Tracked deals
32
32 tracked deals across 2019-2025.
Private Equity Firm
Financial Services
Beech Tree Private Equity
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
UK-based private equity investor in high-growth companies. Beech Tree works with management teams to turn good businesses into exceptional businesses, typically investing £10m–£40m of equity across tech-enabled support services, technology, and financial services.
- Focus Areas
- Private equity
- Website
- www.beechtreepe.com
Recent pace
1
1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Addon
19 addon · 8 growth capital · 5 buyout
Beech Tree Private Equity Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 7 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
Showing the 12 most recent of 32 tracked deals for Beech Tree Private Equity.
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October 24, 2025
- Buyer
- Beech Tree Private Equity
- Target
- Simpson Associates
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Type
- Growth capital
Beech Tree Private Equity announced an investment in Simpson Associates, a UK data and AI services business serving regulated industries. The partnership aims to accelerate organic growth, expand service capabilities in emerging technologies (including agentic AI), broaden sector-specific offerings, and pursue strategic acquisitions.
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September 16, 2025
- Buyer
- Beech Tree Private Equity, Inspirit Capital, Investec
- Target
- Inspiro Learning
- Seller
- Inspirit Capital
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Buyout
Beech Tree Private Equity has completed an investment to acquire Inspiro Learning, a UK-based vocational and technical training provider; existing owner Inspirit Capital has partially reinvested and Investec provided funding. The capital will be used to enhance service delivery, expand technical training into adjacent sectors, and support strategic acquisitions to accelerate organic growth.
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April 9, 2025
- Buyer
- Obsequio Group, Beech Tree Private Equity
- Target
- Premier Fire Security Limited
- Seller
- Mark Harwood, Mike Covill, Paul Robins
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Hampshire, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
Obsequio Group, backed by Beech Tree Private Equity, has acquired Romsey-based Premier Fire Security Limited, expanding Obsequio's fire safety and security capabilities and its presence on the South coast. The add-on strengthens the group's public sector and education client base and allows Obsequio to offer additional compliance services to Premier’s customers.
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April 9, 2025
- Buyer
- Beech Tree Private Equity
- Target
- Fourteen IP
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Growth capital
Beech Tree Private Equity has made a growth investment in Fourteen IP, a UK-headquartered provider of cloud telephony and AI solutions for the hospitality industry. The investment will fund Fourteen IP’s global expansion (notably into Asia and Australia) and support a buy-and-build M&A strategy, backed by an acquisition facility from NatWest; Beech Tree will also join the company board.
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March 11, 2025
- Buyer
- Obsequio Group, Beech Tree Private Equity, Kartesia
- Target
- Environtec Ltd
- Seller
- Paul Shaw, Dan McGuire, Ricci Price, Matthew Dennis
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Essex, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
Obsequio Group has acquired UKAS-accredited Environtec Ltd to add asbestos compliance and testing capabilities to its compliance services portfolio. The deal expands Obsequio's geographic footprint (including its first office in Scotland) and is supported by investors Beech Tree Private Equity and Kartesia as part of the group's buy-and-build strategy.
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November 6, 2024
- Buyer
- Obsequio Group, Beech Tree Private Equity, Kartesia
- Target
- Metro Safety Group, Dakro Air & Water
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
Obsequio Group, the compliance services platform backed by Beech Tree Private Equity, has acquired Metro Safety Group and Dakro Air & Water to expand its service offering and national coverage across the UK. The add-on deals broaden Obsequio's capabilities in fire safety, water and air quality compliance and strengthen its presence in healthcare, housing association, facilities management and industrial end markets.
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August 22, 2024
- Buyer
- Sustainable Energy First, Beech Tree Private Equity
- Target
- Inenco
- Industry
- Energy
- Location
- Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
Sustainable Energy First, a UK sustainable energy and utilities specialist backed by Beech Tree Private Equity, has acquired energy management and sustainability consultancy Inenco. The deal combines complementary energy procurement and sustainability capabilities to create a scaled provider supporting customers across the UK in achieving Net Zero targets.
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April 30, 2024
- Buyer
- Embrace Steel Group, Beechbrook Capital
- Target
- Shufflebottom Ltd
- Industry
- Building Products
- Location
- Wales, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
Embrace Steel Group has acquired Shufflebottom Ltd, a South Wales-based manufacturer of steel-framed industrial, commercial and agricultural buildings, as part of its buy-and-build consolidation strategy. The acquisition was supported by acquisition financing from Beechbrook Capital (from its UK SME Credit III fund), which will help Embrace expand market presence and capabilities across the UK structural steel sector.
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- Buyer
- Beech Tree Private Equity, Investec
- Target
- Sustainable Energy First
- Industry
- Energy
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Buyout
Beech Tree Private Equity has made an investment in Sustainable Energy First, a UK-based sustainable energy and utilities specialist, to support the company’s goal of decarbonising its clients and to fund service development and strategic M&A. Investec acted as a funder on the transaction alongside Beech Tree; the partnership will back growth, data and technology investment and potential add-on acquisitions.
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- Buyer
- eComplete, Beechbrook Capital
- Target
- Give Me Cosmetics
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Buyout
eComplete, an e-commerce growth partner, has completed a majority acquisition of Liverpool-based beauty brand Give Me Cosmetics (GMC). Beechbrook Capital supported the transaction with a hybrid senior debt and minority equity solution to help fund GMC’s next phase of growth and international expansion.
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August 7, 2023
- Buyer
- Beech Tree Private Equity
- Target
- CovertSwarm
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Growth capital
Beech Tree Private Equity has made a growth investment in CovertSwarm, a London‑based red team-as-a-service and cyber-attack simulation platform, to support the company’s organic growth and accelerate development of its Offensive Operations Center (OOC) software. The funding will help CovertSwarm scale its global ethical hacker "Swarm" and further develop its subscription-based continuous attack testing offering.
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April 18, 2023
- Buyer
- Transparity Solutions Limited, Beech Tree Private Equity
- Target
- DataShapa
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
UK Microsoft partner Transparity Solutions Limited, backed by Beech Tree Private Equity, has acquired DataShapa, a Microsoft-focused Data & AI consultancy. DataShapa will become Transparity's specialist data practice to broaden its Data, BI and AI capabilities and support the group's growth plans.
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