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We're building the long-term home for owner managed UK service businesses.

We bring specialist businesses together into groups, and back the people who run them.

01

Our approach

We think the best small service businesses are run by specialists, and should be.

We invest in the systems and technology that make a good business easier to run, quicker to grow and better to work in.

We think the people who built them should choose what comes next: keep building inside the group, or hand over well.

02

Where we focus

We are actively looking to partner with businesses in:

Engineering and technical services.

Building systems and controls.

Training and technical education.

Specialist software, information and publishing.

Specialist healthcare services and laboratories.

03

What we look for

Annual profit

£1m to £4m

Ownership

Majority

Where

UK

What that looks like

  1. Loyal customers

    Customers who come back year after year, because of the people who serve them.

  2. Work that has to be done

    Maintenance, inspection, compliance, training: the things customers cannot put off.

  3. A reputation that took years

    A name in your field or your area that was earned one job at a time.

  4. An owner thinking ahead

    Someone who has built something good and is starting to think about what comes next.

04

How we work

Two ways to join

Stay and build

You keep running your business, take some value off the table now, and own a share of the whole group. When the group grows, you grow with it.

Hand over

You sell outright. Your team and your name stay, and you step back on a timetable that suits you, with your people and customers in good hands.

What to expect from us

Hands on where it helps

We are operators as well as investors. We get involved with systems, hiring and winning bigger work, and stay out of the way where it does not help.

Shaped around you

Every deal is shaped around the owner, not a template.

Built to last

We are building Syskon for the long term, with the patience that takes.

A simple process

  1. 1
    A first conversation, in confidence
  2. 2
    An indicative offer early, so nobody wastes time
  3. 3
    Short and focused due diligence
  4. 4
    A careful transition
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Get in touch

If you own a business that might fit, or you advise owners who are thinking about the next stage, we would like to hear from you. We are happy to work through an owner's adviser. Every conversation is in confidence and without obligation.

james@syskon.capital