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Every business owner faces critical moments

Achieving Growth

Every business owner faces critical moments.

Achieving Growth

How do I scale my business?
I need external capital; do I have to give up control?
My directors do not share my growth ambitions; what can I do?

Tackling Challenges

Every business owner faces critical moments.

Tackling Challenges

I am making a loss: what are my options?
How do I turnaround my business?
Sales are up but profits are stagnating: what can I do?

Exit Planning

Every business owner faces critical moments.

Exit Planning

I have just received an offer for my business, should I accept it?
Is my business due diligence ready?
How do I maximise my business exit value?

Elephants Child is a UK-based business advisory firm helping SMEs grow, raise capital, and plan for successful exits.

Insights

As a highly successful Business Advisor, Elephants Child is a well-placed to be a valuable source of news, information and thought leadership of relevance to UK SMEs, with articles created by our experienced advisors and our key partners.

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Confidence in a Changing World: How Are We Feeling Heading into Summer?

C.Turner@elephants-child.co.uk2025-05-19T08:37:08+00:00Business Growth, Exit Planning, Tackling Challenges|

As a business owner, you’ve most likely experienced more than your fair share of change la

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Working with Geoff was a game changer

C.Turner@elephants-child.co.uk2025-05-11T15:40:55+00:00Uncategorized|

Ash Sinclair, Director of Glenway Products Ltd worked with Geoff Gwynn one of our Business

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Looking to Sell Your Business? Preparation Is Key

C.Turner@elephants-child.co.uk2025-04-29T07:06:12+00:00Exit Planning|

Having worked hard to build your business you might now be considering selling and realisi

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Is AI the golden ticket to your business exit?

C.Turner@elephants-child.co.uk2025-04-08T07:15:02+00:00Business Growth, Exit Planning|

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the business landscape, and UK small and medium-

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Practical Steps to Grow and Exit Your Business

C.Turner@elephants-child.co.uk2025-04-08T07:04:06+00:00Exit Planning|

Having built and sold three businesses, Steve Bird, one of our Business Growth Advisors, h

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Women on Boards

C.Turner@elephants-child.co.uk2025-03-07T13:50:34+00:00Achieving growth, Business Growth, Uncategorized|

Ahead of International Women’s Day, Louis Cooper, one of our affiliates who specialises in

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Strategies to grow your business

C.Turner@elephants-child.co.uk2025-02-25T17:22:11+00:00Achieving growth, Business Growth, Tackling Challenges|

The size, shape and scale of businesses operating in the SME sector is often characterized

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Grow your business with the right people and structure

C.Turner@elephants-child.co.uk2025-02-17T09:29:23+00:00Achieving growth, Business Growth|

The right people and structure are essential for ambitious business owners who want to ach

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Getting the right support

Our clients have grown, turned around and sold companies of all sizes, sectors and stages of growth with our support and advice.

Whatever your business ambitions, we want to help you to achieve them and for you to be able to speak as passionately about what that has meant for you, just as our clients in these videos.

“Over the last 18 months we have assessed the various strategic options available to us, established our preferred trajectory and developed comprehensive plans to deliver upon our vision. We are now executing on our plans. Our plans are ambitious, have required a redesign of our organisation and implementation of new business models.”

People Centric Software Solution Company

“I was looking for some structure around the board room table and direction for the senior team. We signed up for phase 1 to deliver a 1yr operational plan that we can work to for the next 3 years. I had done courses in the past but nothing like this where it was solely based around our business with all approaches taken being relevant and factual.”

Flooring Company

“Most advisers focus heavily on the fluffy stuff of planning and vision etc and even though I agree that it is vital, Elephants Child are then able to translate that in actions so we know exactly what needs to happen, by when and by who. Which to me is invaluable. Would recommend without hesitation.”

Accountancy Practice

Cowan Scott, Managing Director, Scott Country International

“ESG… Three letters that meant little or nothing to me just 6 months ago.. are now shaping the way my business is run today.

Purposeful Business

How we can help

We make an impact by delivering clarity, through analysis, in establishing strategic and tailored operational business plans. Enabling our clients to focus on direction, governance and support to grow.

Achieving Growth

Exit Planning

Tackling Challenges

Achieving Growth

Getting real clarity on what is achievable, setting some potential bold targets and ensuring that there is a shared ambition to reach your growth aspirations

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Exit planning

To realise the value of the effort you have put in over the years, we need to maximise the value and minimise the likelihood of that not being achieved

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Tackling challenges

Analysing the challenges whether they are cash flow, sales, marketing, operations or HR is the first step in creating a plan to overcome them

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Our methodology

Elephants Child is a holistic Business Advisory company. We support SME business leaders and their senior management teams in enjoying greater profits through achieving valuable growth, preparation for exit, accessing funding and driving turnaround.

We believe curiosity will open up new abilities, ideas and knowledge. There is a big difference between asking a lot of questions and the right questions.

Drawing on the key components of the Elephants Child story, we focus on solving the who, what, why and how questions to gain clarity, develop a plan and deliver success.

"Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential."

Winston Churchill

"Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans."

Peter F. Drucker

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."

Abraham Lincoln

"Mould-breaking strategies grow initially like weeds, they are not cultivated like tomatoes in a hothouse.… (They) can take root in all kinds of places."

Henry Mintzberg

"Strategy is the great work of the organisation. In situations of life and death, it is the Tao of Survival or Extinction. Its study cannot be neglected."

Every business owner faces critical moments

Every business owner faces critical moments.

Achieving Growth

Every business owner faces critical moments.

Tackling Challenges

Every business owner faces critical moments.

Exit Planning

Insights

Confidence in a Changing World: How Are We Feeling Heading into Summer?

Working with Geoff was a game changer

Looking to Sell Your Business? Preparation Is Key

Is AI the golden ticket to your business exit?

Practical Steps to Grow and Exit Your Business

Women on Boards

Strategies to grow your business

Grow your business with the right people and structure

Getting the right support

Our clients have grown, turned around and sold companies of all sizes, sectors and stages of growth with our support and advice.

How we can help

Achieving Growth

Exit planning

Tackling challenges

Our methodology

Elephants Child is a holistic Business Advisory company. We support SME business leaders and their senior management teams in enjoying greater profits through achieving valuable growth, preparation for exit, accessing funding and driving turnaround.

Why

How

What

Who

"Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential."

Winston Churchill

"Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans."

Peter F. Drucker

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."

Abraham Lincoln

"Mould-breaking strategies grow initially like weeds, they are not cultivated like tomatoes in a hothouse.… (They) can take root in all kinds of places."

Henry Mintzberg

"Strategy is the great work of the organisation. In situations of life and death, it is the Tao of Survival or Extinction. Its study cannot be neglected."

Sun Tzu

"Everyone has a plan... until they get punched in the mouth."

Mike Tyson

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