Spectrum Corporate Finance Limited is the largest independent corporate finance boutique in the South, focused purely on lead and debt advisory. We work with business owners and management teams, advising them through important transactions at each stage of the business life-cycle, including raising finance, completing acquisitions and planning and executing company sales.
Our team is focused on how to best present your business and maximise value for you. We consider your business and personal objectives at the outset and work with you to build a strategy and project plan to achieve them. We believe that we can best add value by really understanding your business, the market and the key drivers. We are involved as a team at each stage of the process to ensure you get the benefit of our combined experience.
Spectrum Corporate Finance was set up in 2010 by joint managing directors Simon Davies, Clive Hatchard and Ian Milne. With backgrounds across a broad range of disciplines including banking, commercial FD roles, advisory and direct industry experience, the trio came together to fulfil a market demand for high quality, value added and independent advice.
Spectrum has just celebrated its 6th anniversary and in that time has grown the business to a team of seventeen. The business has continued to grow year on year and in 2016/17 has dominated the region in both the number, value and quality of transactions. Spectrum Corporate Finance was named '
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Spectrum Corporate Finance has advised the owners of ICS Cool Energy, on the successful sale of the company to Ingersoll Rand, a leading manufacturer and supplier of HVAC equipment. ICS Cool Energy will become part of the company’s Commercial Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) business.
Spectrum Corporate Finance has successfully advised the founder and owner of Tructyre Fleet Management (Tructyre), the well-known truck tyre supplier and service provider with 26 service centres across the UK, on the strategic sale to Michelin Group.
Acting as lead advisor, Spectrum Corporate Finance has successfully advised Stirling Ackroyd on the sale of the business to Nick Dunning Associates.
Spectrum Corporate Finance has successfully advised butters john bee (bjb), the leading estate agency in the midlands and the North West, on the sale of the business to Spicerhaart.
The Spectrum Corporate Finance team are delighted to have been shortlisted in the ‘Corporate Financier of the Year' category at the unquote” British Private Equity Awards 2017.
Spectrum provided debt advisory services to LDC on a debt raise of £65m to part-fund the acquisition of ByBox in conjunction with RBS and management.
Spectrum provided buy-side advisory support to LDC on their investment into Rush Hair Group to support their national expansion plans.
For the second year running Spectrum Corporate finance was named 'Corporate Finance Team of the Year' at the Solent Deal Awards.
In the same year that Spectrum Corporate Finance opened an office in Southampton the team was named 'Corporate Finance Team of the Year' at the Solent Deal Awards.
Spectrum Corporate Finance was named 'MBO Advisory Team of the Year' at the Corporate Livewire M&A Awards 2015.
Spectrum Corporate Finance was named 'Deal Maker of the Year' at the Corporate Livewire M&A Awards 2015.
Following a record year of growth Spectrum Corporate Finance were finalists in the 'SME of the Year' category at the 2015 Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards.
The Award for 'Deal of the Year - under £25m' at the 2014 Solent Deal Awards went to The Training Room. Spectrum Corporate Finance initiated and led the £18m fund raising in a £30m transaction to support the future growth of the business.
The Award for 'Deal of the Year - Under £25m' at the 2014 Thames Valley Deal Awards went to Virgin Wines. Spectrum Corporate Finance advised the management team at Virgin Wines on the £15.9m Management Buy-Out.
The awards for 'Deal of the Year - over £25m' at the 2015 Thames Valley Deal Awards went to Romans Group. Spectrum Corporate Finance provided debt advisory support to Bowmark Capital on their £50m investment into Romans Group to support the Management Buy-Out of the company.
Spectrum Corporate Finance was delighted to be named 'Corporate Finance Team of the Year' at the 2014 Thames Valley Deal Awards.
Spectrum Corporate Finance was named 'UK Leveraged Finance Corporate Financier of the Year' at the 2013 Acquisition International M&A Awards.
