We've built what you're building.
We have built, scaled, and exited technology businesses in this sector. That operational experience is what we bring to every engagement.
Trusted by leading private equity firms and their portfolio businesses
78% of UK IT services deals are now private equity-backed.
47%
of private equity value creation now comes from operations.
Private equity firms don't need more consultants. They need operators who have built, scaled, and exited technology businesses in this sector.
641 deals completed in 2024. The highest level of activity on record. Yet the gap between financial expertise and operational delivery has never been wider. Capital is abundant. Operational expertise is not.
That gap is where Advisio operates.
What this means in practice.
Accountability that runs both ways.
We have held P&L responsibility. We know the difference between a recommendation that looks good in a deck and one that holds up when the board asks why margin is down.
Sector knowledge you cannot fake.
EBITDA multiples for cybersecurity MSPs versus traditional managed services. What clean customer concentration looks like. Which accreditations move valuation and which are box-ticking. We know because we have lived inside these businesses.
In the room, not above it.
We work alongside management teams, not above them. The work is done together. When we leave, the capability stays.
From £2.5m EBITDA to a £200m+ sale.
At ANS Group, we transformed a regional hardware reseller into one of the UK's leading cloud and managed services businesses over more than a decade.
One of the first UK companies to achieve Microsoft Azure Expert MSP status, alongside AWS MSP and Cisco MSP accreditations. EBITDA grew from £2.5m to £40m+. The team grew to over 750 people. In 2021, ANS sold to Inflexion Private Equity for over £200m.
That journey is not a case study. It is the foundation of every recommendation Advisio makes.
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Years in IT Services
Deep sector experience across the full private equity lifecycle
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ANS Group exit to Inflexion Private Equity
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Team at Departure
The organisation we built and ran
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What makes this different.
Operator Experience
Every recommendation we make is grounded in having done the job. We have sat on both sides of the due diligence table, led 100-day plans, integrated acquisitions, and prepared businesses for exit. This is not theory.
IT Services Specialists
We are not generalists. We understand the unit economics of managed services, the dynamics of private equity-backed buy-and-build, and the operational levers that move EBITDA in this sector. The difference between a 5x and a 12x exit is almost always operational.
Sprints, not black holes
We work in two-week sprints, each scoped to a specific outcome. You see tangible progress every fortnight, not a three-month silence and a slide deck at the end. We work alongside your team, in the business, not above it. When we leave, the capability stays.
The market is moving. The window is narrowing.
Private equity now drives 78% of UK IT services deals. Cybersecurity MSPs command 12.5x EBITDA, while traditional managed services sit at 10.8x. The scale premium is widening: sub-£5m EBITDA businesses trade at roughly 5x, a 55% discount to scaled platforms above £50m revenue.
Quality IT services assets are scarcer than they have ever been. 11.2 interested parties per business on average, second highest of any sector. The businesses achieving premium multiples today built the right operational profile three to five years before the process began.
The question for management teams is not whether to prepare. It is when.
Let's talk about what's next.
Whether you're evaluating a deal, planning a transformation, or preparing for exit, a conversation costs nothing and might change everything.