M&A Deal Summary

Constellation Automotive Group Acquires Aston Barclay

On April 13, 2025, Constellation Automotive Group acquired automotive company Aston Barclay from Rutland Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Constellation Automotive Group’s 3rd transaction in the Automotive sector.
  • This is Constellation Automotive Group’s 5th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-04-13
Target Aston Barclay
Sector Automotive
Buyer(s) Constellation Automotive Group
Sellers(s) Rutland Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Aston Barclay

Normanton, United Kingdom
Aston Barclay is an independent car auction group, currently operating from four sites in the UK. The company provides vehicle remarketing services to fleet and dealership vendors. Aston Barclay was established in 1985 and is based in Normanton, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Constellation Automotive Group

Hampshire, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1946
Sector Automotive
DESCRIPTION

Constellation Automotive Group is a vehicle remarketing company specializes in multi-channel auctions of second-hand cars, vans, and trucks from leading European vehicle vendors. The company constantly offer thousands of used vehicles - all available for 24/7 viewing online. Constellation Automotive Group was founded in 1946 and is based in Hampshire, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector: Automotive M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 5
Country: United Kingdom M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-19 Paragon Automotive

Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Paragon Automotive Ltd. is a UK operator in the provision of outsourced vehicle services to automotive manufacturers (OEMs) and major fleet operators, including rental, leasing and corporate fleets. Paragon handles, processes and stores new vehicles at their point of entry to the UK and at the end of the factory line, as well as providing refurbishment and associated services to the used vehicle marketplace. In addition, Paragon provides specialist services such as captive fleet handover, press demonstration and company car fleet management as well as market-leading stock locator technology tools.

Buy £105M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Rutland Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 650M GBP
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Rutland Partners is a generalist private equity firm focused on investing in mid-market companies based in or with a significant presence in the UK. Rutland looks to commit £10-50 million of equity capital in companies valued up to £150 million. Prospective transactions can take the form of take privates, management buyouts, management buy-ins, replacement capital, turnarounds, and secondary purchases. Rutland Partners was formed in 1986 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 25
Sector: Automotive M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 14 of 14
Country: United Kingdom M&A 21 of 21
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-29 JSM Group

Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

JSM Group is an independent connections provider (‘ICP’) focusing on high-voltage works for predominantly Data Center clients in the UK. The power division provides high-voltage and extra-high-voltage grid connections to its blue-chip base across the data center, battery storage, and renewables markets. The communications division provides core fiber infrastructure network, data center, and mobile network services to serveral longstanding communications customers. JSM Group was founded in 1998 and is based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

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