What CBS Consulting does

CBS Consulting, trading as CBS Change Partners, is a UK boutique change management consultancy founded in 2006 and headquartered in Edinburgh, with a secondary office in London. The firm delivers business and IT transformation, project, programme and portfolio management, and business change and readiness services, alongside complementary advisory in finance, risk and regulation, procurement and commercial, and digital automation. It targets enterprise clients in regulated environments, with named engagements spanning global and challenger banks (Tesco Bank, M&T Bank, Sainsbury's Bank, Secure Trust Bank, Wilmington Trust, Fiserv), major UK retailers (John Lewis Partnership, Tesco plc), insurance and fintech (Zego), and government (NS&I). The team is composed of ex big-four consultants and senior industry practitioners averaging more than 25 years of sector experience, which is the firm's primary commercial differentiator.

The company does not develop proprietary technology; its "core technology" is explicitly recorded as not applicable, and all delivery is human-led consulting rather than a software product. The service portfolio has been productized into modular offerings including PMO As A Service, Fractional Change Partnership, Retail Payment Health Check, Payments Service, and Strategic Alignment & Portfolio Management, which sit alongside the core change management, risk/regulation, procurement, and digital automation practices. There is no public evidence of AI/ML capability, proprietary data assets, patents, or third-party AI integration.

The business model is professional services revenue earned through project-based consulting engagements, augmented by recurring retained advisory modules. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per engagement. Distribution is direct-to-enterprise via a sales-led GTM motion, supported by content marketing through an Insights blog, LinkedIn presence, case studies, and client testimonials. The firm is privately held, founder-led by Eddie Curran, incorporated in Scotland as CBS Business Consulting Ltd, and operates solely within the United Kingdom.

Name

CBS Consulting

Legal name

CBS Business Consulting Ltd

Website

https://cbsconsulting.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CBS Consulting (trading as CBS Change Partners) is a UK boutique change management consultancy founded in 2006, serving enterprise banking, retail, fintech, and public sector clients with transformation, programme delivery, risk, and procurement advisory from offices in Edinburgh and London.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB), Financial Management & Performance Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAF), Public Sector & Policy Consulting (BPAHACAN)

Keywords

• Change management consulting
• Business transformation services
• Programme delivery management
• Financial services consulting
• Regulatory compliance advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Professional consulting services delivered through project-based engagements, providing clients with change management expertise, business transformation advisory, and programme delivery support. Services are tailored to client requirements across banking, retail, and financial services sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CBS Consulting (trading as CBS Change Partners) provides boutique change management and business transformation consulting to enterprise clients in UK financial services and retail. Services span business and IT transformation, programme and portfolio management, business change and readiness, finance/risk/regulation advisory, procurement support, digital automation, and payments advisory, delivered by ex big-four consultants and industry practitioners.

Product overview

CBS Consulting (trading as CBS Change Partners) is a change management consulting firm operating since 2006, not a software product company. The firm offers a portfolio of advisory and consulting services organized around change management, finance/risk/regulation, procurement, and digital automation. The core service offerings include Change Management, Finance Risk & Regulation, Procurement & Commercial, and Digital Automation. These are supplemented by modular service offerings including PMO As A Service, Fractional Change Partnership, Retail Payment Health Check, Payments Service, and Strategic Alignment & Portfolio Management. The company operates across sectors including Banking, Retail, Payments & Financial Crime, Asset Management, Life & Pensions, and Public Sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Change Management Business and IT transformation, project, programme and portfolio management, and business change and readiness services for enterprise clients in regulated environments.
• Finance, Risk & Regulation Compliance, risk and financial reporting, and data governance advisory services for banks, insurers, asset managers and life and pensions providers.
• Procurement & Commercial Category and vendor strategy, risk mitigation, supplier bidding support, and ongoing supplier management advisory for clients running complex procurement exercises.
• Digital Automation Digital strategy, customer channels and journeys, process automation, and associated data and analytics advisory services.
• PMO As A Service Project Management Office services delivered on demand to support programme delivery for clients needing flexible PMO capacity.
• Fractional Change Partnership Recurring, discounted access to Change and Subject Matter Experts for less than the cost of a full-time project manager.
• Retail Payment Health Check Review of payments cost, acceptance rates, resilience and risk of future change for retailers, with next-step recommendations.
• Payments Service Payment and Financial Crime subject matter expert services to improve service delivery, mitigate risks, and upskill client teams.
• Strategic Alignment & Portfolio Management Advisory to give clients confidence that they are investing in the most valuable change that best supports their strategy.

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Moorhouse Consulting: UK boutique transformation consultancy delivering complex change programmes for regulated clients - mirrors CBS's boutique, senior-led model and cross-sector reach.
• Tribe Project Management: UK consultancy providing project, programme and PMO services across financial services and other regulated industries - directly overlaps CBS's PMO As A Service offering.
• North Highland: Global boutique management consultancy delivering change and transformation services across regulated industries - similar boutique positioning to CBS.
• Alpha FMC: Specialist consultancy to asset and wealth managers, offering operating model and change services; comparable to CBS's asset management and life & pensions vertical.
• Capco (Wipro): Global consulting firm (now part of Wipro) specialised in financial services transformation, risk, and digital banking - directly comparable to CBS's FS change and payments focus.
• Delta Capita: UK-based financial services consultancy delivering operations, technology and regulatory change services to banks and capital markets firms - very similar client base and change delivery model to CBS.
• Projecting Success: UK project and programme management consultancy serving financial services and other sectors - a closer boutique comparable to CBS on PMO/change delivery.
• Baringa Partners: UK-headquartered consultancy advising banks, insurers and energy firms on risk, finance, regulation and transformation - overlaps directly with CBS's Finance, Risk & Regulation and change work.

Broad incumbents

• PwC UK: Big Four professional services firm with a large UK FS consulting practice covering risk, regulation, deals and technology transformation - the same kind of work CBS delivers, but at significantly greater scale.
• Accenture UK: Global consulting and technology services firm with a large UK financial services practice covering banking, payments and regulatory change - a much larger incumbent competing for the same transformation mandates as CBS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cbs-consulting---leaders-in-change

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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