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.
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.
Direct
No intermediaries. You speak to decision-makers from day one.
Discreet
Confidentiality is non-negotiable. Your staff, clients, and competitors will never know.
Decisive
We move with purpose. Clear terms. Committed capital. No funding contingencies.
Backed
JBE Capital Group operates with the co-investment support of Kjoller, a private family office.
Recruitment & Staffing
- —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
- —Corporate or government training contracts
- —Proprietary curriculum or delivery methodology
- —Recurring revenue or multi-year agreements
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.
The people behind JBE Capital Group.
Ashir Mahon
Founder & PrincipalAshir 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.
David Trotman
Operating Partner, RecruitmentDavid 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.
Stuart Dabb
Chief Financial OfficerStuart 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.
Brian McLelland
Legal & GovernanceBrian 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.
Paul Eeles
Operating Partner, TrainingPaul 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