SEE ALL INVESTMENTS CH&CO CH&CO is a leading catering group offering premium contract and hospitality services across the UK. CH&CO has established a highly respected brand and serves a diverse range of customers in workplaces, education, venues, livery halls and well-known visitor attractions. The business had held a Royal Warrant for the provision of catering services to HM Queen since 2013, and manages catering facilities for The Tower of London, Hampton Court, ZSL London Zoo and Goldsmiths’ Hall, among others. CH&CO operates staff restaurants and cafes, as well as delivering in-house hospitality for a host of blue-chip companies. Its high-quality offer is attractive to employers who recognise this as an important employee benefit. In the education sector, CH&CO provides delicious, interesting and nutritionally-balanced food for school lunches in both state and private schools. In addition, CH&CO provides end-to-end events management services and in-house catering services to venues that host corporate events, conferences, wedding receptions, parties and dinners. INVESTMENT DATE May 2019 COUNTRY UK BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Support Services REVENUE AT ACQ. £286m EMPLOYEES AT ACQ. 6,200 INVESTMENT TYPE Secondary MBO Equistone’s investment will provide us with the financial support to fund further strategic mergers and acquisitions of the type that we have successfully used to date to grow the business and to diversify our customer base. Bill Toner, CEO, CH&CO EQUISTONE TEAM Dominic Geer Senior Partner London Edward Baker Investment Director London Tristan Manuel Investment Director London RELATED PRESS RELEASES Equistone-backed CH&CO acquires Gather & Gather from Mitie 19 Aug 2019 Equistone invests in UK contract catering group CH&CO 18 Apr 2019 ADD-ON ACQUISITIONS VacherinFeb 2020 Company of CooksSep 2019 Gather & GatherSep 2019 CONTACT US AMSTERDAM BIRMINGHAM LONDON MANCHESTER MUNICH PARIS ZURICH PRINT PAGE DISCLAIMER PRIVACY POLICY MODERN SLAVERY ACT INVESTOR LOGIN Equistone Partners Europe Limited is authorised and regulated by The Financial Conduct Authority. © EQUISTONE PARTNERS EUROPE