A North West corporate finance team has celebrated a record year by advising the M Collective on the sale of a majority stake to fellow London agency Sauce Communications.
The deal brings together two of the UK’s leading lifestyle and travel PR communications specialists and is the latest transaction to be managed by DJH Corporate Finance in the professional services and creative sectors.
Led by Partners Jon Else and Matt Beckley, the team is looking to build on a twelve-month period that has seen it complete 15 deals worth approximately £135m.
They will build on this record performance by recruiting two new executives and maximising the recent relocation to DJH’s city centre offices in St George’s House.
“There has definitely been an increased appetite for M&A activity, and we have had our busiest year yet, with several deals completed and lots of transactions started or in the pipeline,” explained Jon.
“Companies are looking to pool resources to attack new opportunities, and we have been chosen as trusted partners across six different sectors, all posing their own intricacies and timescale challenges.”
He continued: “This trend represents a big opportunity for us, and we are investing in strengthening our team to cater for the increase in demand.”
DJH’s corporate finance team celebrated a record year in 2024 and is expected to build on this with a strong pipeline of transactions currently in progress.
Recent deals have included the sale of an architect and project management consultancy and a fire safety business, with future M&A activity involving a London-based law firm, a nationwide building surveyor and a specialist nuclear engineering consultancy.
Jon concluded: “Becoming part of DJH, a top 40 accountancy group, was a big move for our business and gives us access to hundreds of potential clients across Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, the Midlands and in the South East– as well as our own network of companies and intermediaries.
“We operate nationwide, but with a strong focus on the North West. There’s lots of potential in this area to support companies to grow through acquisition and owners to maximise their returns by mergers and carefully structured sales.”
DJH is a top 40 UK accountancy group, providing audit, accounting, tax, and specialist business advisory services to SMEs, large companies and private clients nationwide.
Following a series of twelve acquisitions in three years, the firm has grown into a multidisciplinary team of 600+ people across 12 offices in Yorkshire, the North West, the Midlands and South East.
For further information, please visit www.djh.co.uk or follow the company across its social media channels.
