What Campbell Tickell does

Campbell Tickell is a UK-based management consultancy and executive recruitment firm founded in 1998, focused on charitable, not-for-profit, and public sector organisations across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The firm operates eight core consultancy practice areas — Finance; Governance & Strategy; Growth, Development & Regeneration; Supported Housing & Homelessness; Innovation & Improvement; People & Culture; Regulation; and Risk & Assurance — alongside three distinct recruitment lines covering permanent executive search, interim management, and non-executive board placement. Its proprietary diagnostic tools — CT CultureScan© (now in its sixth year) and Complaints CultureScan© — are sector-specialised assessment methodologies rather than software products, and underpin a track record the firm reports as including more than 150 housing associations and local authorities supported through regulatory inspections (over 80% achieving positive G/V grading outcomes) and the formation of approximately 100 new organisations through mergers over the past decade.

The firm generates revenue through fee-based professional services delivered via project engagements, retainers, and procurement frameworks including the ESPO framework, with pricing conducted on a quote basis. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales via direct consultant-led engagement with public sector, housing, and charity clients, supported by an active thought-leadership platform (CT Brief newsletter, sector reports, webinars, podcasts, and events) and sector-body memberships (SFHA, NHC, BPF, ADASS, HDN). Headcount is in the 11–50 range, the firm is a certified B Corporation and Living Wage Employer, and it has been ranked Diamond in Consultancy UK's housing category and Gold in local government and non-profit categories in 2026. Customer concentration appears distributed across 1,000+ organisations served over its 25-year history, with no single dominant account visible in the source data.

Name

Campbell Tickell

Legal name

Campbell Tickell

Website

https://campbelltickell.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Campbell Tickell is a UK-based management consultancy and executive recruitment firm founded in 1998, serving housing providers, local authorities, charities, and public sector organisations across the UK and Ireland through eight consultancy practices and three recruitment lines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wembley

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. Consultancy Services: Fee-based professional consultancy services spanning governance, finance, regulation, risk, innovation, growth/development, and people/culture for public sector, housing, and charity clients. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements, retainers, and framework agreements.
2. Executive Recruitment Services: Permanent executive and leadership recruitment, non-executive board member placement, and specialist recruitment across housing, local government, health, social care, and charity sectors.
3. Interim Management Services: Interim recruitment placing experienced leadership professionals on temporary basis. Campbell Tickell has been an acknowledged leader in interim recruitment for over 10 years, ranked in IIM surveys.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Campbell Tickell is a management consultancy and executive recruiter serving the charitable, not-for-profit and public sectors, primarily housing associations, local authorities, charities, and central government. It delivers eight consultancy practice areas (Finance, Governance & Strategy, Growth/Development & Regeneration, Supported Housing & Homelessness, Innovation & Improvement, People & Culture, Regulation, and Risk & Assurance) and three recruitment lines (Permanent executive search, Interim management, and Non-Executive board placement). It also licenses proprietary diagnostic tools—CT CultureScan© and Complaints CultureScan©—used by social housing providers to assess organisational culture.

Product overview

Campbell Tickell is a management and recruitment consultancy providing high quality services to charitable, not-for-profit and public sector organizations. The company operates a platform of interconnected consultancy services organized across eight core practice areas: Finance, Governance & Strategy, Growth/Development & Regeneration, Supported Housing & Homelessness, Innovation & Improvement, People & Culture, Regulation, and Risk & Assurance. Alongside consultancy, the firm provides three distinct recruitment service lines: Permanent executive search, Interim management, and Non-Executive recruitment. Notable proprietary diagnostic tools include the CT CultureScan© for organizational culture assessment and the Complaints CultureScan© for complaints handling culture evaluation. The company also publishes the CT Brief newsletter and operates the CT Opportunities Bulletin for job listings. Services are delivered through sector specialists with deep industry knowledge, primarily serving housing associations, local authorities, charities, and public bodies across the UK and Ireland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CT CultureScan©: A proven diagnostic tool designed to help organisations, particularly registered providers of social housing, gain a clear, objective, and actionable view of their organisational culture. Now in its sixth year of operation.
• Complaints CultureScan©

Products and services

• Finance Consultancy Financial consultancy services including business planning and financial modelling, financial governance, rent and service charge support, and strategic financial decision support for housing associations, charities and local authorities.
• Governance & Strategy Consultancy Governance consultancy services including board appraisals, remuneration advice, board dynamics, code of governance compliance assessment, company secretarial services, corporate strategy, governance reviews, and mentoring and coaching for boards of public and not-for-profit organisations.
• Growth, Development & Regeneration Consultancy Services including housing strategies, merger and partnership support, development capacity research, regeneration programmes, and stock rationalisation for social landlords and local communities.
• Supported Housing & Homelessness Consultancy Support for homelessness and rough sleeping strategies, housing needs assessments, health and care services, older persons housing strategies, service reviews, and supported housing provision for local authorities, charities and housing associations.
• Innovation & Improvement Consultancy Services including asset management, customer engagement, consumer regulation support, digital transformation, options appraisals, service reviews, sustainability and carbon zero/retrofit, and target operating models for registered providers and local authorities.
• People & Culture Consultancy HR and organisational development services including policy, restructure, staff development, culture assessment (CultureScan), pay and reward advice, and performance management for public and not-for-profit organisations.
• Regulation Consultancy Expert support for consumer regulation compliance, in-depth assessment preparation, regulatory returns review, regulatory troubleshooting, and registrations for social housing providers.
• Risk & Assurance Consultancy Risk management services including strengthening board engagement, building risk management frameworks, assessing controls, stress testing, and recruiting risk and assurance specialists.
• Permanent Recruitment Executive search and permanent leadership recruitment services for the charitable, not-for-profit and public sectors.
• Interim Recruitment Interim management and recruitment services providing rapid access to experienced leadership professionals for periods of change, unexpected absence, or strategic transformation.
• Non-Executive Recruitment Recruitment services for non-executive board members, focusing on strategic direction and organisational ethos for public service organisations.
• CT CultureScan© A proven organisational diagnostic tool designed to help organisations, particularly registered providers of social housing, gain a clear, objective, and actionable view of their workplace culture. It uses a seven-pillar methodology including an online survey, focus groups or interviews, and comparative analysis against peers.
• Complaints CultureScan© A diagnostic tool that assesses organisational culture in relation to complaints across seven cultural pillars: Empathetic, Empowered, Structured, Progressive, Accountable, Accessible and Cultivating. Designed for the social housing sector responding to increased regulatory scrutiny.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 80% of RPs supported have achieved a positive Inspection outcome in retaining or improving their G/V grading
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DevonshirescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampbell Tickell and law firm Devonshires have brought together an alliance of organisations from across the housing sector to address the UK's escalating temporary accommodation crisis. They co-run the Temporary Accommodation Network providing opportunities for commissioners to hear from experts and share innovation and best practice.
• Housing Diversity NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampbell Tickell and the Housing Diversity Network co-delivered an online seminar exploring practical lessons emerging two years after the introduction of updated consumer regulation in England.
• WISH (Women in Social Housing)minorOthersWISH (Women in Social Housing) network partnership
• The Big IssueminorOthersPartnership with The Big Issue for social impact initiatives
• Housing Diversity Network (HDN)minorOthersHDN logo displayed as partner network member
• British Property Federation (BPF)minorOthersBPF member for for-profit registered providers network
• ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social Services)minorOthersADASS logo displayed as partner network member
• SFHA (Scottish Federation of Housing Associations)minorOthersSFHA member partnership
• Northern Housing Consortium (NHC)minorOthersNHC member partnership for northern housing sector
• Institute of Interim Management (IIM)minorOthersIIM Affiliates member - recognised as Gold Tier in Interim Management Survey 2026
• Centre for Ageing BetterminorOthersAge-friendly employer pledge signatory
• Living Wage FoundationminorOthersLiving Wage Employer certified by Living Wage Foundation
• Future of LondonminorOthersFuture of London partnership network
• Cirrus Purchasing (CALF framework)minorOthersPartnership through Cirrus Purchasing framework agreement

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCMruZehqsNSK3yn4gHOVeAg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/campbell-tickell
• Instagraminstagram.com/campbell_tickell

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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