Overview
This is a rare opportunity to acquire a long-established, internationally operating research and consultancy group with a trading history spanning more than two decades. The business delivers high-value, multilingual and AI-supported customer research and insight projects to a portfolio of global corporate clients across the UK, Europe and Australia, operating through two wholly owned entities incorporated in the United Kingdom and Australia respectively.
At the heart of the business is a suite of fully owned proprietary software platforms, developed and refined in-house over twenty years of real-world project delivery. These platforms support end-to-end project management, custom survey design, multi-channel deployment, structured real-time reporting and white-label capability for third-party agency partners. The intellectual property is one hundred per cent owned by the group, carries no third-party licence dependencies and is fully transferrable to an incoming buyer, with clear potential for SaaS commercialisation or licensing to other insight agencies.
Business Highlights
- Combined group turnover of approximately £650,000 for FY2024, generated across UK and Australian entities
- Fully remote operating model with no property overheads or fixed infrastructure costs, supporting strong margin retention
- Longstanding client relationships with multinational organisations across automotive, leasing, financial services, technology and B2B sectors
- Proprietary technology stack built in PHP, enabling straightforward integration with client systems and scalable delivery across multiple geographies without infrastructure upgrades
- Australian entity has demonstrated high profitability and presents a clear growth opportunity through reactivation of local sales or account management capability
- No current exposure to the US or Canadian markets, representing a significant and largely untapped expansion opportunity for an incoming buyer
- Sale includes both incorporated entities with full goodwill, all digital infrastructure, client documentation, delivery processes and a transition handover from the outgoing director
Location
The business operates on an entirely remote basis and is registered in Wiltshire, though its client base and delivery capability span the UK, Europe and Australia. Because the business has no fixed trading premises and operates across jurisdictions, its geographic footprint is not limited to any single location. The precise registration and operational details are disclosed on receipt of a signed NDA.
Premises & Tenure
The business operates with no physical premises, no lease commitments and no property-related overheads of any kind. All delivery is conducted remotely using the group's proprietary cloud-hosted technology infrastructure, which is fully scalable and suitable for enterprise and regulated-sector clients. Secure data environments are in place across both entities, and the platform requires no infrastructure upgrades to extend into new markets.
Next Steps
This business will appeal to mid-to-large insight agencies seeking international scalability, technology or SaaS firms looking to acquire established research capability and intellectual property, and B2B consultancies wishing to expand into customer experience, customer journey or data insight delivery. Interested parties should contact Goodwins Business Brokers quoting reference GO4175, and the Information Memorandum is released on completion of a short NDA. Full details are available in the Information Memorandum.
