Kind Consultancy

What Kind Consultancy does

Kind Consultancy Ltd is a UK-based specialist recruitment and executive search consultancy focused exclusively on the Financial Services sector. Founded in the West Midlands (currently headquartered in Lichfield, Staffordshire), the firm places permanent and interim professionals across Governance, Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, Complaints, Collections, and Change & Transformation roles. Its service portfolio comprises Permanent Recruitment Services, the Kind Agile Solutions interim/contractor bench offering pre-screened talent for rapid deployment, Executive Search for senior-level headhunting, a supporting Learning & Development resource, and an online Job Board portal.

The company serves a vertically segmented client base ranging from niche fintech start-ups through challenger banks and building societies to Tier 1 multinational banks (including Barclays, HSBC, Allica Bank, MotoNovo Finance, Hinckley and Rugby, and Chorley Building Society). Its go-to-market is consultative and relationship-driven, with leadership (CEO Mathew Kind and Co-founder Lynsey Moore) leveraging direct Financial Services industry experience. Kind Consultancy operates as a preferred supplier to Big 4 consulting firms for Financial Crime and KYC project staffing and works with RPO providers for volume hires.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees — percentage-of-salary for permanent placements and day-rate mark-ups for interim/contract assignments — under quote-based, non-publicly-disclosed pricing. The firm has expanded internationally through Kind Consultancy US in Charlotte, North Carolina, extending its specialist Financial Services recruitment offering into the American market. The company is privately held with 1–10 employees, no institutional funding disclosed, and operations spanning the UK, Europe, and the United States.

Name

Kind Consultancy

Legal name

Kind Consultancy Ltd

Website

https://kindconsultancy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kind Consultancy is a UK-based specialist recruitment and executive search firm placing permanent and interim Governance, Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, Complaints, and Change & Transformation professionals into Financial Services organisations across the UK and US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Services Recruitment

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Executive Search Services (561312)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Services Leadership Search (Banking/Insurance/PE/Asset Mgmt) (BPACAAAF)

Keywords

• Financial services recruitment
• Executive search
• Interim staffing
• Compliance recruitment
• Risk and governance hiring

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Permanent Placement Recruitment: Contingency or retained search fees for placing candidates in permanent Governance, Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, and Change & Transformation roles within Financial Services organisations.
2. Interim/Contract Placement (Kind Agile Solutions): Supply of pre-screened, pre-qualified contractors for short to medium-term assignments across Financial Services specialisms, enabling faster deployment than competitors due to existing bench of vetted talent.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kind Consultancy is a specialist recruitment consultancy placing candidates in permanent, interim, and executive Governance, Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, Complaints, Collections, and Change & Transformation roles within Financial Services organisations. It supplies vetted candidates via permanent search, a pre-screened contractor bench (Kind Agile Solutions), and executive search for Director, Head Of, and executive level positions, serving clients from niche fintech start-ups to multinational banks across the UK and US.

Product overview

Kind Consultancy operates as a specialist recruitment and executive search consultancy offering a unified portfolio of services for the Financial Services sector. The core offering comprises Permanent Recruitment Services for placing candidates in permanent positions, Kind Agile Solutions for rapid interim/contractor deployment with pre-screened talent, and Executive Search for senior-level headhunting. Supporting services include a Job Board platform and Learning & Development resources. The company specializes exclusively in Governance, Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, Complaints, Collections, and Change & Transformation roles across UK and US markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kind Agile Solutions: A bench of pre-screened, pre-qualified contractors for interim/contract positions across Governance, Risk, Compliance, Complaints, Change & Transformation and Financial Crime specialisms.

Products and services

• Permanent Recruitment Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 3000+ candidates placed across Financial Services organisations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• RPO ProvidersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKind Consultancy works with Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) providers as preferred suppliers to large Financial Services clients, supporting volume hiring projects through their Kind Agile Solutions offering. Case studies show partnerships where Kind was contacted by RPO partners to supply interim resources for business-critical customer experience and compliance projects.
• Big 4 ConsultanciescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLong-standing supplier to Big 4 consulting firms who engage Kind Consultancy to provide specialist Financial Crime, KYC, and Compliance talent for client projects. Case studies detail provision of KYC Analysts and Financial Crime professionals for Section 166 reviews and large-scale remediation projects for Tier 1 international banks.
• Kind Consultancy UScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfter over 10 years of success in the UK, Kind Consultancy expanded to America through Kind Consultancy US, offering clients a tailored service to identify top Risk, Financial Crime, and Compliance talent in the American market. US office based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Morgan McKinley: Specialist FS recruitment firm with strong UK and Ireland presence across risk, compliance, and financial crime roles. Closest direct peer to Kind in both vertical specialism and the type of mid-to-senior permanent and contract mandates handled.
• Carter Murray: Part of the Headland Search Group, Carter Murray is a specialist FS recruiter covering risk, compliance, and transformation roles. Comparable in both the vertical specialism and the executive/permanent placement mix Kind offers.
• Barclay Simpson: UK recruitment and executive search firm specialising in corporate governance, risk, and compliance. Overlaps directly with Kind's Governance, Risk and Compliance sectors and similar client base of UK FS institutions.
• Carnegie Consulting: London-based executive search and interim provider focused on risk, compliance, and financial services leadership. Overlaps with Kind's executive search and interim (Kind Agile) offerings for senior FS roles.
• Bruin Financial: UK specialist recruiter focused on risk, compliance, and audit hires within financial services. Highly comparable to Kind in vertical focus, candidate pool overlap, and the kind of mid-to-senior permanent mandates they both chase.
• Goodman Masson: London-based specialist recruiter with a dedicated Financial Services practice covering risk, compliance, and change. Direct competitor for the same niche GRC and transformation mandates Kind targets across UK FS clients.
• Compliance Recruitment Solutions: UK niche compliance and financial crime recruiter. Closely comparable to Kind on the Financial Crime and Compliance specialist mandates, sharing a similar consultative positioning and UK building society/bank client base.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Walters: Listed UK-headquartered recruiter with a dedicated Financial Services practice placing risk, compliance, and change professionals. Comparable in serving the same FS client base but operating at materially larger scale across multiple sectors.
• Hays: Global, publicly listed recruitment firm with a substantial UK Banking & Financial Services practice covering risk, compliance, and audit. Broad incumbent with deeper pockets and broader geographic reach than Kind, but lacking Kind's exclusive FS-GRC specialisation.

Emerging players

• Miramar Global: Specialist FS and risk recruitment firm with UK and international presence. Comparable niche focus on GRC mandates, though smaller and earlier-stage scale relative to Kind's decade-long UK track record.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kindconsultancy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kind-consultancy-ltd
• Facebookfacebook.com/KindConsultancyLtd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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