M&A and private capital advice for founder‑owned businesses.
We help owners sell, acquire and raise capital, and prepare for all three. Every mandate has senior attention from the first conversation to completion.
Three practices, one team.
Advice on a sale is sharper when it is informed by what we see in capital markets, and the reverse. Each mandate draws on all three.
M&A Advisory
Sell-side and buy-side advice for owners, boards and acquirers, from preparation to completion.
- Full and partial sales
- Acquisitions and buy-and-build
- Management buyouts
- Mergers and joint ventures
Private Capital
Equity and debt from the investors best suited to the business and its owners.
- Growth and minority equity
- Debt and structured finance
- Recapitalisations
- Investor targeting
Strategic Advisory
Work that increases value and readiness before, during and after a transaction.
- Transaction readiness
- Value enhancement
- Valuation and options reviews
- Succession planning
Transactions
The terms of our mandates remain confidential. What we can share, we share here.
All transactionsExclusive sell-side adviser
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Who we advise
Owners and investors in established, founder-led businesses across the UK and beyond, at the decisions they make least often and that matter most.
Founders planning an exit
A full sale to a trade buyer or financial investor, on terms that reflect the work of building the business.
Shareholders seeking partial liquidity
Selling a stake to release capital while keeping a say in what comes next.
Management teams buying the business
Management buyouts structured so the team can own what it runs.
Acquirers building scale
Target search, approach and execution for buy-and-build and strategic acquisitions.
Growing businesses raising capital
Growth equity, debt or a combination, matched to the plan and the owners.
Families planning succession
Ownership transition on the family's timetable, with the business protected.
“Discipline, not drama, tends to carry a deal to completion.”Brendon Tshetlanyane, Founder
Brendon founded Shelbourne Advisory to give owners of founder-led businesses the kind of senior, independent advice usually reserved for much larger companies.
Meet the teamInsights
Our Market Notes series looks at what buyers and investors actually test, and how owners can prepare for it.
What investors evaluate before capital moves
Capital follows conviction rather than ambition. What investors are really underwriting, from fundamentals and team to structure and timing, and how to make that work easy for them.
Read on LinkedIn Market Note 02September 2026Signing isn't closing
Deal certainty is decided between agreement and completion. Five factors that keep a transaction on course: diligence readiness, information discipline, documentation, stakeholder coordination and pace.
Read on LinkedIn Market Note 01August 2026What makes a business attractive to an acquirer?
Two businesses with similar revenue can attract very different buyer interest. How acquirers judge the quality, durability and potential of earnings.
Read on LinkedInThe strongest outcomes start early.
If a sale, acquisition or raise is on your horizon in the next year or two, a confidential first conversation costs nothing and changes what is possible.
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