Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Business Services

Sovereign Capital Partners Acquires Utility Bidder

On January 7, 2019, private equity firm Sovereign Capital Partners acquired business services company Utility Bidder

Acquisition Context
  • This is Sovereign Capital Partners’ 10th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Sovereign Capital Partners’ 42nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date January 7, 2019
Target Utility Bidder
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Sovereign Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Utility Bidder

Corby, United Kingdom
Utility Bidder is an energy broker, offering energy procurement services to the UK, SME customers. Utility Bidder was founded in 2009 and is based in Corby, United Kingdom.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Sovereign Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 1.0B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Sovereign Capital Partners (SCP) is a private equity firm that specializes in buy and build opportunities throughout the UK. The Firm targets consolidation strategies in the education and training, healthcare, and outsourced business services sectors. SCP looks to invest £10 to £120 million per transaction. Sovereign Capital Partners was formed in 2001 and is based in London.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 45 of 57
Sector: Business Services 10 of 14
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 25 of 29
Country: United Kingdom 42 of 51
Year: 2019 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-01 Christchurch Court

Northampton, United Kingdom

Christchurch Court is one of the UK's largest providers of specialist, residential care for adults with an acquired brain injury. It has an excellent reputation for slow-stream rehabilitation, supporting and guiding the adults in its care to develop and maintain social and functional skills.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-23 Premier Park

Exeter, United Kingdom

Premier Park is a provider of car park management solutions. Premier Park installs and manages Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras for its UK SME and corporate customers’ car parks to monitor usage, prevent abuse and ensure legitimate users have parking access. Premier Park was founded in 2005 and is based in Exeter, United Kingdom.

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