About Off market businesses for sale UK
Joseph Ellul (5 Dolce Vita Corte, Triq San Mikiel, San Gwann, SGN 2303, Malta). He runs this site, reads every brief himself and replies directly.
Why this site exists
Off-market buying has no price list, so the useful figures are the flows that create sellers. We read the Insolvency Service's monthly releases on 28 October 2026 and put the counts in one table, every row linked to its source.
Who it is for
People who want to buy a UK business that is not on the market, and want to know how such deals are found before they start approaching owners.
What is on this site
One question, "off market businesses for sale uk", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 2 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- How to find off market businesses for sale in the UK: How to find off market businesses for sale in the UK: the buy box, the Companies House register, the direct letter, advisers' private lists and insolvency sales.
- Off market deals UK: the monthly insolvency count: Off market deals in the UK from insolvency: the monthly count of registered company insolvencies in England and Wales, read from the Insolvency Service's releases.
What it does not do
- No ranking, no best-of list and no scores: the table is sorted by the figure, not by us.
- No paid placement, no affiliate links and no sponsored rows.
- No invented figure: a provider that publishes nothing is listed as publishing nothing.
Who answers for it
Joseph Ellul-Turner, the person who reads every enquiry this site takes.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@offmarketbusinessesforsale.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
This is a free information site run by Joseph Ellul. When you send a brief, he reads it and replies to you himself; it is not passed to any broker or firm, and you pay nothing to ask. The site carries no advertising, no sponsored placement and no affiliate links, and no firm in a table has paid to be there. Every figure is read from the named firm's or authority's own public page on the date shown. Nothing here is tax, legal, regulated or investment advice; check the source before you rely on a row.