Investment Summary

BCF Equity Partners Exits SafeGuard

On February 10, 2022, private equity firm Foresight Private Equity invested in building materials company SafeGuard from BCF Equity Partners

Investment Highlights
  • This is Foresight Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is Foresight Private Equity’s 158th transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2022-02-10
Target SafeGuard
Sector Building Materials
Investor(s) Foresight Private Equity
Sellers(s) BCF Equity Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

SafeGuard

Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
SafeGuard is a UK glass merchant, processor, and IGU manufacturer. SafeGuard has been helping its customers to improve their property with the very best windows, doors, glass, and glazing. SafeGuard was founded in 1995 and is based in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Foresight Private Equity

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 1.4B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Foresight Group LLP (Formerly VCF Partners)


DEAL STATS #
Overall 163 of 208
Sector: Building Materials M&A 1 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: United Kingdom M&A 158 of 202
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-03 Dals

Manchester, United Kingdom

Dals is an interpreting and translation services business with a network of thousands of vetted professional linguists, who speak more than 450 languages, from Polish to Abkhaz and Zulu, and complete thousands of interpreting and translation jobs each month. The company offers three core services, face-to-face interpreting, telephone interpreting, and written translation services to corporates, charities, NHS Trusts, and City Councils. Dals was founded in 1998 and is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-01 Poundshop.com

Wednesbury, United Kingdom

Poundshop.com is an online-only, single price retailer, which sells every-day consumer products at a better value than available in high street chains and supermarkets. Poundshop.com’s disruptive proposition offers consumers the convenience of 24-hour shopping, low-cost home delivery, and a wide range of products. Poundshop.com sells numerous household brands, including Gillette, Cadbury, Haribo, Fairy, Adidas, and Coca-Cola. Poundshop.com was founded in 2014 and is based in Wednesbury, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

BCF Equity Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growing businesses and operates within an informal and professional environment. The Firm looks to commit £3 to £10 million in businesses generating up to £1.5 million of EBITDA with revenues ranging from £3 to £10 million. BCF Equity Partners was founded in 2007 and is based in Stamford, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Building Materials M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-26 Hydromarque

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Hydromarque is a distributor of Gorman-Rupp, Cornell, and Wallin pumps used across a number of sectors including food production, fuel transfer, and waste-water management. Hydromarque was founded in 1987 and is based in Peterborough, United Kingdom.

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