Entrepreneurs Hub

What Entrepreneurs Hub does

Entrepreneurs Hub (legal name Entrepreneurs Hub Ltd) is a UK-based boutique M&A advisory firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Basingstoke, England. The firm provides senior-led advisory services to SME business owners preparing to sell, grow, or buy a business, focusing on owner-managed companies with £500k–£5m+ annual profit and enterprise values in the £5m–£50m range. It positions itself as a premium alternative to volume business brokers and transfer agents, employing a preparation-first methodology that covers exit planning, business positioning, valuation, buyer identification, competitive process management, negotiation, and due diligence support. The firm states its team has generated over £1bn of value for business owners across buy-side and sell-side transactions.

The company is a professional services business with no proprietary software, platform, or API; its intellectual capital resides in advisory methodologies, deal-structuring expertise, and buyer networks. Revenue is generated through professional advisory fees, which, per industry norms cited in the input, typically combine an upfront retainer with a success fee tied to deal completion and transaction value; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is advisory-first and direct, reaching business owners through the firm's website, an extensive content library (guides, sector market reports, and video testimonials), newsletter capture, and direct outreach, followed by confidential senior-led consultations. Distribution is exclusively through direct engagement, with no reseller, channel-partner, or marketplace mechanisms.

Entrepreneurs Hub serves clients across a broad set of sectors including technology and software, manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences, construction and facilities, fire protection and security, wholesale and distribution, transport and logistics, waste and environmental services, and consulting/professional services. The firm is founder-managed, led by co-founders and Directors Malcolm Murray and Andrew Shepperd, alongside James Guglia (Strategy & M&A Director), Tony Meakin (FD & M&A Director), and Tim Allaston (Head of Data). It employs an estimated 11–50 staff and shows no external institutional investment, private equity backing, or parent company in the available data.

Name

Entrepreneurs Hub

Legal name

Entrepreneurs Hub Ltd

Website

https://entrepreneurshub.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Entrepreneurs Hub is a UK boutique M&A advisory firm serving SME business owners (£500k–£5m+ profit, £5m–£50m enterprise value) with senior-led exit planning, sale preparation, buyer identification, and deal negotiation across multiple sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Basingstoke

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. M&A Advisory Services: The firm earns revenue through professional advisory fees for guiding business owners through the sale process. Based on industry norms for boutique M&A advisors, fees typically include a retainer component plus a success fee tied to deal completion, aligned to the final transaction value.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Entrepreneurs Hub is a UK boutique M&A advisory firm that prepares, positions, and sells SME businesses for owner-managers seeking exit. The firm runs full sell-side mandates in the £5m-£50m enterprise value band, covering preparation, buyer identification, competitive process management, due diligence, negotiation, and completion. Complementary offerings include buy-side advisory, Growth for Exit support, and exit route options such as MBOs, EOTs, and third-party trade sales.

Product overview

Entrepreneurs Hub is a professional M&A advisory consultancy for SME business owners, not a software product company. The firm provides human-delivered advisory services including business sale advisory, acquisition support, exit planning, and growth-for-exit preparation. Services are delivered through direct engagement with advisors rather than through a software platform or product. The firm publishes free guides and market reports as educational resources but does not offer software products, modules, or digital platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sell Your Business (Sell-Side M&A Advisory) End-to-end sell-side advisory for UK SME owners preparing to exit: preparation and positioning, buyer identification, competitive process management, due diligence management, negotiation, and completion support. Targeted at businesses with £500k-£5m+ annual profit and £5m-£50m enterprise value.
• Buy a Business (Buy-Side Advisory) Advisory support for buyers seeking to acquire UK SMEs, including target identification, deal structuring, and transaction support through to completion.
• Growth for Exit Pre-sale value creation advisory that helps SME owners strengthen their business ahead of going to market, with the aim of maximising sale proceeds and attractiveness to acquirers.
• Partner With Us (Strategic & Financial Buyer Mandates)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over £1bn value generated for business owners across buy and sell side transactions
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HubEntrepreneur

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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