Whether you're just getting started, scaling a business, or looking for your next acquisition — Eranos brings the hands-on expertise to help you move with confidence.
Eranos was built on a simple belief: the right support at the right moment changes everything. Whether that's helping an acquirer find and land the right deal, guiding a business owner through the complexity of scaling up, or giving a founder the commercial framework to grow with conviction.
At the centre of it all is hands-on, fractional expertise — delivered by someone who's been in the room, understands the stakes, and knows how to move things forward.
We are a small team — intentionally so. At any one time we work with a maximum of five clients within our core sectors. That's a deliberate choice. It means we take the time to truly understand your business, its culture, its opportunities, and your personal ambition.
This isn't advisory from a distance. This is working alongside you.
Our team brings deep, hands-on experience across Insights & Research, Environmental Services, and Social Care — having worked with over 50 small to mid-cap businesses and completed 25+ acquisitions across our careers.
Market research, data analytics, and intelligence businesses. We understand subscription models, client concentration, and what makes these businesses genuinely valuable to acquirers.
Ecology, environmental consultancy, and sustainability businesses. From regulatory landscape to workforce dynamics — we know the sector and what drives real value.
Social care providers operating in a complex commissioning and regulatory environment. We understand the operational pressures and what genuine, scalable growth looks like.
The early stages are exhilarating — and brutal. Eranos works with new founders to build the commercial, operational, and strategic foundations that turn a strong idea into a scalable, fundable business.
Build the business model, pricing, and go-to-market approach that gives your venture a real shot — not just a great pitch deck.
Get the organisational and operational basics right early, so growth doesn't break what you've built.
Whether raising a seed round or preparing for Series A, Eranos helps you tell the right story and get in front of the right people.
Running a business is relentless. Eranos works alongside CEOs, MDs, and executive teams to build the structure, capability, and confidence to scale.
Get the foundations right — leadership clarity, operational rhythm, and the commercial structure needed to scale without chaos.
Hands-on support to accelerate growth, strengthen the management team, and build a business that runs beyond any one individual.
When exit is the goal, Eranos positions the business for maximum value and supports finding the right PE or strategic acquirer.
Eranos operates embedded within portfolios as a fractional resource to support origination, deal execution, and post-acquisition integration.
Proprietary deal flow through existing networks, sector focus, and proactive outreach — finding opportunities before they hit the open market.
On-the-ground support through due diligence, management engagement, and deal structuring — bridging the gap between fund and target.
Embedded fractional support post-close to stabilise operations, align leadership, and drive the value creation plan from day one.
Eranos is built around a small, senior leadership team — each a partner in the truest sense, with complementary experience across M&A, operations, and growth.



Eranos /ˈɛrənɒs/
From ancient Greek — a communal gathering where each guest contributed something of their own. No single host. No hierarchy. Everyone brings something; everyone leaves enriched.
We work in partnership with our clients through their journey, and provide connections to a rich network of advisers, operators, investors, and acquirers to help them achieve their ambitions. That spirit of shared endeavour — of genuine contribution and mutual benefit — is at the heart of everything Eranos does.
The Eranos team has worked alongside more than 50 business owners, operators, investors, and advisers across their careers. That's not a list of clients — it's a community of people who have been in the room together through the hard moments, and who trust each other as a result.
When Eranos takes on a new engagement, that community comes with it. Not as a directory to be mined, but as a living network of people we know personally — who we can call on when the moment is right, and who trust us to make the introduction with care.
The result is access that takes most people years to build — available to Eranos clients from day one. A fund that is actively looking for exactly what a founder is building. An experienced NED who can strengthen a board ahead of exit. A sector specialist who can add credibility to a due diligence process.
If you're working on something and think there might be a relevant connection in our network, get in touch. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help.
PE & Investors
A curated database of active PE funds, family offices, and institutional investors — with direct relationships with key partners and decision-makers across the market.
Trade Buyers
Direct access to strategic acquirers who are actively looking. We know who is in the market and can get the right buyers in the room when the time comes.
HNWI & Angels
A network of high-net-worth individuals and experienced operators open to seed and growth investment — for the right opportunity, we can make the introduction.
Specialist Advisers
Trusted specialists across technology, product, commercial, financial, HR, and legal — deployed at the right moment, not just recommended.
Founders & Owners
A community of entrepreneurs who have built, scaled, and exited businesses — peers who understand the journey and are willing to share what they know.
Built across careers in M&A, operations, and advisory — this network isn't manufactured. It's earned.
Eranos is a hands-on advisory firm working with entrepreneurs and business owners across three areas: supporting early-stage founders to build fundable, commercially sound businesses; working alongside owner-managed businesses to scale commercially and build towards exit; and helping PE firms and strategic acquirers source, execute, and integrate acquisitions.
Eranos works with three distinct groups — early-stage founders preparing for their first funding round; owner-managed SMEs looking to scale, strengthen, or exit; and PE funds and strategic acquirers looking for deal flow and portfolio support.
Fractional C-Suite is one way of describing part of what Eranos does — but it only captures a slice of it. For some clients, particularly founders and scaling businesses, Eranos operates in a way that looks like a fractional CFO, CCO, or COO: embedded, senior, and hands-on without the full-time overhead. But the work goes further than a title suggests — spanning commercial strategy, operational structure, deal preparation, and access to a network that takes most people years to build. If fractional leadership is what you're looking for, we can have that conversation.
Eranos has deep sector expertise in Insights & Research (data analytics, market research, and subscription businesses), Environmental Services (environmental consultancies, biodiversity net gain, and net zero advisory), and Social Care.
Most M&A advisors focus on transaction execution. Eranos works across the full journey — from commercial strategy and scaling through to exit — providing hands-on operational support alongside deal capability. Every Eranos client works directly with the founding partners. There are no junior hand-offs and no intermediaries.
The Eranos network has been built across decades of careers in M&A, operations, and advisory. It includes high-net-worth individuals and angel investors open to seed and growth investment, strategic trade buyers and PE funds actively looking for the right opportunity, and trusted specialist advisers across legal, financial, technology, commercial, and HR functions.
Eranos offers flexible engagement models tailored to the nature of the work — including project-based, retainer, and deal-by-deal arrangements. Get in touch to discuss what works for your situation.
Eranos is registered in England and Wales (company number 16238960), with the team operating across the UK. You can reach us at hello@eranos.co.uk.
Whether you know exactly what you need or you're still figuring it out — get in touch. The first conversation is always straightforward and without obligation.
Eranos Limited
63 Kempshott Road, London, SW16 5LJ
Founder & Managing Partner
Paul has spent over 15 years operating at board level across investor-backed and listed businesses. He has worked directly with more than 50 private companies across his career — from pre-revenue start-ups through to businesses turning over £65m.
His M&A track record is extensive: more than 25 acquisitions completed and integrated across his career, with transactions spanning three continents. He understands the mechanics of dealmaking as well as the human side — what founders need, what investors want, and how to bring both together.
Paul founded Eranos with a clear purpose: to deliver the kind of senior operational and strategic support that makes a genuine difference. No junior teams, no arms-length advice, no going through the motions.
Partner
Joanna is a Chartered Accountant with deep expertise in financial planning and analysis, back-office infrastructure, and the operational finance functions that underpin scalable, resilient businesses.
She spent eight years as Head of Finance at the Chartered Quality Institute, leading the transformation of the organisation's financial infrastructure. Prior to that, she held Financial Controller and senior audit roles at Catalyst Housing and BDO LLP.
At Eranos, Joanna works with business owners and leadership teams to bring genuine clarity to their financial position. She is a Fellow of the ICAEW and holds a postgraduate distinction in Charity Accounting and Finance from Cass Business School.
Partner
John is a go-to-market specialist with a track record of building and scaling SaaS revenue products for some of the most recognised names in the global insights industry. He spent six years at Savanta where he rose to Global Head of Vue Products, leading the commercial strategy and growth of BrandVue.
His work encompassed the full product growth lifecycle — from positioning and pricing through to customer success, commercial partnerships, and international expansion.
At Eranos, John brings that go-to-market expertise directly to bear for founders and business owners — helping them sharpen their product narrative and accelerate growth in competitive markets.