Questions, answered.

Established British owners who want a lot more from their business: to grow it substantially, make acquisitions, step back from the day-to-day or reach a significant exit.

You'll fit if you're ambitious, open and willing to give as much as you take. The interview settles it either way, and we'll tell you straight if it isn't right.

Our members are typically at £2m-£20m turnover. The minimum is £1m annual turnover or a significant cash exit.

Meeting the minimum doesn't guarantee a place. Ambition matters far more than the number you're doing today.

Rare Company is British: founded, owned and run in the UK by Eddie and Astan. Circles meet in person in UK cities. We're not the UK arm of anything.

Yes. A bigger business, a team that runs it without you and a company worth more all pay off whether you sell or not. If you do sell one day, you'll get a better deal.

Whatever comes next, whether that's investing, buying or building again, goes better with the right people around you. And owners who've sold shape the biggest conversations in the room. Your experience is worth a lot here.

Three hours, in person, led by a founder who has built and sold. Each owner brings their numbers, their challenges and the decisions in front of them.

The table pushes back and shares what's worked, and everyone leaves with commitments that get checked at the next meeting.

Monthly, apart from August and December, so ten times a year. Members commit to at least eight of them. That's what makes the table worth sitting at.

By hand, after vetting. We match a ladder, not a mirror: owners at your level, owners a few years ahead and founders who've already sold. So someone at the table has usually faced what's coming for you.

Not in your Circle. We never seat direct competitors together, and we check for conflicts before you're matched. If one appears later, we sort it and you come first.

The room works because real numbers come out, but nobody forces your hand. You share what you're comfortable with, when you're ready. Most members open up faster than they expect.

Yes. There's no published member list, what's said in a Circle stays there, and members who want anonymity keep it, including on this website. It's a condition of membership.

Every Circle is led by a founder who has built and sold, every member is vetted for ambition as well as size, and nobody in the room is there to sell to you.

We've set out the detail in full: Rare Company vs Vistage.

Keep them. The good ones earn their fee. But most have never sat where you sit. Your Circle is owners who've paid for the same advice and will tell you what was worth it.

The fee is set out on your call with Eddie and Astan. Membership is a twelve-month commitment, there's nothing else to buy, and we never take a share of anything you sell.

Three steps. You apply and tell us about the company you've built and what you're planning next. You meet Eddie and Astan for a conversation. If there's a fit, you're offered a place in a Circle in your city.

Every applicant is interviewed and vetted.