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Top 25 Distressed equity firms based in the United Kingdom

Name: Distressed equity firms based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 139 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 139 distressed equity firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,478 professional contacts across them, including 920 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers distressed equity firms headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

139Companies

2,478Contacts tracked

920Verified emails

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The 25 largest distressed equity firms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 139 distressed equity firms based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to distressed equity firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Privet Capital LLP	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	469 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We identify the hidden value in companies that are often in challenging or complex situations, but have a strong core offering.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	BC Partners	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	333 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BC Partners is an international investment firm that offers select, focused investment strategies designed to complement each other and create synergies that benefit our investors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Aurelius	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	328 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AURELIUS is a global alternative investor, distinguished and widely recognised for its operational approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Terra Firma	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	109 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Terra Firma drives value creation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	MML Capital Partners	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	83 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MML is an international mid-market private equity investor focused on investing alongside strong management teams and working in partnership with them to deliver their bold…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Capvest	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	78 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in CapVest is a leading mid-market private equity firm headquartered in London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Hilco Capital	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	60 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hilco Capital is a leading special situations investor, asset-based lender and retail adviser, specialising in combining fast access to capital with financial and operational…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Metric Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2011, Metric Capital Partners is a leading European private capital investor headquartered in London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Alchemy Partners	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Alchemy Partners, together with Alchemy Special Opportunities LLP, specialises in investing in distressed and undervalued or underperforming businesses and other special…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Blantyre Capital Limited	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Blantyre Capital is a London-based investment firm focused on partnering with European companies in relaunching good businesses with temporary financial challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	WRM Group	Strong evidence	Londra, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	33 contacts →
	Strong evidence “WRM Group, founded in 2009, specialises in Special Situations, Distressed Private Equity and Real Estate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Fitzwalter Capital	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With offices in London, New York and Hamburg and approximately US$2.4 billion under management, FitzWalter Capital provides capital and capability, supporting management teams to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Rcapital	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rcapital provides private investment, commercial expertise and hands-on support to transform and grow businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Forum Partners	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Forum Partners is a global real estate investment management firm with five offices across Europe, Asia and North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Shiprock Capital Management Limited	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Shiprock Capital Management Limited is a London based investment management firm focussed on investing in Global Distressed and Special Situations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Chiron Financial LLC	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Chiron Financial is a global investment banking firm that has a proven track record of raising capital for lower middle-market companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Twenty20 Capital	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PEOPLE POWERED PERFORMANCE We believe in intuitive, ambitious and innovative leaders who have a vision for making good companies great!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	AS Equity Partners	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AS Equity Partners is a highly experienced London and Zurich-based special situation investor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Ironshield Capital Management LLP	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ironshield Capital Management LLP is a special situations investment manager focusing on stressed and distressed event driven credit situations in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Njord Partners	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Njord Partners is a long-term capital partner to middle market corporates across Europe We provide flexible capital solutions to corporations faced with complex situations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Enigma Group LTD	Indirect evidence	Romford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Enigma Group Ltd is the parent company for a diverse range of businesses operating under the Enigma brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Copper Street Capital LLP	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2015, Copper Street Capital LLP (“Copper Street”) is an alternative investment firm focused on capturing thematic value-driven opportunities within the financial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Mercantile Group	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Mercantile Group is a growing and successful private investment company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Maya Capital	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Maya Capital is a pan-European investment firm focused on real estate and private equity opportunities, through value creating initiatives, with a hands-on strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Kestrel Partners	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kestrel Partners are specialist investors in technology and services companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: distressed equity firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names distressed equity firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of distressed equity firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name distressed equity firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Distressed equity firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

37.1%Verified-email coverage

17.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

67.6%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 139 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among distressed equity firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “distressed equity firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names distressed equity firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among distressed equity firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 920 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Distressed equity firms by metro

Distressed equity firms in London94

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names distressed equity firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many distressed equity firms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 139 distressed equity firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Privet Capital LLP, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most distressed equity firms?

London leads with 94 headquartered companies, followed by Leeds (4) and Manchester (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 920 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 139 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.