Operating Company Industrial Services

OCU Group

London, England, United Kingdom

OCU provides end-to-end infrastructure engineering and delivery across utilities, digital and energy markets, supporting the power and energy transition, water, and telecoms industries.

Focus Areas
Utilities infrastructure engineering, Power and energy transition contracting, Water and wastewater infrastructure

Tracked deals

6

6 tracked deals across 2022-2024.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

5 addon · 1 buyout

OCU Group Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for OCU Group. 2 2022 3 2023 1 2024

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    OCU Group Limited, Triton Partners
    Target
    RJ McLeod (Contractors) Limited
    Industry
    Energy
    Location
    Scotland, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Triton V portfolio company OCU Group Limited has acquired RJ McLeod (Contractors) Limited, a Scotland-based civil engineering and energy transition contractor. The deal expands OCU's renewable energy and grid/substation capabilities and increases the group's pro forma revenues to over £800 million.

  • October 2, 2023
    Buyer
    OCU Group
    Target
    Insiris
    Industry
    Software
    Location
    Lancashire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    OCU Group has acquired Insiris, a UK-based workforce management and automation software provider, to integrate Insiris’ scheduling, analytics and automation capabilities into OCU’s utilities and energy service offerings. The deal strengthens OCU’s ability to deliver safer, data-driven workforce management solutions across its client base in Power, Telecoms, Water, Rail and Transport.

  • Buyer
    O'Connor Utilities Group (OCU Group)
    Target
    Hornbill Engineering Group Limited
    Seller
    Shareholders of Hornbill Engineering (including SME Investment Partners)
    Industry
    Energy
    Location
    Wales, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    O'Connor Utilities Group (OCU), a Triton-backed utilities infrastructure platform, has acquired Hornbill Engineering Group Limited, a specialist high-voltage electrical engineering business focused on power infrastructure and energy transition projects. The deal brings Hornbill's technical capabilities and blue-chip client relationships into OCU's platform as an add-on to support growth in critical energy security and Net Zero initiatives; shareholders (including SME Investment Partners) appointed advisers to run the sale.

  • Buyer
    OCU Group Limited, Triton Partners
    Target
    Northavon Group
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Triton V portfolio company OCU Group Limited has agreed to acquire the Northavon Group, a South England and South Wales water-sector mechanical, electrical and civil engineering contractor. The deal — an add-on to OCU's utilities platform and subject to regulatory clearance — strengthens OCU's water/wastewater capabilities and regional presence across the South West of England.

  • Buyer
    OCU Group Limited (O'Connor Utilities), Triton Partners
    Target
    InICT
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    OCU Group Limited (an operator in the utilities and telecoms sector and a Triton Fund V portfolio company) has acquired a majority shareholding in Leeds-based fibre-optic specialist InICT. The deal strengthens OCU's fibre-optic installation capabilities and expands its telecoms presence across the north of England as part of the group's regional growth strategy.

  • Buyer
    Instalcom Limited (OCU Group), OCU Group Limited, Triton Partners
    Target
    Opals (UK) Limited, Opals Services Limited
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Instalcom Limited, a division of Triton-backed OCU Group, has acquired Opals (UK) Limited and Opals Services Limited. The undisclosed deal brings Opals' specialist fibre and civil engineering capabilities and ~200 employees into OCU, strengthening the group's telecoms infrastructure offering across the East Midlands and East of England as part of a broader consolidation strategy.

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