The people listed in Edition I.
Owner-operators in the United Kingdom and beyond. Each entry has been verified against Companies House or the equivalent national register, and reference-checked with at least one named referee. The standard is published in full in the Charter and the Methodology.
Owner-operators
£500k–£10m turnover · 2–50 staff
- #001
Margaret Holloway
SpecimenTook over the family precision-engineering shop in 2011 when it had 23 staff and one customer, and rebuilt it into a £14m subcontractor to three of the UK's tier-one automotive primes, employing 184 people from the same Burnley unit her grandfather opened.
Pennine Precision Components LtdManufacturingBurnley, England - #002
Daniel Okafor
SpecimenBootstrapped a vertical SaaS for independent care homes from a flat in Easton, growing it to £4.2m ARR across 340 customer sites without taking outside capital and without ever advertising the product.
Margate Software LtdSoftwareBristol, England
Scaled founders
£10m–£100m+ turnover · 50–500+ staff
Globally recognised
£100m+ revenue, meaningful exit, or significant public profile
No entries listed in this tier yet. Edition I is filling slowly, on purpose.