Epiris

Epiris is an independent private equity fund manager with more than 25 years’ experience. During this time they have invested in excess of £4.7 billion in more than 200 deals. As at 31 March 2016 they had funds under management of £2 billion including capital available for new investment of £400 million. Their major client is Electra Private Equity PLC, an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange. Their staff are based in one office in London meaning reporting lines are short and they are able to make decisions quickly. Their senior management team has on average 22 years' experience in private equity. The investment team has an average of 20 years' experience in private equity and is supported by a team of specialists in compliance, finance, investor relations and marketing.

Alex Fortescue

Managing Partner

Bill Priestley

Chief Investment Partner

Owen Wilson

Investment Partner

67 past transactions

Sharps Bedrooms

Acquisition in 2021
Sharps Bedrooms provides fitted bedroom and home office furniture. Sharps Bedrooms is a fitted bedroom and home office specialist.

Las Iguanas

Acquisition in 2020
Las Iguanas restaurant is home to fresh & authentic Mexican, Brazilian & South American food & cocktails.

IFG Group

Acquisition in 2019
IFG Group is a focussed financial services company with full market listings in London and Dublin. Providing high quality service without conflict of interest, our businesses offer a range of financial solutions including full platform services, pension administration and independent financial advice. The Group has two core businesses in the UK: Saunderson House and James Hay.

Diamorph

Acquisition in 2018
Diamorph supplies advanced material solutions for especially demanding industrial applications. The company is founded on 50 years of experience from world leading materials research department at Stockholm University. The Diamorph group has customers in more than 60 countries and 270 employees at units in Sweden, Czech Republic and England. With a strong R&D capability, the group bases its product development on cutting edge technology. The company group operates within industrial, energy and construction industries. Diamorph actively seeks deep niches in larger markets in order to differentiate itself from the competition and to obtain long lasting customer relations.

Bonhams

Acquisition in 2018
Bonhams is an auctioneer that offers auction services to trade fine arts and antique goods. The company offers services relevant to auction estimates, appraisals, corporate art collections, insurance valuations, private collections and house sales, tax and heritage advice, and museum collections, awareness, and fund-raising. It also operates a restaurant. Bonhams sells products under several departments such as antiquities, arms and armors, Asian art, books, decorative art, ethnographic art, jewelry, furniture, musical instruments, coins, wine and whiskey, natural history, and more. Bonhams was founded in 1793 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with offices and representatives in America, South Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle-East, and Africa. It has auction venues in San Francisco, Hong Kong, Sydney, New York, Edinburgh, and more.

The Club Company

Acquisition in 2018
The Club Company owns and operates health and golf country clubs in the United Kingdom. Its amenities include health and fitness facilities, a golf course, swimming pools, studios, and others.

Portals De La Rue Ltd.

Acquisition in 2018
Portals De La Rue Ltd. manufacturers of paper, or substrate for banknotes. Portals De La Rue Ltd. manufactures substrate used to make banknotes and security documents such as passports, vehicle registration documents and birth and marriage certificates.

Sparrows Offshore Group

Acquisition in 2016
Sparrows Offshore Group provides engineered products and services in the areas of lifting and mechanical handling, cable and pipe lay, and fluid power to the energy industry. The company offers engineering design services in the areas of mechanical, structural, hydraulic, and electrical design; technical consulting; bespoke lifting and mechanical handling equipment design; FEED studies; analysis reports and product drawings; structural integrity analysis.

Retirement Bridge Group

Acquisition in 2016
Retirement Bridge Group is an originator, consolidator and servicer of home reversion equity release plans.

Tymon Park CLO

Debt Financing in 2015
Tymon Park CLO Ltd. provides financial services.

Park Resorts

Acquisition in 2015
Park Resorts Group is a leading UK caravan park operator with 35 parks situated in coastal areas across England, Scotland and Wales. Park Resorts Group Ltd was established after GB Holiday Parks was acquired by ABN AMRO Capital in November 2004 for £105 million.

Hollywood Bowl Group

Acquisition in 2014
Hollywood Bowl Group is the market leader in an industry which offers excellent growth opportunities. The business has a strong track record of industry outperformance, thanks to an excellent management team and a history of investment-backed growth. Hollywood Bowl Group has built a reputation for delivering outstanding family entertainment in venues that are also aspirational leisure destinations for young adults and perfect for corporate parties and events. Since its formation in 2010, Hollywood Bowl Group has modernised the customer bowling experience. With innovations like its state-of-the-art booking and scoring systems, and centres offering American diners, licenced bars and exclusive VIP lanes, Hollywood Bowl Group has brought bowling into the 21st Century. The company employs 2000 team members, 100 of whom are based at its central support center in Hemel Hempstead.

AudioTonix

Private Equity Round in 2014
AudioTonix is a UK-based manufacturer of some of the world’s most popular, successful and ground-breaking digital mixing consoles for the live, theatre, broadcast and post production industries and is exclusively distributed in the U.S. by Group One Ltd. of Farmingdale, New York.

Digico Electronic Manufacturing

Private Equity Round in 2014
Located in Laval, Digico is a privately owned Quebec company specializing in the manufacture of complex electronic equipment including printed circuits, cables and harnesses, tropicalization, customer test execution and electromechanical integration. For 40 years now, they have successfully responded to the demands and requirements of their loyal customers. Their mission is to be the electronic manufacturing company recognized for its expertise and innovative solutions. In addition, they believe that it is fundamental to place great importance on developing and maintaining lasting relationships with their employees and customers.

Calrec Audio Ltd

Acquisition in 2014
Calrec Audio Ltd designs, manufactures, and supplies broadcast audio mixing consoles for broadcasters.

Elian Group

Acquisition in 2014
Elian is a specialist in capital market solutions; private equity, real estate and fund administration; corporate services; private client solutions, Elian has a clear, uncompromising vision: to continually deliver more value by raising the bar in trust and corporate services. Elian works with global law firms and accountancy firms, multi-national corporations, financial institutions, fund managers, high net worth individuals and family offices and believes that the best can always be better. With over 600 professionals across a network of 15 international offices, covering a wide range of time zones and key financial centres, Elian is expert in handling large, demanding and complex engagements. From its technical skills and market understanding, to the personalised service given to clients, Elian is always looking to set new industry standards by challenging standard practice. Elian's network of offices comprises of Amsterdam, Bahrain, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dublin, Frankfurt, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan and Tokyo.

South Lakeland Parks

Acquisition in 2013
South Lakeland Parks Limited develops and operates holiday parks and hotels. The company offers small caravan parks, lodges, cottages, and hotels, and holiday villages with leisure facilities. It also provides caravans and timber lodges for sale or hire. South Lakeland Parks Limited was formerly known as South Lakeland Caravans Limited and changed its name to South Lakeland Parks Limited in June, 2006. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Carnforth, United Kingdom, with an additional office in Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom. It has locations in the English Lake District and Morecambe Bay, United Kingdom. South Lakeland Parks Limited operates as a subsidiary of Parkdean Resorts Finco Limited.

Parkdean Resorts

Acquisition in 2013
Parkdean Resorts is a holiday park company that provides events, group accommodations, staycations, and touring and camping services.

Allen & Heath

Acquisition in 2013
Allen & Heath Limited designs and manufactures digital audio mixing desks. It offers digital mixing systems, compact digital mixers, professional DJ and club mixers, controllers and headphones, analogue mixers, personal mixing systems, analogue studio consoles/multi-channel interfaces/DAW control surfaces, matrix mixers, dual function FoH/monitor mixers, multi-track recorders and USB/FireWire interfaces, powered and unpowered analogue live mixers, broadcast mixers, and analogue zone mixers. The company’s products are used for applications in live sound projects, permanent installations.

CALA Group

Private Equity Round in 2013
CALA Group designs and constructs new homes across various regions, focusing on sustainability and community engagement. The company offers a range of services, including part exchange and financial incentives to assist homebuyers. CALA Group prioritizes quality in design and construction while maintaining a commitment to customer satisfaction and community contributions.

Isle of Man Steam Packet

Private Equity Round in 2012
Isle of Man Steam Packet operates regular ferry services. They provides passenger and freight transportation services. They allows passengers to book their sailings and midweek travel online. They serves customers.

Treetops Nurseries

Acquisition in 2012
Treetops Nurseries was founded in 1991, and inspired by a safari trip to Kenya. 24 years on, now with 49 nurseries across England, we now provide childcare to over 3,000 children, by over 1000 childcare professionals. Our family of characters, led by Roarie the Lion, provide fun theming to our nursery environments. Treetops focus on facilitating the children to play, create and educate their way through the Early Years Foundation curriculum, whilst striving to provide outstanding childcare in what truly is their home from home.

Park Resorts

Debt Financing in 2012
Park Resorts Group is a leading UK caravan park operator with 35 parks situated in coastal areas across England, Scotland and Wales. Park Resorts Group Ltd was established after GB Holiday Parks was acquired by ABN AMRO Capital in November 2004 for £105 million.

Davies Group

Acquisition in 2011
Davies Group is an insurance claims service provider. They are a growing business with a winning track record of delivering third-party administration and specialist technical services across property, casualty, motor and niche lines to brokers, the Lloyds market, UK and Global insurance companies, and large self-insured businesses.

Daler-Rowney

Acquisition in 2011
Daler-Rowney is a provider of fine art supplies for color, brushes, paper, and accessories. The Company was founded in 1783, based in the United Kingdom.

Sentinel Performance Solutions

Acquisition in 2011
Sentinel Performance Solutions is a company that protects domestic and commercial heating and hot water systems. Originally launched in the UK by Grace Dearborn in 1988 and subsequently a subsidiary of the leading multinational General Electric, Sentinel has operated independently since 2005, expanding its international reach and range of innovative solutions.

CPA Global

Private Equity Round in 2010
CPA Global Limited provides intellectual property (IP) and legal support services. It offers corporate solutions, IP management software, IP support services, patent services, trademark services, and general legal support services to corporations. The company also offers law firm solutions, IP management software, IP support services, patent services, trademark services, and general legal support services to law firms. In addition, it offers outsourced legal support services through its global delivery centers in Europe, the United States, and India; and assists corporations and law firms in managing IP rights, such as patents, designs, and trademarks. The company serves clients through its own offices and an agent network in Channel Islands and internationally. It has a strategic alliance with NGB Corporation. CPA Global Limited was formerly known as Computer Patent Annuities Limited and changed its name to CPA Global Limited in July 2009.

Kalle

Private Equity Round in 2010
Kalle specialises in the industrial manufacture of sausage casings. In addition to this core expertise, the Wiesbaden-based company produces sponge cloths, functional food ingredients and a range of other products for the meat sector and other protein-processing industries. Benefiting from stable growth in the global market for sausage products, Kalle is now one of the largest players in the industry worldwide.

MPS Meat Processing Systems

Acquisition in 2008
MPS Meat Processing Systems B.V. manufactures and supplies automated slaughter lines for the food industry and industrial wastewater treatment systems worldwide. It offers pig, cattle, and sheep slaughter lines, as well as slaughter robotisation, stunning, blood processing, and support solutions; and cutting rooms, including cutting, blade bone remover, deboning systems, and logistics solutions.

SYNLAB Group

Private Equity Round in 2008
As a company we understand the challenges faced by the UK healthcare market. We are experienced in the redesign of pathology services in challenging European markets such as Germany, resulting in consolidation, service improvement and essential cost savings. We are using this experience to help organisations redesign their services and reduce costs whilst delivering an improved service that meets the needs of the clinicians and patients.

LondonMetric Property

Private Equity Round in 2007
LondonMetric Property Plc that owns, creates and builds real estate that meets occupiers’ demands in a rapidly evolving retail environment.

Nuaire

Acquisition in 2007
Nuaire Limited designs and manufactures domestic, commercial, and industrial ventilation solutions for customers in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company offers ducting and ancillaries, twin fans, supply and extract systems, positive input ventilation systems, heat recovery systems, smoke fans, roof fans, multi-point extract systems, extract fans, controls and ancillaries, axial fans, and air handling units. Its products are used for applications in apartments and flats, car parks and smoke areas, factories and warehouses, hospitals, hotels, offices, schools, toilets, residential buildings, commercial kitchens, supermarkets, retail facilities, student accommodation facilities, leisure and sports facilities, residential repairs, industrial, surgeries and medical centers, care homes, public buildings, agriculture, blast freezers, food processing, marine, mining, offshore, power generation, and tunnels.

Kingfield Heath

Acquisition in 2007
Kingfield Heath was a leading business supplies wholesaler, supplying the full range of office and business supplies including computer consumables. The Company also serviced a broad range of business customers including office supplies dealers and resellers throughout the UK. The Company operated from nine warehouses, including a state of the art central warehouse, near Leicester, supported by a Head Office in Sheffield.

Lil-lets Group UK

Acquisition in 2006
Lil-lets Group provides feminine hygiene products for customers in the United Kingdom and internationally. It offers SmartFit non-applicator and applicator tampons; ultra-pads, pantyliners, pads, and intimate care products; fragranced washing products; long pads, night pads, and liners for teens; and pants. The company also provides advisory services. It offers its products through stockists and online.

Thermocoax

Acquisition in 2006
Thermocoax insulated cable technology, Thermocoax's products serve a large number of sectors including nuclear energy, civil and defence aviation, solar energy, electronics and semiconductors, medical and scientific instrumentation, industrial and petrochemical.

Vent-Axia Group Ltd.

Private Equity Round in 2006
Vent-Axia Group Ltd. is a manufacturer of ventilation equipment for commercial and residential markets.

Freightliner Group

Acquisition in 2005
Freightliner Group provides rail freight services for blue-chip organizations in the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia. It transports aggregates, cement, coal, construction materials, minerals, petrochemicals, and waste. The company also provides maritime container transport services; repair and maintenance of traction and rolling stock; and rail haulage solutions for bulk, intermodal, and infrastructure services.

Las Iguanas

Private Equity Round in 2002
Las Iguanas restaurant is home to fresh & authentic Mexican, Brazilian & South American food & cocktails.

HMY Group

Acquisition in 2000
HMY Group specializes in creating and managing commercial spaces across various retail sectors. The company offers comprehensive services, including consulting, design, engineering, and project management, ensuring a seamless process from concept to installation. With a focus on sustainability and technology, HMY Group supports clients in transforming their retail environments to enhance customer experiences.
WAP Reinigungssysteme GmbH & Co. manufactures and distributes industrial cleaning equipment.

Allflex Group

Acquisition in 1998
Allflex is the world leader in design, technology, manufacturing and delivery of animal identification for traceability systems across all production. We bring cutting-edge, practical applications of visual, electronic and radio frequency animal identification technology to livestock industries across the world, contributing to a safer global food supply.

Moser Baer

Private Equity Round in 1998
Moser Baer, headquartered in New Delhi, is one of India's leading technology companies. Established in 1983, the company successfully developed cutting edge technologies to become the world's second largest manufacturer of Optical Storage media like CDs and DVDs. The company also emerged as the first to market the next-generation of storage formats like Blu-ray Discs and HD DVD. Recently, the company has transformed itself from a single business into a multi-technology organisation, diversifying into exciting areas of Solar Energy, Home Entertainment and IT Peripherals & Consumer Electronics. Moser Baer has a presence in over 82 countries, serviced through six marketing offices in India, the US, Europe and Japan, and has strong tie-ups with all major global technology players. Moser Baer has the distinction of being preferred supplier to all top global OEM brands. Moser Baer stands committed to supplying highest quality fully licensed media to its customers. Moser Baer's products are manufactured at its three state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. It has over 6,000 full-time employees and multiple manufacturing facilities in the suburbs of New Delhi.

Safetykleen

Acquisition in 1998
Safetykleen Europe is the service provider of surface treatment and chemical application services. Safetykleen Europe delivers customer efficient outsourcing solutions for a wide range of critical industrial processes, with an extensive range of parts cleaners, tailored chemical applications, regular scheduled services and spent chemical collections.

Gower Furniture Ltd.

Acquisition in 1998
Gower Furniture Ltd. is a volume manufacturer of self-assembly kitchens, sold through DIY sheds and builders' merchants.

Agricola Group

Acquisition in 1998
Agricola Group Ltd. produces and supplies animal feed and nutrition products to the farming community in the United Kingdom and internationally. It offers compound feeds, blended feeds, farmgate products, and pig nutrition products. The company also has interests in the recycling and renewable energy sectors.

Cryptomathic

Acquisition in 1998
Cryptomathic is a developer of cryptography-based security systems that focus on protecting valuable digital assets. The company provides a range of cybersecurity tools, including key management, e-signature, authentication, mobile app security, and payment gateway solutions. Its offerings cater to various sectors, such as banking, government, cloud services, and technology development. By delivering these services, Cryptomathic enables clients to enhance data security and safeguard sensitive information against potential threats.

Guala Closures Group

Private Equity Round in 1998
Guala Closures Group operates as a production of packaging for spirits, wine, oil and vinegar, water and beverages and pharmaceuticals.

Inchcape Shipping Services

Acquisition in 1998
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) provides global strategic maritime, cargo and supply chain solutions to shipowners and operators .

Aspen Healthcare

Acquisition in 1998
Aspen Healthcare is the owner and operator of four highly regarded private acute hospitals, one cancer centre and three ambulatory day surgery centres. Medical services provided range from outpatient clinics and diagnostic screening to complex surgery and specialised cancer treatments.

Energy Power Resources Ltd.

Private Equity Round in 1998
Energy Power Resources Ltd. generates electricity using renewable sources.

William Cook Holdings

Acquisition in 1997
William Cook Holdings Ltd. , is a manufacturers of steel castings, supplying a wide range of industries including defence, construction, transportation, materials handling and power generation.

ITV Westcountry

Acquisition in 1996
ITV Westcountry is the television franchise.

The Stationery Office

Acquisition in 1996
The Stationery Office Ltd., publishes various titles in print and digital formats for central government departments and other public sector organizations

Premium Credit

Acquisition in 1996
Premium Credit is the No.1 Insurance Premium Finance Company in the UK and Ireland. We also provide the finance to pay annual fees such as accountancy fees and school fees. We have 2 million customers and achieved advances of £3.7 billion in 2013, processing 25 million Direct Debits. We work with 4,000 intermediaries across our chosen markets.

Esporta Health Clubs

Private Equity Round in 1996
Esporta Health & Fitness Clubs (usually known as just Esporta) was a chain of health clubs in the United Kingdom, which also once owned clubs in Spain. The clubs offer a wide variety of different fitness facilities, including gyms, swimming pools and courts for racquet sports. In addition, they offer a choice of bar food and drinks, spa treatments, and live sporting coverage. On 26 April 2011, after two years of ownership, Société Générale confirmed that it had agreed to sell its Esporta health, fitness and racquets clubs to Virgin Active for £77.5m.

Freightliner Group

Private Equity Round in 1996
Freightliner Group provides rail freight services for blue-chip organizations in the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia. It transports aggregates, cement, coal, construction materials, minerals, petrochemicals, and waste. The company also provides maritime container transport services; repair and maintenance of traction and rolling stock; and rail haulage solutions for bulk, intermodal, and infrastructure services.

Eversholt Rail Group

Acquisition in 1996
To provide value for money rolling stock asset management services to the UK market through Maximising demand for our existing fleet Investing in cost effective refurbishments which improve the passenger experience and lower overall life cycle costs Selective new build investment Providing asset management services to new entrants to the market The company has established strong strategic relationships with the major rail vehicle manufacturers and key suppliers of heavy maintenance, vehicle enhancement and refurbishment services. These long–term relationships, and the resulting efficiencies, ensure that Eversholt Rail is able to secure value for money and quality on behalf of its customers. Its relationships with its key suppliers mean that Eversholt Rail is also able to offer maintenance and refurbishment/enhancement solutions tailored to customers’ specific needs and preferences.

Amtico International

Acquisition in 1995
Amtico International is a a manufacturer of high-quality luxury vinyl flooring. It manufactures LVT in its US and UK plants and sells around the world under the “Amtico” and “Spacia” brands. The company, which today employs over 600 people, was founded in 1965 and became an independent business in 1995, owned by its management and outside investors

PHS Group

Acquisition in 1995
PHS Group is a hygiene services provider that provides lavatory, healthcare, and floorcare solutions.

Sporting Index

Private Equity Round in 1995
Sporting Index is a large sports spread betting firm. It aims to offer markets, fun bets, and more than any other sports spread betting company. The Sporting Group is the leading names in sports betting technology and trading. The Group has two principal divisions such as a B2C operation, the pre-eminent sports spread betting company, and a rapidly growing B2B operation which supplies real-time pricing and sports trading capabilities to sportsbooks around the globe.

Healthcall Group Ltd.

Private Equity Round in 1994
Healthcall Group, Ltd. provides doctor deputizing services for NHS GPs.

Dentsu Aegis Network

Private Equity Round in 1993
Dentsu Aegis Network is a global communications network headquartered in London, specializing in brand, media, and digital communications services. With a presence in 110 countries and a workforce of over 22,000 specialists, it operates through six main brands: Carat, iProspect, Isobar, Posterscope, Vizeum, and the Dentsu agency. The network also includes various multi-market brands, such as Amnet and 360i, which enhance its service offerings. Dentsu Aegis Network focuses on providing a comprehensive and integrated approach to communication, including digital creative execution, content creation, media planning, and marketing analytics. The organization aims to be a leading choice for clients seeking innovative solutions to engage consumers and strengthen brand relationships in the connected economy. Recently, Dentsu Aegis Network has expressed its intention to acquire a 51% stake in Barnes, Catmur & Friends, further expanding its capabilities in the market.

The Cheese Company

Acquisition in 1992
The Cheese Company is the independent producer of cheese, manufacturing.

Unipart Group

Acquisition in 1987
Unipart Group provides performance technologies for supply chain management, logistics and manufacturing sectors.

Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp.

Private Equity Round in 1986
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp., operates regional railroads.
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