Kinrock® provides holistic, tech-enabled training solutions to the UK professional services sector, with a focus on the financial advice, pension advice and insurance sectors. Our solutions combine high-quality self-study e-learning courses with expert-led live online training.

Raising professional standards through high-quality training.

Kinrock’s mission is to raise standards in the UK professional services sector, with a focus on regulated industries such financial advice, pension advice and insurance. We are committed to helping organisations enhance the capabilities of their people through high-quality training and development.

Through our specialist brands, we seek to enable professional growth and ensure that businesses meet and exceed regulatory expectations. By equipping people with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need, we empower companies to deliver exceptional service, build trust, and drive long-term success.

 Our COMPANIES

Redmill Advance is the leading provider of regulatory exam support and continued professional development (CPD) services for the UK financial advice and wealth management industry, combining self-study courses and instructor-led training.

Visit: redmilladvance.com

Zing365 is the leading independent provider of continuous professional development (CPD) solutions to the UK insurance sector, combining self-study e-learning and instructor-led webinars.

Visit: zing365.co.uk

Microw’s Client Video Training Portal is specifically designed to empower Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to train their clients on Microsoft 365, cybersecurity awareness and more.

Visit: microw.com

Expert Pensions is the leading provider of regulatory training services to the UK’s pension advice industry.

Visit: expertpensions.com

Red IT is a leading provider of software solutions that help companies ensure financial and accounting compliance.

Visit: red-it.co.uk

Do you own or know of a high-quality regulatory training company?

Kinrock seeks to acquire high-quality regulatory training companies with the following characteristics:

  • High-quality self-study e-learning content or instructor-led teaching materials

  • At least 40% of revenue contractually recurring (auto-renewing)

  • Very low customer churn

  • Low or manageable revenue concentration by client

  • Comfortably stable or growing end market

  • Based in the UK or Ireland

  • Either existing manager wants to stay on (whether or not the owner) or happy to stay on until replacement found

  • Owner is happy to sell completely

  • Annual manager-and-team-in-place EBIT between £200K and £1m

  • Manager-and-team-in-place EBIT margins comfortably over 30%

Why sell to Kinrock?

  • We specialise in professional training and development, including both self-study digital learning and instructor-led training solutions

  • We provide high-quality shared infrastructure and support services spanning revenue operations, finance, HR, marketing, web development, software development and IT

  • We invest permanent capital as a UK limited company (not a fund) and would thus not aim to ever sell your company, allowing you to be confident that your clients and employees will be treated the way you treat them

  • You can continue to be involved or transition away

The name Kinrock comes from the combination of two words: 


Kin

Symbolising partnership and trust. These values form the basis of our relationship with the former owners, management team, employees, suppliers and clients of the businesses we acquire. 

 
ROCK

Symbolising stability, perseverance and strength. We aim to support, elevate and strengthen the companies we acquire in order to set them up for further success as they enter their next chapter as part of Kinrock.