With 90 companies from every sector of the UK economy in our portfolio, we know an ambitious business leader when we meet one. We back the best business leaders, no matter what sector they work in.

And our experienced network of non-executive directors is there to offer you a sounding board and help you build connections.

Whether you’re the founder of a video game developer or the head of holiday cabin business – we’ll work to understand your objectives and your business.

You want to make sure your private equity partner has the experience to match your ambition.

We’ve backed over 650 management teams since 1981, helping them make their vision a reality.
And our award-winning approach has helped our portfolio to grow and returned over £875m of proceeds in 2020.

So you can be sure you’re in safe hands.

You can’t understand UK business without understanding the local communities they operate in.

Our teams are based across 12 key locations – from Aberdeen to Cardiff, via Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and more.

Having people on the ground gives us a different perspective to other private equity firms. We’re well connected, often knowing the same people. And we’re always close by.

You lead the way – and we’ll be right beside you, providing the support and guidance your business needs to grow.

Our team of Value Creation Partners (VCP) can help you make your businesses more efficient and agile – delivering measurable commercial outcomes to support future business growth.

We can offer you support on operational improvements to make a difference in areas from IT to sales and marketing or cash collections and working capital.

As the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, we’re not like other private equity firms.

There’s no uncertainty as to where your capital is coming from. We don’t have to focus on fundraising. We don’t have a set fund cycle. So we can be more flexible, supporting you through ups and downs.

And, we continue to invest in times of uncertainty, with £1.2bn available for our private equity partnerships in the next three years.

We don’t just back ambition at LDC, we champion it.

We look to recognise and celebrate ambition across the UK, in all its forms, whether through our Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders programme and The Lloyds Bank National Business Awards or our long-term partnership with World Record-holder Mark Beaumont to supporting ambition ‘on the ground’ in the areas we live and work.

We support the communities we work in.

It’s why we’re Backing Youth Ambition in partnership with The Prince’s Trust – supporting 1,200 young entrepreneurs right across the UK over the next three years.

And it’s why we have long term partnerships with good causes on our doorstep, raising more than £2.6m for local charities like Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Camp Mohawk.