Private equity house · Mayfair, London
Private Capital for the Businesses
behind the Workforce.
Parker Lloyd Ventures is a private equity house investing in exceptional Human Capital businesses. Our capital is our own, so we move quickly, stay patient and give the people we back complete certainty.
Who we are
Entrepreneurs first.
Investors second.
Parker Lloyd Ventures is a private equity house investing its own capital in businesses built on people.
Plans are designed around the business, not a fund cycle. We stay quiet about our holdings and stand behind them with capital, experience and patience.
Aligned
We invest alongside management teams and structure deals so that everyone wins together.
Patient
Permanent private capital means no artificial deadlines. Value is built over years, not quarters.
Decisive
A small team and a single source of capital allow us to move from handshake to completion quickly.
What we do
One specialism. Three ways in.
Everything we do sits within Human Capital. Whether a business is changing hands, ready to grow or just getting started, our own capital and sector experience sit behind it.
Our focus
Two connected markets. One workforce.
Our portfolio already spans staffing and payroll businesses of every scale, and these markets remain our primary focus. We are successful business investors with a versatile team, so we remain open to opportunities in other sectors where our experience in funding, management and scaling can create value.
Recruitment & Staffing
From single branch specialists to national high volume staffing groups, we invest in agencies that keep the UK working, across temporary, contract and permanent placement.
- Industrial and high volume staffing
- Technical, professional and specialist recruitment
- Temporary, contract and permanent placement
Payroll & Workforce Solutions
We invest in the compliant engine room of the contingent workforce: the umbrella and payroll intermediaries that make the journey from gross to net simple, transparent and safe.
- Umbrella PAYE
- CIS and self employed payroll
- Professional Employer Organisation and contractor payroll
We do not publish a register of our holdings. If you would like to discuss our portfolio or a potential opportunity, please get in touch.
Our capital is private and permanent. We can move quickly on complex, time pressured situations and give shareholders, banks and staff real certainty. We back leaders, not spreadsheets, and we stay for the long term.
Chief Operating Officer, Parker Lloyd Ventures
People
A family office set up.
Parker Lloyd Ventures runs as a family office: specialists in funding, investment, management and scaling. Governance and capital sit with the principal. Origination and operations sit with our team and trusted partners.
Chief Operating Officer & Portfolio Manager
Leads the operations and governance of the house, oversees portfolio reporting and the relationships between the principal, our management partners and our investors, and directly manages a number of businesses within the portfolio.
Investment Partner & Acquisition Lead
Sources acquisition and investment opportunities across the Human Capital sector and leads each transaction from first introduction through to completion.
Finance Director
Oversees financial control, reporting and funding across the house and its holdings, ensuring every business we back is built on disciplined and transparent numbers.
Compliance Manager
With a legal background in corporate law, our Compliance Manager keeps the house and its portfolio to the highest standards of regulation, governance and contract integrity.
Family Office
Parker Lloyd Ventures invests on behalf of a private principal with a portfolio of successful operating businesses. Capital is deployed into well operated opportunities through a trusted team that values discretion, alignment and long term stewardship.
Portfolio management
We back local management, we do not replace it.
Every business we invest in continues to be run by its own management and directors. We support them: hands on when a situation requires it, hands off when it does not, with clear reporting and regular board meetings held with management only.
That approach gives the businesses we back the certainty of a single, committed capital provider and the freedom to run their company the way they know best.
Talk to usHow we work
- Committed capital, without restrictive covenants
- Local management and directors continue to run the business
- Hands on support when required, hands off with clear reporting when not
- Regular board meetings held with management only
- Swift completion, from handshake to close in weeks, not months
Partner with Parker Lloyd Ventures
Start a partnership conversation.
If you own or lead a staffing, recruitment or payroll business and are considering a management buyout, equity release, growth funding or a full or partial exit, we would welcome a confidential conversation. Our private capital lets us respond quickly to complex, time pressured situations and give certainty to shareholders, banks and staff alike.
We have funds available, for investment now.
Parker Lloyd Ventures
Mayfair, London W1
enquiries@parkerlloydventures.com