Reports
Our reports and research papers present evidence, analysis, and insight on a wide range of family-business topics - for example, the social and economic impact for family businesses, the practical challenges they face, and the policies that affect family businesses in the UK. All of our publications are available to access free of charge and on an open-source basis.
Family SMEs in the UK: Latest findings from the Small Business Survey 2024
In this statistical update, Family SMEs in the UK: Latest findings from the Small Business Survey 2024, the FBRF’s Martin Kemp uses the latest government data to show how common family-owned SMEs are among UK employers, how this has changed since 2019, and how family ownership varies across size bands, sectors and UK nations.
Business Property Relief and Family Firms in the UK
Business Property Relief and Family Firms in the UK: From Relief to Reform explores how Business Property Relief (BPR) has grown into a multibillion-pound inheritance tax relief, who benefits from it, and what the October 2024 reforms will mean for family businesses.
How Common are Family Businesses in the UK?
This report shares some of the results relating to family-owned SMEs from the latest UK Longitudinal Small Business Survey. It draws on survey results released by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) for SME employers during the period 2019 to 2023 to examine rates of family-business ownership among SMEs over this period.
Business Family Governance 2.0
This report by Dr. Claudia Binz Astrachan and Professor Isabel Botero suggests that family governance plays a key role in achieving a multigenerational legacy in family firms.