Join

Request your seat.

We keep the membership deliberately small, so admission is a conversation rather than a checkout. Every request is read in confidence, and every request is answered.

The fit

Who a seat is for.

For

Owners and leaders of established UK businesses who refuse to let what they've built stay common - and know that the right people around it are what makes the difference.

Some plan to sell within five years; some may never sell; all want the choice. Plus a few exited founders, who sit on your side of the table for the company, not for a fee.

Not for

Advisers, brokers, or anyone who would treat the room as a pipeline. Nothing is sold inside Rare Company, and nobody in the room wants your money.

That is what makes the conversations worth having.

The process

How joining works.

  1. 1.
    You write to us

    A few key details - who you are, what you've built, and where you're heading. No essays.

  2. 2.
    We read everything

    Every request is read by the founders, in confidence, and every request is answered. There is no screening software and no junior gatekeeper.

  3. 3.
    A conversation

    We talk - about your business, your timing, and whether the room as it stands can help you. It is as much your chance to weigh us.

  4. 4.
    Weighed against the room

    A seat is considered against the membership as it stands - including by the members you would sit alongside. Fit protects everyone's time, yours included.

  5. 5.
    An invitation - or an honest “not yet”

    When we can help, we'll offer you a seat. If the timing isn't right, we'll say so plainly, and the door stays open.

Questions

Before you write.

What does it cost?

£1,000 a month, on a twelve-month term. The fee is typically treated as a business expense. There is no joining fee and no percentage of your sale.

Is it genuinely private?

What your company is worth - and whether you might one day sell it - is about the most commercially sensitive information there is. So confidentiality is not a feature of Rare Company; it is the precondition. No notes, no quotes, no exceptions.

How do I join?

You apply below. We read everything, reply to everyone, and then we talk. When we can help you, we'll offer you a seat.

More questions, answered →

The application

Apply now.

About four minutes. Every application is read in confidence by the founders, answered within days, and commits you to nothing - a conversation follows before anything else. Circles are local: your application also counts as a request for a Circle in your city, and new Circles open where enough serious owners apply.

Not quite there yet? Request a rare exception
What's brought you here? Tick all that apply.
Held in confidence. We reply to every request.

Common happens by default. Rare is made - in rare company.

£1,000 a month · 90 days, money back · Membership by application