Harwood Private Equity

Harwood Private Equity is a London-based private equity firm established in 1999, specializing in investments in lower mid-market small and medium-sized companies in the United Kingdom. The firm focuses on management buyouts, expansion capital, growth capital, and public-to-private transactions across various sectors, including manufacturing, leisure, media, healthcare, retail, financial services, and construction. Harwood typically invests up to £20 million in each portfolio company, targeting enterprises with values between £10 million and £100 million. The firm emphasizes a low-leverage strategy and is particularly noted for its expertise in public-to-private transactions. Harwood aims to identify an exit strategy prior to making investments and is managed by a team of professionals at Harwood Capital Management Limited.

James Agnew

Partner

Jeremy Brade

Partner

Geoffrey Gorman

Partner

Paul Leyland

Partner

Christopher Mills

Founder and CEO

Harry Mills

Partner

Timothy Sturm

Partner

18 past transactions

Amito

Private Equity Round in 2021
Amito is a provider of data center space and managed cloud services, primarily catering to small and medium-sized enterprises. The company operates the largest and most efficient data center in Reading, offering a comprehensive range of colocation hosting capabilities. Through its network of interconnected data sites across the United Kingdom, Amito delivers flexible and scalable solutions tailored to meet the specific needs and budgets of its clients. This approach ensures unrestricted reach and capacity, positioning Amito as a key player in the data center industry.

Audioboom

Venture Round in 2019
audioBoom is a podcasting platform. We have a team to help you make the most of your content. We build tools to host, monetise and distribute your show.

Tradewise Insurance Services

Private Equity Round in 2017
Tradewise Insurance Services Ltd. is a prominent provider of motor trade and commercial vehicle insurance, specializing in public and private hire insurance, liability insurance, and professional indemnity insurance. Established in 1994 and headquartered in Enfield, United Kingdom, the company operates as a subsidiary of Tradewise Insurance Company Ltd. It is recognized as a leading player in the UK motor trade road risk insurance market and also participates in various niche commercial and non-standard vehicle insurance sectors across the UK, Ireland, Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, and Cyprus. Tradewise Insurance Services distributes its products through a network of independent insurance brokers, ensuring a broad reach within the industry.

Inspecs

Private Equity Round in 2017
Inspecs makes eyewear in partnership with global brands and major optical retailers, offering a complete eyewear design-manufacture-distribution solution.

Air Fayre

Acquisition in 2016
Air Fayre is a provider of in-flight catering services for the airline industry, catering to both international and domestic airlines in the United States, as well as offering global services. The company utilizes a unique, patented business model that emphasizes customer service excellence and efficient delivery. By focusing on innovative in-flight logistics, Air Fayre aims to meet the growing demand for competition within the airline sector. In addition to meal services, the company also supplies various in-flight products, including amenity kits, thereby enhancing the travel experience for passengers. Air Fayre is committed to expanding its operations in key international markets, positioning itself as a viable alternative in the in-flight catering industry.

Tenpin News

Acquisition in 2015
Tenpin bowling news and results offers the most up to date results updated daily. Games, bowling ball reviews and lots of free accessible bowling content

Cyprotex

Acquisition in 2013
Cyprotex PLC is a contract research organization that specializes in providing in vitro and in silico services related to absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) as well as pharmacokinetics (PK) information. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Macclesfield, United Kingdom, Cyprotex offers a range of services including in vitro metabolism, permeability studies, toxicology assessments, and physicochemical profiling. Their toxicology services encompass various assays such as cardiotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and genotoxicity, while their ADME and PK offerings include bioanalysis and prodrug evaluations. The company also features advanced modelling solutions like chemPK and chemTox, which predict pharmacokinetic parameters and toxicity based on chemical structures. Cyprotex serves a diverse clientele across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cosmetics, agrochemical, and academic sectors in the UK, Europe, North America, and beyond.

Curtis Gilmour

Acquisition in 2013
Curtis Gilmour specializes in the manufacture and marketing of insect and rodent control equipment and disposables for various markets, including professional, industrial, and consumer sectors. The company offers a wide range of products, including poly sprayers, foggers, and traps designed for controlling pests such as mosquitoes, flying insects, and crawling insects. Additionally, Curtis Gilmour provides solutions for specific applications, including bird repellent fogging, smoke and odor abatement, and pest management for military and police training. Their offerings include UV fly trap glue boards and various pest monitoring and fogging products, which are distributed through professional pest control services and consumer retail channels.

GTL Resources

Acquisition in 2011
GTL Resources Plc is a bio-refining company based in London, United Kingdom, specializing in the production and sale of ethanol products primarily in the United States. The company operates a production facility that generates over 100 million gallons of corn-based ethanol annually. In addition to ethanol, GTL Resources also produces dried distillers grains with solubles, which is a by-product of the ethanol production process. The company was taken private on January 17, 2012.

OpenBet

Acquisition in 2011
Established in 1996, OpenBet is the world's leading provider of integrated gaming and betting solutions. OpenBet develops pioneering front-end and back-office solutions, from unique and compelling game concepts to sophisticated management and reporting tools, enabling operators to maintain a competitive edge in the evolving betting and gaming industry.

Inspired Gaming Group

Private Equity Round in 2010
Inspired Gaming Group is a global gaming technology company based in New York that specializes in providing virtual sports and server-based gaming products to regulated lottery, betting, and gaming operators worldwide. The company operates through multiple segments, including Server-Based Gaming, Virtual Sports, and Interactive offerings. It designs, develops, markets, and distributes a diverse portfolio of gaming content, delivering ultra-high-definition games that enhance the sports wagering experience for both retail and digital operators. Inspired operates approximately 30,000 digital gaming terminals and supplies its virtual sports products through over 40,000 retail channels and more than 100 websites across approximately 35 jurisdictions. Additionally, the company manages analog gaming and amusement machines for various venues, including pubs and holiday resorts, and employs around 800 staff members dedicated to advancing its digital gaming networks and products.

Celsis International

Acquisition in 2009
Celsis International help companies free up working capital by releasing products to market faster. A rapid product release screening test from Celsis delivers definitive results 80% faster than traditional microbial methods, so Pharmaceutical, Home, Beauty, Dairy, Beverage and Food companies can reduce hold times, reduce inventory requirements and reduce costs—without compromising quality.

Bionostics

Acquisition in 2008
Bionostics is a world-leading developer and manufacturer of high quality, turnkey calibrators and quality control products for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for critical care / point-of-care and diabetes diagnostics test systems. Located in Devens, Massachusetts, Bionostics offers a variety of services to provide high quality, cost effective, turn-key solutions to our customers, large and small. We maintain professional associations with customers and suppliers, striving to work together in relationships that are beneficial for all parties. As a key partner to world-class OEMs, we are acutely aware of our responsibility to maintain and foster the brand identities of our clients. Our quality systems are certified to ISO 9001:2008 and 13485:2003. Our products are listed as Class I and Class II with the US FDA, bear Class II and Class III Medical Device Licenses in Canada and fully comply with requirements of 98/79/EC, the In-Vitro Diagnostics Directive.

Motherwell Bridge

Acquisition in 2006
Motherwell Bridge is the one of the foremost engineering contractors. world leader in the design and maintenance of storage tanks, heat exchangers and gasholders, it is vital that our people, our key objectives and our plans for the future continuously reflect our quality service and our ambitions to move forward with advances in industry technology. This section allows us the opportunity to showcase just some of the expertise we have at Motherwell Bridge and provides you with a taste of our vision for the future

Forefront Utilities

Private Equity Round in 2006
Forefront Utilities Ltd, a utility contractor, provides gas infrastructure services to the gas utility market in London and south east of England. The company offers gas mains installation and replacement, emergency gas leak repair and maintenance, gas fitting, specialist drilling, low to medium pressure gas outlets repair and alteration, vacuum or suction excavation, and waste recycling services. It also provides new supply and connection, meter installation, and governor installation services. Forefront Utilities Ltd was formerly known as Forefront Contracting Limited. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Maidstone, United Kingdom. As of February 5, 2018, Forefront Utilities Ltd operates as a subsidiary of Ferns Group Limited.

DM Technical Services

Acquisition in 2006
DM Technical Services, formerly Dowding & Mills, had a market-leading position in engineering calibration and refurbishment of industrial electrical equipment, including motors and generators. It also repaired electronic control systems and associated mechanical drive units such as pumps and gearboxes, with particular expertise in ships. DM was the largest UK-based company offering these services and had subsidiaries in Australia and the USA that served the coal-mining industry.
Nationwide Accident Repair Services (NARS) provides automotive crash repair and accident administration services to the UK automotive insurance industry. The company, which floated on AIM in July 2006, is the largest dedicated provider of accident repair services in the UK and has relationships with a large number of motor insurers, including R&SA, Aviva, Equity Red Star and Zurich. It also provides its services to fleet operators. NARS’s group of accident repair centres are located throughout the United Kingdom. The repair centres are modern, well equipped and operate to extremely high service standards. NARS’s stated goal is to become the accident repair services supplier of choice to the UK insurance industry. The company will be pursuing this goal both through continued organic growth and through acquisitions.

Lindley Catering

Acquisition in 2001
Lindley provided both public and executive catering to stadia and organisations across the UK. Lindley's 15,500 full and part-time staff catered for over 300,000 people per week, serving over 60 sporting-event contracts, including football, horseracing, cricket and rugby. The company was sold to a financial buyer.
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