We understand the unique decisions facing owners of Small Businesses

RCA adds value at a pivotal point of change in your business as you get ready to sell.

With extensive experience in operating, growing, buying and selling UK businesses, we’ve worked through struggles and successes, intimately understand the SME market, and most importantly, recognise the unique decisions business owners face.

Selling your business comes with a myriad of financial, emotional and practical decisions that your typical M&A advisor or Non-Executive Director isn’t prepared for or isn’t able to solve, yet these issues can cause a process to fall through or stall. RCA has a deep understanding of what it takes to not only get the best value but also the best experience from selling your business.

Typically, we work with businesses and their owners up to 2 years before a sale and will prepare you, implement the necessary changes, and guide you through the exit process. 

Whether you need a new management team, need to get financially fit, or need an interim Chairman, RCA’s rich entrepreneurial and corporate background will provide the crucial momentum and advice you need.  

We believe SMEs deserve access to the same advice and guidance as larger companies at an affordable cost

SMEs account for three-fifths of employment and around half of turnover in the UK private sector, yet they often lack access to credible advice from experienced advisors or the know-how themselves. 

Many of the best transaction and strategy professionals will have minimum fee requirements that prevent them from working with the ‘Best of British’ SMEs. Given this, RCA was created to help those who are typically unable to access the support needed to set themselves up for the best outcomes for their businesses and families.

Getting an investor into your company to help it grow, scale up, or, at times, turn it around will be a significant change in how you run the company and how you feel about it. Many times, a non-executive is brought in, but in an equal number of cases, they have no skin in the game and aren’t heard on the advice. RCA has over 40 years of both leading and supporting change. We’ve won and lost in our own businesses and know how best to advise and react.