No.9

What No.9 does

No.9 Consulting (legal entity: No. 9 Consulting LTD., UK Company Registration 11856306) is a London-based boutique management consulting firm specialising in organisation development, leadership, and culture work. The firm operates from a single headquarters at 239-241 Kennington Lane, London, and serves senior leadership teams (CEOs, executives, leadership groups) across enterprise clients in sectors including aerospace, technology, healthcare, government, retail, transportation, and infrastructure. Its named client base includes BAA, HP, CGI, HCA Healthcare, Costain, Eurostar, Kingfisher, H&M, HM Treasury, Mondi, and SITA.

The firm's offering comprises six interconnected consulting services delivered as bespoke engagements: Purpose & Values articulation, Culture shaping, Strategy implementation, Engagement services, Organisation Development, and Leadership development. There is no proprietary technology platform, software product, or AI tooling underpinning the offering—the service is entirely consultant-delivered. The team consists of four core practitioners: Andriana Naidoo (Managing Partner), Bronwen Ballard (Founding Partner & Senior Consultant), Chula Rupasinha (Senior Consultant), and Simon Maddison (Senior Consultant), explicitly characterised as experienced practitioners ("grey hair and no hair").

The business model is professional services revenue: bespoke, quote-based engagements priced per client circumstance, sold through a consultative, sales-led motion targeting enterprise organisational leaders. Go-to-market is relationship-driven, primarily through the firm's website (consultation request CTA) and direct outreach, with no channel partners, resellers, or intermediaries. The firm is privately-held with no external institutional investment, no parent company, no acquisitions, and no funding rounds on record.

Name

No.9

Legal name

No. 9 Consulting LTD.

Website

https://no9consulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

No.9 Consulting is a London-based boutique management consultancy providing bespoke purpose, culture, strategy, organisation development, and leadership advisory services to enterprise clients across UK sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting (BPAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA), Leadership Development & Executive Coaching (BPAHAGAD), Learning, Training & Corporate Education Consulting (BPAHAGAE)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Leadership development
• Organization development
• Strategy consulting
• Culture transformation

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 Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements focused on purpose and values, culture, strategy, engagement, organization development, and leadership. Services are bespoke and tailored to each client's unique circumstances.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

No.9 Consulting is a London-based management and organizational development consultancy that delivers bespoke advisory services to senior leaders. The firm offers six interconnected services—Purpose & Values, Culture, Strategy, Engagement, Organisation Development, and Leadership—designed to help organizational leaders turn ambitions into reality through tailored consulting engagements.

Product overview

No.9 Consulting is a management and leadership consulting firm offering a unified suite of advisory services. The company provides six interconnected consulting services: Purpose & Values, Culture Shaping, Strategy Implementation, Engagement Services, Organisation Development, and Leadership Development. These services are designed to work together to help leaders transform organizational ambitions into measurable outcomes. The firm does not offer technology products, software platforms, or AI-powered tools—its offering is purely consulting-based, focused on human capital and organizational transformation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Purpose & Values
• Culture Shaping
• Strategy Implementation
• Engagement Services
• Organisation Development
• Leadership Development

Named customers11 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Human Capital: Big 4 advisory practice with substantial human capital, leadership, and organization transformation offerings. Competes for enterprise OD/leadership mandates against No.9 with much larger delivery capability.
• Bain & Company: Global strategy consulting firm with an organization practice covering culture, leadership, and change. Overlaps with No.9's Strategy Implementation and OD services but at significantly larger scale.
• Spencer Stuart: Executive search and leadership advisory firm with strong board and CEO advisory practices. Comparable in leadership and organizational work but with international presence and broader portfolio.
• Egon Zehnder: Leadership advisory and executive search firm serving CEO and board-level clients on leadership assessment and organization. Overlaps with No.9 on leadership/OD mandates but serves a global enterprise client base.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global leadership advisory and executive search firm. Comparable in leadership/executive advisory work but operates at vastly larger scale and with broader geographic reach than No.9's boutique offering.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with substantial leadership, talent, and OD practices. Directly comparable service categories to No.9 but at enterprise scale across multiple geographies.

Emerging players

• Barrett Values Centre: Specialist consultancy and assessment provider focused on values, culture, and organizational transformation using proprietary tools. Adjacent peer in purpose/values work with some methodological overlap.

Direct peers

• Senn Delaney (Heidrick & Struggles): Culture-shaping consultancy (now part of Heidrick & Struggles) specializing in purpose, values, and culture transformation — directly overlaps No.9's Culture Shaping and Purpose & Values services.
• Lane4: UK-based boutique consultancy specializing in leadership, team performance, and organizational development. Closest peer in size, geography, and service mix to No.9.
• PCM (Performance Consultants International): Boutique consultancy focused on leadership development and organizational performance. Similar boutique positioning with comparable methodology focus on purpose, culture, and leadership capability.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/no-9

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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