UK Search Funds

The searchers

UK search funds: the searchers, and the businesses they say they want

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No register of UK search funds exists. These are searchers that have said so themselves, on their own posts and profiles, with what each says it wants to buy.

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What UK searchers say they are looking for

A UK traditional search fund raising capital on Searchfunder says it wants businesses with £1.5m or more of EBITDA and margins of 15% or more, in niche industrials, industrial services, trade services and tech-enabled business services.

Source: Searchfunder: UK traditional search capital raise

P6 Capital describes itself as a search fund seeking to acquire and operate one UK business with £5m to £25m of annual turnover and an EBITDA margin above 15%.

Source: Gust: P6 Capital

UK searchers that have announced a launch

Roxbi Capital announced its launch as a traditional search fund in the UK on Searchfunder.

Source: Searchfunder: launch of Roxbi Capital

Juxon Capital Partners announced its launch as a UK search fund on Searchfunder.

Source: Searchfunder: Juxon Capital Partners launch

What a search fund buys

Stanford GSB reports that nearly 60% of search funds acquire a company, typically within less than two years of starting to search.

Source: Stanford GSB: search funds keep offering a proven path

Tell us what you want to buy

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What you want to buy

A town, a region or anywhere: it is the first filter on any search.

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Sources

This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:

  • The UK Search Fund Investors carries 1 published figure read from 1 source's own page, from 350 to 350 search, read 28 October 2026.
  • The UK Search Funds Register carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 58 to 73 percent, read 28 October 2026.
  1. IESE: search funds' record expansion
  2. Stanford GSB: search funds keep offering a proven path
  3. Stanford GSB: search fund research
  4. Searchfunder: UK traditional search capital raise
  5. Gust: P6 Capital
  6. Searchfunder: launch of Roxbi Capital
  7. Searchfunder: Juxon Capital Partners launch
  8. Shawbrook: what specialist funders look for in search fund deals

Tell us what you want to buy.

Sector, area, price range and timing. Joseph Ellul reads it himself and replies directly. Free, no obligation.

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