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Exponent Private Equity

UK companies whose Companies House control chain resolves to Exponent Private Equity, via 26 matched control vehicles. Two views: every company where the firm is a significant-control PSC, and the narrower set it majority-controls.

Exponent is a London-based private equity firm established in 2004. It focuses on mid-market buyouts and investments in companies headquartered across Europe, particularly in the UK and Ireland, with sector experience in media, consumer, financial services and business services. The firm says it has raised €3.8bn across its funds.

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Majority control

≥50% shares/votes or board control

£616m

turnover · full accounts of controlled companies

Companies
171
Employees
1,591
PBT
£-72m

All disclosed control

incl. minority (≥25%) PSC stakes

£686m

turnover · 344 companies

Employees
1,821
With accounts
26 (8%)

Control structure

Majority control · top platforms by turnover · 171 companies controlled in total

Platforms are the firm's accounts-filing holdings; figures are their (consolidated) turnover. Subsidiaries beneath them are already inside that total — shown for structure, not added again.

Largest UK holdings (2026)

Majority control · by turnover · 23 have filed accounts

Company PSC control Turnover PBT Emp.
H&MV ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED controlled via 2 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £146m £5m 224
EVERGREEN GARDEN CARE UK LTD controlled via 6 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £133m £-5m 206
VIBRANT BRANDS LIMITED controlled via 7 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £120m £-32m 380
FENCE TOPCO LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥75% — £82m £-19m 471
OPTIMAS OE SOLUTIONS LTD controlled via 4 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £76m £-579,000 310
TRS WHOLESALE CO. LIMITED controlled via 6 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £51m £9m —
PROPER SNACKS LIMITED controlled via 5 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £9m £-17m —
KINGSBRIDGE HEALTHCARE GROUP LIMITED controlled via 3 hops · every link ≥50% 75–100% — £-2m 0
EXCALIBUR DEBTCO LIMITED controlled via 2 hops · every link ≥50% 75–100% — £-9m 0

How this is built — and its limits

  • Control, not ownership. PSC filings disclose significant control (≥25% shares/votes, board rights, significant influence) — not economic ownership. We never assert a cap table.
  • "PSC control" is a band, not an exact stake. Companies House discloses control only in ranges (25–50%, 50–75%, 75–100%), and we show the stronger of the share or voting band on the holding's nearest disclosed edge — the firm's own stake for directly-held companies, the immediate intermediate's for those held through a chain. A band below 50% (or a blank —) here means control rests on board-appointment rights or significant influence rather than a majority shareholding — common in PE structures.
  • Every holding is chain-verified. The line under each company ("controlled via N hops · every link ≥X%") is the shortest PSC control chain we found from Exponent Private Equity's vehicles down to it — each hop a real Companies House disclosure. Where a company is also controlled by another tracked firm, that's flagged inline.
  • Full accounts, not apportioned. A controlled company's figures are counted in full, not scaled by stake. A jointly-controlled asset counts fully under each controller.
  • No double-counting. Where a consolidated parent and its subsidiaries both file, only the topmost is counted.
  • Coverage is a floor. Only 23 of 171 majority-controlled companies file detailed accounts in our enriched set, so totals understate the true portfolio.
  • UK-visible only. Chains that exit to Jersey, Guernsey or other registries terminate there — we can't follow beyond the UK.