Private Acquisition Consortium

Your legacy deserves
a serious buyer.

We acquire recruitment and training companies from founders ready for their next chapter. Direct conversations. Fair terms. Complete discretion.

Privately funded with family office co-investment available. Identity disclosed under NDA.

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Not a broker. Not a fund.
A different kind of buyer.

We are a private consortium of operators and investors who acquire, back, and build owner-led businesses in the UK. Our principals have built companies themselves, we understand what it means to create something from nothing and what it's worth to hand it to the right buyer.

We do not flip businesses. We do not strip them for parts. We acquire companies we intend to own and improve for the long term, preserving what makes them valuable: their people, their reputation, and their client relationships.

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Direct

No intermediaries. You speak to decision-makers from day one.

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Discreet

Confidentiality is non-negotiable. Your staff, clients, and competitors will never know.

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Decisive

We move with purpose. Clear terms. Committed capital. No funding contingencies.

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Backed

JBE Capital Group operates with the co-investment support of Kjoller, a private family office.

Recruitment & Staffing

Revenue£4M - £20M
EBITDA£500K - £2M
  • Permanent, contract, or hybrid revenue models
  • Recurring revenue from PSL agreements, frameworks, or retained mandates
  • Established client relationships and repeat business
  • Strong back-office and compliance infrastructure

Training & Development

Revenue£2M - £10M
EBITDA£500K - £2M
  • Corporate or government training contracts
  • Proprietary curriculum or delivery methodology
  • Recurring revenue or multi-year agreements
OwnershipOwner-led or founder-operated
GeographyUnited Kingdom
Deal TypeMajority or full acquisition
TransitionFlexible handover

We respond to every approach within five working days, even where we cannot proceed.

A better path to exit.

The traditional routes, trade sales, broker-led auctions, PE platforms, often prioritise deal volume over founder outcomes. We offer an alternative built on directness, discretion, and respect for what you have built.

With JBE Capital Group
Traditional Route
Timeline
8 - 12 weeks from LOI to close
6 - 12 months via broker process
Confidentiality
Direct discussions, no market exposure
Multiple parties, information leakage risk
Certainty
Principal-led process, no institutional delays
Subject to funding and board approvals
Legacy
Long-term stewardship, team retention priority
Integration, restructuring, cost synergies

The people behind JBE Capital Group.

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Ashir Mahon

Founder & Principal

Ashir spent over a decade as a private trader across commodities and equities, deploying his own capital in markets where conviction, discipline, and execution are the only edge. That experience shaped how he approaches acquisitions today: clear thesis, disciplined entry, controlled downside. He has since structured and raised seven-figure capital for clients across multiple mandates, and founded JBE Capital Group because he saw a generation of exceptional UK businesses without a serious buyer, and decided to become one.

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David Trotman

Operating Partner, Recruitment

David spent forty years in senior recruitment leadership, including as Director, Construction at Hays, one of the largest specialist recruitment operations in the country, followed by multi-sector consulting work across the wider industry. Four decades inside recruitment mean he sees problems most buyers miss and value most operators leave behind. David does not join businesses to observe. He joins them to transform.

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Stuart Dabb

Chief Financial Officer

Stuart has spent twenty years in senior finance roles at Babylon, Global Radio, and Worldpay, where he structured and stress-tested transactions in the £200M+ range. He has sat across the table from the institutional partners most CFOs only read about, and brings that same financial discipline to every acquisition before it closes, not after.

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Brian McLelland

Legal & Governance

Brian has spent twenty-five years advising FTSE 250 boards, including Rank, PayPoint, Ferrexpo, and Pets at Home. He works at the intersection of corporate law, market regulation, and board-level governance, the layer most acquirers underestimate and most deals quietly fail because of.

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Paul Eeles

Operating Partner, Training

Paul took the Skills and Education Group from £500K to £7M, integrating three awarding bodies, acquiring BIIAB Qualifications, and expanding internationally while most of the sector was managing decline. He has thirty years inside the training industry and understands apprenticeships, End Point Assessment, and awarding body strategy at an operational depth few advisors can match.

A note on how we work

Every conversation happens directly with a principal. We do not employ junior analysts or outsource deal sourcing. When you speak to JBE Capital Group, you speak to a decision-maker with capital authority and operational experience in your sector.

Complete discretion.
No obligation.

Every conversation is confidential. Share as much or as little as you are comfortable with. If your business fits our criteria, we will respond within 48 hours to arrange an introductory call.

All enquiries handled by principals only

No information shared without explicit consent

NDA available upon request

Your information will never be shared with third parties.