Leading UK mid-market PE firm, est. 1981, independent 2001. AUM £1.2bn (2018 fund raised £500m). Portfolio: 75 companies incl. Babble (comms), Wonderbly (children's publishing, exited Jun25), Digital Space (cloud IT), Storal (nurseries), Hawksmoor (restaurants). Team: 35 staff, 19 in investment/portfolio management. Stable, experienced partnership with 15 partners.
Investment Focus
Investment Thesis
Mid-market buyouts, growth & expansion capital incl. buy-outs, buy-ins, turnarounds. Focus: financial services, healthcare, business services (13 investments), B2B services, leisure, consumer, manufacturing. Targets £30-£150m valuations. Independent partnership since 2001. Built long-term value via organic growth, not cost-cutting. 2-3 investments/year. Avoids: early-stage, heavily leveraged turnarounds.
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