C2E Consulting Limited

What C2E Consulting Limited does

C2E Consulting Limited is a privately-held UK professional services firm founded in 2001 by Ed Sharman, specialising in collaborative working, team dynamics, and culture transformation for major infrastructure projects. The firm is headquartered in Charing, Ashford (Kent) with a London office, and employs a senior team of five consultants who deliver services directly to enterprise and government clients across rail, nuclear, and construction sectors. Named engagements include Crossrail, Hinkley Point C, Sellafield, Thameslink, Kings Cross Station Redevelopment, and Network Rail programmes, where the firm has facilitated joint venture integration, NEC contract Clause 10.1 compliance, behavioural assessment for supplier selection, and high-performance team development.

The firm's core product portfolio spans nine service lines — Collaborative Working, Team Dynamics & Development, Transformation and Culture Change, Continuous Improvement & Excellence, Organisational Development, Bid Support & Supplier Selection, NEC Contracts Clause 10.1 Support, Joint Venture Support, and Workshop Design & Facilitation — underpinned by a proprietary suite of eight assessment tools including the bespoke 4Ps Personality Profiling system, Excellence Maturity Matrix, Leadership Strengths Inventory, and 360-degree Climate, Behavioural, and Relationship assessments. C2E has no software product or platform; delivery is human-centric, relying on the credibility and qualifications of its senior consultants (psychologist, MBA, Big 4 organisational design background).

The business model is classic professional services: bespoke engagements scoped and priced per project, distributed directly through senior consultant relationships with no channel partners, digital marketing, or productised offering. The go-to-market is consultative and reputation-led, leveraging over 20 years of reference projects in a relatively closed UK infrastructure procurement community. C2E is founder-owned, has no external investment, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and does not disclose revenue or pricing. Geographic scope is the United Kingdom only.

Name

C2E Consulting Limited

Legal name

C2E Consulting Ltd.

Website

https://c2econsulting.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Short description

C2E Consulting Limited is a UK founder-owned professional services firm that helps infrastructure clients build high-performance collaborative teams, facilitate joint ventures, and implement NEC contract collaborative working. It serves enterprise and government organisations in rail, nuclear, and construction via a senior team of five consultants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Workplace & Collaboration Consulting (BPAHAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB), Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

Keywords

• Organizational development consulting
• Collaborative working facilitation
• Team dynamics development
• NEC contract consulting
• Transformation and culture change

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, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting engagements including team building, organizational development, culture change programmes, and collaborative working implementations. Services delivered through senior consultants on project basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

C2E Consulting Limited provides professional consulting services focused on building high-performance collaborative teams and organisational capability for UK infrastructure enterprises. Core offerings include collaborative working facilitation, team dynamics and development, transformation and culture change, continuous improvement and excellence, organisational development, bid support and supplier selection, NEC contracts clause 10.1 support, joint venture support, and workshop design and facilitation. The firm's work is supported by proprietary behavioural, culture, and relationship assessment tools.

Product overview

C2E Consulting Limited is a consulting firm offering a portfolio of professional services focused on developing high-performance collaborative teams and organizational capability. The company's service offerings are organized around core consulting areas: Collaborative Working, Team Dynamics & Development, Transformation and Culture Change, Continuous Improvement & Excellence, Organisational Development, Bid Support & Supplier Selection, NEC Contracts Clause 10.1 Support, Joint Venture Support, and Workshop Design & Facilitation. These services are supported by a suite of proprietary and standard assessment tools including Leadership Strengths Inventory, Behavioural Assessment, Climate Assessment, Relationship Assessment, Gap Analysis, 4Ps Personality Profiling, Excellence Maturity Matrix, and Meeting Effectiveness Assessment. The company does not offer a software product or platform but rather delivers human-centered consulting engagements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Collaborative Working Services Consulting services focused on rebuilding damaged client-contractor relationships, embedding collaborative behaviours, and achieving certification to collaborative working standards; for UK infrastructure organisations.
• Team Dynamics & Development Team building, re-building and review events, 1-1 coaching for performance, team coaching, and team selection services aimed at improving team productivity and engagement for enterprise teams.
• Transformation and Culture Change Business transformation consulting including change workshop leadership, individual coaching for leaders, change strategy development, ILM-certified coaching programmes, and leadership development for organisations undertaking transformation.
• Continuous Improvement & Excellence Process improvement services using the PCS Process methodology, the Excellence Maturity Matrix for measuring progress towards world-class performance, and innovation/lean approaches for organisations pursuing operational excellence.
• Organisational Development Organisational design and effectiveness assessment services, including benefits case creation, proven design methodology application, change impact assessment, and implementation planning for enterprise clients.
• Bid Support & Supplier Selection Behavioural and capability assessment services for supplier selection, including collaboration questions in ITTs, behavioural observation events, interviews, bid team support, and soft skills assessment preparation for clients running competitive bids.
• NEC Contracts Clause 10.1 Support Facilitation of NEC contractual relationships and coaching in NEC-related behaviours, helping clients understand and implement the 'spirit of mutual trust and cooperation' clause 10.1 and NEC mechanisms such as Early Warnings and Compensation Events.
• Joint Venture Support Services to help joint ventures develop collaborative working strategies, conduct project culture turnarounds, deliver team building and 1-1 coaching, provide mediation, and conduct collaborative culture assessments to present as 'one team'.
• Workshop Design & Facilitation Design and facilitation of bespoke workshops covering problem solving, process mapping, lean, collaborative working, team building, strategy, excellence, culture change, and facilitator training services for enterprise teams.
• Behaviour, Culture and Relationship Assessment Suite A suite of proprietary and standard assessment instruments used within C2E consulting engagements, including the Leadership Strengths Inventory (360-degree), Behavioural Assessment Tool (360-degree), Climate Assessment, Relationship Assessment, Gap Analysis, 4Ps Personality Profiling, Excellence Maturity Matrix, and Meeting Effectiveness Assessment, used to diagnose collaboration, relationships, leadership, and team dynamics.

Quantifiable outcome

• 200+ team building events designed and delivered by principal consultant
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Lane4: UK-based performance and team effectiveness consultancy that helps organizations build high-performing teams through behaviour change, team development, and leadership programmes. Highly comparable to C2E on team dynamics, culture change, and proprietary assessment methodologies, though Lane4 serves a broader cross-sector client base.
• Tribal Group: UK-listed education and public-sector consulting firm with broader management consulting capabilities including organizational development and transformation. Comparable to C2E on transformation and organizational development engagements, though Tribal focuses primarily on education and public-sector clients rather than infrastructure.
• Newton (Newton Europe): UK operational and change management consulting firm specializing in rapid operational improvement, transformation, and sustainable behaviour change in complex organizations. Comparable to C2E in culture change, transformation, and continuous improvement service lines, with overlap in infrastructure and public-sector clients.

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Global professional services consultancy with significant UK infrastructure, rail, and energy practices following acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff. Comparable to C2E on major UK infrastructure advisory but operates across engineering, planning, and project management at global scale.
• Turner & Townsend: Global infrastructure advisory firm with significant UK presence on rail, nuclear, and energy projects. Overlaps with C2E on major UK infrastructure programmes (Crossrail, Hinkley Point C) but offers cost, project management, and advisory services at much greater scale.
• PA Consulting: Global management consultancy with deep UK infrastructure, energy, and transformation practices. Overlaps with C2E on transformation, organizational design, and culture change engagements, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader scope across many industries.
• AtkinsRéalis (formerly Atkins / SNC-Lavalin): Global engineering and project management consultancy with major UK rail, nuclear, and infrastructure practices. Overlaps with C2E on major UK infrastructure programme advisory but offers engineering, project management, and nuclear services at much larger scale.
• Baringa Partners: UK-headquartered independent management and technology consultancy with strong energy and infrastructure practices. Comparable to C2E on transformation and advisory engagements in UK infrastructure but serves clients across financial services, energy, and resources at much larger scale.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management, and development consultancy with deep UK infrastructure practice spanning rail, nuclear, and energy. Comparable to C2E on major UK infrastructure projects but operates as a multi-thousand-person global firm with much broader service portfolio.
• KPMG UK (Infrastructure Advisory): Big-4 professional services firm with a major UK capital projects and infrastructure advisory practice serving rail, nuclear, and energy clients. Overlaps with C2E on transformation, change, and collaborative working programmes on major UK infrastructure projects but operates at vastly larger scale and broader scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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