County Durham based utility provider set to expand following management buyout

Everflow, a technology-driven utility provider catering to businesses across the UK with eco-friendly water supply and waste collection services, announces that, following a successful management buyout, it plans to expand its range of services to other utility verticals outside of the water market.

Lead investor, Perwyn, is partially exiting as part of the wider management buyout by the existing management team. The transaction will result in an ‘excellent’ return on investment for Perwyn, who initially invested in the company in 2018.

The deal will enable the Peterlee based company to restructure its capital framework, and Perwyn is delighted to maintain a significant minority stake and also retain its seat on the Everflow Board. Perwyn will continue to support the company’s strategy to sustain organic growth and venture into multiple utility sectors, with plans to explore new verticals.

Ravi Sharma, Partner at Perwyn and Board member of Everflow, commented: “We have been tremendously impressed with Everflow’s performance. Their journey began in 2017 when the UK water market deregulated, and it has been truly satisfying to witness its remarkable growth, now serving over 60,000 customers.

“The Government’s deregulation initiative fostered increased competition, allowing Everflow to identify and seize opportunities using its technology focussed approach, ultimately benefiting water users.

“They have emerged as market leaders, capturing 26 per cent of customer switches since deregulation. Josh and his team have done a phenomenal job.”

Josh Gill, Founder and CEO of Everflow, added: “We are grateful to Perwyn for their enduring support of Everflow and are very pleased that they will remain shareholders.

“Ravi and his team have played an invaluable role in our growth journey to date and their support and advice will remain key as we look to substantially scale the business into different utility verticals.

“We have learnt how to maximise advantages in UK utilities markets following the end of monopoly models for those basic services and our future plans include targeting the telecoms and wider utilities.”

The Perwyn deal team consisted of Ravi Sharma, Mike Rothwell and Mark Deed. Advisers included WilliamsAli (Phil Williams and Abu Ali), Muckle LLP (Matt Walsh), and Hill Dickinson (David Mkhitarian).

By Matthew Neville – Senior Correspondent, Bdaily

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