Our Corporate Finance team advises Intuita on its sale to FSP

Led by Stuart Williams, supported by Jeremy Bate and Turab Yasin, our Corporate Finance team provided sell side advice to Intuita on its sale to FSP.

Intuita is recognised for its specialist data consultancy expertise, helping organisations design, build and operate data-driven capabilities that deliver measurable business value. Its team brings deep technical and strategic knowledge across data engineering, data strategy, analytics and governance, working with clients across multiple sectors to drive transformation and improved performance.

The transaction represents an important strategic step for Intuita, reinforcing FSP’s position as a leading enterprise transformation consultancy with extensive capabilities across data, AI, cyber security and cloud solutions. By bringing Intuita into the FSP, the combined organisation strengthens its ability to support customers across the entire data and digital lifecycle, from board-level advisory through to technical delivery and operational excellence.

Simon Grosse, CEO of FSP, said: “This is a gamechanger. It elevates us to a unique position in the market in terms of the scale and depth of our AI and data capabilities and marks a critical next step on our growth journey. We’ve long admired what Andy and the team have built at Intuita. Both businesses lead with deep consultancy expertise, focusing on both advisory services, organisational change as well as the delivery of future proofed technology solutions. This acquisition makes strategic sense and positions us to move faster, deliver greater value and be more agile, which is vital in the markets we serve.”

Andy Leach, CEO of Intuita, said: “FSP has progressed from a more focused transformation and cloud business into a broader consultancy with meaningful depth across cyber security, data and AI. The capability our team brings strengthens that platform and establishes the combined organisation as the leading force in the market. A real differentiator is the alignment in culture and ambition. Both organisations move decisively, prioritise innovation and share a clear belief in the value data and AI can unlock for clients and for our people. Bringing the two businesses together creates a rare opportunity to build something genuinely distinctive, and I am confident this next chapter will inspire our teams and set a new benchmark for the industry.”

Glenn Merritt, Chairman and Founder of Intuita, commented: “Engaging Stuart Williams and the wider James Cowper Kreston team to manage our sale was one of the best decisions we made. As a growing SME, we needed broader experience to navigate the process and their close support gave us essential confidence and clarity. As founder and major shareholder, I particularly valued Stuart’s authentic and human approach because he understood the challenge of parting with something you have built and guided me personally through every stage. I am certain we would not have achieved the same quality of exit or valuation without his leadership and in hindsight we would have brought the team in much earlier. I would thoroughly recommend Stuart and his team to anyone.”

Stuart Williams, Partner at James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance, commented: “We were pleased to advise Intuita on the deal, supporting the shareholders throughout the process and helping secure a strategic partner that shares their vision for growth. Having advised FSP’s first private equity investor on their initial transaction back in 2020 I knew that FSP would be great home for Intuita’s people given the alignment of cultures. Intuita has built an impressive reputation in the data consultancy space, and this transaction creates a powerful platform for the combined group to further accelerate its ambitions.”

Intuita was advised by James Cowper Kreston (Corporate Finance) and Freeths LLP (Legal).

FSP was advised by BDO (financial and tax), Broadfield Law UK (legal), Grant Thornton (tax structuring) and GCS Insight (customer referencing).