What Pecan Partnership does

Pecan Partnership is a privately held boutique management consulting firm incorporated in England and Wales (Pecan Partnership Ltd, company number 08160714), headquartered in London. The firm specializes in culture change, change management, and leadership development, serving enterprise and mid-market organizations across the United Kingdom. Its client base spans financial services, housing, healthcare, education, hospitality, legal, energy, and third-sector organizations, including named engagements with Nationwide Building Society, Cooperative Bank, Open University, Good Energy, Notting Hill Genesis, NHS Manchester University, and Citizens Advice. The firm operates a sales-led, direct-engagement model with bespoke consulting services tailored per client, alongside lower-ticket recurring offerings such as a Culture Coaching Service described as 'budget-friendly.'

The firm's product portfolio includes Culture Change That Works, Leading Change and Engagement, High-performing Teams, a Hybrid Working Refresh service, and a Leading Culture from the Boardroom Masterclass. Underlying service methodology is built around several proprietary frameworks — the People Engaged Change framework, the Five Cultural Enablers, the Culture Fit for the Future framework with nine traits, and the 100-Day Leadership Shift — supplemented by third-party diagnostic instruments (EQi 2.0, Gallup StrengthsFinder, DiSC, MBTI). The firm has co-developed the Leadership Advantage executive programme in partnership with Hedgehog Strategy.

Pecan Partnership operates as a thought-leadership-driven boutique with content marketing across a blog/insights hub, the Cracking Culture Change Podcast, a quarterly newsletter, LinkedIn and Twitter presence, external publications in HRZone, and quarterly community meet-ups. The firm is GDPR-compliant and makes no use of AI or proprietary technology platforms; service delivery is human-practitioner based. Revenue, headcount, and pricing are not publicly disclosed, and there are no recorded funding rounds, acquisitions, or institutional investors. The senior leadership comprises Co-Directors Andrew Loveless and Ella Overshott, supported by contributing author Kirsty Unsworth.

Name

Pecan Partnership

Legal name

Pecan Partnership Ltd

Website

https://pecanpartnership.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pecan Partnership is a London-based boutique management consulting firm specializing in culture change, change management, and leadership development for UK enterprise and mid-market clients across financial services, healthcare, housing, education, and third-sector organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Buckingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements for culture change, change management, leadership development, and organizational transformation. Services include assessment and diagnostics, values and behaviours design, capability development, change toolkits, team coaching, and facilitation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pecan Partnership is a UK-based boutique management consulting firm that helps organizations transform culture, lead change, and build high-performing teams. Its core services include culture assessment, values and behaviours design, change management programs, hybrid working advisory, executive team development, leadership coaching, and mediation/conflict resolution, delivered through bespoke consulting engagements using proprietary frameworks.

Product overview

Pecan Partnership is a management consulting firm offering a portfolio of culture change, change management, and leadership development services. The core offerings include Culture Change That Works (culture assessment, values design, and embedding), Leading Change and Engagement (People Engaged Change framework with toolkits and workshops), and High-performing Teams (Leadership Advantage, coaching, and diagnostic tools). Supporting services include Culture Coaching for ongoing support, the Leading Culture from the Boardroom Masterclass for executives, and the Cracking Culture Change Podcast for thought leadership. The company operates across the UK serving clients in financial services, healthcare, housing, education, and professional services sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Culture Change That Works Comprehensive culture transformation service including culture assessment, values and behaviours design, and embedding plans to create future-proof organizational cultures. Targeted at organizations undertaking major cultural change programs.
• Highly Connected Remote Teams (Hybrid Working Refresh) Hybrid and flexible working advisory service helping organizations evaluate current practices, establish guiding principles, create team game plans, and develop leadership skills for remote team management.
• Leading Change and Engagement Change management service using the People Engaged Change framework including Mastering Change workshops, digital toolkits, colleague journey mapping, and Stepping into the Future experiential sessions. Targeted at organizations undergoing transformation, M&A, or major change.
• High-performing Teams Team development service including Leadership Advantage executive fellowship, colleague empowered advocacy, 100-Day Leadership Shift, leadership coaching, mediation/conflict resolution, and diagnostic tools (EQi 2.0, Gallup Strengthsfinder, DiSC, MBTI).
• Culture Coaching Service Budget-friendly ongoing culture and engagement coaching providing regular consultant support, access to tools and frameworks at a fraction of typical consulting costs.
• Leading Culture from the Boardroom Masterclass Masterclass for Chairs, Non-Executive Directors and Executive teams to help recognize cultural crisis signs, gather insightful data, and ask effective questions about organizational culture.

Quantifiable outcome

• Client achieved 80% engagement results, ENPS increased +41%, NPS increased +32% (Good Energy)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hedgehog StrategycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPecan Partnership provides this offering in partnership with Hedgehog, a boutique strategy house. The partnership combines Pecan's expertise in culture change and people engagement with Hedgehog's strategic specialism to provide comprehensive guidance and support for the Leadership Advantage programme targeting executive teams.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global management consultancy with a sizable culture and employee engagement practice. Competes for enterprise culture mandates but offers far broader portfolio (executive search, rewards, talent).
• McKinsey & Company (Organization Practice): Global management consulting firm with a dedicated Organisation Practice covering culture change and transformations. Competes for the largest enterprise culture transformation mandates but at materially different scale and price points.
• Willis Towers Watson (WTW): Global advisory firm with employee experience and culture consulting practice. Frequently a competitor on large UK enterprise culture and engagement RFPs but bundled with much broader HR and risk advisory.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global leadership advisory firm with a culture and organisation practice. Overlaps with Pecan on CEO/board-level culture advisory but anchored in executive search.

Direct peers

• YSC: UK-based boutique consultancy applying organisational psychology to leadership, culture, and change. Closest head-to-head competitor for Pecan in the UK culture consulting market with comparable methodology depth and enterprise client base.
• Mind Gym: UK-listed behaviour change consultancy serving FTSE clients with culture, leadership, and engagement programmes. Direct competitor in the same UK enterprise market with overlapping change toolkit offerings.
• Eden McCallum: UK boutique consulting firm using a similar senior practitioner-led engagement model for mid-market and enterprise clients. Comparable positioning and consulting economics make it a relevant peer.
• Great Place to Work UK: UK arm of the global workplace culture certification and research organisation. Competes for culture measurement and benchmarking mandates that Pecan's Culture Fit for the Future framework also addresses.
• Gallup: Global leader in employee engagement research and culture consulting. Pecan explicitly uses Gallup's StrengthsFinder tool in its High-performing Teams offering, signalling direct methodological overlap and competition for similar client engagements.

Others

• Engage for Success: UK-founded movement promoting employee engagement through research, events, and community programmes. Adjacent community/organisation rather than competitor, but overlapping subject matter and overlapping contributor networks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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