{"id":641508,"date":"2023-04-25T21:09:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T02:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/25\/private-equity-firm-makes-214m-bid-for-sureserve\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T21:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T02:09:06","slug":"private-equity-firm-makes-214m-bid-for-sureserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/25\/private-equity-firm-makes-214m-bid-for-sureserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Private equity firm makes \u00a3214m bid for Sureserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<div>\n<p>A London-based private equity firm has bid \u00a3214m for housing maintenance firm Sureserve.<\/p>\n<p>Cap10 Partners LLP\u2019s bid has been recommended for acceptance by the board of Sureserve, which is currently listed on the London Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Under the terms of the deal, Sureserve\u2019s shareholders will receive 125p per share \u2013 nearly a 40 per cent more than Sureserve&#8217;s share price of 90p on 20 April, before the takeover bid was announced.<\/p>\n<p>Sureserve specialises in inspection, compliance and installation of maintenance services in the heating, insulation and renewable energy sectors.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest annual accounts, for the year to 30 September 2022, Sureserve reported a pre-tax profit of \u00a315.6m, up from \u00a311.1m the year before. Its revenue was also up slightly, coming in at \u00a3275m compared with \u00a3217m.<\/p>\n<p>The offer will be put to Sureserve shareholders in June.<\/p>\n<p>Cap10 said in a statement: \u201cCap10 believes that, under private ownership, with the ability to focus on long-term strategic goals and the right access to capital, Sureserve will be able to accelerate its growth significantly both organically and through M&#038;A.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sureserve chair Nick Winks said: \u201cThe Sureserve board has great confidence in Sureserve&#8217;s ongoing strategy, which it expects to deliver long-term sustainable operational and financial performance through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>Under private ownership, and without the costs and regulations of a listed company, Sureserve should be able to \u201cpursue its strategy more productively\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Cap10 co-managing partners Fabrice Nottin and Serge Touati said: \u201cSureserve is well-positioned to bring a full suite of products and services to its customer base to support them in all aspects of their energy transition journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fully supportive of Sureserve&#8217;s intention to become the strategic partner to social housing landlords, local authorities and other public sector bodies to help them achieve their goals to (i) reduce fuel poverty across, and the carbon footprints of, their estates, and (ii) enhance the quality of living of their tenants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sureserve was called Lakehouse until September 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/news\/contractors-news\/lakehouse-exits-construction-as-divisions-sold-in-500k-deal-20-08-2018\/\">after it successfully sold off its construction arm for<\/a> around \u00a3500,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Related articles<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/financial\/private-equity-firm-makes-214m-bid-for-sureserve-24-04-2023\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Joshua Stein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A London-based private equity firm has bid \u00a3214m for housing maintenance firm Sureserve.Cap10 Partners LLP\u2019s bid has been recommended for acceptance by the board of Sureserve, which is currently listed on the London Stock Exchange.Under the terms of the deal, Sureserve\u2019s shareholders will receive 125p per share \u2013 nearly a 40 per cent more than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":641509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23181,255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-equity","category-private"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}