Growth & Buyout - Regional Private Equity for SMEs

We enable founders and management teams to achieve their growth ambitions, or release equity from a business they have worked hard to build.

Investment criteria

Sector

We are sector agnostic supporting growing companies wherever they are on their investment journey, across all transaction types.

Geography

We invest in growing companies across the UK and Ireland.

Investment size

We support growing companies with funding from £2 million up to £30 million.

Our portfolio is made up of 250+ companies across all sectors and transaction types.

Case study

Hospital Services Limited

Foresight exited Hospital Services Limited (HSL) in 2025 with returns up to 8.5x across multiple funds depending on their entry date.

During our investment period, HSL saw revenues soaring sevenfold to nearly £60 million, increasing employee numbers from 30 to 175 with eight strategic acquisitions and significant improvements in sustainability and governance.

Case study

Mowgli

Foresight supported Mowgli's growth from three to fifteen sites and its establishment as one of the UK’s leading Indian restaurant brands.

With Foresight’s investment, Mowgli has created more than 500 jobs, and was ranked the 16th best UK companies to work for in 2022.This exit achieved returns of 3.5x.

Case study

ABL Health

Foresight exited the Bolton-based community healthcare and wellbeing provider in 2024 achieving returns of 4.1x.

Foresight invested in ABL in 2018 to enable the management team to accelerate its regional growth and range of services. During the investment period, sales and EBITDA increased by c.150%.

Case study

200 Degrees

Foresight exited 200 Degrees Coffee to Caffé Nero in 2024

During our investment period, the coffee brand grew from 6 to 21 sites across the Midlands, Yorkshire and the North West and created more than 180 jobs.

In November 2025, we were awarded for Medium Deal of the Year at the East Midlands Rainmakers.