Pollen Street has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Leonard Curtis, a distinguished corporate restructuring and professional services provider with a robust presence throughout the UK and offshore. Based in Manchester, Leonard Curtis boasts over three decades of expertise, delivering a broad spectrum of services including restructuring, legal support, funding solutions, mergers and acquisitions advisory, and other business-critical services tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as larger corporates.
Over the years, Leonard Curtis has earned a reputation as a trusted brand in the industry, recognized for its strong national footprint, deep sector knowledge, and unwavering commitment to client success. The firm’s growth trajectory has been remarkable, achieved through a blend of sustained organic expansion, strategic geographical growth, and carefully targeted acquisitions. As of today, Leonard Curtis employs more than 330 skilled professionals operating from 30 offices across the United Kingdom and in offshore markets, ensuring comprehensive coverage and flexibility in meeting diverse client needs.
A hallmark of Leonard Curtis’s approach is its well-established referral community, which plays a crucial role in the business services ecosystem. Central to this is the firm’s proprietary Lifecycle network, which connects over 3,000 regional accountancy practices. Through Lifecycle, these practices are empowered to offer their clients specialized support, practical advice, and tailored solutions for a wide range of financial and operational challenges encountered at every stage of the business lifecycle.
Looking ahead, Leonard Curtis will continue to be led by CEO Dan Booth, ensuring consistency in vision and leadership. Pollen Street’s strategic investment is set to accelerate the firm’s growth by enabling further product expansion, technological innovation, and continued M&A activity, reinforcing Leonard Curtis’s position as a leading force in the UK’s dynamic professional services industry.
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“Leonard Curtis is a high-quality business with a proven model, experienced leadership, and has demonstrated strong organic growth in the UK and offshore. We are proud of our track record of supporting fast-growing players in the financial and business services ecosystems, and are looking forward to partnering with the team for the next stage of Leonard Curtis’s growth, as it diversifies and scales organically, and further consolidates the fragmented UK professional services market.”
Jonathan Guest, Investment Director at Pollen Street
“The partnership and investment from Pollen Street Capital will allow the business to move forward and better execute our plans to grow and develop the group. We have our sights on building a business that is sustainable for many years to come and to represent something that we can all be proud to be a part of. None of this would be possible without the hard work, commitment and brilliance of our people. We are building something very special here, and I truly hope we all continue this journey together to be better every day. In years to come, we all want to be able to look back and know we played a positive part.”
Daniel Booth, CEO of Leonard Curtis
