EOT adviser in Essex

Kingsley Tedder – Mobius Group

Kingsley Tedder is a fully qualified accountant (FCCA) and founder of Mobius Group, a business that help the founders exit in the best way possible. With extensive board-level experience and a track record of leading complex business transitions, Kingsley brings financial rigour, commercial insight and a genuine belief in the EOT model to the businesses he works with.

EOT experience

Kingsley has first-hand experience leading business through the Employee Ownership Trust transition. He played a central role in transforming Peregrine Livefoods into the first employee owned business in its sector. He works with businesses to create the succession plan, develop the exit strategy, and bring all parties through to completion. Through Mobius Group, he works with companies of all sizes through EOT transitions, partnering with a panel of accountancy and legal experts to ensure every transaction is fully compliant and every business is set up to succeed.

Qualifications and expertise

Kingsley qualified as an FCCA in 1994 and has extensive experience operating at board level across a range of sectors. His background includes significant involvement in a major IPO – a complex, time-pressured project delivered in four months, requiring close collaboration with Numis, Travers Smith, Ashurst, Deloitte, KPMG and BDO.

How Kingsley works with Go EO

Go EO has worked in partnership with Kingsley on a range of EOT transactions. Go EO handles the technical side of the sale, the valuation, legal documentation, tax clearance and trust registration. Kingsley's role encompasses the broader exit strategy: helping founders define what a successful outcome looks like, preparing the business for transition, and supporting the process through to completion.

What is an Employee Ownership Trust?

An Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) is an exit route that transfers a business owner's shares to a trust held on behalf of employees. The founder is repaid from future profits, and the company retains its independence and identity. There are some tax benefits associated with an EOT: qualifying EOT sales can benefit from Capital Gains Tax relief on up to 50% of sale proceeds; and the first £3,600 per year of any profit share paid to employees is tax-free.

Why sell your business to an EOT?

Many founders spend years building a business with a distinct identity, culture and way of doing things. An EOT is one of the few exit routes that actively protects that. Unlike a trade sale (where the buyer may have different ideas about how the business should run) an EOT keeps control within the organisation. The business stays independent. The team stays together. The culture you worked to create has a genuine chance of carrying forward.