLL™ (What Great Looks Like) assessment methodology. NSCG also publishes a range of thought leadership guides and sector-specific research reports. The company does not offer a SaaS product, API, or standalone software; all offerings are professional services engagements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Chemistry Platform: Proprietary assessment methodology and platform that manages psychometrics and assessment tools used by tens of thousands of participants each year

Products and services

• Executive Search

Named customers30 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Chemistry GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNSCG acquired The Chemistry Group, bringing their proprietary Chemistry Platform assessment methodology into the NSCG portfolio. This acquisition enhances NSCG's leadership assessment and psychometric testing capabilities with technology used by tens of thousands of participants annually.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and leadership advisory with strong assessment IP, competing head-to-head with NSCG for UK board and senior executive placements across financial services and PE.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm, comparable through its assessment, succession, and CEO/board placement offerings overlapping with NSCG's full service portfolio.
• Korn Ferry: Global leadership advisory and executive search giant offering assessment, search, interim, and leadership development at scale — the dominant incumbent against which NSCG competes for senior UK mandates.
• Spencer Stuart: Premier global board and CEO advisory firm with proprietary assessment tools; competes with NSCG's executive search and WGLL methodology on senior leadership identification.
• Robert Half: Global professional staffing and consulting firm with search and interim solutions, providing scaled competition in talent intelligence and senior professional placement relevant to NSCG's offerings.
• Egon Zehnder: Global leadership advisory combining executive search, board advisory, and proprietary assessment — the standard competitor for C-suite and board mandates in the same UK and EMEA client base as NSCG.

Direct peers

• Green Park: UK-headquartered executive search firm focused on senior and diverse leadership hires across multiple verticals, directly comparable in geography, scale, and service mix to NSCG.
• Interim Partners: Specialist UK interim management provider — appears in NSCG's regulatory record and represents the closest direct rival in the interim-executive placement business where NSCG is IIM-ranked #1.
• Boyden: Global executive search with significant UK mid-market presence, particularly in real assets and social housing where NSCG partners have prior tenure — a natural direct competitor for the same mandates.
• Odgers: UK-headquartered executive search and interim management firm directly competing for the same C-suite and board-level mandates, including the social-housing sector where NSCG partners previously led Odgers' interim practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/new-street-consulting-group
• Xx.com/NSConsultGroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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