Methodology

High-growth companies

This report focuses on the exit activity of high growth companies in the South East in 2023. Beauhurst identifies ambitious businesses using eight triggers that they believe suggest a company has high-growth potential. These include: equity investment; debt investment; accelerator programmes; scaleup status; MBOs/MBIs; innovation grants; 3rd party high growth lists. More details on Beauhurst’s tracking triggers are available at beauhurst.com.

In scope events

This report focuses on acquisitions of companies headquartered in the UK's South East region which includes Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. For an acquisition event to be captured, either the acquired or acquiring company must currently, or previously, have met one of Beauhurst's tracking triggers.

Acquisitions

An acquisition occurs when a company sells the majority (>50%) of its existing shares to another company or a fund.