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WHAT WE DO: The Acquiring Business 4 Good (AB4G) programme works across the Third Sector delivering merger, acquisition, partnership and joint venture support. We support development trusts, social enterprises, social firms, housing associations, charities and community organisations.

One of our key areas of support is to assist social enterprises and charities to acquire profitable private businesses.

We provide assistance with:

• assessing various forms of growth and development
• board strategy sessions on M&A
• access to a range of experienced professional consultants
• help identifying businesses for sale
• template documents to reduce costs
• assessing the capacity of potential purchasers
• use of predictive Social Return on Investment
• facilitate access to financial packages for due diligence and acquisition
• developing appropriate legal and governance structures
• creating supported employment and managing the transition