Wholebake is a UK-based company established in 1984 that specializes in producing and supplying energy bars and gluten-free snacks. The company focuses on creating products suitable for vegetarians and those with dietary restrictions, offering hand-baked seed and fruit bars that are free from wheat, artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. Wholebake caters to various markets, including weight management, sports nutrition, and digestive health, and provides its products through health and food shops as well as online platforms. Additionally, the company offers contract manufacturing services for clients seeking gluten-free snacking solutions.
Cross Rental Services is a provider of Refrigeration & Catering and Climate Control rental equipment to blue-chip customers across a diverse range of end markets, including retail, manufacturing, and facilities management. The Refrigeration & Catering Equipment division is the partner of choice to a wide variety of clients including leading retailers, food producers, events/exhibitions, and the hospitality sector. Cross has a focus on providing quality equipment on long-term contracts to give customers certainty of costs and an alternative to the Capex model. The Heating, Cooling & Dehumidification division is focused on delivering temperature control solutions through equipment such as boilers, chillers, heaters, air conditioning, and dehumidifiers units to a wide array of clients in industries including facilities management, pharmaceuticals, and construction.
SCX Special Projects is a specialist engineering company providing design and engineering for complex lifting and materials handling and kinetic architecture projects.
Merson Signs designs, manufactures, and installs signs for airports, automotive, commercial, education, events, financial, highways, leisure, rail, and retail sectors in the United Kingdom. The company offers transport signs, rail signs, airport signs, highway signs, retail signage, branding signage, and industrial and commercial signage.
D-Orbit S.r.l. is an Italian company that specializes in satellite solutions, focusing on the design, development, launch, commissioning, and decommissioning of satellites. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, D-Orbit aims to provide innovative technologies for the safe disposal of artificial satellites at the end of their operational life, thereby reducing space debris. The company serves satellite owners and operators, offering products and services that enhance the efficiency and reliability of satellite missions while minimizing costs. D-Orbit also emphasizes the social and environmental benefits of its solutions, striving to streamline all phases of satellite operations. With approximately 35 employees, D-Orbit has expanded its reach with subsidiaries in Washington, DC, and Lisbon, Portugal.
GenomSys SA is a Swiss company focused on developing tools and applications for processing and sharing DNA data, founded in 2016 and based in Lausanne. The company offers a secure platform that allows individuals to store their DNA information on personal devices and share it with healthcare practitioners for various purposes, including diagnostics, pharmacogenomics, personalized treatments, and dietary recommendations. GenomSys employs a team of engineers with extensive experience in high-end technology domains, such as digital signal processing and information security. Their expertise covers a wide range of development areas, from embedded software for low-power devices to real-time programming in safety-critical environments. The company also emphasizes compliance with ISO standards and provides a marketplace for vertical genomic analysis applications, promoting international open standards for genomic data to enhance the quality of genomic analyses available to users.
Aspirations Care is a specialist care provider for adults, children and young people with complex needs, including mental health needs, learning disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions and those transitioning from secure settings.
Key Travel is a travel management company dedicated to serving clients in the third sector (non-profits, NGOs, religious organisations and associations) and the single largest provider to the UK University sector.
Brand Addition specializes in designing, sourcing, and delivering innovative branded promotional products tailored for corporate and consumer marketing activities. The company focuses on helping clients identify the ideal promotional items to enhance their marketing and brand awareness campaigns. Brand Addition offers a comprehensive range of services, including web development and creative design, supported by dedicated account managers who assist clients throughout the process. This approach enables organizations to effectively engage their target audiences through well-crafted promotional merchandise.
The Pebble Group Plc provides products, services, and technology to the promotional products industry in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, the United States, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Brand Addition and Facilisgroup. The company is involved in the design, sourcing, and delivery of promotional merchandise and branded products for various brands operating in the health and beauty, fast moving consumer goods, transport, technology, banking and finance, and charity sectors. It also offers @ease software that provides an end-to-end SaaS business platform to support the operations of SME promotional product distributors. The company was incorporated 2019 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.
Fastflow is a leading, mid-market asset maintenance company, operating in the UK support services and infrastructure sectors. We have a 600-strong workforce deployed across the UK with offices in Oxford, London, Washington (Tyne & Wear), Scotland, Warrington and Reading. Our mission is to enhance the efficiency of our customers’ assets by providing sustainable, innovative, value adding service delivery and to contribute positively to the communities and built environment in which we operate. Fastflow’s sustainable business model has endured since 2005 when asset maintenance specialist, Fastflow Pipeline Services, was acquired from Northumbrian Water Ltd by current owner, CEO and Chairman Neil Armstrong. This entrepreneurial spirit continues to underpin the growth of the company. Today we deliver 80% of Northumbrian Water Group's clean water services across the UK (North East and Essex regions) and this continues to be one of our key strategic relationships. Fastflow Pipeline Services is also a long term delivery partner for Scottish Water and Anglian (Hartlepool) Water. Our customer portfolio includes leading water, energy, social housing, local authority and central government asset owners. Fastflow’s gas transmission business, Fastflow Energy Services, designs and builds critical national infrastructure on behalf of the UK energy transmission network owners, including FTSE 100 global utility National Grid. Our property asset maintenance specialist, DW, serves four of the country’s largest Social Housing Providers including A2 Dominion, Catalyst Housing and Southern Housing Group.
Raymond Brown Minerals & Recycling Ltd offers recycled aggregate products for drainage, concreting sand block paving, concrete mix, capping layer sub base for road and path construction, sub base, piling mats general purpose fill for raising levels, parks and open spaces, flower beds, prime locations, and sports applications.
Sambro International Ltd is a company that specializes in the design and manufacture of toys, art and craft products, stationery items, bags, and wheeled goods. Established in 1989 and headquartered in Bury, United Kingdom, the company operates showrooms in the United Kingdom, Holland, and Hong Kong to showcase its diverse product range. Sambro’s offerings are also available to customers through online platforms, primarily targeting the European market.
Access Hire Nationwide Ltd
Acquisition in 2014
Access Hire Nationwide Ltd supplies and rents vehicle mounted elevated work platforms and specialist vehicles.
Welfare Hire Nationwide engages in the sale, purchase, and hire of portable buildings, welfare units, and storage solutions for construction, sports and leisure, healthcare, education, and corporate industries.
Kelling Group are a specialist Hire Group with market leading credentials, comprised of three operating businesses and headed by an experienced team of industry professionals who understand the UK Hire Market. Our philosophy is to invest in market leading products where there is opportunity to differentiate, to improve, and in people who are knowledgeable and passionate in delivering quality. Applying the same principles used in the development of our first subsidiary, Access Hire, Kelling Group continues to develop market leading businesses’ and introduce new products and services within the UK Market which is characterised by poor quality and under investment.
Wellbeing Software Group Ltd. is a healthcare technology company based in Mansfield, United Kingdom, specializing in software solutions and services for hospitals. The company provides a range of clinical information management systems that assist both the National Health Service (NHS) and private healthcare providers. Its offerings include ApolloScan, a document management system; A3, an automated clinical audit tool; and Apollo AIR, which facilitates communication between GP practices and patients. Additionally, Wellbeing Software Group develops the E3 Maternity Information System for maternity departments and provides radiology information systems across various healthcare settings. Established in 2012, the company was formerly known as Wellbeing Software Systems Ltd. and operates as a subsidiary of The Citadel Group Limited.
BXTAccelyon is one of the leading partners to hospitals and clinics worldwide in providing LDR brachytherapy to treat prostate cancer. LDR Brachytherapy is proven to be an effective and minimally invasive prostate cancer therapy with significant quality of life benefits over alternative treatments. It is a form of radiation therapy where a sealed radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment. It is given at a short distance: localized, precise, and high-tech.
Axis Well Technology Limited is a prominent consultancy firm in the oil and gas sector, offering a comprehensive range of services to the upstream industry across multiple regions, including the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, the Far East, and Europe. The company specializes in subsurface field development planning, asset evaluation, and production optimization, as well as drilling and well design, well integrity management, and project oversight. Additionally, Axis provides expertise in geophysical, geological, and reservoir engineering, along with well testing and intervention services. Established in 2001 and headquartered in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, with additional offices in London, Axis Well Technology operates as a subsidiary of Axis Well Technology Management Limited. It is recognized as the largest independent consultancy in the UK, supporting clients throughout the entire asset lifecycle, from exploration to field monitoring and eventual decommissioning.
Volvox Group
Acquisition in 2011
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.
Ring Automotive Limited is a manufacturer and distributor of vehicle lighting and auto-electrical products based in Leeds, United Kingdom. Established in 1974, the company serves both trade and retail markets, offering a wide range of products including automotive bulbs, accessory lighting, HID conversion kits, and performance bulbs. In addition to vehicle lighting, Ring Automotive produces auto electrical components such as aerials, cables, horns, and relays. The company also caters to the motorcycle market with air compressors and chargers, as well as commercial vehicle products like beacons and reversing alarms. Its portfolio extends to inspection tools, portable power products, and towing accessories. Moreover, Ring Automotive supplies original equipment products for both line and aftermarket applications, ensuring a comprehensive offering for motorists, technicians, and commercial vehicle specialists. As of May 2019, it operates as a subsidiary of OSRAM Licht AG.
Tekmar Group is a technology provider that specializes in the design, manufacture, and supply of protection systems for subsea cables, umbilicals, and flexible pipes, primarily serving the offshore wind, oil and gas, wave and tidal, and interconnector markets. The company offers a comprehensive range of products including floating cable solutions, J-tubes, bend restrictors, and customized solutions tailored to client needs. Tekmar Group operates primarily from the United Kingdom, with additional locations in Germany, the United States, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and China. The company provides a full spectrum of services from technical engineering and product development to project management and offshore installation support, ensuring a seamless delivery of solutions to its clients. Founded in 1985 and based in Newton Aycliffe, Tekmar Group has established itself as a key player in the global offshore engineering sector.
Private Equity Round in 2010
Integrated Pharmaceutical Services IPS Ltd manufactures unlicensed compounded medications and formulations for community and hospital pharmacists, and dispensing doctors. It offers oral solutions and suspensions, ointments, nasal sprays, eye drops, creams, and oral dosage forms. The company provides bespoke, batch, and imported products; and special obtains.
Integrated Pharmaceutical Services IPS Ltd manufactures unlicensed compounded medications and formulations for community and hospital pharmacists, and dispensing doctors. It offers oral solutions and suspensions, ointments, nasal sprays, eye drops, creams, and oral dosage forms. The company provides bespoke, batch, and imported products; and special obtains.
The Landscape Group Ltd. provides grounds maintenance, tree surgery, street cleaning, and landscape construction services for parks and gardens, amenity green spaces, woodlands, beaches, and nature reserves.