Acquisition criteria

Acquisition criteria
We acquire and invest in B2B businesses in technical manufacturing, business services, speciality chemicals, and healthcare products and services.

Our flexible approach to business allows us to rapidly make transparent decisions and close transactions in short timeframes.

Company characteristics we look for are:

  • Market leading position
  • High margin/cash generating
  • Growing end markets
  • EBITDA of £1-10m
  • HQ’s in the UK or Western Europe
  • Ability for Longacre Group to add value by unlocking or accelerating growth

Our Core Sectors:

Technical Manufacturing

Business Services

Speciality Chemicals

Healthcare Products and Services

Deal types

Longacre’s operational team, ability to move quickly, and sector expertise make us uniquely positioned to assist in the following transaction types.

Retirement Sales

Longacre is a market leading acquiror of businesses that require a CEO solution as part of a retirement plan

Carve-outs

Longacre is highly experienced in acquiring businesses from large and medium sized corporates

MBO’s

Longacre is able to add significant value to support existing teams in their pursuit of transformational growth