M&A Deal Summary

NARS Acquires DWS Automotive Repair Solutions

On May 5, 2016, NARS acquired automotive company DWS Automotive Repair Solutions from Risk Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NARS’s 2nd transaction in the Automotive sector.
  • This is NARS’s 4th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-05-05
Target DWS Automotive Repair Solutions
Sector Automotive
Buyer(s) NARS
Sellers(s) Risk Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

DWS Automotive Repair Solutions

London, United Kingdom
DWS Bodyworks is an accident repair group. DWS operates a chain of 17 repair centres providing accident repair and accident management services to motor insurers, fleet operators, dealer groups and motor manufacturers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

NARS

Witney, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1908
Sector Consumer Services
Employees1,938
Revenue 157M GBP (2013)
DESCRIPTION

NARS provides automotive crash repair and accident administration services to the UK automotive insurance industry. NARS was founded in 1908 and is based in Witney, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Automotive M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 4
Country: United Kingdom M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-24 Just Car Clinics Group

Goole, United Kingdom

Just Car Clinics Group plc is a vehicle accident repair company, that offers a range of car care and maintenance services.

Buy £14M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Risk Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 75M GBP
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Risk Capital Partners is a private investment group focused on working with entrepreneurs and helping them achieve growth through acquisitions, roll-out programs, and bold organic growth strategies. Risk looks to invest £2 to £15 million of equity in established, profitable companies based in the UK and will consider opportunities across a broad range of industry sectors including consumer, retail, leisure, healthcare, financial services, transport, and support services. Risk Capital Partners was formed in 2001 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 15
Sector: Automotive M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 7
Country: United Kingdom M&A 7 of 15
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-01 Brighton Pier

London, United Kingdom

Brighton Pier operates leisure and entertainment assets. Brighton Pier was founded in 2006 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-05 Cruise

Redditch, United Kingdom

Cruise is an online travel agent serving UK for cruise reviews and cruise related questions and answers and publishes unique content and consolidates comparison tables of on-board facilities. Cruise was founded in 1984 and is based in Redditch, United Kingdom.

Sell £52M