Mon, 08 Sep 2025 | BUSINESS NEWS
A professional services firm that is celebrating 30 years in business is poised to target further M&A activity after securing new private equity backing. Leonard Curtis specialises in restructuring, M&A advisory, funding, legal and other related business services.
The company began as the insolvency division of a regional accountancy practice based in Bury and now has a network of 30 offices across the UK and overseas, employing a workforce of over 330 staff.
Since celebrating its 25th anniversary, the firm has undertaken significant growth, including through M&A activity. It has added offices in Gateshead, Beverley, Loughborough, Taunton, Chester, Jersey, Huddersfield and the Isle of Man.
In addition, Leonard Curtis has acquired a number of businesses, including companies in Sheffield and on the South Coast, as it sought to boost its breadth and depth of presence in the UK. Its recent acquisitions include specialist construction sector brokerage firm Newsource Commercial Finance and non-executive director jobs platform VirtualNonExecs.com.
In 2021, the company also attracted an initial round of private capital investment, which exited in August of this year, generating a healthy return.
As Leonard Curtis celebrates its 30th anniversary, it is set to continue on the acquisition train, with private equity firm Pollen Street Capital having taken a majority stake in the business, which will enable it to accelerate its growth through M&A, product expansion and technology.
Commenting on the investment, Leonard Curtis Chief Executive Dan Booth (pictured above) said: "Thirty years on from our first office in Bury we are the same people, committed to delivering exceptional service with heart and integrity. The recent investment from Pollen Street is a validation of that vision and will support all of us to deliver on ambitious plans for the immediate future and the decades to come."
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