BRITAIN'S SUCCESSION BUYER
I grew up in Sunderland and spent eight years in B2B sales, generating over £300 million in commercial revenue for other people's businesses, before coming home to the North East to found Lambton Capital Partners. Lambton invests in owner-managed businesses when their founders are ready to step back — keeping the name over the door and the staff in their jobs. No asset-stripping. No brokers. No drama. If you've spent decades building something that matters, I'd like to be the first phone call, not the last resort.
£300M+ commercial revenue generated · Author of Unsellable · Portfolio incl. CM Gates & Barriers
How To Build A Business That Works Without You
Most owners don't fail because they lack ambition. They fail because they waited too long to build infrastructure that doesn't depend on them. This book changes that.
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Business Insights
7 April 2026 · 5 min read
Another April. Another tax year. BADR has climbed from 10% to 18% in two years. For owner-managed businesses without a succession plan, every month of delay has a price tag.
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2 April 2026 · 8 min read
The UK minimum wage hit £12.71 this week. If you run a labour-intensive business, the headline number is only part of the story. Here's what's actually happening to your cost base.
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31 March 2026 · 6 min read
78% of UK small business owners can't sleep — not because their businesses are failing, but because they're growing. Here's what the data reveals about founder dependency and what to do about it.
Read more →If you're starting to think about stepping back, I'd like to be the first phone call. It starts with a private conversation — read by me and no one else.
