Alcuin Capital Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Growth Capital Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, Alcuin Capital Partners has acquired 2 companies. It has also invested in 2 others.

Alcuin Capital Partners’ most common sectors for investment arebusiness services (13%) and insurance (10%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (41%) and growth capital (35%). In total, Alcuin Capital Partners has invested in 1 US state and 3 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2014 when it acquired Neville Johnson for $34M.

In the last 3 years, Alcuin Capital Partners has exited 4 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (75%). Alcuin Capital Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2017 when it sold Domus Tiles for $54M.

Join Mergr to view Alcuin Capital Partners’ full profile and discover more middle-market growth capital firm investors just like it.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity44
    • M&A Buy Activity32
    • M&A Sell Activity12
  • Total Sectors Invested 22
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 13
  • M&A Advisors 3

Alcuin Capital Partners

65 Sloane Street,
London, SW1W 9BJ
United Kingdom
+44 203 178 4089
www.alcuincapital.com
info@alcuincapital.com

Alcuin Capital Partners is a London-based private equity firm focused primarily on making growth, or development capital investments in profitable lower middle-market companies. In addition to providing funding for growth, Alcuin also considers buyouts, buy-ins and recapitalizations. The Firm's target investment size is £4 to £20 million. Alcuin looks to be the lead investor and will consider both majority or minority situations.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Apparel/Textiles, Business Services, Communications, Environmental, Financial Services, Information Technology, Insurance, Leisure, Publishing, Restaurants, Retail, Software

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Recapitalization, Secondary Buyout

Geographic Preferences: United Kingdom

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 4 20
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of GBP

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.8/yr) # 28 - 4 - - - 32
vol $34M $34M
Sell (1.0/yr) # 7 1 2 2 - - 12
vol $54M $54M
  44

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
The Groucho Club Ltd. 2022-08-11 - Trade Sale
London, United Kingdom · www.thegrouchoclub.com
Lorega Ltd. 2022-07-05 - Trade Sale
London, United States · www.lorega.com
Tuffx Glass 2021-12-20 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Prescot, United Kingdom · www.tuffxglass.co.uk
Tasker Insurance Group Ltd. 2021-06-30 - Trade Sale
London, United Kingdom · www.taskerinsurancegroup.co.uk
Hartley Botanic Ltd. 2021-05-17 - Secondary Buyout
Oldham, United Kingdom · www.hartley-botanic.com
SF Engineering 2021-04-21 - Growth Capital
Co. Sligo, Ireland · www.sfengineering.net
Martinspeed Ltd. 2021-04-08 - Trade Sale
London, United Kingdom · www.martinspeed.com
Nemesis Now Ltd. 2021-01-29 - Growth Capital
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom · www.nemesisnow.com
AVM Ltd. 2020-06-02 - Trade Sale
Sunbury on Thames, United Kingdom · www.avmi.com
Marsden Weighing Machine Group Ltd. 2019-11-15 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Rotherham, United Kingdom · www.marsden-weighing.co.uk
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Jigsaw Systems Ltd. 2018-03-01 Matrix Software Development Ltd. 2018-03-01 1
Nottingham, United Kingdom · www.jigsaw24.com Manchester, United Kingdom · www.pimberly.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Business Services 2 (12%) - 4 (13%) -
Insurance - - 3 (9%) -
Consumer Products 2 (12%) - 2 (6%) -
Environmental - - 2 (6%) -
Leisure 1 (6%) - 2 (6%) -
Manufacturing 2 (12%) - 2 (6%) -
Publishing - - 2 (6%) -
Furniture 1 (6%) 34M (100%) 1 (3%) 34M (100%)
Aerospace 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
Beverages 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
Chemicals - - 1 (3%) -
Communications - - 1 (3%) -
Digital Media 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
Distribution - - 1 (3%) -
Engineering 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
Information Services 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
Information Technology 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
Internet Software and Services - - 1 (3%) -
Restaurants 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
Software - - 1 (3%) -
Staffing 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
Transportation 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
Total 17 $34M 32 $34M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United Kingdom 16 (94%) 34M (100%) 30 (94%) 34M (100%)
Ireland 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
United States - - 1 (3%) -
Domestic 16 (94%) 34M (100%) 30 (94%) 34M (100%)
Cross-border 1 (6%) - 2 (6%) -
Total 17 $34M 32 $34M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 4 (24%) - 13 (41%) -
Growth Capital 7 (41%) - 11 (34%) -
Secondary Buyout 4 (24%) 34M (100%) 5 (16%) 34M (100%)
Divestiture 1 (6%) - 2 (6%) -
Recapitalization 1 (6%) - 1 (3%) -
Total 17 $34M 32 $34M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 6 (50%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 3 (25%) 54M (100%)
Secondary Sale 2 (17%) -
Sold to Management 1 (8%) -
Total 12 $54M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
HMT LLP
 1
Legal Deals
Jones Day
 2
Browne Jacobson
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 1 $34M
TOTAL $34M
Largest Neville Johnson Ltd.
$34M (2014-05-30)
sell # Total
< $100M 1 $54M
TOTAL $54M
Largest Domus Tiles
$54M (2017-12-07)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
16%
5 (16%)
Strategic(s)
6%
2 (6%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
8%
1 (8%)
Strategic(s)
75%
9 (75%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Growth Capital Firm

Size

Middle-Market

Established

2004

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Mark Storey

Co-Founder & Chairman

Grace Henderson-Londoño

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Adrian Lurie

Partner

Neil Wilson

Partner

Nick Seaman

Partner

FAQ

When was Alcuin Capital Partners founded?

Alcuin Capital Partners was founded in 2004.

What type of investor is Alcuin Capital Partners?

Alcuin Capital Partners is a growth capital firm.

Where is Alcuin Capital Partners headquartered?

Alcuin Capital Partners is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

 Subscribe to unlock this and 208,055
investor and company profiles

Sign-up today to get full access

  • check  Unlimited Searches
  • check  Unlimited Profile Views
  • check  Build and Export Lists of
    • PE Backed Companies
    • Direct Investors & Acquirers
    • Advisors
    • Deals
    • & More
1 Week Free Trial Learn More

What's Mergr?

We built Mergr to save people the arduous and time-consuming process of tracking when companies are bought, sold, and who currently owns them.

Every day, new opportunities emerge around M&A and we help professionals of all types comb through transactions, investors, and corporate acquirers via an easy-to-use web database that is accessible to anyone.

Try us for 1 week free today!

Mergr, the Easiest-to-Use PE and M&A DB

Key Benefits

  • Stay informed on events in your industry
  • M&A research that takes seconds (not all afternoon)
  • Better understand your customers and prospects
  • Discover active buyers (or sellers)
Search
  • 4.6K Private Equity Firms
  • 201K M&A Transactions
  • 203K Companies Involved in M&A
    (Buyer, Seller, or Target)
  • 3.6K M&A Advisors
    (Investment Banks and Law Firms)
  • 81K M&A Contacts
    (PE and M&A Advisors)

Ready to try?

Join FREE for 1 Week

No obligation. Cancel anytime.

Mergr

Product

Company

Legal