Sustainable Returns

We adopt an open and transparent approach with the teams we partner with.

Our approach centres on investing in people and relationships. We have built long-lasting relationships with management teams, investors, professional advisers and a network of leading entrepreneurs and founders, to scale businesses that deliver sustainable growth and long-term prosperity.

We raised our first buyout fund in 2007 from our Manchester headquarters. Since then, we have successfully raised a further four buyout funds, staying true to the entrepreneurial mindset and down-to-earth, straight-talking approach on which the firm was founded.

We invest between £10m and £50m, focusing on three core pillars to drive strong and sustainable returns. We back businesses with a clear M&A strategy, identify opportunities for operational improvement, and apply a sustainability lens to every investment we make.

Sectors

We focus on sectors where we believe there are credible strategic merger and acquisition and / or roll out opportunities as well as those sectors where our value enhancement approach can have the maximum benefit. We have a strong track record across key sectors which brings insight, industry contacts and experience to the new investments we make.

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Business services

Financial services

Tech Services

Value Enhancement

The value enhancement strategy is bespoke to each business we back, but most will revolve around the four key areas below:

Strategic mergers and acquisitions
Performance optimisation
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
People and Culture

Stories of growth

We build a bespoke value enhancement strategy for every business we back. Most focus on three core areas: strategic M&A, performance optimisation and sustainability. Explore some of our growth stories in the case studies below.

My Pension Expert

My Pension Expert is the UK’s leading at-retirement adviser providing telephone and video-based services on a national scale.

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CTS

CTS is a provider of on-site and laboratory testing, geo-environmental and structural assessment services.

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Acora

Acora provides a range of IT support and cloud solutions to help mid-market organisations modernise infrastructure.

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Suntera

Suntera Global is a leading international provider of fund administration and corporate and trust services.

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Tony is one of our founding partners at Palatine

Tony believes private equity is a force for good that enables strong returns to be made alongside doing the right thing the planet and society.

Doing the right thing means looking after all stakeholders in a business. The management team are very important to us, but so are the employees, customers, suppliers, and the wider environment in which they operate.

Tony Dickin

Managing Partner – Buyout Investment – Palatine

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