Investment in Helix International Group Limited by Queen's Park Equity (QPE)

The BDO team has advised the shareholders of Helix International Group Limited which includes Ark Workplace Risk Ltd, Firetecnics systems Ltd, Sustainware Ltd  ("The Group"), a specialist consultancy delivering expert property, health and safety, software solutions, and compliance risk management solutions to organisations nationwide, on its investment from QPE.

BDO provided The Group with a fully integrated suite of sell-side advisory services, including vendor-curated due diligence, delivering a seamless and highly successful transaction. As the only mid-market firm able to offer true end-to-end support across M&A, commercial due diligence, modelling, financial and tax due diligence, debt advisory, private client tax support.  BDO acted as a single, unified partner driving an outstanding result for the Company and its shareholders.

Incorporated in 2008, The Group delivers integrated risk, compliance, safety, and enterprise content management solutions. Its services span consulting, software, fire safety, sustainability audits, and managed data hosting for organisations across various industries.

QPE is a specialist private equity investor with over 100 years of combined experience partnering with disruptive, entrepreneur-led businesses across business and technology services, life sciences & health, and education to help them reach their full growth potential.

With increased investment, The Group is poised for further growth, ready to expand its services and strengthen its industry presence.
 

“We were looking for an investment partner who really bought into our mission and the fact our success is built on the success of our clients. QPE stood out because they showed a deep understanding of our culture and had the experience of scaling businesses like ours and the expertise to accelerate our plans. BDO took the time to truly understand our business and what mattered most to us and successfully identified the right investment partner to help us achieve our goals. We’ve built an exceptional leadership team who have been the driving force behind our success in recent years. With renewed investment and ambition, I’m looking forward to supporting Mirela and the team to continue this success.”

Rosalind Benjamin, Founder, Helix International Group

 

“This is a brilliant business in a growing and resilient sector. We are thrilled to have advised the shareholders of Helix International Group Limited on their transaction with QPE. This partnership brings together Helix International Group’s market-leading risk and safety expertise with QPE’s strategic backing and proven investment capability. We look forward to seeing the business accelerate its growth trajectory and continue setting the benchmark for the industry."

Duncan Lamb, Partner, BDO

 

"Congratulations to the team at Helix International Group and Queens Park Private Equity on a successful investment. Helix International Group is a leading compliance and risk consulting group across the UK built environment. It was an absolute pleasure to have provided a full suite of vendor due diligence services (commercial, financial and tax). I wish Helix International Group the very best on its new partnership and look forward to seeing the business continue going from strength to strength."

Matt Lister, Partner, BDO

M&A - Duncan Lamb, Will Daniels, Sarah Pereira and Chipo Nyoni
CDD - Daniel Guttmann, Rustem Zagretdinov and Mani Padmanabhan
FDD - Matt Lister, Sophie Kasiri, Amy Banister and Miles Devereux
Tax DD - Rosalind Payne, Nathan Hughes and Annie Bate
Debt Advisory - Ross McDonald, Steve Carr, Alastair Feasey, Will Reeve, Anish Mehta and Seb Walker
Modelling - Janie Reid, Alexa Harley, Rebekah Swanepoel
Private Client Tax - Tahir Ebrahim, James Mohide