December 5th, 2023
n Industries is a champion of small UK business. The UK is home to many highly successful small industrial and B2B businesses, which play critical roles in value chains such as aerospace, defence, or healthcare.
We estimate there are over 10,000 such companies with high profitability and/or returns within the industrial and B2B sectors alone.
We are a unique long-term partner, investing in and supporting the continued success of these businesses.
Regardless of your reasons for selling the business, you should get in touch if you are looking for a buyer and/or partner who will enhance the legacy of the business you have built.
We will not disrupt the business with too much debt or seek to implement drastic restructuring. The businesses we invest in will keep their brand, winning team, and facilities. We will also invest in the business to help it grow.
As permanent owners and partners of the businesses we invest in, we don’t look to resell the company unlike private equity. Therefore, you won’t wake up to new owners of your business in 5- or 6-years’ time who want to run it based on very different principles to your own.
There are many business buyers in the market, but we think the best outcomes are achieved by aligning incentives with the existing owners.
Unlike many buyers, we want management teams that stay with the company to retain a stake in the business. This enables them to both continue to think and act as owners as well as share in the rewards of future business growth.
If you are an owner planning to retire or leave the business, we want to build on your success and, over time, enable the business to be an even stronger one.
Managers that stay with the business retain significant autonomy with our decentralised model, as well as financial and operational support from n Industries and our thoughtful and experienced team.
Over time, we will build a network of Managing Directors from our group of businesses that can share best practice, as well as learn from and inspire each other.
We have a highly experienced core team. As CEO, Duncan Penny grew XP Power (a FTSE250 company) to over £300mn. Paul Simmons (as CEO for Hill & Smith (a FTSE250company) and as a Sector CEO at Halma (a FTSE100 company) achieved consistent double-digit organic growth at high returning businesses.
Both are available to help formulate growth plans and advise on everything from pricing strategy to operations.
CEO Jonathan Bates-Kawachi is an experienced investor in industrial businesses, with an excellent track record, who helps businesses determine optimal strategies for investment and financing.
We also provide the capital to support the growth of your business both organically and through M&A.
