Longacre Group Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, Longacre Group has acquired 2 companies. It has also invested in 1 other.

Longacre Group’s most common sectors for investment areelectrical equipment (20%) and plastics (10%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include divestiture (40%) and buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (30%).

In the last 3 years, Longacre Group has exited 2 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (100%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity12
    • M&A Buy Activity10
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 9
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
  • M&A Advisors 1

Longacre Group

Longacre Group

1 Mercer Street,
London, WC2H 9QJ
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 203 675 7730
www.longacre.com
INFO@LONGACRE.COM

Longacre Group is a private investment firm that targets small to mid-sized company acquisitions across the UK and Europe. The Firm is sector agnostic and generally pursues profitable businesses with £1 to £10 million of cash flow. Prospective transactions include buyouts, supporting new teams to buy-in, acquisitions of non-core divisions from large corporates and helping owner-managers to find solutions in a retirement sale. Longacre Group was established in 2014 and is headquartered in London.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Building Materials, Business Services, Financial Services, Machinery, Manufacturing, Test/Measurement Equipment

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Divestiture, Recapitalization

Geographic Preferences: United Kingdom, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Nordic

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA 1 10
Investment Size - -
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) # 6 1 1 2 - - 10
Sell (0.4/yr) # - - 2 - - - 2
  12

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Power Adhesives Ltd. 2022-08-11 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Essex, United Kingdom · www.poweradhesives.com
Polyblend UK Ltd. 2022-04-25 - Growth Capital
Cheshire, United Kingdom · www.polyblend.co.uk
Taylor Hopkinson 2021-12-09 - Trade Sale
Glasgow, United Kingdom · www.taylorhopkinson.com
Allenwest Ltd. 2021-09-10 - Divestiture
Scotland, United Kingdom · www.allenwest.co.uk
Vacuum Furnace Engineering Ltd. 2021-08-10 - Trade Sale
Halesowen, United Kingdom · www.vfe.co.uk
Prowrap Ltd. 2020-03-11 - Growth Capital
Bristol, United Kingdom · www.wrapex.com
Incodia International Ltd. 2018-08-03 - Divestiture
Essex , United Kingdom · www.incodia.co.uk
Pyroban Group Ltd. 2017-11-21 - Divestiture
West Sussex, United Kingdom · www.pyroban.com
Pyropress Ltd. 2017-11-21 - Divestiture
Plympton, United Kingdom · www.pyropress.com
Taylor Hopkinson 2017-06-15 - Growth Capital
Glasgow, United Kingdom · www.taylorhopkinson.com
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Pyroban Group Ltd. 2017-11-21 Pyropress Ltd. 2017-11-21 1
West Sussex, United Kingdom · www.pyroban.com Plympton, United Kingdom · www.pyropress.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Electrical Equipment 2 (25%) - 2 (20%) -
Building Materials 1 (13%) - 1 (10%) -
Business Services 1 (13%) - 1 (10%) -
Chemicals 1 (13%) - 1 (10%) -
Machinery - - 1 (10%) -
Packaging 1 (13%) - 1 (10%) -
Plastics 1 (13%) - 1 (10%) -
Safety/Security 1 (13%) - 1 (10%) -
Staffing - - 1 (10%) -
Total 8 - 10 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United Kingdom 8 (100%) - 10 (100%) -
Total 8 - 10 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Divestiture 4 (50%) - 4 (40%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 2 (25%) - 3 (30%) -
Growth Capital 2 (25%) - 3 (30%) -
Total 8 - 10 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 1 (50%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 1 (50%) -
Total 2 -

Top M&A Advisors

Legal Deals
TLT
 1

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
40%
4 (40%)
Exited to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Small

PE Assets

50M GBP

Established

2014

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Elliott Nicholson

Founding Member & Managing Director

Stani Schmidt-Chiari

Founding Member & Managing Director

Jonas Rave

Director

James Mitchell

Director

FAQ

When was Longacre Group founded?

Longacre Group was founded in 2014.

What type of investor is Longacre Group?

Longacre Group is a private equity firm.

Where is Longacre Group headquartered?

Longacre Group is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

How much capital does Longacre Group have under management?

Longacre Group has 50M GBP under management.

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