Endless (private equity)

Endless LLP
Private
Industry Private equity
Founded 2005 (2005)
Headquarters 3 Whitehall Quay, Leeds LS1, England
Key people
 Garry Wilson (co founder and managing partner)
Darren Forshaw (co founder and senior partner)
Website http://www.endlessllp.com/

Endless is a British private equity firm.

Endless is headquartered at 3 Whitehall Quay, Leeds, with an office at 102 Park Street, London W1.[1][2]

Endless has invested in West Cornwall Pasty Company, Jones Bootmaker,[3] Crown Paints,[4] and Theo Fennell.[5][6] In April 2006, Endless acquired GlynWebb, which they sold on four months later.[7][8] In March 2011, Endless acquired T. J. Hughes for an undisclosed sum.[9]

In July 2017, Endless bought the luggage company Antler Luggage, from fellow private equity firm Lloyds Development Capital (LDC).[6] In July 2018, it announced that The Works, which it bought out of administration in May 2008 for around £17 million, would have an IPO and a valuation of £100 million.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Endless - Endless LLP". www.endlessllp.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Endless LLP: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Jones Bootmaker sale saves 840 jobs". BBC News. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Feddy, Kevin (2008-08-20). "Endless backs Crown Paints buyout". Manchester Evening News. MEN Media. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
  5. 1 2 Booth, James (13 July 2018). "Private equity-backed retailer The Works launches £100m London float". Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. 1 2 White, Lucy (26 July 2017). "Endless buys struggling luggage brand Antler from private equity firm LDC". Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Endless to fix Glyn". 28 April 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Redundancies as GlynWebb collapses". 15 February 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Management team buys Liverpool retailer TJ Hughes with backing from turnaround specialist Endless". liverpoolecho. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
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