M&A Deal Summary

Skill & You Acquires ICS Learn

On January 6, 2022, Skill & You acquired education company ICS Learn from Primary Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Skill & You’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Skill & You’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-01-06
Target ICS Learn
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Skill & You
Sellers(s) Primary Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

ICS Learn

Glasgow, United Kingdom
ICS Learn is an online professional education platform offering learners flexible courses, accredited by industry-leading awarding bodies in human resources, accounting, and fitness. ICS Learn was established in 1889 and is based in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Skill & You

Montrouge, France

Category Company
Sector Education
Revenue 115M EUR (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Skill & You is a vocational e-learning provider with 120,000 students and 850 employees and has established itself as a market leader in France and Spain. The Group’s unrivaled portfolio of 220 courses largely lead to state diplomas and cover a wide range of professional fields (healthcare, childcare, animal health, IT & digital, accounting and administration, public service, and construction, among others). As a member of the EdTech France association, Skill & You also plays a major role in fostering the development of e-learning in France. Skill & You is based in Montrouge, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Primary Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 700M GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Primary Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on management buyouts and buy-ins of mid-market companies with an enterprise value of £20 - £100 million. Primary looks for opportunities across Europe but concentrates primarily on businesses located in the UK and Germany. The Firm looks to invest £10 to £44 million of equity or equity-related capital per transaction. Target sectors include consumer products/services, business & support services, financial services, IT services, software, and industrial products/services. Primary Capital Partners was formed in 1994 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 25
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 14 of 17
Country: United Kingdom M&A 20 of 23
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Sigma Sports is an omni-channel retailer of premium bikes, parts, clothing, and accessories. It benefits from a eCommerce platform and destination retail stores in affluent locations. Sigma Sports was founded in 1992 and is based in Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-31 Readypower Group

Reading, United Kingdom

Readypower Group is a specialist rail and infrastructure services provider with a market leading operated asset hire business complemented by a specialist civil engineering division. With extensive knowledge and understanding of the UK’s regulated infrastructure and operated asset hire, it provides dynamic solutions underpinned by a renowned tradition of customer service with outstanding reliability. Readypower Group was established in 1992 and is based in Berkshire, United Kingdom.

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