Kinrock® provides holistic, tech-enabled professional training & development 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 training and development.

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 BRANDS

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

Do you own or know of a high-quality training company serving a regulated sector?

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

  • Focus on a regulated sector in the UK, Ireland or the US

  • 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

  • We have a track record of improving the companies we acquire while respecting all stakeholders

  • You can continue to be involved or transition away

The name Kinrock comes from the combination of two words: 


Kin

Symbolising care and partnership. These values form the basis of our relationship with our clients and their employees who rely on us for their professional growth and development. 

 
ROCK

Symbolising ambition and strength. We continuously invest in our business to ensure that we provide high-quality training services that our clients can depend on.