The Plan · October 2026

From land to community.

KN Capital builds from partnerships and communities, turning land into places where sport, social and business come together. Here is how: secure it with the landowner, look at it for sport and storage, build the option that works best, then connect it to KN CONNECTIVE. Each phase is set up to carry the next, and the landowner shares in it through a partnership, a lease option or a profit-share agreement.

Brent Ford talking the KN plan through with a room of people
The planTalked through in the room, in the open
How a site comes together

Your land. Then its best use.

Land, partnerships and options come first. Tap each stage to see what happens, and where the roadmap stands today.

01 · Your land

You have the land, and you keep it.

  • We look at what the land could become before anything else
  • Within about an hour of Oughtibridge, from ¼ acre to 10+ acres
  • Existing storage and warehouse sites are welcome too
Status as of OCT 2026 · from the Journal →
Built from partnerships & communities

Sport, social and community, together.

Every site we build is a place where people stay active and businesses connect. We start with a partnership with the landowner, then bring sport, social space and community under one roof, with business networking built in.

PartnershipsWith the landowner, weighted in favour of the land
SportPadel first: at least 3 courts, 2 doubles and 1 singles
SocialSomewhere to meet, stay and come back to
CommunityMembers, clubs and local people at the centre
Business networkingActive people and businesses making connections
01
Phase 01 · now

Your land, our partnership

The land comes first, and the landowner does not have to sell it for us to work on it.

  • Partnership, lease-option or profit-share terms agreed with landowners, with the split weighted in favour of the land
  • Media exposure and land development brought together, so the site gains from both
  • Co-investors brought in at site level
  • Every site screened on access, planning and demand
02
Phase 02 · next

Sport or storage? We assess it

Before anything is built, every site is looked at for both, and we pick what works best for that site.

  • Padel where it fits: at least 3 courts, 2 doubles and 1 singles
  • Containerised storage where demand is strongest, placed in stages
  • Storage open to co-investment through the Container Collective
03
Phase 03 · then

Build it out, connect it

With the land held and the best use chosen, the site is built out in phases and joined to the network.

  • Connected to KN CONNECTIVE, so the site earns more than it would alone
  • A venue people come to, built to break even
  • Media, sponsorship and events as the upside
  • Documented step by step, so it can be repeated
KN CONNECTIVE · Site 1

Site 1.
Best use first.

Site 1 is being secured with a small group of investment partners, with Oughtibridge, Sheffield as the flagship and HQ. Further sites follow within about an hour’s drive of it. The order is fixed: secure the land, look at it for sport and storage, build the option that works best, then the wider site. KN CONNECTIVE sits within KN Capital and KN Group.

After Site 1

Sport and storage across the UK, with partners.

Once Site 1 works, the same approach goes out to sites across the country: each one assessed for sport and storage, built to its best use, with landowners and joint-venture partners. Every site joins one KN CONNECTIVE network, and gets there by one of five routes.

OWN

KN buys the land

Freehold bought, developed and run as KN CONNECTIVE.

INV

Your land, our kit

A landowner keeps the land; we put in the courts or containers, the systems and the customers.

JV

Joint ventures

Land, capital and the platform in one site company, risk shared.

M&A

Acquisitions

Existing storage and warehouse businesses brought into the network.

OP

Local operators

People who can run a site, backed by our capital access and systems.

Acquire → develop → fill the site → recurring income → hold, refinance or sell → recycle capital → the next site. Find your route →

Taking part

How investors come in.

Every investor relationship starts with a conversation, proof of funds and AML / KYC checks, and is set out in a formal written agreement before anything proceeds. Terms are agreed site by site.

The Layers · roadmap · October 2026

How we build it. Layer by layer.

KN Group is built from partnerships and communities, bringing sport, social and business together, in five layers from the ground up. Each layer stands on the one below it and nothing is built ahead of itself. Here is every layer: what is already running, what we are building right now, and what comes next.

The floorSport or storage, whichever suits the site.
The stageCourts run at break-even.
The upsideMedia, sponsors, events and products.
The five KN layers Profit goes back into land 01 01  Ownership KN Capital · KN Group 02 02  Space & storage KN CONNECTIVE 03 03  Sport & community Project V · cørt club 04 04  Movement & media HAF · HAF Relay · Media 05 05  Shop & products cørt store · HAF Shop
Read it from the bottom up. Tap a layer to see its roadmap.

Read it from the bottom up. Tap a layer to jump to it.

Layer 01

Ownership

Land, capital and the fund. The floor everything else stands on.

KN CapitalKN Group

Live now

  • The Plan, published October 2026
  • Investor enquiries open, each one starting with a conversation, proof of funds and AML / KYC checks
  • The Container Collective, open for co-investment

Building now

  • Site 1, being secured with a small group of investment partners
  • Oughtibridge, Sheffield as the flagship and HQ
  • Securing land within an hour of Oughtibridge, from ¼ acre to 10+ acres, through partnerships, lease options and profit share
Unlocks land to build on ↑ Layer 02
Layer 02

Space · KN CONNECTIVE

Every site is assessed for sport and storage, and built to whichever works best. Workspace, warehousing and logistics hubs grow around it.

KN CONNECTIVE

Live now

  • The UK self-storage market mapped, 3,000+ sites
  • KN CONNECTIVE formats and the connect-your-site route, open to landowners and operators

Building now

  • Site 1 assessed for sport and storage, with containerised storage placed in stages where it earns most
  • The site plan around it: workspace, storage, warehousing and logistics for growing businesses
Unlocks a place people come to ↑ Layer 03
Layer 03

Sport & community

The courts are the stage. They run at break-even; the people they bring together are what everything above is built on.

Project Vcørt club

Live now

  • cørt play: leagues, player profiles and rankings
  • cørt radar: a public finder for clubs across the UK
  • The UK padel market, tracked privately every day

Building now

  • Project V, the venue brand: padel, golf simulators and football, with gym and recovery
  • The name and the look, protected before launch
Unlocks an audience ↑ Layer 04
Layer 04

Movement & media

HAF moves the stock, kit and parcels. The media tells the story that brings in sponsors and partners.

HAFHAF RelayMedia

Live now

  • The HAF network is running: the job exchange, the driver app and the checks behind every member
  • One front door for drivers and businesses: join.usehaf.co.uk

Building now

  • HAF Relay: moving stock, kit and parcels between KN sites
  • The media side: the build filmed and shared from day one
Unlocks customers and sponsors ↑ Layer 05
Layer 05

Shop & products

What members and businesses buy across the network.

cørt clubHAF Shop

Live now

  • The cørt club store
  • The HAF Shop: load restraint kit for drivers

Building now

  • Partner brands selling through cørt
Then it starts again

What the top earns goes back into the bottom.

Profit from sport, media, events and products is recycled into land, and the next site is built in the same order: land, space, the stage, the story, the shop.

Follow the build

One group. Every brand, in the open.

Space, storage, movement, sport and community, built one site at a time. Follow along on the channels below.

HAF
Movement: couriers, logistics, storage and fulfilment.
Brent Ford
Founder. The build, the deals and the lessons, as they happen.
KN Capital & KN CONNECTIVE
Places and capital: land, storage and connected sites.
cørt club
Sport, kit and community.
KN Capital· see the layers