
Trusted with Ambition™
For over 40 years, LDC has been the trusted investment partner for ambitious management teams. Part of Lloyds Banking Group, our approach to private equity partnership is about helping them to grow their businesses, in their way.
We offer strategic support, challenge when necessary and provide flexible growth capital as either minority or majority shareholders. This means we can help management teams to implement a range of different growth strategies – including acquiring complementary businesses, investing in infrastructure, broadening products and services, or setting up overseas.
We are where you are
With a national network of 10 offices, our teams live and work right across the UK. By combining local relationships with national scale, we’re able to build trusted relationships from day one.
Our scale, experience, and success across almost all sectors of the UK economy means we’ve helped more than 675 management teams to achieve their objectives, through good times and bad. If you’d like to know more about how we can support your growth ambitions, get in touch here.

LDC minority investment helped Plimsoll Productions to become the biggest independent producer of natural history programmes in the world.

LDC proved the perfect tonic for premium mixers brand Fever-Tree, we supported Founders Charles and Tim on their journey to a £154.5m listing on AIM.

Shaken Udder is the UK’s #1 premium milkshake brand, LDC has invested for a minority stake to support Jodie and Andrew expand their customer base and NPD.

LDC backed the management team of HR Technology provider Talos360 to support their organic growth strategy and explore complementary acquisitions.

With LDC support, FSP’s management team more than doubled revenues and headcount – and won awards for their people-centric approach.