Industry Private Equity Website sovereigncapital.co.uk Total assets 650 million GBP | Products private equity funds Founded 2001 | |
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Key people Andrew Hayden (Founder and Managing Partner), Michael Needley (Founder) and Dominic Dalli, David Myers, Matthew Owen and Kevin Whittle Type of business Private Ownership, Limited partnership Founders Michael Needley, Andrew Hayden Headquarters London, United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom Profiles | ||
Established in 2001, Sovereign Capital Partners LLP is a UK-based private equity specialist, investing in the support service companies in the healthcare services and education & training sectors. Sovereign has £650m of funds under management.
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The firm invests up to £50m of capital in each business, partnering management teams to help them achieve significant growth through both organic roll-out and acquisition. Alongside this, Sovereign's in-house research team helps portfolio companies to source strategic acquisitions that will extend the company's service offering and geographic coverage.
Sovereign Capital, is the most active mid-market investor in the healthcare services sector. The firm has also been actively investing in the education and training sector since 2002 and have committed £230m to its education portfolio (February 2013).
The business has supported the growth strategies of some of the fastest growing companies in the UK as recognised in the Sunday Times Buyout Track 100 and the Sunday Times Buyout Fast Track 100. Companies include City & County Healthcare Group, National Fostering Agency and Lifetime.
Awards
Sovereign is well recognised by a number of industry awards for its work in its areas of sector expertise including: “Investor of the Year”, for the third consecutive year, at the “Education Investor Awards 2012″; finalist for ‘Investor of the Year’ at the 2013 HealthInvestor Awards for the third year running; Winner of the Independent Specialist Care Awards 2013.