Find the UK defence suppliers you could buy, before anyone else calls.
Priorfile maps the UK defence suppliers that fit your buy-box, backed by MOD payments, with owners, lenders and a factual reason to call now.
For private equity, platform companies, corporate development teams and M&A advisers.
What you get each month
Six things, for each thesis you run.
Your thesis, mapped
The companies that fit your buy-box, each with the MOD payments and contract awards behind it.
A call list
Twenty to thirty companies a month, each with a factual reason to call now.
A one-page profile for each
MOD revenue history, contracts, ownership and lenders, before anyone signs an NDA.
Alerts
When a target is sold, takes on debt or wins work, including when a competitor gets there first.
Who else is buying
A map of the platforms and trade buyers already active in your niche.
Ready for your CRM
A file your CRM can import each month, and a thirty-minute review of your thesis.
Why it is different
Built from the money, not the industry code.
Proven by MOD money
Membership is proven by MOD payments and contract awards, not industry tags.
Revenue before the NDA
You see MOD revenue history before anyone signs anything.
Owners resolved
Ownership is traced to the ultimate owner, so you know who is independent.
A warm way in
Each target's auditor and bank, from its own filings.
What it costs
Next to hiring an origination analyst, year one.
Priorfile does the research half of the job: the map, the reasons to call and the profiles. Your team keeps the calls and the relationships.
| Hiring an analyst | Cost |
|---|---|
| Salary | £70,000 |
| Bonus at 30% | £21,000 |
| Employer National Insurance at 15% above £5,000 | £12,900 |
| Pension at 5% | £3,500 |
| Agency fee at 20% | £14,000 |
| Total | £121,400 |
| Priorfile, all in | £60,000 |
Saving: £61,400 in year one, then £47,400 a year once there is no agency fee. UK mid-market private equity analysts earn £80,000 to £180,000 in total cash (Exec Capital, UK Private Equity Salary Guide 2026), so this uses a lower salary on purpose. Tools, desk space and management time are left out, so the real gap is wider.
What it won't do
Facts, not predictions.
Priorfile does not contact companies for you, predict who will sell, give legal views or sell personal contact details. Every fact links to the public record it came from. Your team keeps the relationships.
Tell us your thesis. We will send a sample list.
Ten founding places are open. Write to sam@priorfile.com with the kind of company you want to buy, and you will get a sample built for it.
