M&A Deal Summary

August Equity Acquires Compass Children s Homes

On January 14, 2013, private equity firm August Equity acquired consumer services company Compass Children s Homes for 18M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is August Equity’s 5th transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is August Equity’s 11th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is August Equity’s 22nd transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Compass Children s Homes was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2017.
  • Compass Children s Homes was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2024.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-01-14
Target Compass Children s Homes
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) August Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 18M GBP

Target

Compass Children s Homes

Leicestershir, United Kingdom
Compass Children's Homes is an independent fostering agencies and children's residential care providers, operating across England and Wales. Compass Children's Homes was founded in 2012 and is based in Leicester, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

August Equity

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 350M GBP
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

August Equity is a private equity firm that provides capital for management buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, and recapitalizations of small and medium-sized UK-based companies. August Equity targets growth companies with strong cash-flow operating within four sectors. These include healthcare, media/technology, industrial products and services, and consumer products and services. August Equity looks to commit £10 to £50 million per transaction. August Equity was formed in 2001 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 48
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 5 of 10
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 14 of 23
Country: United Kingdom M&A 22 of 45
Year: 2013 M&A 2 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-01 Sonnet Care Homes

Braintree, United Kingdom

Sonnet is a high-end residential nursing care business for elderly and dementia patients. Sonnet Care Homes is based in Braintree, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-07 4Projects

Sunderland, United Kingdom

4Projects Limited ('4Projects') is a leading provider of on demand collaboration software. The web based solutions are delivered via a pure multi-tenanted Software as a Service ('SaaS') model. 4Projects simple to use collaboration solutions help people work together more effectively, enabling document control, information management and workflow processes.

Sell £25M