Perspectives on the mid-market as it actually is.

K3 Deal Advisory brings together Quantuma's corporate finance expertise under a single, focused brand for founders and management teams considering their next transaction.

Activity in the UK mid-market has recovered from the caution of 2024 and early 2025. Private equity remains active at the smaller end, strategic buyers are returning, and debt markets are more accessible than they were twelve months ago.

Most of the issues that cause transactions to fail, retrade or complete below expectations are identifiable — and addressable — before a process starts. This checklist covers the eight areas buyers focus on most.

Bank and credit fund appetite in the UK mid-market has shifted materially over the past eighteen months. This is a practical read on which sectors lenders are pricing keenly, where they are pulling back, and what borrowers should do before approaching the market.

Most refinancing mandates stall not because lenders won't lend, but because the borrower arrives unprepared. This piece covers the work CFOs and FDs should complete before the first lender conversation — and the common pitfalls that cost borrowers time and money.

Equity is not the default answer to a funding question. It is one tool, with a specific cost and a specific set of situations where it genuinely makes sense. This piece sets out the five trigger situations where equity is the right tool — and five where it is the expensive option.