Bowles Green

What Bowles Green does

Bowles Green Limited is an independent UK consultancy founded in 1999 (from The Bowles Green Partnership formed in 1998) and headquartered in Oswaldkirk, North Yorkshire. It provides professional services to public, voluntary, and private sector clients in tourism, recreation, heritage, and conservation, with a 12-service portfolio spanning Access & Recreation Planning, Marketing & Promotion, Feasibility Studies, Scoping Studies, Business Plans, Funding Applications, Interpretation, Policy Development, Tourism Strategies & Plans, Research & Evaluation, Planning, and international Sales Representation across five market zones. The firm has a documented track record of securing Heritage Lottery Fund grants on behalf of clients, including £2.5m for Bassenthwaite Reflections, £2m for Towneley Park, £289,400 for Bensham Grove, and approximately £2m for the Solway Wetlands Landscape Partnership Scheme.

The firm's proprietary technology is concentrated in audio interpretation: the Breamish Valley Sound Trail deploys five solar-powered sound boxes (with manual winding capability) delivering eight messages each at sites in Northumberland National Park, and the Sounds of the Breamish Valley iPhone App extends the same audio content to smartphones via the App Store. Outside audio, the firm has domain expertise in digital mapping for outdoor recreation and produces downloadable resource guides covering social media, green business practice, recreational mapping, and augmented reality. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements and multi-year contracts with no publicly disclosed pricing; the firm has no external funding, no parent company, and operates with a small team of three named key personnel (Judith Bowles and Steve Green as Directors, Tristan Bowles as Researcher), with founder ownership and 23+ years of operational history.

Name

Bowles Green

Legal name

Bowles Green Limited

Website

https://bowlesgreen.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bowles Green is an independent UK consultancy providing planning, research, interpretation, and funding-application services to public, voluntary, and private sector clients in tourism, recreation, heritage, and conservation, with a documented track record of securing Heritage Lottery Fund grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oswaldkirk

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consultancy services including research, planning, feasibility studies, business plans, funding applications, interpretation, marketing, and policy development. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements with public, voluntary, and private sector clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bowles Green Limited is an independent consultancy providing professional services to public, voluntary, and private sector clients operating in the tourism, recreation, heritage, and conservation sectors. The company delivers twelve distinct service lines including sales representation, access and recreation planning, marketing and promotion, feasibility studies, scoping studies, business plans, funding applications, interpretation, policy development, tourism strategies, research and evaluation, and planning. It also develops physical and digital interpretive products such as the Breamish Valley Sound Trail and the Sounds of the Breamish Valley iPhone App.

Product overview

Bowles Green is an independent consultancy firm offering a portfolio of professional services rather than a unified software product. The company provides twelve distinct service offerings: Sales Representation, Access & Recreation Planning, Marketing & Promotion, Feasibility Studies, Scoping Studies, Business Plans, Funding Applications, Interpretation, Policy Development, Tourism Strategies & Plans, Research & Evaluation, and Planning. These services are delivered to public, voluntary, and private sector clients in tourism, recreation, heritage, and conservation sectors. The company has also developed specific products including the Breamish Valley Sound Trail (audio interpretation system with five solar-powered sound boxes) and The Sounds of the Breamish Valley iPhone App for mobile audio delivery. Additionally, the company produces downloadable resource guides covering topics such as green business practices, social media, recreational mapping, nature watching, and emerging technologies like augmented reality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sales Representation International sales representation service for tourism businesses and destinations across five market zones: United Kingdom, Austria/Germany/Netherlands/Switzerland, USA/Canada, France/Italy/Spain, and Denmark/Norway. Includes selling to tour operators, media support, trade fair representation, media visits, familiarisation visits, and events.
• Access & Recreation Planning Planning service including access audits for individual sites and areas, access plans for Heritage Lottery Fund bids, rights of way improvement planning, Access for All audits, and advice and guidance for clients in the recreation sector.
• Marketing & Promotion Marketing strategies and plans including internal and external communications planning, Audience Development Plans for HLF applications, and plans for sites, destinations, and collections.
• Feasibility Studies Feasibility studies for new visitor attractions, visitor attraction improvements/upgrades, country parks, festivals and events, historic buildings, mountain biking and outdoor activities, equestrian tourism, and trails.
• Scoping Studies Scoping service establishing tourism potential, identifying and appraising development opportunities, and advising clients throughout the project scoping process.
• Business Plans Business plans for visitor attractions, destination development projects, activity centres, visitor centres, trails, and country parks. Also produces toolkits to help businesses develop their own plans.
• Funding Applications Support for funding bids including writing applications, project managing bids, audience development plans, access plans, training plans, economic impact assessments, activity plans, and learning/access/community engagement plans.
• Interpretation Interpretation services including strategies and plans, evaluating interpretation, and writing, producing and installing interpretive media for heritage and visitor sites.
• Policy Development Policy service including reviewing existing policy, analysing policy frameworks, policy development, and developing programmes for tourism, recreation, and conservation clients.
• Tourism Strategies & Plans Tourism strategy and planning including master planning, destination strategies, sector strategies, sustainable tourism strategies, and eco-tourism strategies.
• Research & Evaluation Research services including visitor surveys, stakeholder consultation, focus groups, desk/telephone/web research, visitor counts, economic impact studies, events evaluation, and developing evaluation methodologies.
• Planning Planning service covering tourism and recreation issues research, consultation, topic papers, expert advice, and assessment of tourism and economic impacts of development proposals.
• Breamish Valley Sound Trail Audio interpretation system consisting of solar-powered sound boxes with manual winding capability at five locations in the Breamish Valley, Northumberland National Park. Each box delivers eight messages telling the story of the valley's history and landscape. Developed for Northumberland National Park Authority as part of the Cheviot Futures Project.
• The Sounds of the Breamish Valley iPhone App Smartphone app delivering audio interpretation of the Breamish Valley via iPhones, using existing sound clips supplemented by images. Available for download from the Apple App Store.
• Health Walking Pilot Programme Pilot healthy walking scheme for GP referral patients, including identification and auditing of health walks, route information production, and delivery of led walking programmes in Monmouthshire.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully secured £2.5 million Heritage Lottery Fund for Bassenthwaite Reflections Catchment Management Programme
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cambrensis CommunicationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 October 2012Team collaboration for Monmouthshire Walking Product Development Strategy, led by Bowles Green with Cambrensis Communications contributing.
• Solway Coast AONBcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2012Partnership on Solway Wetlands Landscape Partnership Scheme; AONB Team coordinated the successful £2m bid with Bowles Green producing Learning, Access and Community Engagement Plan.
• TGP Landscape ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 May 2012Partnership on Berwick Parks HLF Stage II Grant Application for Castle Vale and Coronation Parks in Berwick-upon-Tweed. TGP leads the team with Bowles Green contributing expertise.
• Cumbria Wildlife TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Solway Wetlands Project alongside Solway Coast AONB, Natural England, and RSPB.
• Natural EnglandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Solway Wetlands Project partnership.
• RSPBminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Solway Wetlands Project partnership.
• Hyder Consulting plcminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Watersports & Tourism Framework for Cardigan Bay and Coastal Tourism Strategy for Wales.
• Kielder Water & Forest ParkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKielder Wildlife Tourism Study commissioned by the Kielder Partnership.
• Northumberland National Park AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple projects including Breamish Valley Sound Trail and iPhone App, Sounding the Sill research, and Cheviot Futures Project.
• Cheviot FuturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner for Breamish Valley Sound Trail installation.
• North of England Civic TrustminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCollaboration on Bensham Grove Stage II heritage grant application.
• Monmouthshire County CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple projects including health walking schemes and walking strategy development.
• Visit Hull and East YorkshirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAppointed for coastal tourism trail development study, business research for ERDF funding, and cycle tourism economic impact assessment.
• Miller ResearchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on destination management plan for market town of Guisborough.
• Northumberland County CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHaltwhistle Paths Study for developing walking routes linking town centre to South Tyne river banks.
• Countryside Council for WalescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrevious employer for Judith Bowles and Steve Green; collaborated on Welsh National Access Register promotion plan and various countryside mapping projects.
• Forestry Commission WalesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner for countryside mapping guide along with Scottish Natural Heritage.
• Scottish Natural HeritageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner for countryside mapping guide; commissioned Wild Deer Perceptions pilot study.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global design, engineering, and advisory consultancy with significant heritage, tourism, and master planning projects. Comparable as a consultancy delivering heritage and tourism strategy work, though at much larger scale and broader scope.
• WYG (now part of Tetra Tech): Planning and environmental consultancy (now part of Tetra Tech) that delivers heritage, planning, and development advisory services to UK public bodies. Comparable as a larger consultancy operating in the same heritage and planning space, though with broader geographic and sectoral scope.
• WSP: Global environmental, planning, and infrastructure consultancy with heritage and tourism-related projects in the UK. Comparable as a large consultancy operating in the broader heritage, environment, and planning space that Bowles Green competes against for certain public sector work.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global real estate and hospitality consultancy with tourism, leisure, and destination advisory services. Comparable as a large incumbent with overlapping tourism and destination advisory capabilities, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• Colliers International: Global professional services firm with a hospitality and tourism advisory practice serving destinations, attractions, and tourism operators. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering overlapping tourism and destination consulting services.

Direct peers

• Land Use Consultants (LUC): UK-based environmental planning and landscape consultancy serving heritage, conservation, and public sector clients with strategy, planning, and assessment work. Directly comparable as a similarly positioned UK consultancy in nature, heritage, and outdoor recreation planning.
• Wessex Archaeology: UK heritage and archaeology consultancy offering planning advice, interpretation, and advisory services to public and private clients. Comparable to Bowles Green in operating as a specialist heritage consultancy serving UK public sector and heritage organizations.
• Cotswold Archaeology: UK-based heritage consultancy providing planning, interpretation, and advisory services to public and private sector clients. Comparable as a specialist heritage services firm operating in the same UK heritage consulting space.
• Resonance Consultancy: Place branding and tourism consultancy working with destinations, cities, and tourism organizations on strategy and marketing. Comparable to Bowles Green in providing tourism strategy, marketing, and destination development services to public and tourism sector clients.
• MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology): UK heritage and archaeology consultancy providing planning, interpretation, and advisory services to developers and public bodies. Comparable to Bowles Green in delivering heritage expertise and project delivery to museums, heritage sites, and public sector clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bowles-green-limited

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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