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YFM Equity Partners

YFM Equity Partners takes minority stakes in growing companies, usually without full control, from Leeds, UK. It states a focus on software & internet, business & professional services, healthcare & life sciences and consumer & retail.

Disclosed holdings89
Earliest stated investment
HeadquartersLeeds, UK
Stated cheque size£3M-£15M

Stated investment criteria

What YFM Equity Partners says it buys

Read from YFM Equity Partners’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.

Minimum revenue it states£1m1
Transaction typesGrowth, Management buyout2
People listed on its team page563

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Regulatory record

How YFM Equity Partners is registered

From Companies House, the United Kingdom's statutory company register.

Companies House numberOC384467
Incorporated2013-04-16
Register statusActive
Officers on the register18

Portfolio

Disclosed holdings

Companies YFM Equity Partners lists on its own website. No investment years are published.

CompanyInvestedYears heldRecorded transaction
ACC Aviation Group
Antser Group
Arcus
Aura Life
AutomatePro
B2M
Biorelate
CPMS
Callstream
Checkmate
Cooper Software
Cozart
DSP
DXS
Deep Secure
Digital Five
Displayplan
DrDoctor
Dynarisk
Eikon
Elucidat
Ferrabyrne
Fishawack
Fleetclear (ISS)
Force24
FourNet
Frescobol Carioca
Fuuse
GEEIQ
GHG
GTK
Gill
Go Outdoors
Group BC
Indigo
Integrum ESG
Io Itelligent Office
Ketech
Leengate Valves
London Drainage
MacroArt
Mangar
Matillion
MurphyCobb Associates
Ncam
NextWave
Ohalo
Omne
PEGL
Panintelligence
Plandek
Protein Works
Psychology Tools
Quality Clouds
RGE Services
RMS
Relative Insight
Replay Maintenance
Resulting IT
S4labour
SOS
Sarian Systems
Selima
Sharpcloud
Sipsynergy
Spotless Water
Springboard
Stacatruc
StormHarvester
StudentCrowd
Summize
Swanky
TEV
Teamfeepay
The Hearing People
The Networking People (TNP)
ThinkHire
TiPJAR
Tonkotsu
Traveltek
Unbiased
Vuealta
Vypr
Wakefield Acoustics
Waterfall Services
Wooshii
Workbuzz
Xapien
inploi

Compiled from YFM Equity Partners’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.

Recorded transactions

Buying and selling

Deals in which YFM Equity Partners is named as buyer or seller in the transaction archive. 2 recorded exits, most recently in 2018. 7 recorded acquisitions.

CompanySideCounterpartyYearConsideration
OmneBought2024$13m
Replay MaintenanceBought2024$10m
GHG SolutionsBought2020$26m
GTK (UK) Ltd.SoldVolex2018$22m
Waterfall Catering Group Ltd.SoldLDC2014$23m
Wakefield AcousticsBought2014$6.2m
SpringboardBought2014$9.2m
Cambrian Park & Leisure Homes Ltd.Bought2014$4.6m
Heritage Windows and DoorsBought2014$5.2m

Compiled from a transaction archive of 10,204 recorded deals. Most private transactions are never disclosed, so this is a sample of a firm’s activity rather than a complete record of it.

Valuation context

Transaction values in Software & Internet

What companies have actually sold for in software & internet, across 2,672 recorded transactions.

Median consideration$80m
Middle 50%$20m-$250m
Revenue multiple2.2×
EBITDA multiple10.9×

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