We acquire strong businesses.
We protect what made them valuable.
GG Partners acquires and supports owner-managed engineering, compliance and technical services businesses across the UK.
Preserve what made it great.
Build what comes next.
GG Partners acquires strong owner-managed businesses with the intention of protecting the people, reputation, standards and customer trust that made them successful.
From that foundation, we seek to support management, strengthen commercial capability, develop new opportunities and help the business grow without losing the identity that made it valuable.
A business should emerge from an acquisition stronger — not stripped of what made it special.
Preserve
Protect the people, culture, standards, customer relationships and hard-earned reputation at the heart of the business.
Strengthen
Support management, improve commercial systems and provide the business with greater capability and resilience.
Grow
Develop complementary services, create new opportunities and build sustainably for the long term.
Quiet confidence.
Disciplined execution.
Every conversation is led directly by the founders. No intermediaries, no gatekeepers.
We back businesses with recurring, contracted or repeat compliance revenue.
Sensible leverage, honest reporting and structures designed to protect the business.
Our timeframe is measured in years, not quarters. We are not building a portfolio to re-trade.
Long-term ownership.
Clear commercial thinking.
GG Partners is a UK acquisition group building a focused portfolio of owner-managed engineering, compliance and technical services businesses. Our purpose is straightforward: to acquire strong companies, protect what made them successful and support their next phase of development.
We are not a broker, an investment bank or a traditional private equity fund. We are a small group of principals with a clear thesis, a considered timeframe and a preference for transactions where the seller's objectives and the company's long-term stability can be aligned.
Read our approachCompliance-led technical services.
We concentrate on businesses providing recurring, repeat or mandatory compliance services where customers value reliability, technical competence and continuity.
Fire Safety
Fire alarm servicing, fire extinguisher maintenance, emergency lighting and detection systems.
Passive Fire Protection
Fire stopping, fire door inspection and remediation, compartmentation and passive fire surveys.
Electrical Compliance
EICR and fixed-wire testing, PAT testing, statutory inspections and remedial programmes.
Specialist Technical Services
Adjacent compliance-led technical services with recurring demand and technical barriers to entry.
Focused criteria.
Considered exceptions.
These are guidelines. Exceptional opportunities outside them are considered where the strategic and commercial rationale is compelling.
Full criteria- Geography
- UK-based businesses across the four nations
- Ownership
- Founder-led, family-owned or owner-managed
- Revenue
- Approximately £1m – £5m per annum
- EBITDA
- c. £300k – £1m+ maintainable profitability
- Revenue quality
- Recurring, contracted or repeat compliance revenue
- Management
- Capable leadership or credible second line
- Customers
- Diversified base with limited single-customer dependency
- Capability
- Defensible technical capability and accreditations
You built more
than a company.
You built a reputation, a team and relationships that took years to earn. Our approach begins by understanding what should be protected.
Where appropriate, our preference is to preserve the company name, the existing management, the technical standards and the customer relationships that made the business successful in the first place.
A considered path, from first conversation to completion.
Our early conversations are confidential and without obligation.
- 01Introduction
A private conversation, without obligation.
- 02Initial assessment
A considered view on strategic fit and likely shape.
- 03Indicative proposal
A clear structure covering consideration, timing and transition.
- 04Due diligence
Proportionate diligence conducted with respect for the business.
- 05Completion & transition
A carefully planned handover that protects standards and relationships.
Partner-led from first conversation to completion.
Luke Grundy
Leads origination, external relationships and early-stage discussions with owners, advisers and capital providers.
Francisco Gracio
Leads acquisition strategy, transaction assessment and long-term group development across the portfolio.
Considering what comes next?
Contact GG Partners directly for a private and commercially focused conversation.