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Matt Parfitt

Inquirer · DISC type cd
Managing Director at Half the Story
📍 Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Matt Parfitt is a social entrepreneur and the Founder & CEO of Grace Enterprises, creating life-changing jobs for people facing significant barriers to work. A former teacher, he now leads multiple award-winning social enterprises, including a cleaning company, an events business, and a bakery. Colleagues describe him as passionate, inspirational, and dedicated.

Outside of work, Matt is a supporter of Nottingham Forest Football Club and actively engages with community initiatives like the Nottingham Forest Community Trust. He is also a frequent public speaker and podcast guest, sharing the stories of hope and purpose that drive his entrepreneurial ventures, often in partnership with his local church.

He founded an award-winning biscuit company, Half the Story, where the focus is not on the product but on the people with histories of homelessness who make them.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Matt shows up

ROI Conscious
Upfront
Hard To Convince

They respond well to confident salespeople. They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Priorities

Topics Matt cares about

Social Entrepreneurship
He left a teaching career to found multiple social enterprises aimed at providing supportive, sustainable employment for marginalized individuals.
Supportive Employment
His core mission is creating jobs for people facing barriers to work, such as homelessness, addiction issues, or a criminal record, paying them the real Living Wage.
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Career

Work history

6-2023
Managing Director
Half the Story
1-2022
Managing Director
Jubilee Events
11-2017
Managing Director
Radiant Cleaners
9-2017
CEO
Grace Enterprises
8-2007 - 8-2017
Founder
Fruitful Oaks
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
9-2003 - 7-2004
PGCE - primary
Nottingham Trent University
1998 - 2001
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc
The University of Manchester
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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