BACKING BUSINESS AMBITION
This year marks LDC’s 40th in business. Since 1981, we’ve supported over 650 management teams and invested more than £5.5bn in mid-sized businesses.
Find out what it’s like to work with us, directly from the business leaders who’ve used private equity to realise their growth ambitions.
LDC & MEAbout LDC
Over 40 years after our first investment, we remain just as keen to support management teams to build great businesses – across every region and sector of the UK economy.
A committed and successful private equity partner
ambition
three years
chosen to work with LDC
across the UK
for each company
The Prince’s Trust
The LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Leaders 2021
The past 18 months have tested UK mid-market businesses like never before. Yet some outstanding leaders have not only survived but thrived in this challenging trading environment. The LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Leaders programme is dedicated to celebrating these entrepreneurial individuals.
Backing Youth Ambition
In 2019 LDC partnered with The Prince’s Trust to support over 1,200 young entrepreneurs across the UK over the next three years.Backing Youth Ambition aims to help young people explore and launch their own businesses through start-up grants and additional funding for The Prince’s Trust’s Enterprise Programme.
In the first two years, our partnership has contributed £825,000 to support more than 1,300 young entrepreneurs, through donations, volunteering, event attendance and mentoring. Backing Youth Ambition : Discover more Discover more
Recent news
Read more about Recent news Read moreLDC exits SRL Traffic Systems
6 Dec 2021
Aquavista completes strategic acquisition of Castle Marinas
2 Dec 2021
MSQ acquires Elmwood to merge with Holmes & Marchant to respond to brand industry needs
1 Dec 2021
Ask the leader – Jan Steele
30 Nov 2021
Minority investment will help IEG4’s management team to drive scale and growth
26 Nov 2021
LDC hires new Investment Manager
22 Nov 2021
