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RJD Partners

West End, England, United Kingdom

Independent lower mid-market private equity investor providing buyout and development capital to businesses in consumer and services niches, supporting organic growth and acquisition-led strategies.

Focus Areas
Private equity, Buyouts, Growth capital

Tracked deals

5

5 tracked deals across 2019-2021.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

3 addon · 2 buyout

RJD Partners Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for RJD Partners. 2 2019 2 2020 1 2021

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Survey Solutions, RJD Partners Limited
    Target
    Survey Systems, Kempston Surveys
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Survey Solutions, an RJD Partners-backed UK engineering and topographical surveyor headquartered in Ipswich, has acquired Survey Systems (Manchester) and Kempston Surveys (Bedfordshire) to expand its geographic coverage and service offering. The deals add over 48 employees (over 40 from Survey Systems and eight from Kempston), increase Survey Solutions' headcount to around 160 and bring the business to nine offices nationwide.

  • Buyer
    Babington, RJD Partners
    Target
    PeoplePlus apprenticeship business
    Seller
    PeoplePlus, Staffline Group
    Industry
    Education
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    RJD-backed Babington has agreed terms to acquire the majority of the apprenticeship business from PeoplePlus (part of Staffline Group). The deal brings around 100 employees and nearly 2,000 learners into Babington, expanding its apprenticeship programmes and customer base across England and Scotland.

  • Buyer
    RJD Partners, Improve International management team (led by Heber Alves and David Babington)
    Target
    Improve International Limited
    Industry
    Education
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    RJD Partners has taken a majority stake in Improve International Limited, backing a management buyout led by CEO Heber Alves with founder David Babington also participating. Improve is a global provider of postgraduate and continuing professional education for the veterinary sector; RJD will support digital capability development and international growth (organically and via acquisitions).

  • Buyer
    RJD Partners
    Target
    Land Survey Solutions (Holdings) Limited (Survey Solutions)
    Seller
    James Cooper and the Survey Solutions management team
    Location
    Suffolk, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    RJD Partners has invested in a management buyout and equity release of Land Survey Solutions (Holdings) Limited (trading as Survey Solutions), taking a significant stake and partnering with founder James Cooper and the management team. The investment positions Survey Solutions — a UK land, measured building and underground surveying business headquartered in Ipswich — as a platform for continued organic growth and acquisitive expansion across housing, commercial and infrastructure markets.

  • Buyer
    Voyager School Travel (Class Tours), RJD
    Target
    COGO Travel
    Industry
    Education
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    RJD-backed Class Tours, trading as Voyager School Travel, has acquired UK group educational travel specialist COGO Travel. The add-on expands Voyager's portfolio of tours and school client base — including COGO's Disney partnership and primary school residential programmes — supporting Voyager's centre-led education offerings.

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