Marlowe - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Marlowe M&A Summary

Marlowe has acquired 23 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Marlowe’s largest acquisition to date was in 2022, when it acquired Working on Wellbeing for $208M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2024, when it sold Marlowe - Governance Risk & Compliance software and services assets to Inflexion for $662M. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (48%) and safety/security (27%).

Marlowe Business Overview

Where is Marlowe headquartered?

Marlowe is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is Marlowe’s revenue?

Marlowe disclosed revenue of 466M GBP for 2023 and 316M GBP for 2022.

How many employees does Marlowe have?

Marlowe has 5,370 employees.

What sector is Marlowe in?

Marlowe is a business services company.

When was Marlowe founded?

Marlowe was founded in 2015.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity24
    • M&A Buy Activity23
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 5
  • M&A Advisors 2

Marlowe

Marlowe plc

20 Grosvenor Place,
London, SW1X 7HN
United Kingdom,
+44 20 3813 8498
www.marloweplc.com

Marlowe is an AIM-listed company formed to create sustainable shareholder value through the acquisition and development of businesses in the outsourced business service sector with a focus on those that provide critical asset maintenance services in the UK. Company are currently focused on fire protection, security systems and water treatment services - which are essential to customers' operations and invariably governed by regulation, and where customers require a single specialist outsourced provider with nationwide coverage. Marlowe was founded in 2015 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 21 1 - 1 - - 23
vol $82M $208M $290M
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - - - - 1 1
vol $662M $662M
  24

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Marlowe - Governance, Risk & Compliance software and services assets (GRC) 2024-02-01 662M GBP Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
Working on Wellbeing Ltd. 2022-01-20 208M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Redditch, United Kingdom · www.optimahealth.co.uk
Ellis Whittam Ltd. 2020-10-29 - Add-on Acquisition
Aldford, United Kingdom · www.elliswhittam.com
Clearwater Group Ltd. 2019-05-21 17M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Frimley, United Kingdom · www.clearwater.eu.com
Tersus Consultancy Ltd. 2018-10-11 - Divestiture
Rainham Essex, United Kingdom · www.tersusgroup.co.uk
Kingfisher Environmental Services Ltd. 2018-07-30 - Add-on Acquisition
Ware, United Kingdom · www.kingfisher-es.co.uk
Forest Environmental Ltd. 2018-05-19 2M GBP Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.forestenvironmental.co.uk
Island Fire Protection Ltd. 2018-04-24 2M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Birmingham, United Kingdom · www.islandfireprotection.co.uk
Flamefast Fire Systems Ltd. 2018-03-27 2M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Northants, United Kingdom · www.flamefast-fire-suppression.co.uk
Future Water Ltd. 2018-02-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Belper, United Kingdom · www.futurewaterltd.co.uk
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Business Services 11 (48%) 22M (8%) - -
Safety/Security 6 (26%) 27M (9%) - -
Environmental 4 (17%) 15M (5%) - -
Healthcare Services 1 (4%) 208M (72%) - -
Utilities 1 (4%) 17M (6%) - -
Information Technology - - 1 (100%) 662M (100%)
Total 23 $290M 1 $662M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 23 290M 1 662M
Total 23 $290M 1 $662M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Rothschild Global Advisory
1
Legal Deals
Field Fisher Waterhouse
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $208M
< $100M 15 $82M
TOTAL $290M
Largest Working on Wellbeing Ltd.
$208M (2022-01-20)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $662M
TOTAL $662M
Largest Marlowe - Governance, Risk & Compliance software and services assets (GRC)
$662M (2024-02-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
13%
3 (13%)
Strategic(s)
4%
1 (4%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
100%
1 (100%)

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