Management Buyout

Management Buyout Funding

At YFM Equity Partners, we specialise in providing tailored management buyout funding solutions for entrepreneurs, business owners, and management teams across the UK.

With a funding capacity ranging from £3 million to £15 million, we are dedicated to supporting ownership change transactions, facilitating equity release for existing shareholders, and financing strategic acquisitions.

We are particularly interested in businesses that have demonstrated profitability around £1m to £5m in profits over the last 12 months.

Management Buyout Solutions

Our approach not only focuses on the immediate financial needs of businesses but also positions them for sustainable growth and success.

Management Buyouts

YFM can provide funding for management teams to buyout the businesses they run. We can fund up to 100% of the value or invest alongside the existing shareholders. Our key priority is alignment with the management team, ensuring we work together to create future value.

Partial Cash Out

For entrepreneurs looking to unlock some of the wealth tied up in your business, YFM can provide partial cash-out solutions, typically between 10-50%, to allow you to de-risk whilst still remaining focused on driving value for all stakeholders.

Succession Planning

Planning for an exit but don’t have a management team in place? YFM can help by investing now and partnering with you to recruit and develop a team, enabling a seamless transition and full exit in the near term.

Strategic Acquisitions

We focus on investing in businesses with strong organic growth plans, but this can often be accelerated by YFM providing funding, support and ideas to make and integrate strategic acquisitions.

Every journey is different.

Jamie Roberts, now Managing Partner (and Chief Investment Officer at the time) gives a first hand account of how YFM Equity Partners supported the management buyout (MBO) of RGE, working closely with both the founder and successor to ensure a smooth transition.

Our approach to investment

We focus on finding businesses that stand out thanks to the quality of their people, their business model and their market opportunity.

Our expertise

We have structured our team of experienced investment professionals between those who primarily execute new investments and those who manage the investments in our portfolio. This approach enables us to be more effective and make a greater contribution to the businesses we partner with.

Working together

When we invest into a business, we work with its management team to create a strategic framework that they can use to move the company forward. Throughout the period of our investment, our portfolio team works closely with management to support them in delivering and evolving these plans.

Portfolio management

We allocate members of our team to take the lead in managing each of the investments in our portfolio. These individuals have the time to focus on their portfolio businesses and each brings significant experience in providing strategic support to businesses going through this phase of growth.

Functional specialists

Within our team, we have functional specialists who bring specific knowledge across three areas that can make a meaningful difference to the growth of a business and its value in the future. These three areas are our value creation pillars:

Talent – we leverage our network of professionals and work with management to help them think about key hires, their approach to recruitment and how to enhance the strength and depth of their senior team.
RevOps – we analyse the go-to-market strategy of a business, identifying key revenue optimisation opportunities and collaborating with management to build best-in-class customer acquisition and support functions.
ESG – we evaluate ESG risks and opportunities during the initial investment phase and on an ongoing basis, creating a tailored engagement plan with management that can build underlying resilience and capture potential upsides.

I couldn’t have asked for more from an investor. The financial growth, customer success and positive working culture that we have developed are all testament to this teamwork

Simon Goodenough, CEO at DSP

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