M&A Deal Summary

Rcapital Acquires The Coaching Academy

On November 1, 2007, private equity firm Rcapital acquired education company The Coaching Academy

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rcapital’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Rcapital’s 4th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • The Coaching Academy was sold to management in 2018.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-11-01
Target The Coaching Academy
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Rcapital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

The Coaching Academy

London, United Kingdom
The Coaching Academy provides a range of coach training solutions, for individuals looking to become a qualified professional coach or for organisations looking to train its staff in coaching skills. The business has trained over 30,000 coaches offering externally accredited professional qualifications in Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Corporate Coaching, Educational Coaching and an accredited NLP Practitioner Programme. The Coaching Academy was founded in 1999 and is based in London, England.

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Buyer

Rcapital

Mayfair, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

RCapital is a specialist private investment firm that targets turnaround and growth capital investment opportunities in a variety of industries. RCapital will consider companies across the UK and Europe and looks to commit £2 - £20 million in businesses generating sales of £10 - £150 million. RCapital was formed in 2004 and is based in London, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 49
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 3 of 23
Country: United Kingdom M&A 4 of 47
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-03 Little Chef

Sheffield, United Kingdom

PT Specialist Retailing Ltd Trading as Little Chef, Little Chef had five restaurants in the Republic of Ireland, but they were sold to Egan Hospitality with two rebranded as Metzo in 2005 and the rest as Eddie Rockets. At its peak the Little Chef chain had about 435 restaurants,however as of February 2011, Little Chef only has 162 restaurants.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-09-25 Freshfayre

Leeds, United Kingdom

Founded in 1983 by the Bell Family, Freshfayre have focused on the chilled foodservice market since the early 1990’s. Since that time, the company’s “commitment to excellence” culture across the business has earned it a reputation for high quality of product and service, using industry leading technology throughout the supply chain. Today, Freshfayre is the UK’s leading Independent Chilled Food Wholesaler offering an extensive range of quality chilled foods sourced from local, national, European and international manufacturers.

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