EMED Group is the UK’s leading specialist healthcare transport provider. The Group was formed with the merger of E-zec and ERS and has established a compelling proposition to local communities across four divisions: EMED Patient care, EMED Community care, EMED Safe care & EMED Courier services.

Cairngorm Capital initially invested in E-zec in May 2021, backing Craig Smith as CEO to transform the company by hiring 25 new senior management across People, Operations, Fleet and Business Strategy. E-zec mergerd with ERS Medical on 1 February 2023 to establish a group of nearly 3,000 staff, 1,100 vehicles and 45 operating depots across the UK and with revenues greater than £110m.

IBMG is the largest building materials distributor in the South of England, formed through more than 20 acquisitions made since the start of 2018.

While IBMG has retained many of the strong local brands across its business, it operates as one integrated company led by a single management team. IBMG primarily serves trade customers operating in the repair, maintenance, and improvement of residential property.

Visit the IBMG website at www.independentbm.com

Formed through the acquisition of two, founder-owned businesses, starting with Millbrook Healthcare in July 2019 and expanded with the acquisition of Ross Care in January 2021, the Millbrook Healthcare Group (Millbrook) is a leading UK provider of equipment, adaptation, and technology solutions to keep people living safely and independently in their own homes, where outcomes and wellbeing are better, and out of more expensive forms of care.

National Timber Group is the largest specialist timber processing and distribution group in the UK formed through nine acquisitions in the last five years.

The Group operates through two divisions, Specialist Distribution and Specialist Manufacturing. The Specialist Distribution business supplies timber products from branches across the UK supported by value-added processing at two national production centres.  Specialist Manufacturing produces engineered timber roofing solutions and fire-rated timber door-sets. The Group serves trade customers operating in the repair, maintenance and improvement of residential housing, in addition to housebuilders and contractors, and is a favoured supplier of large-scale infrastructure projects.

PaintWell formed through the acquisition of three family-owned businesses – Bromborough Paints, Kent Blaxill, and Promain – is a specialist, independent decorators’ merchant with a rapidly growing network of more than 52 branches stretching from Cumbria to Kent, supported by an integrated industrial paints offering and ecommerce platform www.paintwell.co.uk.

SageHome is an aging in place US home services business that creates a functional and safe living space that allows US seniors to remain independent in their homes. SageHome offers a rapid service to homeowners who are proactively preparing their homes to allow them to age-in-place comfortably, and also provides services to individuals who are transitioning from care facilities to their own home.

Cairngorm Capital is supporting SageHome’s management to achieve its goal of providing a full service, national solution to the market, and in doing so enable seniors and people with disabilities to live independently at home and help to reduce hospital admissions and readmissions across the US.

Sentry Fire Safety Group is a specialist manufacturer of timber fire and security door-sets for the social housing, public sector, commercial and residential markets. Operating nationally from two manufacturing facilities in Doncaster and Birmingham, Sentry Fire Safety Group has established a strong reputation for manufacturing products that meet the most rigorous quality and fire certification standards.

We have invested in the Sentry Fire Safety Group to ensure that the company is well equipped to respond to regulatory change and increased market demand, substantially expanding manufacturing capacity and extending geographic distribution.

Verso Wealth Management is a leading tech-enabled UK wealth management group with £2bn of assets under management and an established national footprint.

Verso was founded in 2021 after the initial investments in Whitefoord LLP and Munnypot Limited, merging the investment management expertise of Whitefoords with the award-winning Munnypot technology platform. The group has since completed five acquisitions, positioning Verso as a leading vertically integrated wealth management platform.

Whyte Bikes is a premium brand in the E-Bike, Mountain Biking, Adventure/Commuter, and Gravel bike markets. It is an award-winning British bicycle company with a focus on performance and design: “Superb aesthetics combined with the best handling”.

The partnership with Cairngorm Capital is allowing Whyte Bikes to increase its production volumes, to further develop its product portfolio and to ensure that the company is well positioned to capitalise on the growing E-Bike category.

Founded in 1972, MJ Wilson is a leading independent distributor of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (“MRO”) components. The company sells technical Process and Instrumentation products (such as valves, flanges and gaskets) from five regional branches. It employs highly-trained staff who serve a diverse range of long-standing customers.

Cairngorm Capital invested in MJ Wilson in January 2018, as the first in a series of investments within the MRO industry to create a new national and full-service business led by highly experienced industry executives. Through a series of accelerated investments in technically focused companies across the MRO product range, the aim is to develop the MRO platform to become a UK-wide industry leader.