{"id":48718,"date":"2018-05-21T00:15:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T23:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?p=48718"},"modified":"2018-05-23T15:24:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T14:24:11","slug":"43-futurekings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2018\/43-futurekings\/","title":{"rendered":"43. Future Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Founders: <\/strong>Ben Mott, Steven Anderson and Tony Stiles<br>\n<strong>Founded: <\/strong>January 2016<br>\n<strong>Website:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurekingsventures.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.futurekings.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having worked together in a previous agency for six years, Ben Mott, Steven Anderson, and Tony Stiles thought they could do a better job running their own business.<\/p>\n<p>And so, in January 2016, they left to start Future Kings &ndash; a branding agency which helps clients win &ldquo;by using their brand as a business tool&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining the belief that &ldquo;if our clients succeed, so will we&rdquo;, Future Kings helps businesses improve their performance by clearly defining, and then activating, their values and purpose.<\/p>\n<p>It helps clients succeed by putting a single, powerful &lsquo;Organising Idea&rsquo; at the heart of the company.<\/p>\n<p>With 20 employees across offices in London and Bristol, this &lsquo;organising idea&rsquo; has won over clients early on with Ascentric, Brunel&rsquo;s SS Great Britain, Chetwood Financial Limited, Private Fly, Punter Southall Group and English Heritage among the businesses it&rsquo;s already working with.<\/p>\n<p>Supported by &pound;600,000 investment&nbsp;from a private equity investor, the next 12 months hold UK expansion, more funding and more revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Mott and Anderson have revealed that they plan to open a Manchester office and will continue to steadily increase revenue across its client list, while bringing on new talent to its team.<\/p>\n<p>For ambitious start-ups, Future Kings has also recently launched a new proposition; Future Kings Ventures.<\/p>\n<p>With too many start-ups&nbsp;missing out on investment opportunities by not having an easy to understand, compelling story, Future Kings Ventures will help these businesses bring their ideas to life &ndash; and get investors excited &ndash; by creating a brand identity, website and investor deck.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, when will Mott and Anderson know they&rsquo;ve succeed? 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