About Endless
Endless LLP is a transformational private equity investor with one aim: to make business better for everybody. We swiftly bring certainty and assurance to situations – helping businesses and individuals move forward.
For each investment we have immediate access of up to
Eighty Million Pounds
allowing us to complete in an average of
Twenty Eight Days
47
Down-to-Earth Staff
A group of bright minded, friendly and ambitious individuals, the Endless LLP team combines experience and enthusiasm in a mixture you won't find anywhere else.
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Enact saves Bawtry Carbon International
16th October 2019
More than 80 jobs have been saved after Enact, the dedicated £30m SME fund, agreed to buy the trade and assets of Bawtry Carbon International. Bawtry manufactures consumable carbon-based products for use in aluminium smelting and has an international customer base exporting globally from its facility in Austerfield, Doncaster.
Bawtry Carbon is one of only three western world suppliers of carbon cathode products for the aluminium industry, operating from a 56 acre site where it has traded since 1972.
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Endless acquires Victoria Plum
17th October 2019
Endless LLP has completed the acquisition of Victoria Plum from TPG Capital. The investment is the latest from Endless’ £525m Fund IV and will support the online bathroom retailer’s continued growth.
Victoria Plum, which trades exclusively online as VictoriaPlum.com and was founded in 2001, provides a range of predominantly own-branded bathroom products, including bathroom suites, bathroom furniture and accessories.
The business employs more than 300 people at its head office in Hull, distribution centre in Doncaster and network of transport hubs with a national footprint.
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UK’s leading timber producer BSW Group acquired by Endless LLP
19th February 2020
Endless LLP (Endless), one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has today acquired BSW Timber Limited and all its associated subsidiaries (‘BSW’).
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Carpet & Flooring
Endless LLP was delighted to support the carve-out of SIG plc’s Carpet and Flooring business (“C&F”) in March 2017. C&F is one of the UK’s leading flooring distributors, serving customers from 12 sites across England, Scotland and Wales. The newly formed company will now trade as Carpet and Flooring (Trading) Limited following its separation from SIG.
C&F was established in 1992 and has grown into one of the largest distributors of floor covering products – stocking and distributing products from Europe’s leading flooring manufacturers. With turnover of £100 million, the business employs more than 380 people across its national branch network including its distribution centre in Redditch, in the Midlands.
Kennelpak Limited
In July 2017, our SME fund Enact acquired Kennelpak Limited from its family owners. Kennelpak is a wholesale supplier of own brand and third party branded pet food and associated pet products, with its own retail chain under the “Kennelgate” brand. The business is headquartered in Nottingham, England and employees 275 permanent and temporary staff. In the year ended March 2017 the business was profitable from sales of over £23 million.
Established in 1974, Kennelpak retails a selection of pet food, pet accessories and toys amongst other products for dogs, cats, birds, aquatics, reptiles, horses and home farming. Additional services also include grooming, local training, nutritional advice and licensed medication
Bright Blue Foods
BBF is the largest own label cake manufacturer in the UK with turnover of over £160 million. It trades from four sites in the UK and one in Poland and employs over 2,000 people. The business delivers ‘best in class’ operational performance across a broad range of production capabilities including mince pies, fruit tarts, swiss rolls, celebration cakes and chilled desserts.
The initial investment in BBF by Endless happened in September 2015 and we were delighted to be joined by new CEO, Jonathan Lill, a few months later. The initial investment plan included a significant capital investment in the manufacturing sites in both the UK and Poland, best-in-class operational enhancements and a focus on new product development. Following the delivery of the initial plan, our attention turned to bolt-on opportunities.
Sewtec Automation
In August 2017, Endless completed the management buy-out of Sewtec Automation, now one of the UK’s fastest growing and successful bespoke robotics specialists.
Sewtec designs and manufactures complex industrial automation systems for global blue-chip clients in the pharmaceutical, personal care, pet care, food and beverage and tobacco industries.
More than 85 per cent of its sales are exports, with clients including Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Imperial Tobacco, Tata Global Beverages and Hershey.