Acquisitions sought
Family office
- Diversifying portfolio holdings
- Sectors of interest: Waste management, private education (looking to build a group of up to 5 schools with FH or long LH L&B in / arround Essex)
- Deal size: £2-25m
UK leisure group
This is one of its investor's (high-net-worth family) key and longest-standing active investments.
- Currently owns Membership and P&P golf courses , each with significant land
- Looking to acquire further golf courses with other assets attached:
- 4*+ hotel / accommodation-related and golf
- 4*+ hotel / accommodation-related and spa
- Open to acquiring small portfolios / groups
- Green and brownfield
- Ideally south of Birmingham but will consider all of the UK
- Ideally 120 rooms, 2x 18-hole courses (or 2nd being 9-hole)
- Will consider distressed sales
- Can be either profitable or not, but must have the same strong ethos of "establishment" and tradition as current assets
- Other investments of interest:
- Other asset-backed leisure opportunities around the UK with or without development potential
- Private education in / around the home counties. Schools must have a minimum of 5 acres (ideally more than 10) to be the flagship school of a new group. Interested in acquiring an existing small group
Private equity group
- Acquired and looking to bolt on investments in the civil engineering sector, specifically infrastructure-related services (e.g. roads, utilities)
- Would look at suitable asset-backed roll up plays or high growth opportunities in any sector, where there is an existing management team in situ
- Any location in the UK
- Deal size likely to be £10-25M
Corporate entertainment operator
- Seeking established players in the sector who have direct connections with either the primary facility owners or operators (e.g. RFU at Twickenham, LTA at Wimbledon etc)
- Businesses must be profitable with existing management in place
- Ideal profile is retirement sale, where owner operator is willing to stay on for a period in some capacity or non-core part of larger business
- Must be based in the UK
- Deal size likely to be £1-10M
Investment vehicle
The founding partner is also a member of a high-net-worth family office.
- Looking at branded investments that have significant potential for organic growth – e.g. a well branded company that has no web presence, an underleveraged brand and is interesting
- Web-based sales businesses with high growth potential
- Not interested in asset-backed investments
- Interested in minority stakes and/or 100% shareholding: £0.2-2M