About UK Search Funds
Joseph Ellul (5 Dolce Vita Corte, Triq San Mikiel, San Gwann, SGN 2303, Malta) runs this site and reads every brief it takes.
Why this site exists
No public list of UK search funds exists. The searchers announce themselves one post at a time, and the counts sit in two business-school studies. This site reads them and shows the working.
Who it is for
Searchers, the people who back them, and owners thinking of selling to one, who want the UK searchers and the studies in one place.
What is on this site
One question, "list of search funds uk", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 3 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- UK search funds: the searchers, and the businesses they say they want: UK search funds named from their own launch posts and profiles, with the turnover, EBITDA, margin and sectors each says it is looking for.
- Search fund investors in the UK: who backs searchers, and how: Who backs UK search funds: dedicated search fund investors and the lenders that fund their acquisitions, each from its own page, with the figures it states.
- Search fund statistics: the IESE and Stanford GSB studies: Search fund statistics from the two studies that count them: launches, acquisition rates and outcomes, from IESE for international funds and Stanford GSB for the US.
What it does not do
- No ranking of searchers or funds, and no scores.
- No paid placement, no affiliate links and no promotion of any fund.
- No fund named from hearsay: only from its own statement, dated.
Who answers for it
Joseph Ellul-Turner, the person who reads every enquiry this site takes.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@uksearchfunds.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
This is a free information site run by Joseph Ellul. When you send a brief, he reads it and replies to you himself; it is not passed to any broker, fund or firm, and you pay nothing to ask. The site carries no advertising, no sponsored placement and no affiliate links, and it does not promote any fund or investment. A search fund or investor is named only from what it published itself, dated. Nothing here is tax, legal, regulated or investment advice; check the source before you rely on a row.