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Top 25 Nonprofit executive search firms based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 232 nonprofit executive search firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,828 professional contacts across them, including 1,014 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers nonprofit executive search firms headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
232Companies
2,828Contacts tracked
1,014Verified emails
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The 25 largest nonprofit executive search firms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 232 nonprofit executive search firms based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to nonprofit executive search firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceUk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a320 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In 2018 PGC rebranded as Friisberg & Partners International +44 207 062 3603”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-500205 contacts →

Strong evidence

“EMA Partners is a global executive search firm, with more than 40 offices, located on five continents.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200187 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Green Park is a specialist executive search and advisory firm trusted by organisations seeking stronger, more future-ready leadership.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200138 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Global Leaders for Global Challenges Perrett Laver is a leading global executive search firm advising on leadership for educational, research, healthcare, non-profit and cultural…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200118 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Saxton Bampfylde is an independent, employee-owned executive search and leadership advisory firm, with 40 years of heritag, founded on a mission to change the world by changing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Indirect evidenceWimbledon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Pacific International has over 25 years of experience partnering with the world’s leading organisations, successfully delivering diverse talent to Fortune 500 and FTSE 100…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20080 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Peridot Partners exists to deliver better leadership to accelerate societal change.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20044 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ECB STAR Group serves industries where strong leadership is critical.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Strong evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5040 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Warren Partners is a leading purpose driven, employee-owned search firm, devoted to building and supporting diverse boards and executive leadership teams internationally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5038 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 2020, Irving Knight is redefining executive search.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5038 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At Imperium Global, we specialize in executive search and senior leadership recruitment across North America, placing top talent in critical positions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Strong evidence2/8 Victoria Avenue, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5035 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Edward Drummond & Co is a leading provider of retained Executive Search, Non-Executive Search and Consulting Services to international and UK clients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Indirect evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are the Skin Tight Denholms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 2002, Definitive Consulting operates from offices in London, New York, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney and Melbourne, and with strategic partners in key markets…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15Indirect evidenceWinchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Charisma is a specialist charity recruitment consultancy serving not-for-profit organisations throughout the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Indirect evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Carlyle partners with business leaders to help them build their leadership capability and gain the specialist expertise required to achieve successful business outcomes and build…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17Strong evidenceGlasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5021 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Aspen People is a leading specialist sector Executive Search organisation, working in partnership with clients to attract and secure exceptional leadership talent.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We take great pride in knowing that every day, in some way, our work helps to do the greater good.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AAW Group are pioneers in non-profit recruitment and strategic fundraising consultancy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Good Board - Leadership as a Force for Good The Good Board finds and develops leaders who are a force for good in your business and the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5019 contacts →

Strong evidence

“AGS Associates is a distinguished Executive Search and Consulting firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Inspiring growth through exceptional talent.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Illapa Search is a Legal Executive Search firm, specialising in North America.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“JD Haspel was founded in 2006 with one main aim: to provide the highest quality executive recruiting services to clients in the broad financial services arena.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25Strong evidenceWoking, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1018 contacts →

Strong evidence

“JMR Global Executive Search is a boutique search and selection recruitment consultancy serving SMEs and large enterprises worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Nonprofit executive search firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
35.9%Verified-email coverage
12.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
58.2%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
152
11-50
65
51-200
12
201-500
2
1,001-5,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 232 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among nonprofit executive search firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “nonprofit executive search firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names nonprofit executive search firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among nonprofit executive search firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,014 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Nonprofit executive search firms by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names nonprofit executive search firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many nonprofit executive search firms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 232 nonprofit executive search firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

PGC, headquartered in Uk, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most nonprofit executive search firms?

London leads with 135 headquartered companies, followed by Leeds (9) and Belfast (5).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,014 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 232 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.