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Scout scores 1.5 million private, owner-led UK companies for what happens next. Tell it which side of the table you sit on and it hands you this week's shortlist — no account, no query language.

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I'm buying

A company to acquire

Owner-led businesses the models read as likely to change hands — ageing owners, fortress balance sheets, quiet final years. The classic succession deal, found before it's listed anywhere.

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A borrower for private credit

Companies likely to take on secured debt within 12 months — growth, an acquisition, a refinancing, a gap a bank won't bridge. Appetite for capital, spotted early.

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