M&A Deal Summary

Endless Acquires Realise

On October 4, 2020, private equity firm Endless acquired education company Realise from Interserve

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Endless’ 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Endless’ 60th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-10-04
Target Realise
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Endless
Sellers(s) Interserve
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Realise

Sheffield, United Kingdom
Realise is a large apprenticeship provider supporting over 7,000 learners across a number of sectors including Childcare, Health and Social Care, Transport and Business skills. The business employs over 300 people, provides learning, education and employment services through apprenticeships and adult education services to support businesses across the country to inspire and develop talent. Realise was founded in 1988 and is based in Sheffield, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Endless

Leeds, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 1.5B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Endless LLP is an independent private equity firm that targets management buyouts and turnaround investment opportunities in a variety of industries. Endless invests in UK based companies with generating sales of £10 to £1000 million. Endless can commit up to £80 million for each transaction in the form of equity and/or debt. Endless will not invest in startups or companies with less than £10 million of sales. Endless was formed in 2005 and has offices in Leeds, Manchester and Solihull.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 63 of 76
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 10 of 14
Country: United Kingdom M&A 60 of 73
Year: 2020 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-13 Golfino

Glinde, Germany

Golfino is a golf products retailer. Golfino owns Flagship stores in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and on the island of Sylt.Golfino was founded in 1986 and is based in Glinde, Germany.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-10-07 MTI Technology

Godalming, United Kingdom

MTI Technology is a provider of IT storage infrastructure and security solutions to national and global enterprises. MTI Technology was established in 1987 and is headquartered in Godalming, United Kingdom.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Interserve

Reading, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1884
Sector Business Services
Employees80,000
Revenue 3.2B GBP (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Interserve is a foremost support service and construction company, operating in the public and private sectors in the UK and internationally. It offers advice, design, construction, equipment, facilities management, and front-line public services. Interserve was formed in 1884 and is based in Reading, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2020 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-06-25 Interserve - Support Services Division

Reading, United Kingdom

Interserve plc - Support Services Division is a provider of foremost support services to clients from the public and private sectors.

Sell £271M