Investing and building businesses over the long term.
Our capital acquires UK small businesses and retains ownership for the long term.
Who We Are.
We focus on investing our own and our partners’ money in UK small companies.
We are long term holders of our company investments, nurturing the businesses we buy over a 10 year plus time horizon.
We are looking for income returns from cash generative businesses.
We work with our business sellers and their employees, we know that great people are behind great businesses and so we cherish them.
We are buying businesses because we appreciate what the previous owner has built, securing their brand for the future.
We are true to our word. Every signed Heads of Terms has resulted in a Completion.
Who We Are Not.
We are not in it for a short buck.
We are not into short-term cost cutters. We have never fired anyone from a business we have bought
We are not trying to overcomplicate or confuse.
We are not Richard Gere from Pretty Woman
“Our favourite holding period is indefinitely”
Warren Buffet
Our Belief
We believe the best things take time to build. Hence, our investment approach looks to build and grow our businesses over time, allowing new processes, systems, relationships, culture and technology to really bed in. We believe that by investing over the long term, all stakeholders of the business are better off. Sustainability, in our language, means great businesses with great foundations.