About | Charterhouse

At a glance

1

OFFICE

4

REGIONS

33

INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS

16

PARTNERS

16+

CURRENT PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

€19bn+

PROCEEDS RETURNED

c.€6bn

CURRENT AUM

65

TEAM MEMBERS

Charterhouse invests with a growth-focused approach to mid-market European companies across the services, healthcare, industrials and consumer sectors. We follow a selective, conviction-led style, sourcing attractive investment opportunities often ahead of any process with the long-term ambition of driving transformational change.

Our heritage

A performance-driven pioneer of the leveraged buyout industry in Europe

1934
1st investor in unquoted securities in UK
1973
1st Investor in Europe from UK
1976
Charterhouse starts to invest 3^rd party capital
1982
1^st Charterhouse leveraged buyout transaction. Beginning of the UK leveraged buyout industry
1994
Charterhouse Capital Partners V raised at £338m
1997
Charterhouse Capital Partners VI raised at £800m
1999
Charterhouse Capital Partners VIA raised at £345m
2001
Buyout from HSBC: Charterhouse becomes an employee-owned independent firm
2002
Charterhouse Capital Partners VII raised at €2.7bn
2006
Charterhouse Capital Partners VIII raised at €4.0bn
2009
Charterhouse Capital Partners IX raised at €4.0bn
2016
Charterhouse Capital Partners X raised at €2.3bn
2021
Connect, Collaborate, Change

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Investment strategy

Committed to European mid-market buyouts: 4 regions, 4 sectors, 4 investment criteria

Lead investor in European mid-market private equity investments

€200m - €1.5bn Target transaction size

Target regions

UK & Ireland

France

Northern Europe

Southern Europe

Target sectors

Services

Healthcare

Specialised Industrials

Consumer

Portfolio team

Our dedicated in-house team provides direct support to managers and the investment team, specialising in onboarding, operational improvement, strategic repositioning, digitalisation and internationalisation.