A long-term home for your life’s work.
Backed by long-term private capital, we buy established UK services businesses from owners who are planning what comes next, and we buy them to own and build for the long term.
Why CPLTI A buyer who wants what you've built.
Most owners of a good business have a handful of realistic options: sell to a competitor, sell to a fund, or pass it to a management team who may struggle to finance it. We offer another. With over 20 years of M&A experience, we know what a good deal looks like for both sides, and what we value most is what you've built: the team, the customer relationships, and the reputation behind them.
From first conversation to a letter of intent.
No months of diligence before you know where you stand.
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A first conversation.
Confidential, and it commits you to nothing. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so.
02
A short information list.
No more than 15 items, and most of them you'll already have to hand.
03
A letter of intent.
Within three working days, non-binding, setting out our price and the steps to signing.
A process sized for your business.
Too many sales stall under a process built for a much bigger company: months of data requests and adviser fees before anyone talks about price. We agree the scope with you early, and we aim to give you an indication of value quickly, before you've committed significant time or adviser costs.
How we're differentNot a fund. Not a competitor.
Long-term.
We're backed by long-term private capital, not a fund working to a five-year exit. We buy to own and build, so there's no second sale lined up for you or your team.
Local.
Face to face. We're UK-based owners, not a remote fund. We'll come to you, sit across the table and get to know the business, often long before you're ready to sell. The best deals start as relationships.
Focused.
We've chosen compliance deliberately and studied the UK sector business by business, so we know where good businesses sit and what makes them valuable.
Growth, not cuts.We grow the business with the team you've built, not without them.
Most good businesses have more work than hours: jobs waiting, paperwork piling up, customers to call back. We invest in taking the admin off your team, so the people who know your customers and do the work can get through more of it. More work done means a bigger business, and that's how we build value.
Let’s begin the conversation.
Not sure whether it's the right time? That's usually the right time to talk. A first conversation is confidential and commits you to nothing, and if we're not the right fit, we'll say so plainly.
Call us on 0121 816 0998 or email ricky@cplti.co.uk.