CASTLETON (LSE:CTP)

www.castletonplc.com

  • COMPANY VALUE AT STRATEGY START
  • CURRENT MARKET CAP*
  • MXC INVESTMENT QUANTUM
  • MXC CURRENT VALUE*
  • MONEY MULTIPLE*
  • IRR*
  • *As at 03 January 2017

Business Activity

A focused provider of software support, consultancy and managed services predominantly to the public sector.

Opportunity Identified

MXC identified a strategy to build a business focused on providing IT solutions to the social housing and care providing sector. MXC have targeted a buy and build of privately owned businesses to consolidate into a medium sized public company to compete with the traditional suppliers such as Capita and Civica.

MXC Role

- Defined the strategy

- Execute the buy and build activities

- Corner-stone fundraisings

- Responsible for assisting management run the company

Outcome

Having executed the strategy and delivered strong investment returns, MXC undertook a managed sell-down of its position during the course of 2018. MXC sold its finally holding in Castleton in August 2018.

Co-investors

  • Kestrel
  • Unicorn
  • Hargreave Hale
  • Harwood