LDC

LDC is a private equity company that offers financial investment services to its clients. Established in 1981 LDC is a leading player in the private equity mid-market and is able to provide up to £100m of funds for buyouts and development capital transactions in UK unquoted companies. LDC’s client portfolio consists of firms in the TMT, support services, retail, travel, leisure, healthcare, construction, and financial services industries. It range of investments include management buyouts, development capital, secondary buyouts, and institutional buyouts.

Dale Alderson

Head of Region North West

David Andrews

Director

Steve Aston

Senior Director

Guy Bagshaw

Investment Director

David Bains

Investment Director

Chris Baker

Investment Director

Mike Barker

Investment Director

Michael Beckham

Investment Director

Jonathan Bell

Head of the North North

Abhi Bhattacharya

Investment Manager

Christian Bruning

Director

Violette Castagné

Investment Director

Jonathan Caswell

Investment Director

John Clarke

Investment Director

Chris Coulton

Portfolio Director

Anthony (Tony) Dalwood

Director

Leigh Daveran

Investment Director

Lawrence G Dean

Head of Region South

Lee Donaldson

Investment Director

Martin Draper

Deputy Chairman

Joseph Fison

Investment Director

John Garner

Head of New Business

John Gassner

Investment Director

Dan Gluckman

Investment Manager

John Green

Investment Director

Sam Grey

Director of Marketing and Communications

Andy Grove

CIO

Stefan Gunn

Investment Director

Chris Handy

Director

Phil Hinson

Investment Director

Mark Howden

Investment Director

Dewi Hughes

Head of Region South West and Wales

Richard Ibbett

Investment Director

Ann Kenny

Finance Director

Mark Robert Kerr

Director and Head of LDC Scotland

Richard Kirby

Director of Value Enhancement Group in National

Peter Latham

Investment Director

Andy Lyndon

Investment Director

Karen Mann

Investment Director

Gareth Marshall

Head of North East Yorkshire and North East

James Morris

Investment Director

Chris Morris

Investment Director

Matt Newbold

Investment Director

Aylesh Patel

Investment Director

Alistair Pendleton

Head of LDC in South West and South Wales

Robin Powell

Director

Rob Powell

Director

Harshavardhan Ramanan

Investment Director

Martin Rowland

Investment Director

Will Scales

Investment Director

Oliver Schofield

Investment Director

Robert Schofield

Director

Patrick Sellers

Senior Director

Dan Smith

Head of Yorkshire Yorkshire and North East

Yann S. Souillard

Head of Region London

Joe Tager

Investment Director

Geoff Tomlinson

Investment Director

Aziz Ul-Haq

Director

Martyn Vitty

Director

Alastair Weinel

Investment Director

Richard Whitwell

Head of Region Midlands

332 past transactions

Fishawack

Acquisition in 2017
Fishawack provides fully-integrated, cross-border services to global pharmaceutical organisations.

ATCORE Technology

Private Equity Round in 2018
ATCORE is a team of talented and dedicated individuals who believe in making a difference in the world of travel. In fact, over 50% of our team has been with ATCORE for over 10 years. It is this drive and passion that inspires us to to deliver market-leading solutions that are second to none.

Joules Group

Funding Round in 2013
Joules is a premium lifestyle brand with an authentic heritage. A true multi-channel lifestyle brand, Joules carefully designs clothing, footwear and accessories for women, men and children, as well as an expanding range of homewares, toiletries and eyewear collections, with personality to match those of its customers’ colourful and uplifting outlooks, available through its own retail stores, online, rural shows & events and wholesale channels.

Stuart Turner

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Stuart Turner is an internationally recognised pump and water boosting solutions provider with an unprecedented reputation for product innovation, quality and reliability. The company provide a complete water boosting capability from shower pumps, to bespoke packaged pump systems meeting the water supply demands of the largest commercial buildings.

Electrium

Acquisition in 2003
Electrium offers a complete range of Low Voltage installation products from a simple light switch to the main switchgear in an industrial installation.

Express Engineering

Private Equity Round in 2013
Express Engineering is one of the UK’s Largest and best performing contract manufacturing solution suppliers to the Oil & Gas market. Express Engineering provides full turnkey supply of critical small to large assemblies, including the management of raw materials from the UK and further afield, precision machining specialised metals & alloys, weld cladding, pipe butt welding, inspection, NDE, assembly and pressure testing, all supported by experienced engineers, controlled processes, quality standards & approvals. The Express team takes pride in providing a professional, quality service that exceeds Customer expectations and meets the requirements of National and International industry standards. Express Engineering is privately owned, and the shareholders have continually re-invested profits into the growth and development of the company, increasing capacity, capability and adopting latest technology to ensure that Express Engineering meets the needs of its customers.

Mitrefinch

Acquisition in 2016
Mitrefinch provides an integrated suite of HCM software spanning time and attendance, rostering, HR and payroll. Its products are used by more than 3,500 organizations. Customers include small and medium sized firms (SMEs), mid and large corporates, public bodies, charities and universities, with brands such as L’Oreal, Nestle, Amec Foster Wheeler, DFS, the Forestry Commission and the University of Leicester.

Seabrook Crisps Ltd.

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Seabrook Crisps Ltd. produces and supplies potato crisps. The company provides crinkle cut crisps, straight cut crisps, sticks snacks, and lattice hand cooked crisps. It markets and sells its products through retailers in the United Kingdom; and online. The company was founded in 1945 and is based in Bradford, United Kingdom. Seabrook Crisps Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of SEABROOK CRISPS HOLDINGS LIMITED.

Uswitch

Acquisition in 2013
Uswitch is a London-based company founded in 2006. They are the UK's most popular comparison site for home services products.

Avelo

Acquisition in 2009
Avelo is a privately held company that provides integrated technology solutions, software, and consultancy.

Aker Systems

Venture Round in 2020
Aker Systems Limited designs and builds data enabling products for government and private sector customers. The company offers hardened cloud environment that turns public cloud services into secure private environments; managed data exchange (MDE) for data landing; and domain streaming engine for data streaming. Aker Systems Limited was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Bicester, United Kingdom.

Innovative Consumer Beverages

Private Equity Round in 2007
Innovative Consumer Beverages supplies alcoholic drinks to most of the UK’s leading supermarkets, convenience chains and wholesalers.

DUNCAN & Todd

Private Equity Round in 2018
Duncan & Todd has outlets in Aberdeenshire, Moray, Inverness-shire, and Tayside, as well as on Skye and in Wick and St Andrews.

Hill Biscuits

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Hill Biscuits Ltd. manufactures and supplies biscuits. It offers malted milk biscuits, coconut flavored cream sandwich biscuits, chocolate flavored biscuits, shortbread flavored biscuits, gingerbread men shaped ginger biscuits, sweet biscuits, and other biscuits in multipack, clear wraps, assorted trays, and mini packs. The company serves retail industries, food manufacturers, importers, caterers, ingredients suppliers, and the food service industries. Hill Biscuits Ltd. was formerly known as John Hill & Co. The company was founded in 1855 and is based in Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom.

JCC Lighting Products

Acquisition in 2008
JCC Lighting Products engages in the design, sourcing, manufacture, and supply of LED lighting products for interior and exterior applications in homes, offices, industrial establishments, schools, hotels, and retail buildings. The company’s portfolio includes interior lighting, such as fire-rated downlights, undershelf/cabinet products, interior and exterior wall lights, LED batten lights, industrial lighting, LED flat panels, downlights, track and spotlights, and wall and ceiling lights; exterior lighting, including floodlights and spotlights, bollards, lanterns, and wall and recessed lighting; and emergency lighting, microwave sensing, and microwave dimming. It also provides technical support and installation services.

Boomerang

Acquisition in 2012
Boomerang is a Cardiff based production company, part of the Twofour Group. Working with broadcasters and brands we produce factual entertainment, popular factual, and sports entertainment programs in the UK and internationally. Originality, collaboration and progressive thinking lies at the heart of all our programs and we pride ourselves on promoting and supporting creativity throughout the company.

Atlantic Healthcare

Series B in 2016
Atlantic Healthcare plc focuses on the development and commercialization of specialty pharmaceutical products for patients under the management of physicians in the hospital and specialist care sector. Its product pipeline includes Alicaforsen Enema, an anti-inflammatory intercellular adhesion molecule inhibitor that acts by inhibiting a key protein in the inflammation process. The company offers its product for the treatment of pouchitis and ulcerative colitis. Atlantic Healthcare plc was founded in 2006 and is based in Saffron Walden, United Kingdom.

Ramesys (e-Business) Services

Venture Round in 2009
Ramesys (e-Business) Services Limited provides IT infrastructure services in the United Kingdom. The company offers services in the areas of analysis and planning, design, implementation and migration, and management and support. It also provides managed services, such as service desk and proactive monitoring; and onsite hardware maintenance, assistance, training, consultancy, and account management. In addition, the company offers mobility and distance computing services in the areas of messaging anywhere, information anywhere, field mobility solutions, and workforce mobility solutions; and security services in the areas of local area network security, remote access control, content security and filtering, host-based or endpoint security, authentication, business continuity, and disaster recovery. Further, it provides email and file archiving services. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Nottingham, the United Kingdom. Ramesys (e-Business) Services Limited operates as a subsidiary of RedSky IT Holdings Limited.

Rhino Products

Private Placement in 2020
Rhino Products Ltd manufactures light commercial vehicle accessories. The company offers load carrying and restraint systems for light commercial vehicles, such as roof racks, bars, ladder transportation systems, steps, and door ladders. Rhino Products Ltd was founded in 1997 and is based in Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom with additional locations in Grubbenvorst, the Netherlands; Kraków, Poland; and Mölnlycke, Sweden.

Rush Hair

Venture Round in 2017
RUSH was founded by Andrew Phouli and Stelios Andrew over 20 years ago. Their unfaltering belief in providing the highest standard of hairdressing, alongside exceptional customer service, has led to a flourishing Hair and Beauty Group at the forefront of hairdressing. RUSH are proud to have over 80 bustling salons across the UK, and a multitude of awards across all areas of their business including 14 British Hairdressing Awards.

Orion Media

Acquisition in 2009
Orion Media is a Midlands-based commercial radio group, owning five FM and three AM stations across the East and West Midlands. With a head office in Birmingham, it operates out of broadcast centres in that City, also Nottingham, the Black Country and Worcester. Orion produces and broadcasts live radio programming 24 hours a day. It also operates a production arm, Orion Productions, which provides audio, video and online solutions for client brands.

Evolution Funding

Private Equity Round in 2019
Evolution Funding provides motor finance and technology solution for dealers to generate leads, improve compliance, and sell more vehicles. Evolution provides market-leading motor finance products to consumers via 4500+ approved dealer partners and groups, as well as providing a suite of pre-screening, lead generation and POS digital technologies. The company has transformed from a traditional motor finance brokerage into a technology-led firm with systems and technology capabilities that are designed to put the customer first and help its partnerships to grow.

Love Energy Savings

Private Equity Round in 2018
Love Energy Savings is an online platform that provides instant, free, and online energy comparisons for homes and businesses. That platform specializes in the U.K. business energy and home energy comparisons. Its clients have the ability to get a comparison online, without picking up the phone. Love Energy Savings was launched in 2007 and is based in Bolton, United Kingdom.

Ultimate Products

Acquisition in 2005
Ultimate Products is a brand and product development house in the UK that specializes in house-ware and electrical goods.

Beekman Associates, LLC

Private Placement in 2020
Beekman Associates, LLC operates as a global marketing consultancy that develops and provides a web-based (SaaS) marketing procurement platform called RightSpend. The platform provides assessment to the brands for their marketing activity. It offers services, including procurement transformation, market negotiation support, efficiencies and benchmarking, data analytics, and marketing dynamics. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

ChargePoint Technology

Funding Round in 2017
ChargePoint Technology supply innovative split butterfly containment valves and docking systems to the global pharmaceutical, food and chemical indutries. The range of split valves are utilised to contain the powder transfer process for operator/environment protection, product protection, dust control and hygiene throughout a full range of processing operations.

Cuts Ice

Private Equity Round in 2016
Cuts Ice Limited manufactures and markets e-liquids for vaping. It offers a range of OEM and own brand e-liquids in various flavors. It serves customers through online and luxury brand outlets. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Wembley, United Kingdom.

MKM Building Supplies

Private Equity Round in 2006
MKM Building Supplies is the UK’s largest independent builders’ merchant, with 48 branches across England and Scotland in addition to MKM Leisure, a specialist distributor for the caravan and holiday homes industry. We aim to be a ‘one stop shop’ for building, timber and plumbing supplies, and stock a wide range of products from the industry’s leading manufacturers - all at competitive prices. We hold high levels of stock on-site to ensure both our customers in the building trade and the general public can get what they need, when they need it. We also offer a free, reliable local delivery service to help your projects run smoothly. Our people At MKM, we believe it’s our people who make the difference. MKM is built on the concept that skilled, local people who understand the needs of local customers should serve the local trade. We pride ourselves on our customer service and believe that it’s our employees who really set us apart from the competition. Our professional, knowledgeable staff have a wealth of experience and are on hand to offer any advice and support our customers’ needs. In short – we aim to employ and retain the best! History MKM is a Hull - based company and was established in 1995 by David Kilburn and Peter Murray. The vision for the organisation was to offer unprecedented levels of service by building excellent relationships with customers and suppliers. We moved into our first purpose-built site in 1997 and soon realised that we were not content with operating from just one branch. So, we set about expanding the company and developing a strategy that would enable us to move into new geographical locations. Our innovative initiative to give branch managers a stake in the business and an opportunity to share in profits has helped us to attract a great team of entrepreneurial Branch Directors. This has proved to be a key driver of our growth and we now have 48 branches across the UK – with plans for more!

Sala International

Private Equity Round in 2011
Sala International has been established since 1994 to provide physical record and digital information storage. They have carefully developed a suite of services tailored to meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving market. These services encompass the complete lifecycle events of those records entrusted to us by our clients.

Mosaic Fulfilment Solutions

Private Equity Round in 2019
Mosaic Fulfilment Solutions are a professional outsourced business services company providing end-to-end response handling & fulfilment solutions. MFS are the definitive standard for eCommerce Fulfilment, fully licensed and accredited and one of only 20 fulfilment companies to be DataSeal approved. Mosaic are also the champion for donation processing, boosting the one of the strongest third sector service provision on the market today.

Team17 Software

Private Equity Round in 2016
Team17 Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, develops video games label for independent developers worldwide. The company develops and publishes video games for the digital and physical market. Its portfolio comprises approximately 100 games, including the Worms franchise, Overcooked, and The Escapists. Team17 Group PLC was founded in 1990 and is based in Wakefield, the United Kingdom.

Dale Power Solutions

Acquisition in 2012
Dale Power Solutions have provided their business partners with high quality systems and services, protecting critical power supplies at all times and in all conditions. With an annual turnover in excess of £30million, Dale Power Solutions provides a comprehensive and bespoke design capability service to their customers, taking initial concepts through state-of-the-art design, project management, manufacturing, installation and commissioning processes, followed by complete maintenance and servicing on a worldwide basis to more than 4,000 generators and UPS systems.

The National Exhibition Centre Limited

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
The National Exhibition Centre Limited operates as a venue management company. It owns and operates exhibition, and conference and meetings; indoor entertainment venues that hosts music, sport, and comedy shows, as well as family entertainment and live theatre shows; and catering services for venues. The company also provides hospitality services, ticketing agency services, and venue management services for organizations. In addition, it provides in house services, including marketing services, health and safety, rigging, IT and business chance, and CAD. The National Exhibition Centre Limited is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Pertemps Network Group

Acquisition in 2012
Pertemps Network Group Limited provides permanent, contract, and temporary staffing solutions for private and public sectors in the United Kingdom and internationally. In 2012 Pertemps merged with Network Group and formed Pertemps Network Group.

Personal Touch

Private Equity Round in 2006
Personal Touch is a privately held company that provides products and services to the independent financial services market.

IRIS Software Group

Acquisition in 2002
IRIS Software Group Limited primarily provides business critical software and services to accountants and payroll professionals in the United Kingdom. It offers IRIS Accountancy Suite, an integrated, modular solution to automate various aspects of corporate finance departments, including accounts, tax, practice management, company administration, and payroll under the IRIS, PTP, and Drummohr brands. The company also provides IRIS OpenApps, a cloud computing solution; IRIS Accounts and tax software for corporates; and iXBRL solutions. In addition, it provides various services, including training, implementation, technical services, customer support, hosted services for IRIS OpenHosting, and outsourced services for IRIS OpenHosting. IRIS Software Group Limited was founded in 1978 and is based in Datchet, United Kingdom.

Vision Security Group

Acquisition in 2007
VSG is one of the UK's leading security solutions providers with a heritage in manned guarding. Winners of the BSIA Industry award for Best Guarding Company, 3 years out of the last 4; VSG has been also recognized as the fastest growing company in the sector by the business supplement of the Sunday Times.

Nexinto

Acquisition in 2013
Nexinto GmbH provides e-commerce hosting sourcing solutions for clients. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany. As of October 18, 2017, Nexinto GmbH operates as a subsidiary of PlusServer GmbH.

Forest Holidays

Acquisition in 2012
Forest Holidays offers luxurious woodland cabins, many with private hot tubs, set exclusively on Forestry Commission land.

Asset Solution Group

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
OCS Asset Solutions offers retail and financial support services to international facilities management services company. The company is based in the United Kingdom. OCS Asset Solutions operates as a former subsidiary of OCS Group Limited.

Martin Audio

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Martin Audio Ltd. manufactures and supplies professional loudspeaker systems for touring, theatre, and installation applications. It offers active array and subs, passive line arrays and subs, active portable loudspeakers and subs, passive portable loudspeakers and subs, stage monitors, electronics, and accessories for touring, theatre, and portable applications; and active array and subs, passive line arrays and subs, active point source loudspeakers and subs, passive point source loudspeakers and subs, ceiling speakers, outdoor loudspeakers and subs, stage monitors, electronics, and accessories for indoor and outdoor commercial applications. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in High Wycombe, United Kingdom. As of December 19, 2019, Martin Audio Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Focusrite Plc.

Amberon Ltd

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Amberon Ltd is Traffic Management and Temporary Traffic Lights Solutions in England and Wales, Temporary Traffic Lights hire. Of course to offer the best service we need to make sure that we have the best staff which is why we commit to a continuous training programme through the LANTRA 12 syllabus.It also means we need the best equipment which is why the average age of our 350 vehicle fleet is just 2 years old and we have 1400 radio connected battery traffic lights that are all maintained and serviced at our own dedicated service centre. A culture of excellence and demanding high standards means that Amberon have become the force to be reckoned with in the Traffic Management industry. Amberon currently operate from 18 depots across the UK meaning that dependable nationwide coverage is just a call away. Our telephone contact number 0845 371 5050 with a choice to connect to the appropriate area 24/7 assisted by our carefully appointed UK call centre for out of hours coverage.

The Property Software Group

Acquisition in 2014
The Property Software Group develops and supplies software and media solutions to the property industry. It offers lettings, property management, accounting, and estate agency software for property managers, letting agents, and estate agents in the United Kingdom; EncoreLive, a system for residential estate agents; websites for single-office agencies and multi-office networks in residential sales, lettings, and commercial environments; web design services; and a consumer facing property portal. The Property Software Group was formerly known as GMG Property Services Group and changed its name to The Property Software Group in December 2013. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Luton, United Kingdom. As of April 29, 2016, The Property Software Group operates as a subsidiary of Zoopla Property Group Plc.

NBS

Private Equity Round in 2018
NBS, specialist provider of technical information for construction industry professionals, offers essential, innovative products and services, highly valued by those working in architecture, construction, design and engineering. NBS Create is a ground-breaking new specification tool that ensures all documentation works together intelligently throughout the entire project timeline, from concept stage to completion and beyond, to save time and money. More than 5,000 offices across the UK subscribe to NBS products, including 96 of the top 100 AJ practices.

BioVex

Series C in 2003
BioVex is a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of biological treatments for cancer and the prevention of infectious disease. Their cancer program, OncoVEXGM-CSF, is a oncolytic vaccine or cancer destroying virus technology that works by replicating and spreading within solid tumors, causing the death of cancer cells while leaving surrounding healthy cells unharmed. The attenuated virus has also been constructed to induce a powerful systemic anti tumor immune response. OncoVEXGM-CSF has now been tested in >110 patients in a broad range of solid tumors including melanoma, head & neck cancer, breast cancer and pancreatic cancer. Both the direct cell killing and systemic immune mediated mechanisms of action of OncoVEX have been clearly validated in the clinic; OncoVEX routinely destroys tumors it is directly injected into and has led to overall disease responses in multiple patients in Phase II testing. Tumors resolved through OncoVEX treatment have not been known to recur.

Stroma Ltd

Acquisition in 2014
Stroma Ltd provides compliance services and software applications.

Panther Logistics

Acquisition in 2016
Panther specialises in two-man and one-man assisted delivery services for major brands and retailers.

ENSEK

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
ENSEK LTD develops a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) platform for the energy market. The company's platform offers billing, market entry, customer relationship management, industry process management, settlement, real time data analytics, energy accounting, and margin/revenue assurance solutions. Additionally, the company provides business process outsourcing, agent appointment, and advisory service. The company caters to energy suppliers and consumers. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

ATCORE Technology

Acquisition in 2014
ATCORE is a team of talented and dedicated individuals who believe in making a difference in the world of travel. In fact, over 50% of our team has been with ATCORE for over 10 years. It is this drive and passion that inspires us to to deliver market-leading solutions that are second to none.

Rhino Products

Private Equity Round in 2020
Rhino Products Ltd manufactures light commercial vehicle accessories. The company offers load carrying and restraint systems for light commercial vehicles, such as roof racks, bars, ladder transportation systems, steps, and door ladders. Rhino Products Ltd was founded in 1997 and is based in Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom with additional locations in Grubbenvorst, the Netherlands; Kraków, Poland; and Mölnlycke, Sweden.

Aqualisa Products

Acquisition in 2015
Aqualisa Products Limited designs, develops, and manufactures showers in the United Kingdom. It offers mixer, digital, electric, power, exposed, concealed, bar, and gravity-fed showers; and shower accessories and spare parts, including shower heads, hoses, and pumps. The company also provides service and repairs. It sells its products through showrooms, as well as online. The company was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Westerham, United Kingdom. Aqualisa Products Limited is a former subsidiary of Aqualisa Group Limited.

Fishawack

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Fishawack provides fully-integrated, cross-border services to global pharmaceutical organisations.

Waterfall Catering Group

Acquisition in 2014
Waterfall Catering Group is a UK based leader in service provision for the education, care, welfare and blue collar B&I markets. Operating in over 700 units, our aim is to deliver not just catering, but specialist food policy, clinic care and nutritional welfare provision to each client.We believe in delivered expert teams through our unique culture of passion, integrity and teamwork.

The Pallet Network

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
The Pallet Network Group Limited provides distribution and delivery services for palletized freight in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, and Scandinavia. The company offers next day, premium, economy, and tail-lift services through a network of independent transport companies. It also offers a booked service for unusual freight; and TPN XL, a capacity-managed service for unusual or bulky freight. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom. As of June 29, 2018, The Pallet Network Group Limited operates as a subsidiary of Eddie Stobart Logistics plc.

IGLU.COM

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Iglu.com Ltd. operates as a ski and cruise travel agency that provides cruise and ski holiday packages to customers in various destinations worldwide. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.

BigHand

Acquisition in 2006
BigHand is a technology company. It develops voice productivity software solutions for legal, healthcare, property, and financial companies worldwide. It offers BigHand Dictate, a software that dictates faster and enables users to record onto various devices and share, prioritize, and track their voice files; BigHand Go, a digital application for various mobile platforms, including iPhone, Windows devices, and the iPad; and BigHand Speech Recognition, a technology that automatically converts voice into text. The company also provides BigHand Now, which digitizes analogue processes with a combination of task capture methods, smart forms, and workflows. In addition, it offers BigHand Create that allows users’ document authors and support staff to create organization standard polished documents; BigHand Hyperstyles to format documents; BigHand Scrub to remove unwanted metadata from documents; BigHand DocID to stamp documents with helpful identifiers; and BigHand Correspond, a solution designed for healthcare customers helping them to automate and streamline various their clinical correspondence. BigHand was founded by Steve Thompson 1995 and is based in London, England.

Synexus

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Synexus is a site network organization that continues to pioneer important developments in the clinical trials industry. Through a global network of 26 dedicated research centres (DRCs) in nine countries, Synexus provides first-class clinical trials data to its clients from pharma, biotechs and CROs. Synexus recruits patients and runs clinical trials at its own dedicated research centres staffed by full-time GCP investigators who work solely on clinical trials. It also expertise in trial planning, spanning patient recruitment, patient retention, and management. Synexus was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Chorley, UK,

ZipWorld

Private Equity Round in 2019
ZipWorld is an unique range of very special adventures and experience Europes longest ziplines or our massive underground trampolines & high-rope cavern adventures.

Angel Springs

Private Equity Round in 2011
Angel Springs is one of UK’s leading water cooler service companies based in Wolverhampton and rents out bottled water coolers and point-of-use water coolers, sells consumables, and provides related services. The group serves an installed base of more than 159,000 water coolers in the UK. The company employs more than 450 people and has 14 delivery service centers in the UK. We’re also working in partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation UK.

Kee Safety

Acquisition in 2011
Kee Safety is a leading global supplier of safety systems and solutions focused primarily on hand rail, guard rail, and barrier systems. The foundations of the business go back to 1934 in the UK, when KEE KLAMP fittings were first designed for use in the agricultural sector. Nowadays, KEE SAFETY is a global company with a significantly expanded product portfolio of safety equipment, all designed to separate people from hazards.

Maintenance Management

Acquisition in 2012
MML provides a wide range of services which include asset tagging and contract management through to consulting on all areas of the maintenance budget spectrum and including statutory and comprehensive maintenance, reliability maintenance and carbon positive solutions.

Forrest

Acquisition in 2007
Forrest is a provider of refurbishment and responsive maintenance services to the social housing market in the North of England. Its regeneration activities help our clients make lasting improvements to their communities. Through new build development, estate renewal and community investment they contribute to making lasting change for the better. They also land find on behalf of our clients and activity source large scale development sites.

Specialist People Services Group

Private Equity Round in 2022
Specialist People Services Group Ltd. provides recruitment and training services. It offers recruitment and training services to transportation and logistics organizations and other organizations, such as haulers, supermarkets, parcel delivery firms, manufacturing and construction firms, and public sectors; and driver hire training, online people management, and rail support services. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Bradford, United Kingdom with additional offices in the United Kingdom. It also has operations in Australia.

James and James Fulfilment

Private Equity Round in 2020
James and James Fulfilment Ltd. develops cloud-based order fulfillment software. The company's software fulfils orders from multiple brand and channels in one place; manages and optimizes inventory levels; identifies optimum shipping services and audit carrier performance; gets live order tracking for customers. James and James Fulfilment Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in Northampton, United Kingdom.

The Creative Engagement Group

Private Equity Round in 2016
The Creative Engagement Group is creates and delivers live experiences, communications, interactive and immersive content. We create a deeper engagement with our audiences by delivering experiences and content that drive brand memory. With our unique set of talents and skills, we assemble the right team to provide an integrated approach in order to help our clients address their communication and engagement challenges.

Tailored Brands

Acquisition in 2019
Tailored Brands, Inc. is a authority on helping men dress for work, special occasions and everyday life. They serve their customers through an expansive omnichannel network that includes over 1,700 locations in the U.S. and Canada as well as our branded e-commerce websites. Their brands include Men's Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank, Joseph Abboud, Moores Clothing for Men and K&G Fashion Superstores. We also operate a global corporate apparel and workwear group consisting of Twin Hill in the United States and Dimensions, Alexandra and Yaffy in the United Kingdom.

Microlease

Private Equity Round in 2009
Microlease, experts in Test and Measurement equipment and the leading source for equipment supply and management.

musicMagpie

Private Equity Round in 2011
musicMagpie is the largest re-commerce business in the world – it is the world’s largest seller on eBay and Amazon, and was the first company in the world to achieve five million positive feedbacks on eBay. The business employs 750 people, exports to 140 countries around the world and boasts an annual turnover of over £100m. We give consumers a quick, free and easy way to sell their unwanted consumer electronics (phones, tablets and more) and physical media items (such as CDs, DVDs, games and books). We then fully refurbish these items to good as new quality before selling them through our musicMagpie Store; offering consumers a way to purchase good-as-new branded products for a fraction of the price of new.

Volvox Group

Acquisition in 2005
Volvox Group provides parts and services to the transportation industry. Volvox Group Limited manufactures and distributes automotive lighting and electrical products in the United Kingdom.

Kylmar

Private Equity Round in 2006
Kylmar (KMC) Ltd engages in the design, manufacture, installation, and support of electro-optical, thermal imaging, and laser video imaging surveillance equipment and systems for military and security applications.

OnApp

Series B in 2013
OnApp provides a complete Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) software platform for hosting companies, cloud providers, managed service providers and telecoms companies. With OnApp, these service providers can create a wide range of cloud, dedicated hosting, CDN, DNS and storage services on top of commodity datacenter infrastructure; automate them completely through a 'single pane of glass' control panel; and extend them on demand with capacity from a global federation of cloud providers running on OnApp. OnApp has more than 800 customers in 87 countries. An estimated 1 in 3 of the world's public clouds run on OnApp. OnApp has more than 120 employees in the UK, Europe, USA and Asia-Pacific. Its headquarters are in London, UK.

Connect Managed Services

Acquisition in 2014
Connect Managed Services is a Systems Integrator and Managed Service Provider specialising in Contact Centre and Unified Communications (UC) technologies. It focus on transforming call centres into omnichannel contact centres and telephony into UC for national and multinational businesses across the world who have any type of communications estate. It offers jeopardy management, alarm management, and 24/7 online reporting services; and contact centre, fixed-mobile and BYOD, networking, solution design, project management, data networking, and a range of consulting services.

Precision Micro

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Precision Micro is one of the world’s few production photo etching specialists, producing more than 50 million components each year for industry-leading names. The UK’s first established photo etching company, They have unrivalled technical know-how, achieving multiple industry firsts and setting the standard for accuracy and repeatability. Precision Micro is backed by £2 billion global engineering group, Meggitt PLC, enabling the depth of resource to meet world-class levels of product quality, productivity, competitiveness and continuous improvement.

Homeserve

Acquisition in 2009
Homeserve Plc, Emergency Services Division offers emergency home repair services including plumbing, pipe burst, blocked drain, gas boiler repair, and heating system. Homeserve Plc is based in Walsall, United Kingdom.
ADEY, which is headquartered in Cheltenham, is unique in offering the market a ‘total system solution’ through a family of products designed to clean, flush, maintain, protect and test residential and commercial heating systems. Its range helps improve efficiency and longevity, whilst reducing energy consumption and maintenance bills.

Coppice Alupack

Acquisition in 2003
Coppice Alupack manufactures and sells aluminum foil containers and ovenable broad trays. It offers products in various categories, such as patty pans, fluted cases, saucers, basins, custards, non fluted and fluted flans, rounds, plates, ovals, oblongs, rectangular, compartmental, square, board, smooth walls, specialty, and lids. Coppice Alupack serves food manufacturing, processing, and bakery industries, as well as wholesaler, institutional catering, and non food markets in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It began operation in 1972, with its headquarters in Bridgend in the United Kingdom.

Martin Audio

Private Equity Round in 2018
Martin Audio Ltd. manufactures and supplies professional loudspeaker systems for touring, theatre, and installation applications. It offers active array and subs, passive line arrays and subs, active portable loudspeakers and subs, passive portable loudspeakers and subs, stage monitors, electronics, and accessories for touring, theatre, and portable applications; and active array and subs, passive line arrays and subs, active point source loudspeakers and subs, passive point source loudspeakers and subs, ceiling speakers, outdoor loudspeakers and subs, stage monitors, electronics, and accessories for indoor and outdoor commercial applications. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in High Wycombe, United Kingdom. As of December 19, 2019, Martin Audio Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Focusrite Plc.

Equiom

Acquisition in 2013
Equiom is a global trust and corporate service provider helping organizations build software from the ground up. It helps organizations build software from the ground up - from a good idea to full production, and all the steps in between. It supports corporations and high-net-worth individuals around the world with their fiduciary and related support-service needs. Equiom’s experienced and highly qualified teams offer services in specialist sectors including trust, corporate, corporate sponsorship services (Middle East), property, family office, eBusiness, yachting, aviation, crewing, shipping, tax and VAT, management accounting, payroll and treasury.

Kiwa Compliance Nederland B.V.

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
Kiwa Compliance Nederland B.V. provides testing, inspection, and consultancy services in the field of risk and compliance management. The company offers a range of services in the field of risk and compliance management, including hazardous materials and substances, hazardous micro-biological agents, dangerous situations, and sustainability compliance. It also offers services, including asbestos, hazardous materials, legionella, mold and indoor climate, industrial and occupational hygiene, air emission, fire risk and safety, energy performance, education and training, and e-services and risk control. The company was formerly known as Shield Group Nederland B.V. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Kiwa Compliance Nederland B.V. operates as a former subsidiary of Kiwa N.V.

Ultra Electronics ID

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
Ultra Electronics ID manufactures and markets ID card printers in Britain. The company is based in Weymouth, United Kingdom. Ultra Electronics ID operates as a subsidiary of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc.

Global Autocare

Private Equity Round in 2019
Global Autocare (Global) is a leading provider of unique fleet solutions to large and small-scale businesses across the UK. Its services include daily rental, contract hire, fleet management, mobility solutions, maintenance and repair, movements and storage.

WEALTH at work

Acquisition in 2009
Wealth at Work Limited provides financial education and employee wealth management services in the workplace for customers ranging from large FTSE companies to SMEs. The company’s services include pension changes and financial wellbeing services; advisory services that cover retirement income, and pension and investment planning services; and retirement income options, including financial education, Internet support tools, helpdesk support, regulated advice, and access to cashdrawn service solutions. Wealth at Work Limited was formerly known as JPMorgan Invest (UK) Limited and changed its name to Wealth at Work Limited in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

LeMieux

Private Equity Round in 2021
LeMieux’s products are globally recognised for their quality, durability, technical performance, and design.

ZyroFisher

Acquisition in 2016
ZYRO Limited is a privately-owned parts and accessories distributor in the UK cycling industry.

Caspian Media

Private Equity Round in 2002
Caspian Media Ltd provides B2B communication solutions. It publishes magazines for entrepreneurs; and private equity titles. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Clifford Thames

Acquisition in 2014
Clifford Thames started as a printing company in 1948 before adding a technical writing capability and producing technical documentation and other specialist publications for the automotive industry in the early 1960s'. Clifford Thames has been creating, aggregating and publishing aftermarket data for labour operations and menu packages, part catalogues and vehicle specifications since the mid 1980's.

Ashtons Hospital Pharmacy Services

Private Equity Round in 2020
Ashtons Hospital Pharmacy Services Limited provides medicines management services to individual hospitals and healthcare groups in the United Kingdom. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in East Sussex, United Kingdom.

Hill Biscuits

Acquisition in 2017
Hill Biscuits Ltd. manufactures and supplies biscuits. It offers malted milk biscuits, coconut flavored cream sandwich biscuits, chocolate flavored biscuits, shortbread flavored biscuits, gingerbread men shaped ginger biscuits, sweet biscuits, and other biscuits in multipack, clear wraps, assorted trays, and mini packs. The company serves retail industries, food manufacturers, importers, caterers, ingredients suppliers, and the food service industries. Hill Biscuits Ltd. was formerly known as John Hill & Co. The company was founded in 1855 and is based in Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom.

Right Choice Insurance Brokers

Private Equity Round in 2018
Right Choice Insurance Brokers Limited provides insurance brokerage solutions. The company offers motor, home, bike, van, commercial, taxi, motor trade, and breakdown insurance. Right Choice Insurance Brokers Limited was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Romford, United Kingdom.

Paladone

Private Placement in 2018
Paladone is a gift designer company that creatos and innovatos giftware with a history of spanning 21 years. The company provides an extensive range of licensed giftware together with its own branded product ranges. Its product development process is a balance; carefully considering the right fit for a licence while ensuring every product is relevant and practical, driven by the trends of today, and setting trends for the future. Paladone products are innovative, enduring and exciting.

MAMA & Company

Acquisition in 2012
MAMA is a leading integrated live music and artist services business, operating throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. Through our network of businesses the company seeks to create, source and manage music and entertainment content which is then distributed through our venues, festivals, tech platforms and publications.

INPROVA Group

Funding Round in 2014
INPROVA Group provides professional procurement services for private and public sector organizations. It offers procurement in contract management, centralized billing, EU-compliant tendering, sustainable supply chains, and e-procurement.

Omega Red

Acquisition in 2008
Omega Red is a privately held company that provides electrical earthing and lightning protection services. Omega Red Group the U.K. market leader in electrical earthing and lightning protection. They recognised that our commitment to high standards of service and safety meant that they could get on with their own job secure in the knowledge that we had done ours. Electrical earthing and lightning protection systems are critical to our customers in the rail, tram, construction, power, telecommunications and water industries. Sometimes just a few people are affected by the consequences of inadequate systems for earthing and lightning protection, but at other times the effects are felt by thousands as electrical surges or breakdowns hit transport systems, power supplies or critical equipment. Omega has a proven track record of earthing and lightning protection successes gained over many years through major projects including Heathrow Airport, the National Grid, the 2012 Olympic Games and Thameslink, to name but a few. At the other end of the scale, we also install and maintain lightning protection systems on individual commercial buildings, schools and residential care homes. At any level, our approach to service, safety and value for money is second-to-none. Omega Red Group continues to be the U.K. market leader because customers large and small turn to us for the assurance of comprehensive, cost-effective earthing and lightning protection solutions. Omega Red Group is the U.K. market leader in the specialist design, supply, installation, testing and maintenance of electrical earthing and lightning protection systems.

Retail and Asset Solutions

Venture Round in 2018
Retail & Asset Solutions is a provider of retail and pharmaceutical stocktaking, store development and supply chain management services.

Kee Safety

Private Equity Round in 2017
Kee Safety is a leading global supplier of safety systems and solutions focused primarily on hand rail, guard rail, and barrier systems. The foundations of the business go back to 1934 in the UK, when KEE KLAMP fittings were first designed for use in the agricultural sector. Nowadays, KEE SAFETY is a global company with a significantly expanded product portfolio of safety equipment, all designed to separate people from hazards.

Direct Group

Acquisition in 2007
Direct Group offers a range of insurance services, including distribution and claims management and validation services.

Imagine Nation

Private Equity Round in 2014
Imagine Nation focuses on live entertainment, in particular innovative concepts in live theatre.

Texthelp

Private Equity Round in 2019
Texthelp provides literacy software solutions for individuals, K-12 and higher education students, and publishers.

Away Resorts

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Away Resorts Limited owns and operates holiday parks in Lincolnshire, Isle of Wight, North Wales, Hampshire, Hayling Island, and Essex. The company’s parks include lodges, caravans, chalets, glamping, and touring and camping; evening entertainment, kids entertainment, outdoor cinemas, and local and other events; food and drink, spa retreat, cycle center, wedding venue, and other facilities; and other facilities and activities. It also sells holiday homes; and soft toys and gift vouchers online. Away Resorts Limited was formerly known as Ingleby (1768) Limited and changed its name to Away Resorts Limited in January 2008. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.

Onecom

Private Equity Round in 2019
Onecom is the UK’s largest independent business telecommunications provider delivering fixed line, mobile, Unified Communications and connectivity solutions. It is a company that has achieved meteoric growth through substantial investment in its people and processes – its priority being to deliver unparalleled customer service at every level. Based in Hampshire, Onecom operates twelve regional offices and employs over four hundred staff.