What is Incubation?

Incubation is a specialist business start-up, investment and turn- around boutique run and owned by Colin Wilkinson operating in partnership with an elite group of principals. 

Incubation Ltd is the umbrella name for a range of ventures of which each new enterprise stimulates the creation of a new company, but it is not a trading entity in its own right.


Philosophy: We're Not a Consultancy

First and foremost we are not a business consultancy, and it is not our objective to earn money through fee-based work. 

Our belief stems from the entrepreneurial standpoint that financial rewards are earned through commercial success, and that is why we rarely charge time-based fees.

Instead, we like to join you on your side of the table and take an equity stake in your business, where together we shoulder responsibility for creating a winning partnership.

We do this through direct investment, acquiring the company, or from successfully finding investment for your business. 

In the case of an existing business that is struggling, and possibly even facing insolvency, then our preferred approach is to acquire all or part of the business and take prime responsibility for fixing the underlying problems ourselves.

For the sake of clarity, we do provide a small amount of consultancy for fees (and we are proud that some of our principals are amongst the most highly regarded business consultants in the UK), though this forms a very small part of what we do.

People

Chief Executive – Colin Wilkinson

Colin Wilkinson is a serial entrepreneur with specialist expertise in sales and marketing, corporate fund raising, and strategic consulting. 

He is co-founder of a business that won the UK 2009 Start-up of the Year Award, sponsored by Visa.

He has unstoppable enthusiasm and energy and is a completer-finisher with steely determination.  He believes that a sense of humour, humility and humanity in the work place is key.  

His career spans a number of key roles:

Business Consultant - Accenture (Andersen Consulting)
Amongst many assignments at this global management consultancy was a major systems integration piece at North West Water, and forming part of the team working on the future domestic and international trading strategy of the London Stock Exchange.

Sales & Marketing Director – Eidos plc
He became the youngest director of a plc in Britain.  Over the period of his employment Eidos plc launched Tomb Raider and was the fastest growing company on the London Stock Exchange becoming a FTSE 250 company.

MD and Founder – VMC
He founded VMC with broadcaster, Noel Edmonds, and grew the company to become the largest dedicated video conferencing provider in the UK, winning a number of industry plaudits including European Reseller of the Year – ‘Special Award’ by Polycom, the industry’s largest manufacturer. 

The company was merged with AV Machines Ltd which now employs over 250 members of staff.

Founder and Managing Director – Creative Experience Company Ltd (Venice)
He raised £1.8m to create a new concept in tourist attractions, a 21st Century Son-et-Lumière, with a show called The Story of Venice.  It was one of the longest-running shows of any kind in Italy, described by the New Yorker as “Simply the Best Show in Town.”

Following a severe tourism recession in Europe the business closed its doors in 2008, and was subsequently re-financed and re-launched in 2009.

Co-Founder – Three Sixty Entertainment Ltd
In 2009 he lead the fund raising of £2.75m in 4 months making it amongst the largest angel fund-raising in the UK (during the worst period in financial markets in a generation) and helped launch this major new international entertainment business. 

Its 1st production, Peter Pan, has been a smash-hit (selling more tickets than Mama Mia in London to become the 2nd best selling show this season), and is now embarking on a world tour, following a run at the O2.  The business the winner of 2009 UK Start-up of the Year Award, and Innovative Business of the Year award sponsored by Visa.  More

The company is on track to turnover in the region of £10m in its first year of trading.

Consumer Marketing Manager - Energis plc
He was the 10th employee to join Energis at the inception of this national telecommunications company, owned by the National Grid.  Energis became one of the largest companies in the UK (£10bn market cap) and was subsequently acquired by Cable & Wireless.

About the Principals

ABOUT US

CEO - Colin Wilkinson