Mon, 27 Jul 2026 | BUSINESS SALE
Manufacturing group Black Bull Capital has acquired two UK plastic moulding businesses in a double acquisition backed by a £7.2 million Cynergy Business Finance funding package.
The acquisitions of Stalybridge-based plastics manufacturer Stamford Products Limited and Camberley-based precision moulder TCB-Arrow Limited extends the group’s reach across injection moulding, rotational moulding tooling and storage products.
The acquisition was structured at group level, with Companies House filings showing that the entire share capital of The Stamford Group Limited was acquired by TSG Hold Co Limited on February 4 2026, with Alexander Monk becoming the controlling party, in place of former parent Navagator Limited. Stamford Products is the group's principal trading company.
The deal forms a specialist UK polymer processing platform, as opposed to a single standalone acquisition. Black Bull Capital already operates rubber and plastic mouldings manufacturer Meadex Rubber Mouldings Limited.
The Cynergy Business Finance funding package combines invoice discounting, a property loan and a plant and machinery loan. The financing supports the acquisition of the two specialist plastic moulding businesses and their continued growth, as well as enhanced scale, operational efficiencies and greater buying power across the wider Black Bull Capital group.
Incorporated in 1982, Stamford products specialises in injection and rotational plastic moulding, materials-handling containers and systems and plastic compounds. The company’s Mailbox and Medstor divisions supply containers, crates, tanks, trolleys and storage solutions to sectors including food, healthcare, logistics, retail and automotive, operating with their own transport fleet.
In the year to September 30 2025, the wider Stamford Group generated turnover of £17.5 million in the year, down slightly from £17.7 million the year before, with £13.8 million in UK sales and European sales of £3.3 million.
The group is currently loss-making, with its audited accounts showing a pre-tax loss of £608,000 for the year, following a £564,000 loss in 2024, while it carries forward unrelieved tax losses of £9.3 million. Stamford Products Limited itself reported a loss of £681,000 for the year, with net assets standing at £5.9 million.
In their strategic report, directors said trading had fallen well short of expectations, citing substantially reduced UK healthcare sales and static UK industrial sales, along with the impact of persistent high energy charges and rising labour costs.
TCB-Arrow, which was incorporated in 1987, is a precision manufacturer with more than 35 years' experience in thermoplastic injection moulding and tool making. The firm provides end-to-end services from materials selection and product development through to production, quality control and supply-chain management.
Alex Monk, who leads Black Bull Capital, said: "Stamford Products and TCB-Arrow are exceptional businesses with strong heritage, specialist expertise and significant potential for growth. Together with our existing rubber and plastic mouldings facilities, they strengthen our overall manufacturing capabilities and create opportunities for greater efficiencies, collaboration and long-term investment."
The deal is described as reflecting a broader pattern of consolidation across the UK plastics and rubber processing market, with investor-backed operators building scale through a combination of moulding, tooling and materials-handling.
The combination of TCB-Arrow and Meadex under common ownership creates a multi-process manufacturer with scope to share tooling, cross-sell across different product lines and pool resin and raw-material buying.
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