LONDON, UK – the UK’s fastest-growing founder-led businesses have been revealed in the highly anticipated FEBE Growth 100. Shining a spotlight on the founders driving innovation, creating jobs and building remarkable businesses.
Now in its fifth year, the FEBE (For Entrepreneurs, By Entrepreneurs) Growth 100 and Watch List have become a prestigious benchmark of entrepreneurial success, showcasing founders from across sectors who are scaling ambitious businesses and helping shape the future of the UK economy.
This year Insightful Technology made the list. Coming in at position 61, Insightful Technology is a London-based RegTech company founded in 2014 by technology entrepreneur Rob Houghton. After nearly three decades working on large-scale systems for companies including IBM and HP, Rob launched the business to help financial institutions manage growing compliance and surveillance demands following the 2008 financial crisis. The company develops software that records, monitors and analyses communications and other data across calls, emails, messaging apps and trading systems, helping banks and regulated firms meet global compliance rules. Bloomberg invested in Insightful Technology in 2022 and integrated its systems with Bloomberg Vault, which helped to expand the company’s global profile.
The 2026 FEBE Growth 100 features companies from every corner of the country, reflecting the breadth and strength of Britain’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Together, the businesses featured on this year’s lists employ 8,000 people and generated just shy of £3 billion in turnover, which demonstrates the impact founder-led companies have on growth and prosperity. This year 40% of the founders included are female – highlighting the growing influence of female entrepreneurship in Britain’s business landscape.
FEBE measures growth using robust metrics and rigorous research, including two-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR), revenue performance, and founder involvement. All qualifying companies are UK-registered, privately owned, independent and have generated annual revenues between £3 million and £200 million with an operating profit in their latest financial year.
Alongside the Growth 100, FEBE has released the ‘Watch List’ – a hand-picked collection of exciting businesses that are on impressive trajectories. But it isn’t just a list. It’s a community. A celebration. A snapshot of the energy, ambition, and resilience that define the UK entrepreneurial scene. Founders on this list are making an impact, and FEBE is unbelievably proud to celebrate them.
FEBE Growth 100 partners include Virgin, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, PwC UK, Santander, ITV Ignite, Kingsley Napley, Whānau, and charity partner The Big Change.
Charlotte Quince & John Maffioli, founders of FEBE, said:
“The FEBE Growth 100 isn’t just a leaderboard – it’s a celebration of the founders and their teams who are pushing boundaries, taking risks, and building brilliant businesses.
The FEBE Growth 100 and Watch Lists have become a benchmark for what ambitious entrepreneurship looks like in Britain. Now in its fifth year, it brings together founders who are building some of the country’s most exciting businesses and proving what’s possible when ambition is matched with execution.
At FEBE, we spend our time with founders who are creating, building and growing against the odds. The businesses featured in this year’s Growth 100 aren’t simply growing quickly — they’re building products people want, creating jobs, opening new markets and disrupting the industries they operate in.
We’re so proud of every founder and their team on this year’s list. Growth doesn’t happen by accident. Behind every company recognised here is a founder who had the conviction to back an idea, the resilience to navigate setbacks and the determination to keep building. That’s what the FEBE Growth 100 and Watch Lists are really about: recognising the people and celebrating the stories behind the numbers.
These founders and their amazing teams are building the next generation of great British businesses, and it’s an absolute privilege to celebrate what they’re achieving.”
Holly Branson, Chief Vision Officer at Virgin added:
“At Virgin, entrepreneurship is in our DNA, which is why we jumped at the chance to support the FEBE Growth 100. It’s inspiring to see so many business founders shaking up industries, driving innovation in their field and, by embracing purposeful business principles right at their core, redefining what’s possible.
“It’s also fantastic that 40% of the companies in the FEBE Growth 100 are led by women. Encouraging more women to start and scale businesses is something we are passionate about here at Virgin.
“I believe that the business founders of today, through innovation, passion and purpose, will develop solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems. What I truly love about all the founders I have met is that they are all 100% up for that challenge!”
About FEBE Growth 100
FEBE – ‘For Entrepreneurs, by Entrepreneurs’, is a club for the best and most exciting entrepreneurs in the UK. The Growth 100 annual list shines a light on the finest and fastest-growing privately owned businesses in the country, where the founder or founders are still involved.
More information on FEBE. Media contact for FEBE: Charlotte Quince.
