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Canonbury

Buying and growing
great British businesses

Strategic, long term stewardship of high quality private businesses

We buy UK based private businesses, preserving hard earned legacy whilst driving long-term, sustainable growth.

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Canonbury Team

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Alex Collins

Co-Founder

Alex spent 10 years as an investor focused on companies in emerging markets, latterly at Capital Group and BlueBay Asset Management. At Canonbury, Alex’s primary responsibilities are systems & technology.

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Daniel Lee

Co-Founder

Daniel spent 10 years investing in Europe and Japan with a focus on activism. He was most recently co-head of Japan Research at Asset Value Investors. At Canonbury, Dan’s focuses on finance and operations.

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Mark Anscombe

Marketing & Commercial

Mark is a marketing & business development professional with experience growing small businesses, FMCG, tech consulting and has worked across the private, public and not for profit sectors.

Canonbury in numbers

£9.7m

Annual Group Revenue

£5.4m

Capital deployed via acquisitions

13

Acquisitions

96

People

Our portfolio

Arnold Inventories

London's premier property inventory service provider for estate agents, landlords and property managers across the capital.

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Waterhouse

Building, mechanical and electrical services across the South West. Specialising in schools, healthcare and public sector facilities.

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Folgate Safety

Trusted fire safety contractor for organisations across the Midlands, providing fire safety services to businesses and the NHS.

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PCM

A full service maintenance provider for businesses across the UK. We specialise in planned preventative and reactive maintenance. 

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Forerunner

Tasty, nutritious school meals for primary schools across Dorset. We deliver meals to local schools from our Bournemouth kitchen.

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Canonbury Hair & Beauty

The salons were the first companies in the group. Two professional, highly rated hair and beauty salons serving clients in Islington, North London. 

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Get in touch

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Selling your business?

If you've decided to sell your business, we know how momentous that is.

Our aim is to make this process as simple, transparent and easy as possible for you. We are always on the look out for great businesses, and we have found success in continuing the work of the original founders.

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