SPACE PROFESSIONALS LTD

What SPACE PROFESSIONALS LTD does

Space Professionals Partnership Ltd (trading as Space Professionals) is a UK-incorporated independent space-sector consultancy founded in 2023 by Andy Williams and Andy German, each with approximately 30 years of experience in the UK and European space industry and prior individual consultancy practices dating to 2019/2020. The firm operates a network model rather than a traditional employer-employee structure, drawing on a stated roster of over 60 independent consultants and subject-matter experts assembled into bespoke teams for specific client mandates. Operating bases are in London and Spaceport Cornwall, with the company registered as a private UK limited company and remaining entirely founder-owned with no external institutional capital.

The firm delivers four integrated service modules: ASSIST (technical assistance, bid/proposal support and procurement), ADVISE (strategic advisory, funding access, market assessment, sustainability consulting and downstream brokerage), ASSURE (independent technical assurance and investor technical due diligence), and ACCELERATE (executive training and mentoring for entrants to the space sector). There is no proprietary technology platform — delivery is knowledge-based via associate consultants — and pricing is project-defined rather than productised. The firm monetises through defined project engagements across three named primary customer segments: Government (with UK Space Agency as the dominant buyer across at least six mandates), Investors (VC technical due diligence), and Industry (commercial primes, SMEs and new entrants, exemplified by a frame agreement with Price Forbes Insurance's Space team).

The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, relying on direct outreach, UK Space Conference and Space Comm Expo participation, an Insights content blog, LinkedIn presence, and memberships in UKspace and the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce. Geographic reach is anchored in the UK with selected cross-border engagements, including technical due diligence on a Middle East-based Earth Observation start-up for Access Bridge Ventures. The firm has built credibility through a string of UK Space Agency study awards (Cislunar Post Mission Disposal, Lunar Debris Mitigation Guidelines, Space Resources Regulatory Horizon Scan, AI Roadmap for Space Applications), a UKSA Technical Assurance Lot 2 framework position, and consortium roles in the Aqualunar Challenge and the Satellite Applications Training Hub.

Name

SPACE PROFESSIONALS LTD

Legal name

Space Professionals Partnership Ltd

Website

https://space-professionals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Space Professionals Partnership Ltd is a UK-based independent space-sector consultancy founded in 2023, operating a network of 60+ associates to deliver technical assurance, strategic advisory, bid support, training and investor due diligence to government (notably UK Space Agency), investors and commercial space companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consultancy and Professional Services: Space Professionals generates revenue through the provision of specialist consultancy services to government, investors, and industry. Services include technical assistance, strategic advice, procurement support, technical assurance, investor due diligence, and training. Revenue is earned through defined project engagements and consultancy contracts with clients including UK Space Agency, Price Forbes, and Access Bridge Ventures.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Space Professionals is an independent consultancy providing specialist expertise to government, investors, and industry across the space sector. The firm assembles blended expert teams from its network of 60+ independent consultants to deliver technical assistance, strategic advisory, technical due diligence, technical assurance, bid support, procurement assistance, and executive training. Services span upstream and downstream space applications for clients including the UK Space Agency, Challenge Works, Price Forbes, and Access Bridge Ventures.

Product overview

Space Professionals Partnership Ltd is an independent consultancy offering a network of independent consultants with deep expertise across the space sector. The company provides four integrated service modules: ASSIST (technical assistance, bid support, and procurement support), ADVISE (strategic planning, funding access, market assessment, and sustainability consulting), ASSURE (technical due diligence and independent technical assurance), and ACCELERATE (executive training and mentoring). Services span government, investors, and industry clients across the entire space sector including ground segment, launch, space segment, and downstream applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ASSIST Services Technical assistance service module providing engineering support, bid proposal preparation with bid management, and procurement support for space sector products and services, including coverage of ESA, UKSA, and Innovate funding applications.
• ADVISE Services Strategic advisory service module including business model development, funding access assistance, market assessment, downstream space brokerage, and environmental sustainability consulting for upstream and downstream space businesses.
• ASSURE Services Technical assurance and subject matter expertise service module supporting investor technical due diligence and independent technical assurance of major government programmes delivered through industry.
• ACCELERATE Services Training and acceleration service module providing C-Level and senior executive training and introduction to the space industry for those entering the sector from other industries, plus mentoring programmes for young talent entering the space sector.

Quantifiable outcome

• Won UK Space Agency Cislunar Post Mission Disposal Study
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2024SPPL is supporting one of 5 Training Programme Fund projects announced by UK Space Agency at Farnborough International (July 2024). Together with lead partner RIN, alongside Geospatial Ventures and Space Skills Alliance, the team is developing and delivering an expert-led modular course focused around satellite applications (EO, PNT, satcom) underpinned by systems engineering, data/AI/ML and commercial operations. SPPL leads the System Engineering and Satellite Communications elements.
• Price Forbes InsurancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2024Space Professionals Partnership signed a Framework Agreement with Price Forbes Insurance brokers at Space Comm Expo 24 in Farnborough (March 2024). Under the agreement, SPPL provides space sector engineering expertise to the Price Forbes Space team, the New Space Broker. This engagement exemplifies the partnership model of offering genuine depth and breadth of expertise to clients.
• Challenge WorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPPL and its partners were selected as the Assessment Partner for the Aqualunar Challenge, delivered by Challenge Works on behalf of UK Space Agency. The challenge seeks innovative early-stage concepts for purifying water extracted from beneath the lunar surface. SPPL supports Challenge Works in detailed assessment of applications, with initial assessments followed by judging panel decisions on finalists.
• Water Research CentreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Aqualunar Challenge assessment consortium, supporting the detailed assessment of water purification concepts for lunar applications.
• Deos InnovationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Aqualunar Challenge assessment consortium supporting the assessment of innovative lunar water purification concepts.
• M*Star SpaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Aqualunar Challenge assessment consortium supporting the assessment of innovative lunar water purification concepts.
• Sustain SpaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Aqualunar Challenge assessment consortium supporting the assessment of innovative lunar water purification concepts. Also a co-founder of Sustain Space is a consultant within the SPPL network.
• Geospatial VenturesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Satellite Applications Training Hub consortium alongside RIN and Space Skills Alliance, developing and delivering satellite applications training funded by UKSA.
• Space Skills AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Satellite Applications Training Hub consortium alongside RIN and Geospatial Ventures, developing and delivering satellite applications training funded by UKSA.
• Cornwall Chamber of CommerceminorOthersMembership in the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce providing regional business network connections and industry credibility in the UK.
• UK Space Trade AssociationminorOthersMembership in the UK Space Trade Association (UKspace), the trade association representing the UK space sector, providing industry visibility and networking.
• University of Surrey (Surrey Space Centre)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPPL, together with partners University of Surrey (Surrey Space Centre), was awarded a UK Space Agency study to define guidelines for mitigating debris risks in the lunar environment. The team includes SPPL consultants Matthew Stuttard, Adit Shah, and Toby Harris, along with Nicola Baresi, an expert in Orbital Mechanics from the Surrey Space Centre.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Oliver Wyman: Global management consulting firm with an active space practice advising operators, investors and regulators on strategy and due diligence — competes for the same investor-due-diligence and strategic-advisory mandates as Space Professionals, though as part of a much wider portfolio.
• Frazer-Nash Consultancy: UK engineering consultancy (now part of KBR) with a substantial space and defence practice covering technical assurance, systems engineering and independent advice — competes with Space Professionals for UKSA technical-assurance frameworks, but at significantly larger scale and breadth.
• CGI Federal / CGI UK: Large IT and engineering services provider with a dedicated UK and US space practice delivering systems engineering, mission assurance and technical support — competes with Space Professionals on government technical-assurance and engineering-services frameworks, but with vastly larger bench and global footprint.
• KPMG (Space Practice): Big Four professional services firm with a dedicated space practice providing advisory, diligence and assurance to operators and investors — overlaps with Space Professionals on technical due diligence and assurance, but serves a different buyer profile and price tier.

Direct peers

• SpaceTec Partners: European independent management consultancy focused on space and mobility, advising investors, operators and public-sector clients — directly comparable on strategic advisory, market assessment and due diligence for space-sector deals and programmes.
• Euroconsult: Global space consulting and research firm (now combined with NSR) advising governments, agencies and industry on space programmes, market assessment and strategy — highly comparable in client mix and upstream/downstream coverage, though much larger and more international.
• Bryce Space and Technology (BryceTech): US-based independent space sector consultancy providing technical, strategic and policy advisory to government and commercial space clients — competes for the same buyer use cases (programme assessment, market diligence, technical assurance) as Space Professionals.
• AstroAgency: UK-based independent space sector consultancy focused on communications, marketing and commercial strategy for space businesses — overlaps with Space Professionals' strategic advisory and downstream brokerage services for commercial space clients.
• Northern Sky Research (NSR): Space-focused market research and consulting arm (now part of Euroconsult) advising investors and operators on satellite, launch and downstream markets — directly overlaps with Space Professionals' market assessment, downstream brokerage and investor due-diligence services.
• know.space: UK-based independent space sector consultancy offering strategic, technical and economic advisory across the space value chain — a near-direct analogue to Space Professionals' ADVISE/ASSURE/ASSIST model, also serving UKSA, ESA and investors.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/space-professionals

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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