M&A Deal Summary

Capita Acquires Northgate Managed Services

On February 14, 2013, Capita acquired information technology company Northgate Managed Services from NGA Human Resources for 65M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Capita’s 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Capita’s 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Capita’s 28th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-02-14
Target Northgate Managed Services
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Capita
Sellers(s) NGA Human Resources
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 65M GBP

Target

Northgate Managed Services

Antrim, United Kingdom
Northgate Managed Services (NMS) provides cloud-based, infrastructure solutions and specialist managed services to public, private and third sector businesses. NMS made a pro forma operating profit for its financial year to 30 April 2012 of £10 million on a turnover of £141.6 million.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Capita

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Business Services
Employees43,000
Revenue 2.8B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Capita is a provider of business process services, driven by data, technology, and people. The Company delivers innovative, digitally enabled solutions to transform and simplify the connections between government and citizens, businesses and customers. Capita operates across two divisions – Capita Public Service and Capita Experience – in the UK, Europe, India, and South Africa. Capita was formed in 1984 and is based in London, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 61
Sector (Information Technology) 4 of 7
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 4
Country (United Kingdom) 28 of 53
Year (2013) 1 of 12
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 26
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-10-23 Medicare First

London, United Kingdom

Medicare First is a social work recruitment consultancy which provides locum qualified social workers to public and third sector organisations throughout the UK. Set up in response to a growing shortage of skilled professionals, it places qualified social workers and allied health professionals, including occupational therapists to a variety of specialist clients. Clients comprise NHS Trusts, those providing services to older people, children & families, people with disabilities and substance abusers, together with education welfare, mental health, youth offending and community care organisations.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-01 iQor Holdings UK

Preston, United Kingdom

iQor UK provides outsourced debt collection services to both the public and private sectors in the UK, helping companies and organisations to manage high risk customers and ensure revenue collection.

Buy £42M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

NGA Human Resources

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Business Services
Employees10,000
DESCRIPTION

NGA Human Resources is a provider of digital HR and multi-country payroll services. NGA Human Resources was founded in 1969 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 3
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-04 Convergys - Human Resources Management Business

United States

Buy $85M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-22 Northgate Public Services

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

Northgate Public Services Ltd. is a provider of mission-critical software and Intellectual Property-led services to the public sector in the UK, Australia and Canada. The Group is headquartered in the UK and has more than 2,000 staff worldwide.

Sell -