Sovereign Capital

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Sovereign Capital LLP
TypePrivate Ownership, Limited partnership
IndustryPrivate Equity
Founded2001
HeadquartersLondon, England
Key people
Andrew Hayden (Founder and Managing Partner), Michael Needley (Founder) and Dominic Dalli, David Myers, Matthew Owen and Kevin Whittle
Productsprivate equity funds
Total assets£650m
Websitesovereigncapital.co.uk

Established in 2001, Sovereign Capital Partners LLP is a UK-based private equity specialist, investing in the companies in the healthcare services and education & training sectors. Sovereign has £650m of funds under management.

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.[1] 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.


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,[2] National Fostering Agency[3] and Lifetime.[4]

Investments include[]

  • City & County Healthcare Group, a UK domiciliary care businesses. The Group provides 140,000 hours of personal support per week to people in their own homes.[5]
  • Cordium (previously IMS Group), a provider of consulting and integrated business support to the wholesale asset management and securities industry. The Group's core service offering is regulatory compliance consulting to UK and international regulated financial services firms.[6]
  • Lifetime, a vocational training provider, offering pre-employment training, apprenticeship programmes and training courses to people in the fitness, retail, care and hospitality industries.[7]
  • Creare Group, web development/SEO company.[8]
  • The Eaton House Group of Schools, a group of private schools in London.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Company Overview of Sovereign Capital Partners LLP". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  2. ^ "2012 Buyout Track 100". Fast Track - The Sunday Times – City & County Healthcare Group. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. ^ "2011 Buyout Track 100". Fast Track – The Sunday Times – National Fostering Agency. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  4. ^ "2011 Buyout Track 100". Fast Track – The Sunday Times – Lifetime. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Company Overview of City & County Healthcare Group Ltd". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  6. ^ "IMS rebrands itself as Cordium". COOConnect Peer Group Network. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Lifetime".
  8. ^ http://creare.co.uk
  9. ^ "EducationInvestor - Article: Sovereign Capital acquires London private school group". www.educationinvestor.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-24.

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