What Mutual Ventures does

Mutual Ventures is a UK management consultancy founded in 2011 and headquartered at 2-6 Boundary Row, London. The firm advises public sector organisations on service reform across four primary verticals: children's services, NHS and Integrated Care Systems, place-based local government reform (including Pride in Place and Local Government Reorganisation), and central government policy implementation. Its service portfolio spans strategy development, business case authoring, programme delivery support, and organisational change, packaged under signature approaches such as Radical Place Leadership and Relational Project Management. The firm employs between 11 and 50 staff and is led by CEO Andrew Laird with Non-Executive Director Prof. Donna Hall (former CEO of Wigan Council).

The business operates a professional services revenue model, with engagements procured through named-supplier positions on two major UK government frameworks — Crown Commercial Service Management Consultancy Framework Four (Lot 7) and ESPO Consultancy Services (ten lots, 2025-2027) — supplemented by direct off-framework commissions. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagements are scoped and quoted against framework rate cards. The firm pursues a content-led go-to-market anchored on 783 published blog posts, 118+ Radical Reformers podcast episodes, regular webinars, and an active LinkedIn and X presence, combined with enterprise field sales targeting council CEOs, NHS leaders and senior policy professionals.

Mutual Ventures is B Corp certified (June 2025) and Cyber Essentials Plus certified, holds a published Carbon Reduction Plan with a Net Zero by 2030 target, and participates as a delivery partner on the £64m WorkWell Programme alongside PA Consulting and Collaborate CIC. Recent strategic activity has been concentrated on framework wins, consortium participation, and the launch of an AI Strategy advisory line, signalling an intent to broaden both its addressable public sector spend and its service surface area.

Name

Mutual Ventures

Legal name

Mutual Ventures

Website

https://mutualventures.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mutual Ventures is a UK management consultancy, founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, that advises public sector organisations on service reform across children's services, NHS and Integrated Care Systems, place-based local government, and central government. It delivers strategy, business case, programme delivery and change support via CCS and ESPO framework appointments and direct commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategic Partnerships, Alliances & JVs Advisory (BPAHADAI)

Keywords

• Public service reform
• Public sector consulting
• Children's services consulting
• NHS collaboration advisory
• Place-based leadership

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Management Consultancy Services: Mutual Ventures generates revenue through the provision of management consultancy services to public sector clients. Services are procured through government framework agreements (CCS MCF4, ESPO) and direct commissions. Engagement types include strategy development, programme delivery, business case development, and implementation support across children's services, health, local government, and public service reform. Projects range from advisory engagements to hands-on delivery support.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Mutual Ventures is a UK management consultancy that helps public sector organisations — including local authorities, NHS bodies, Integrated Care Boards, and central government departments — translate policy into practice and deliver place-based, relational public service reform. Services span strategy development, business case development, programme delivery, and implementation support across children's services, health and work, NHS collaboration, inclusive growth, Pride in Place, and radical place leadership. Engagements are sold through Crown Commercial Service (CCS MCF4) and ESPO framework appointments or direct commissions.

Product overview

Mutual Ventures is a socially focused management consultancy working across public, private, voluntary and charity sectors. The company offers a portfolio of advisory and consulting services rather than a unified software product. Core offerings include Radical Place Leadership (a collaborative approach to public service reform), Children's Services Consulting, Health & Work Services (including WorkWell Programme support), NHS Collaboration, Inclusive Growth Advisory, and Pride in Place Programme Support. These services are delivered through expert consultants and are complemented by knowledge products including the Radical Reformers Podcast, webinars, and training programmes such as the DFJ Trailblazers Programme and Working with Data Training Programme. The company also provides practical resources including Relational Project Management methodology, free tools, and business case templates. AI Strategy Services represent a growing advisory area focused on helping public sector organizations navigate AI adoption.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Radical Reformers Podcast: Podcast series exploring public service reform, featuring interviews with leaders across local government, NHS, and public sector.

Products and services

• Radical Place Leadership Collaborative consulting approach to public service reform that shifts power closer to communities and redesigns services around what people need rather than organisational silos; targeted at council and place leadership teams.
• Children's Services Consulting Advisory services covering children's social care, family justice, fostering, and regional children's services, supporting councils through strategy, reform design, and delivery.
• Health & Work Services Advisory and delivery support integrating health, work, and skills — including delivery partner role on the national WorkWell Programme supporting 59,000 people across 15 English pilot areas.
• NHS Collaboration Advisory services for integrated care systems, neighbourhood health leadership, and NHS partnerships, supporting ICBs, NHS trusts and wider ICS partners.
• Inclusive Growth Advisory Advisory services focused on economic development, levelling up, and creating sustainable inclusive growth in communities, typically for councils and combined authorities.
• Pride in Place Programme Support Advisory services supporting the UK government's Pride in Place neighbourhood renewal programme, including Neighbourhood Board development and community engagement with councils.
• Delivery Services Project delivery support for public sector clients, structured around three fundamental pillars, delivered through expert consulting engagements alongside webinars and articles.
• Central Government Advisory Advisory services for central government departments and arms-length bodies including MHCLG, DWP, DHSC and the Cabinet Office, focused on public service reform, employment support, and place-based policy.
• Local and Community Services Advisory Advisory services supporting councils and community partners in delivering connected, place-based local and community public services.
• Public Safety Advisory Advisory services supporting public sector clients on public safety policy and delivery, complementing Mutual Ventures' local government and place-based practice.
• AI Strategy Services Advisory services helping public sector organisations develop and implement AI strategies, informed by Mutual Ventures' published research on AI adoption in public services.
• DFJ Trailblazers Programme National Learning and Strategy Programme for family justice and children's social care, delivered through structured webinars and accompanying resources.
• Working with Data Training Programme Training programme designed to help public sector organisations work effectively with data, delivered through a structured curriculum.
• Relational Project Management A relationship-centred project management approach and supporting methodology materials, emphasising collaboration over traditional transactional methods for public sector delivery.

Quantifiable outcome

• 59,000 people to be supported across 15 pilot areas through WorkWell Programme
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 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.

• Chiltern RangersminorOthers · 4 December 2025Mutual Ventures partnered with Chiltern Rangers, a conservation organisation in High Wycombe, for a team tree-planting day. The MV team planted 75 native trees and coppiced existing woodland as part of MV's commitment to social value and achieving Net Zero by 2030. The activity contributed to a 25% reduction in MV's carbon emissions through offsetting.
• PA ConsultingcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 October 2024Mutual Ventures serves as delivery partner on the national WorkWell Programme alongside PA Consulting and Collaborate CIC. The WorkWell Programme is a £64 million joint DWP and DHSC initiative supporting 59,000 people with health conditions across 15 pilot areas in England to stay in or return to work. PA Consulting is the primary delivery partner, with MV providing specialist public sector consulting support.
• Collaborate CICcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Mutual Ventures works alongside Collaborate CIC as a delivery partner on the WorkWell Programme. Collaborate CIC contributes expertise in collaborative public service delivery and systems change, complementing MV's public sector consulting capabilities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte UK Public Sector: Deloitte's UK public sector practice is a broad incumbent that competes with MV on local government, health, and central government transformation engagements, offering scale and breadth that MV cannot match on large direct commissions.
• PA Consulting: PA Consulting is a major global consultancy with a substantial UK public sector practice. It is both a co-delivery partner with MV on the WorkWell Programme and a broader competitor with deeper resources on large transformation mandates.
• PwC UK Public Sector: PwC's UK public sector practice is a large incumbent that competes with MV for framework call-offs under CCS MCF4 and adjacent public sector advisory mandates, with much greater bench depth but less specialist focus on relational, place-based reform.

Emerging players

• The Tavistock Institute: The Tavistock Institute is a UK not-for-profit that applies social science research to public sector and organisational change, overlapping with MV's relational and systems-change work in local government and health.

Direct peers

• IMPOWER Consulting: IMPOWER is a UK public sector management consultancy that advises local authorities, NHS bodies, and central government on social care, health, and place-based reform. It is one of the closest direct competitors to Mutual Ventures in the council transformation and adult social care advisory space.
• Collaborate CIC: Collaborate CIC is a UK social enterprise consultancy that works with public sector leaders on systems change, place-based reform, and collaborative commissioning. It is a direct peer and an actual co-delivery partner with MV on the WorkWell Programme.
• Cordis Bright: Cordis Bright is a UK public sector consultancy providing research, evaluation, and advisory services to local government, health, and the voluntary sector. It is a direct peer in children's services, social care, and public service reform advisory.
• Rocket Science: Rocket Science is a UK public sector consultancy advising central and local government, NHS, and the third sector on policy, evaluation, and reform. It is a comparable peer in research-led advisory for health, work, and place-based programmes.
• Newton (Newton Europe): Newton is a UK-rooted operational consulting firm with a strong public sector practice, advising local authorities and NHS bodies on transformation, productivity, and demand management. It competes with MV for council and ICS-level transformation mandates.
• Shared Intelligence: Shared Intelligence is a UK public sector consultancy specialising in local government, culture, and place leadership. It competes directly with MV on council advisory work and is a natural peer in the 'radical place leadership' and local government reorganisation space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MutualVentures
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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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