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What We Buy

Office Talk

KPD Group acquires asset-backed, contracted, and regulated businesses across five focused sectors. Each acquisition is approached with the same discipline: long-term ownership, structured transitions, and continuity from day one.
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Our Areas of Focus

We work with owner-led businesses delivering essential services across the following areas:

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🛠️ Engineering & Manufacturing
Asset-backed, succession-driven manufacturing and engineering businesses

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Target business types

  • Structural, heavy, and precision fabrication businesses
  • Specialist and process manufacturing
  • Industrial machinery manufacture and supply
  • Workshop or site-based engineering operations with owned assets


Ideal profile

  • Tangible fixed assets or freehold property on balance sheet
  • Established order book with repeat customers
  • Owner-managed, succession-driven — typically 20+ years in operation
  • Turnover £2m–£15m with sustainable EBITDA margin
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🧒 Regulated Care 
CQC-regulated supported living and residential care providers

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Target business types

  • Supported living providers (3–12 services)
  • Residential care homes (15–80 beds)
  • Specialist adult care providers with property-backed operations
  • Multi-site providers with established LA commissioner relationships

 

Ideal profile

  • CQC rating of Good or Outstanding
  • Stable registered manager and care team in place
  • LA framework or spot-purchase commissioned income
  • Freehold or long-lease registered premises
  • Founder-operator considering succession or retirement
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🏗️ Residential Property Portfolios

Incorporated HMO, buy-to-let, and serviced accommodation portfolios​

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Target business types
  • Incorporated BTL and HMO portfolios (10–80 units)
  • Serviced accommodation operators with owned or leased stock
  • Specialist and mixed-use residential portfolios
  • Blocks of flats and multi-unit freehold holdings
 
Ideal profile
  • Held within a limited company structure
  • EPC C or above across the majority of the portfolio
  • Established tenancy history with low void rates
  • Owner considering exit due to refinancing pressure, regulatory change, or retirement
  • Portfolio value £1.5m–£15m
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🌱 Waste Management & Environmental
Contracted, licence-protected waste and environmental service businesses

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Target business types
  • Hazardous and non-hazardous waste collection and disposal
  • Contracted recycling and waste processing operators
  • Licensed transfer station and treatment facility operators
  • Environmental remediation businesses with contracted revenue
 
Ideal profile
  • Environment Agency permit or Upper Tier Waste Carrier registration in place
  • Contracted route-based or recurring commercial revenue
  • Asset-backed — vehicle fleet, plant, or freehold depot
  • Turnover £1.5m–£12m
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📋 Specialist Support Services
Engineering services and compliance businesses with recurring contracted revenue

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Target business types

  • Industrial and commercial electrical installation and maintenance
  • Repair and servicing of fabricated metal products and machinery
  • Security systems installation and maintenance
  • Specialist compliance and inspection services for regulated environments

 

Ideal profile

  • Recurring maintenance or inspection contract base
  • Relevant accreditations in place (NICEIC, ECA, SSAIB or equivalent)
  • Operational adjacency to engineering or waste management businesses
  • Turnover £1m–£8m
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Next Steps 

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If this feels aligned, the next step is a confidential conversation.
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