UK-visible control · private-equity firm

LDC (Lloyds Development Capital)

UK companies whose Companies House control chain resolves to LDC (Lloyds Development Capital), via 11 matched control vehicles. Two views: every company where the firm is a significant-control PSC, and the narrower set it majority-controls.

LDC (Lloyds Development Capital) is a UK private equity firm and the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group. It is based in London and was established in 1981. It focuses on mid-market buyouts and development capital for UK companies, usually through minority or majority stakes across a broad range of sectors.

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Majority control

≥50% shares/votes or board control

£166m

turnover · full accounts of controlled companies

Companies: 96
Employees: 1,149
PBT: £-37m

All disclosed control

incl. minority (≥25%) PSC stakes

£823m

turnover · 655 companies

Employees: 3,995
With accounts: 74 (11%)

Control structure

Majority control · top platforms by turnover · 96 companies controlled in total

LDC (Lloyds Development Capital)
- — ALBANY BIDCO LIMITED £84m · 570 staff
  - 75–100% ARCHER TOPCO LIMITED
- 75–100% ANGUS FIRE LIMITED £32m · 140 staff
- 50–75% SOLAIS TOPCO LIMITED £27m · 165 staff
  - 75–100% SOLAIS LIMITED
- 75–100% AVANTIS EDUCATION LIMITED £22m · 60 staff
- 75–100% PRECISION MICRO LIMITED £18m · 155 staff
- 75–100% MOSAIC FULFILMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED £15m · 199 staff
  - 75–100% COMMITTEDGIVING LTD
  - +2 more controlled
- 25–50% BLUE BAY TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED £8m · 115 staff
  - 75–100% BLUE BAY TRAVEL LIMITED
  - 75–100% BLUE BAY HOTELS LIMITED

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 · 9 have filed accounts

Company	PSC control	Turnover	PBT	Emp.
ALBANY BIDCO LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥75%	—	£84m	£-35m	570
SOLAIS TOPCO LIMITED controlled via 2 hops · every link ≥50%	50–75%	£27m	£-10m	165
AVANTIS EDUCATION LIMITED controlled via 6 hops · every link ≥25%	75–100%	£22m	£10m	60
PRECISION MICRO LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥75%	75–100%	£18m	£450,000	155
MOSAIC FULFILMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED controlled via 2 hops · every link ≥75%	75–100%	£15m	£-2m	199

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 LDC (Lloyds Development Capital)'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 9 of 96 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.