Minority shareholder support — in development

Being frozen out of your own company?

Q: What happens after I register?

We will email you when the self-assessment and guidance materials are ready, and may ask a few questions about what would be most useful. No cost, no obligation, and you can ask to be removed at any time.

If you hold a minority stake in a private UK limited company and the majority has started making decisions without you, withholding information, or squeezing you out — you have more standing than you probably think. We're building something to help you understand where you stand before you spend money on lawyers.

This is for shareholders in private companies — not retail investors in listed ones. Register below and we'll come to you first when it's ready.

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Thank you. We'll email you when the first tools are ready — and nothing else in the meantime.

Does this sound familiar?

The patterns we hear most.

You're excluded from decisions.Meetings happen without you, resolutions are passed before you hear about them, and your questions go unanswered.
You can't see the books.Accounts, management information and contracts you're entitled to ask about are simply not provided.
Your shareholding was diluted.New shares were issued, and your stake shrank without a proper process or a real chance to participate.
No dividends reach you.Profits leave the company as salaries, bonuses or fees to the majority — and never as a distribution to shareholders.
You're being pushed to sell cheap.Pressure, a deadline, and a number that bears no relation to what the shares are worth.

Individually, each can look like ordinary business friction. Together, they often form a pattern that UK company law recognises — and that recognition is the difference between feeling wronged and knowing your position.

Why we're building this

There's a gap where the first step should be.

Solicitors

The right answer once a dispute is real — and the wrong first move when you're still working out whether you have one. Costly, slow to start, and daunting when you don't yet know what to ask.

Investor bodies

Organisations that support and represent shareholders are built around public market investors in listed companies. Valuable work — but not aimed at a 12% holder in a private company with three directors.

What's missing

Something in between: a plain-English way to understand your position and take sensible first steps, so that if you do instruct a solicitor, you arrive informed rather than anxious.

What we're building

Three things, in plain English.

A self-assessment · coming soonAnswer a short set of questions and get a clear read on whether what's happening to you resembles unfair prejudice under UK company law, and what remedies typically exist.
Guidance and templates · coming soonWhat your rights as a shareholder actually cover, what to document, and template letters — such as a formal request for information — you can adapt and send.
A referral path when you need one · coming soonIf your situation needs real legal support, a route to solicitors and mediators who do this work, rather than a search engine and guesswork.

None of this is a substitute for advice on your specific circumstances. The aim is narrower and more useful: that you understand your position well enough to decide what to do next.

FAQs

Reasonable questions.

Is this legal advice?

No. This is an early-access registration for a service in development. Nothing on this page is legal advice, and registering does not create a solicitor-client relationship. If your situation is urgent, speak to a solicitor directly.

Who is this for?

People who hold a minority stake in a private UK limited company — founders, early investors, family members and former employees with equity — who believe they are being treated unfairly by the majority. It is not built for retail investors in listed companies.

What happens after I register?

We'll email you when the self-assessment and guidance materials are ready, and may ask a few questions about what would be most useful. No cost, no obligation, and you can ask to be removed at any time.

Early access

Know where you stand.

Register your interest and we'll be in touch when the first tools are ready. Being developed by aRcj, a London consultancy working with founders, shareholders and boards of private companies.