You care deeply about your business.
So will we.
We are a small family office on a simple mission: to build a portfolio of well-run businesses to hold for the long term.
As providers of partnership capital, our success rests upon helping capable people fulfil their own potential and that of the businesses they run.
Welcome to Strathray Capital Partners
Strathray Capital Partners is a private investment firm. Established in 2020 as an umbrella for the partners to invest their own capital, we look to acquire well run private businesses that have shown consistent growth, and a resilience to economic volatility, with a view to building long term value.
Distribution, manufacturing, niche engineering and business to business activities are our preferred areas of focus, but we will consider good businesses outside of these sectors. We do not invest in the retail, construction, property or finance sectors.
Our Strategy
Strathray invests in successful private companies which have good market share and margins within their sector or niche. Generally, we seek companies with a leading position in their market that attract a loyal, wide, and repeating customer base.
We are particularly interested in two types of transaction. Helping owners of successful businesses to realise capital by taking some cash off the table with our investment, and then partnering with them to take the business forward. We are also interested in hybrid MBO/ MBI transactions where we can assist capable managers to buy businesses which they run, but don’t necessarily own. Again, our emphasis is on partnership capital.
We have a long-term investment horizon and are not under pressure to realise our investments to return capital to outside shareholders. Our objective is to increase value over the medium to long term by allowing capable management to fulfil their potential and that of the business.
Investment Criteria
Within our preferred sectors, we look to acquire well run, UK headquartered businesses with operating profits (EBIT) in the £1m to £2m range. We do not invest in distressed companies.
Our Approach
We see ourselves as partners in the businesses we acquire, and for us, sharing the same values with our partners is the essential ingredient for success.
We take a keen interest in development of strategy and the operational focus of the business. Having said that, it is of paramount importance to us that there is a capable, motivated management team, who are also our shareholder partners, to run the business.
Our interest is in helping to make good businesses better by long term, incremental improvements to, and investments in, the business.
The Team
The partners, David Bramwell and Vernon Goldberg, have proven experience in running successful businesses as well as in corporate finance. In addition, we have a network of high-level contacts who add value on specific projects or in non-executive roles as required.
Vernon Goldberg
Vernon co-founded Strathray Capital Partners in 2019.
He started his career in structured finance at Investec in South Africa and continued at director level at Chesterfield Street Trust in London where he was instrumental in establishing a corporate finance boutique. Following this, he co-invested in and built QFC into one of the UK's largest sofa manufacturers.
BA, LLB University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. MBA UCT, Cape Town.
David Bramwell
David co-founded Strathray Capital Partners in 2019.
He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in London, before embarking on a career in corporate finance. He then co-founded and led QFC with Vernon Goldberg. He is passionate about manufacturing and has held roles on the MakeUk Main Board and Audit Committee, and chaired their East Midlands Advisory Board.
BA (Hons) Durham, ACA
Our Portfolio
Pinnacle UK Group Limited
Established in 2011, Pinnacle has grown through a relentless focus on customer service to be one of the most successful electrical distributors in the North West of England.
Partnering with the founders of Pinnacle, Strathray will be committing additional capital to take advantage of growth opportunities with the objective of building a regional powerhouse in electrical wholesaling and distribution.
Contact
If you would like to have a confidential conversation about selling your business to us,
please get in touch.
Vernon Goldberg
E: vernon@strathraycapitalpartners.com
M: +44 7786 544 040
David Bramwell
E: david@strathraycapitalpartners.com
M: +44 7970 677 560