"Endless is a Transformational Investor specialising in supporting management buyouts, the acquisition of non-core businesses from parent companies and turnaround investments. Endless has offices in London, Leeds and Manchester and since its establishment in 2005 has completed over 50 acquisitions and 35 exits.

We are an independent UK based private equity house, specialising in the provision of financial investment and hands-on operational expertise to businesses facing challenges or finding themselves in special situations.

• We can invest £80 million of our own capital in a single transaction
• Many of our investments have been completed in less than 28 days from introduction
• c£1 billion in funds under management
• We’re focused on UK headquartered businesses with a turnover between £10 million and £1 billion
• The Endless team is the biggest single investor in our funds
• Investors include world renowned universities and charitable organisations, family offices of globally recognised entrepreneurs and pension funds

2005 debut fund. Fund IV of £525 million was raised in December 2014.

...high profile investments including CROWN PAINTS (10x return on capital invested), BATHSTORE (5x), PETER BLACK INTERNATIONAL (10x), AMCO GROUP (8x), NEVILLE JOHNSON OFFICE FURNITURE (7x) and THE WORKS retail chain.

Its current portfolio comprises of 15 businesses with combined revenues of £2.5 billion and 15,000 employees ..including INK, ADARE GROUP, LIBERATA, THE WORKS, THE BOOK PEOPLE, ANDREW PAGE, KARRO FOOD GROUP and James Briggs.

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ENACT provides transformational investment of up to £5 million for small to medium-sized businesses. Initially set up as an EIS Fund and now with additional funding from Endless, Enact is specially tailored to SMEs.

Our hands-on approach has seen us bring certainty to companies such as EXCELSIOR TECHNOLOGIES, STIRLING DYNAMICS and the WEST CORNWALL PASTY CO."

Feb 2017: The ninefold return on investment from the £30m sale of Lancashire printing business EXCELSIOR TECHNOLOGIES to FTSE 100 giant MONDI, would be the consortium’s biggest return to date. NB Enact’s sale of the West Cornwall Pasty Company to Samworth Brothers last month .Enact, a private equity firm backed by the 39-year-old former Leeds United and England defender Danny Mills, was created in 2014 to invest in struggling British companies.