M&A Deal Summary

Personnel Hygiene Services Acquires Countrywide Healthcare

On September 30, 2024, Personnel Hygiene Services acquired healthcare services company Countrywide Healthcare from Octopus Investments

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Personnel Hygiene Services’ 1st transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Personnel Hygiene Services’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-09-30
Target Countrywide Healthcare
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Personnel Hygiene Services
Sellers(s) Octopus Investments
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Shoosmiths (Legal)

Target

Countrywide Healthcare

South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Countrywide Healthcare is a national distributor of supplies to the care sector. Countrywide Healthcare was founded in 1996 and is based in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Personnel Hygiene Services

Londonderry, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1963
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Personnel Hygiene Services Ltd. are famous for washroom services and products. However, as one of the UK’s major provider of workplace services, company do much more than just washrooms. Company offer a broad range of solutions to help keep organisations running smoothly. Company take care of over 200,000 customers at over 450,000 locations across the UK and Europe.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-20 PHS Data Solutions

Caerphilly, United Kingdom

PHS Data Solutions Ltd. offers a complete Data Solutions package for clients looking to effectively and efficiently manage their documents and data. Company total document and data management service includes, Scanning, Storage, Shredding, Workflow Management and IT Recycling.

Sell £83M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Octopus Investments

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 9.9B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Octopus Investments is a private equity group that invests in lower middle-market UK based companies. Octopus looks to invest in buyouts, buy-ins, industry consolidations, and situations requiring development capital. Octopus' target investment size is £300k to £5 million in sectors such as business services, food/beverage, education and training, environmental services, media, marketing, healthcare, consumer, retail, leisure, and manufacturing. The Firm seeks businesses with a sustainable competitive advantage, whether through a unique product, IP, brand names or trade marks. Octopus Private Equity was formed in 2004 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 40 of 41
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 22 of 23
Country: United Kingdom M&A 38 of 39
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-25 Kabbee

London, United Kingdom

Kabbee app allows customers to choose a minicab on the basis of price quotes, estimated pick-up times and service ratings. It gives the minicab operators a new way of winning customers, a chance to reduce down time for drivers and the option of taking non-cash payments. Kabbee was founded in 2010 and is based in London, England.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-10-30 FullCircl

Wokingham, United Kingdom

FullCircl is a B2B SaaS provider specializing in Customer Lifecycle Intelligence (CLI) for financial institutions and regulated industries. FullCircl was founded in 2006 and is based in Wokingham, United Kingdom.

Sell -