Private Equity Backed Business

We work with Private Equity Investors and their portfolio companies. Creating value across the investment cycle.

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TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE

Securing Private Equity investment puts your business on a fast-paced track for development and growth. Maximising value for your stakeholders. 

PE investors typically look to invest over a three-to-five-year period. With a focus on value creation, you need to have the right advisers by your side from the get-go. Supporting you on a challenging but exciting journey. There’s no time to waste. Your advisers need to be proactive and nimble providing value aligned to your changing needs every step of the way. 

As a PE backed business ourselves, we understand this context. Allowing us to “step into the shoes” of our clients. At Cooper Parry our DNA is all about working with fast growing businesses – whether PE backed, Owner Managed or earlier stage entrepreneurial. Private Equity is a critical part of our business. Not just an add-on. We’ve built a dedicated PE team, attracting the best talent out there. Providing you with a fully integrated joined-up service which understands your needs. 

WHY CLIENTS LOVE US

"We’ve worked with Helen and the CP Pensions team for over ten years. They’ve supported us on a range of different schemes of varying sizes."

DALRIADA

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Their knowledge of the sector and our company has been first class and, we have always felt highly valued as a customer. Sam’s hands-on approach and commerciality have led to a very good working relationship during this period.”

Trinity Investment Management Limited

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Cooper Parry helped us with the successful sale of Tri-x last year so we were keen to work with them again on the buyout of the Antser Group.

ANTSER GROUP

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"Cooper Parry hit the ground running and quickly grasped our diverse business models and their implications on our financial statements..."

MARSTON HOLDINGS

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"They were incredibly efficient and extremely professional.  The work was undertaken in super quick time with a significant benefit to the business..."

James and James Fulfilment

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YOUR GROWTH JOURNEY

Your business journey doesn’t end once you’ve got PE investment in place. It’s just a new and critical phase in the evolution of your business. 

We provide services to a whole range of PE backed businesses. Our team focusses on supporting you across the investment lifecycle whether that’s with accounting and audit, tax or supporting you around M&A. Given our experience, our team are likely to have seen the issues you are facing before – providing invaluable support and insight. 





KEY STATISTICS FROM 2023

PE BACKED AUDITS FOR CLIENTS WITH TURNOVERS FROM £15M TO OVER £1BN

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PE BACKED CORPORATE FINANCE DEALS

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TRANSACTION SERVICES DEALS INVOLVING PE

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COOPER PARRY BOLT ON ACQUISITIONS TO DATE

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Tim Mahapatra

Partner & Head of Deals

Emre Saka

Relationship Partner- PE-Backed Audit

HOW COOPER PARRY CAN HELP

We provide services throughout the PE investment lifecycle. 

Our Outsourced Business Services can become an extension of your finance team. Supporting you from pre-deal through to managing the reporting demands brought by PE backed rapid growth.  

Growth through bolt-on acquisitions create a different set of challenges though they will give you access to new skills and capabilities. We’ll help you make sure that robust internal controls are in place to support growth.  

Added to this we’re proud of the whole award-winning Cooper Parry team. Our culture and approach mean we create long lasting relationships with our clients. We have a breadth of experience across sectors and industries.  

Our culture at CP is special. We pride ourselves in our staff retention rate and the average tenure within our team is seven years. We recruit and retain the best when it comes to our people. We know consistency is important to our clients. This is reflected in our Private Equity team.

M&A INSIGHTS AND SECTOR SNAPSHOTS

Loren Docksey

Healthcare Services: H1-24 Market Overview

The sector is navigating political change amidst the backdrop of strained public health services.

Loren Docksey

Sector Snapshot: Healthcare Software

Digitisation of the NHS and Social Care Sector continues to drive significant levels of M&A.

Simon Nichols

Sector Snapshot: IT Managed Services

Despite the economic turbulence marked by inflation and escalating interest rates in 2023, the IT services sector has shown remarkable tenacity.

Alex Ydlibi

SECTOR SNAPSHOT: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

“The professional services sector has seen a noticeable increase in M&A."

Loren Docksey

SaaS M&A Snapshot: Q1 – 24 Update

High-performing businesses with demonstrable growth continue to be sought after by investors.

Loren Docksey

HEALTHCARE CONSULTING: MARKET OVERVIEW

As the NHS grapples with persistent productivity and capacity challenges, demand for healthcare advisory services continues to rise.

Simon Nichols

PRIVATE EQUITY STRATEGY – BUY & BUILD

For a buy and build strategy to be successful, businesses need a clear and well-defined strategy, to deliver maximum returns and synergies.

Loren Docksey

M&A MARKET UPDATE – 2023

M&A Markets continue to show resilience in the face of a challenging environment.

Niall Chantrill

FROM TRENDS TO TOMORROW: HEALTHTECH

“Whilst the challenging economic climate has impacted M&A volumes overall, HealthTech M&A activity has remained stable in 2023, demonstrating the sector’s attractiveness to both financial investors and strategic acquirers."

Alex Ydlibi

FROM TRENDS TO TOMORROW: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

“Key drivers of M&A activity in the professional services arena include market consolidation with competitors strategically acquiring to increase market share domestically, enter new geographies, and acquire complimentary service offerings."

UPCOMING EVENTS

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PE- Backed CFO Roundtable Lunch

  • Tuesday 28th January
  • 12.00pm- 15.00pm
  • Bocca Di Lupo. London

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The Balancing Act: Juggling Profit & Purpose

  • Thursday 30th January
  • 9.00am - 13.00pm
  • Sky View, East Midlands

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RETAIL FINANCE FORUM

  • Wednesday 26th February
  • 09.30pm- 13.30pm
  • Sky View, Cooper Parry

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Rebelution 4

  • Thursday 27th February
  • 18.00pm- 22.00pm
  • Diecast, Manchester

REVIEWS

JOSH, NOV 24

“Good service.”

MARTIN, NOV 24

“Met expectations – no issues.”

NELAM, NOV 24

“We can improve by starting the audit earlier, with an interim audit in Late Feb 25. “

DAIANE, NOV 24

“No suggestions.”

PATRICIA, NOV 24

“More organised this year but could still improve.”

MEERA, NOV 24

“All was great. It might be useful to know as and when areas of the audit are completely done for review, or which items are still under review as the audit progresses. So we can ensure the required people are able to respond at a timely manner/ they are aware there will be further queries/ requests coming.”

KATE, NOV 24

“Always amenable, easy to work with. Even when we are being demanding, nothing is too much trouble.”

CHRISTINA, NOV 24

“Great Audit Team, very prompt and although the first for our pension scheme, they engaged and understood the requirements very well.”

ADRIAN, NOV 24

“Audit completed on time but was close to deadline – more sign-off time would have been appreciated.”

NIGEL, NOV 24

“Helpful in solving problems rather than just ticking a compliance box.”