A genuine strategic partner focussed on delivering growth

Valuable support, tools for scaling, and extensive experience in helping unlock innovation to create value

Collaborative, supportive, long term relationships

Our Growth Toolkit.

Over our long track record of supporting business growth, we have developed a Growth Toolkit of value creation levers that the entrepreneurs that we partner with can call on to help with specific needs and business goals.

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Strategic Clarity

Accelerating Growth

Talent & Organisation

Platform for Success

Delivering the best outcome

Strategic Clarity

Supporting the businesses driving the Knowledge Economy

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A successful partnership begins with a clear vision and clarity over what we are building together; this ensures that we set the foundations for achieving success by focusing on key value drivers. From articulating ‘what we want to be famous for’ through to crafting a 3–5 year strategy, we help to prioritise the most impactful growth initiatives and develop actionable commercial and operational plans.

Our Value Creation Levers

Business Shape

Strategy
International Expansion

Proposition

Service Line Development
Product Strategy

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Accelerating Growth

Supporting the businesses driving the Knowledge Economy

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Driving growth is at the heart of our partnership approach. We support our portfolio partners to maximise profitable expansion. We work with the teams we back to refine value propositions, expand into new markets, optimise go-to-market strategies, optimise sales and marketing operations, and turbocharge growth with successful “buy-and-build” initiatives, enabling businesses to unlock their full growth potential.

Our Value Creation Levers

Commercial

Strategic Marketing
Sales/GTM
Key Account Management
Pricing/Revenue Model
M&A

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Talent & Organisation

Supporting the businesses driving the Knowledge Economy

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A strong, scalable team is essential for sustainable success. We ensure our portfolio partners are equipped with the right organisational structure and talent engine to support their growth. From recruitment, retention, and incentivisation to leadership development and succession planning, we help build resilient organisations that protect their culture as they scale.

Our Value Creation Levers

Leadership

Senior Team
Org Structure
Succession Planning

Talent & Culture

People Function
Recruitment Engine
L&D
Academy

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Platform for Success

Supporting the businesses driving the Knowledge Economy

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We focus on equipping our portfolio partners with scalable, data-driven systems and processes, and a repeatable and high-quality model. By fostering robust banking relationships and providing follow-on capital, we ensure our partners are ideally positioned to maximise value at exit, paving the way for their next growth chapter.

Our Value Creation Levers

Finance and Operations

Finance Function
Data/Automation/AI
Operating Systems

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Delivering the best outcome

Supporting the businesses driving the Knowledge Economy

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Achieving a successful exit is a collaborative, planned journey that starts at the outset of our partnership. We work closely with our portfolio partners to deliver a strategic exit underpinned by a well-articulated and evidence-based business plan and KPIs. From maintaining growth momentum and helping to enhance the quality of earnings, to identifying the ideal next partner, we provide hands-on support throughout the process. Our approach positions businesses for highly attractive exit transactions and continued success beyond our partnership.

Our Value Creation Levers

High-Quality Delivery
Exit Preparation
Maximising Value Through Process

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We’re delighted to have GCP on board, they have a great track record in the digital transformation space and the investment will support the next phase of our growth plan, including implementing the new Hippo Academy. We were focused on finding a partner that can support us and in GCP we have found like-minded people and we’re excited to work with them going forward.

Adam Lewis

Co-founder & MD Hippo Digital

This is an important and exciting moment in the journey of Jones Knowles Ritchie. It was important to us that we found a partner that believes in our vision to become the pre-eminent global design-led creative company of the future and above all, to still be Proudly Independent so that we can do right by our incredible clients and their brands.”

Guy Lambert

Global CEO, JKR

The relationship with GCP will enable us to scale effectively and continue to deliver enterprise cyber security services and tangible business value to our clients. GCP has a long-standing successful track record of supporting fast-growth technology services business. Their focus on partnership, sustainable ambitious growth, and people development fits perfectly with Bridewell’s culture and values.”

Scott Nicholson

Co-CEO, Bridewell Consulting

I would like to thank the GCP team for their invaluable support over the last couple of years. GCP’s sector knowledge and experience have played a vital role in helping us scale by strengthening our talent and service offerings while retaining our unique values. GCP understood our model and identified with our culture from day one. GCP’s involvement has been instrumental in us realising this outcome.”

Paul Henshaw

Co-founder & MD, Infinity Works

From the start, GCP’s partnership-led approach made them stand out to us and since then, they have been a great strategic ally, helping us both source and execute our buy and build strategy and prepare us and our expanded team for our next phase of growth. Our shared values and culture have significantly contributed to the success of Arrow and the over achievement of our business plan and we thank them for all of their input.”

Chris Russell

CEO, Arrow Business Communications

The investment is a key milestone in the development of GTS and we are delighted to be working with GCP in the execution of our strategic plans. GCP has a strong track record of supporting specialist manufacturing businesses which they demonstrated by working with us during challenging macro conditions caused by the outbreak of Coronavirus. We have a strong cultural fit with the GCP team and we look forward to working together through the next phase of our journey.”

Chris Burgess

MD, GTS Flexible Materials

GCP was our first experience of a private equity investor and we could not have picked a better partner. They understood our business and sector, shared our ambitions for growth and helped us mature and evolve. At DMW we have a hands-on style based on respect, integrity and low ego. This was perfectly matched by GCP’s investment approach.”

Chris Dean

CEO, DMW

GCP has been an excellent partner for Chaucer over the past six years. They have proved to be supportive and flexible, often through difficult macro conditions, whilst providing the right balance of independent challenge, sector experience and hands on support as we have grown the Chaucer business.”

Chris Laslett

CEO, Chaucer

We are extremely pleased to have concluded an investment from GCP. We are proud of what we have built in Flint and have always sought excellence in our service to clients, the people we have recruited and our culture. GCP has recognised this from our first meeting. They are experienced in supporting high-growth professional services firms and we are delighted to welcome them as our investment partner. We are confident this transaction will put us in a strong position to create more opportunities for our team, strengthen our service offer, and accelerate the future growth of Flint.”

Ed Richards and Simon Fraser

Managing Partners, Flint Global

With GCP’s support we have made significant progress with our growth strategy over the past few years. We have completed six acquisitions since inception and three with GCP, which has seen us bring in additional expertise, while also enhancing our geographical footprint in the key US market.”

Oliver Dennis

Co-founder, Fishawack

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