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About us

Beach Equity is a SME buyout and growth investment specialist. Our direct model provides you with the access, flexibility and opportunity to build your own custom-made portfolio of institutional-quality private equity investments. We utilise our experience, spanning the nexus of operator and investor, to achieve a deeper level of understanding both during due diligence but also whilst working with our portfolio companies during the investment phase. The value we can add during the investment period sets us apart from our peers.

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Investment strategy

We have a strong conviction in our investment thesis which provides diversification through exposure across sectors and investor returns through a focus on:

  • Unfair advantages – which can underwrite successful outcomes, for example, strategic partnerships which secure competitive advantage or growth
  • High floors and high ceilings – investments exhibiting the asymmetry of stronger outcomes in the event of downside scenarios while retaining the potential for greater value on the upside
  • Understanding our ability to influence the value of the outcome on the way in – what is working, how can we make it work better, where can we bring insight and value

These qualities are used to filter a high-quality pipeline which flows from our wide-ranging network of contacts. This includes successful teams we have worked with in the past, other successful entrepreneurs and operators, non-executive directors, trade bodies and advisers.

The above characteristics are applied across two investment strategies, allowing investors to achieve a greater level of diversification.

GrowthBuyouts

Target

  • Companies which use technology to reduce friction and/or cost in internal processes, delivery, or for their customers
  • £1.0M – £30.0M revenue
  • Marginal business is profitable
  • Target

  • Established businesses with a clear plan to produce
    shareholder value
  • £0.5M – £3.0M EBITDA
  • Transaction

  • £2.0M – £10.0M, sometimes allocated over hurdled tranches
  • Typically minority stake
  • Transaction

  • £2.0M – £12.0M across equity and debt
  • Typically majority stake
  • Characteristics

  • Proven product and attractive market
  • Strong historical revenue growth and clear path to profitability
  • High performing team that share similar values
  • Characteristics

  • Track record of profitability and cash conversion
  • Clear customer value proposition
  • Strong revenue visibility, stable customer base
  • Growth

    Target

  • Companies which use technology to reduce friction and/or cost in internal processes, delivery, or for their customers
  • £1.0M – £30.0M revenue
  • Marginal business is profitable
  • Transaction

  • £2.0M – £10.0M, sometimes allocated over hurdled tranches
  • Typically minority stake
  • Characteristics

  • Proven product and attractive market
  • Strong historical revenue growth and clear path to profitability
  • High performing team that share similar values
  • Buyouts

    Target

  • Established businesses with a clear plan to produce further shareholder value
  • £0.5M – £3.0M EBITDA
  • Transaction

  • £2.0M – £12.0M across equity and debt
  • Typically majority stake
  • Characteristics

  • Track record of profitability and cash conversion
  • Clear customer value proposition
  • Strong revenue visibility, stable customer base
  • Expertise

    Our due diligence process is akin to a full private equity due diligence process, drawing on a deeper operational understanding of what the business is and what it can become.

    We actively engage with our investor network to unlock unique insight for each transaction, providing an added layer to our own due diligence. The final stage of diligence consists of external reports to verify our findings.

    Our operational understanding also allows us to build a greater depth of trust with management teams. This allows us to wield greater influence over decision making and genuinely add value during the investment period. 

    We use transaction terms focused on adding protection for investors along the journey and at exit. Where we can, we return capital to investors during the holding period.

    We can show strong experience of maximising exit values. We do not just leave the exit in the hands of external advisers. We prepare for it from day one and guide our portfolio companies through the process.

    Team

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    Tommy O’Sullivan

    Managing Partner

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    Tom Billings

    Managing Partner

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    Yvonne Clough

    Head of Compliance

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    Alex Stephens

    Investor Relations Director

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    Jack McCarthy

    Investor Relations Director

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    Simon Mcilwaine

    Investor Relations Director

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    Noah Schneiderman

    Investor Relations Director

    Contact

    Beach Equity Investments LLP

    Address

    21 Poland Street, Fourth Floor, London W1F 8QG

    Email

    team@beachequity.co.uk

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    Beach Equity Investments LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).