Stone Group

Deal Summary

Catalyst advised the management team of Stone Computers on a £20 million management buy-out of the business backed by the Baring English Growth Fund.

Based in Staffordshire, Stone Computers is a leading IT provider to the public sector, configuring servers, desktop PCs and notebooks to order. With sales of over £49 million, the company sells to a variety of clients within the public sector, with a specific focus on schools, higher and further education.

What difference did we make?

Over a period of 12 months we worked closely with the owner and management of Stone Computers gaining a detailed understanding of the business and helping them to understand how the private equity market would assess the company.

We were then appointed to advise the management team on a management buy-out, which was duly project managed to completion.

In this deal though the relationship that was built prior to starting the process with the owner was key to enabling us to deliver the best deal for all parties concerned