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Acquisitions sought by Oury Clark Corporate Finance

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