Find owner-managed businesses whose owners are nearing retirement.
Screen private companies on the controlling owner's age, ownership shape and the numbers in their latest accounts, then save the screen so new targets come to you.
No demo or sales call. Free to search with no account: 50 searches and 20 company profiles a day. The trial includes everything in Professional; cancel before it ends and you won't be charged.
What you can do today.
Most cards open a real search. Badges show what's free and what can be saved as an alert.
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Owners aged 65 and over
Owner-managed companies with £1m+ turnover whose controlling owner is 65 or over and sits on the board, largest first.
Free Can alert Open the list -
Family businesses
Companies with £5m+ turnover, no corporate parent and directors who share a surname.
Free Can alert Open the list -
Platforms for a bolt-on
Groups with subsidiaries and £10m+ turnover, largest first.
Free Can alert Open the list -
Profitable single-owner companies
One shareholder holding 100%, with £1m+ EBITDA, most profitable first. Search only: this screen can't be saved as an alert yet.
Free Open the list
Owner age comes from the filed age of the person with significant control, or the oldest director where none is filed. Only month and year of birth are public. A version including estimated ages is in the search, labelled as estimated.
From search to signal.
Find
Open a list above, or build your own from more than 20 filters. The first 50 results of each search are free, no account needed.
Check
Open any company for its accounts, its directors and controlling owners, and its ownership chain up to the ultimate parent.
Save
Save the search as a live list and switch alerts on: daily, weekly or monthly. Starter keeps 25 saved searches or lists; Professional, as many as you like.
Hear
Every night we re-run your saved company searches that have alerts on. Companies that newly match land in your Activity feed and email digest, marked New match.
You can be alerted when
- A company newly enters the owner-65+, family or group screen, for example when new accounts take it past your turnover line
- A target appoints a new director
Not available yet: director resignations; ownership-change alerts.
Succession, by the numbers.
How many owner-managed companies have an owner aged 65 or over, by sector.
of 6,539 profitable owner-managed companies with £1m+ turnover or 10+ staff have a controlling owner aged 65+
Share with a controlling owner aged 65+, by sector
SnapshotThe base is profitable owner-managed companies with £1m+ turnover or 10+ staff and a controlling owner whose age is on the PSC register. Shares by sector are of that base. We publish these as totals only, never as names next to ages.
What's free, and what a plan adds.
| What you get | Free, no account | On a plan |
|---|---|---|
| Screen on the controlling owner's age | Yes | Yes, and saved as a nightly alert |
| Search every active UK company | 50 searches a day, the first 50 results of each | Up to 20 pages of 50 results, 1 credit a search |
| Company profiles | 20 a day, up to 60 after a quick check | 1 credit each, with full shareholder lists, funding and property detail |
| A company's website, email and phone, where we hold them | 20 companies a day | 1 credit each |
| Saved searches, re-run every night with alerts | No | 25 alerts on Starter, 250 on Professional |
| Price | Free | From £29 a month billed annually, 3-day free trial |
Owner age comes from the recorded month and year of birth; estimated ages are always labelled.
Pick the plan that fits the job.
Professional lets you load a target list (500 rows at a time) and keep 250 alerts running. Starter covers screening on your own.
Starter
For prospecting on your own
£39 a month
or £29 a month billed annually
Start 3-day free trial- Up to 20 pages of 50 results per search
- Accountant and auditor filter and column
- 25 saved searches or lists, with alerts
- Track up to 100 companies
- CSV export of the rows you select
- API and MCP server access, on the same credits
- 500 credits a month (a search or a company page is 1 credit)
Professional
Fits this jobFor client books, target lists and raises
£199 a month
or £149 a month billed annually
Start 3-day free trial- Everything in Starter
- Screen share issues by date, amount and shareholders
- Paste or upload lists: 500 rows at a time
- Unlimited saved searches and lists, 250 with alerts
- Track up to 1,000 companies
- 2,500 credits a month
Need more? Business is £499 a month with 10,000 credits and 2,500 alerts. Compare all plans
Cancel from Billing any time. Every plan's credits also work in Claude or ChatGPT. How the MCP server works
Frequently asked questions.
Where does owner age come from?
The controlling owner's month and year of birth on the PSC register, or the oldest director's where no PSC age is filed. Estimated ages are a separate option in the search and are labelled as estimates.
Can I see who owns a company?
Yes. Each profile lists directors, controlling owners and the ownership chain up to the ultimate parent. Full shareholder lists beyond the top two holders need a plan.
Will I be told when a target's ownership or board changes?
Not as a separate alert yet. Saved searches tell you when a company newly matches, for example a new director appointment at an owner-managed company, or new accounts that cross your profit line.
Can I load my own target list?
On Professional and Business: paste or upload company names or numbers (500 rows at a time on Professional) and keep them in one list with each company's latest activity, such as new accounts or a new director.
Start your target list.
Free to search, no account needed. Save screens and get alerts with a 3-day free trial.
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