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Svella Plc is a privately funded investment and acquisition vehicle set up to acquire controlling interests in underperforming, distressed, or COVID-impacted businesses across the United Kingdom. Founded in 2018 by former Stobart Group executives Andrew Tinkler and Ben Whawell, the firm targets businesses with significant growth potential across sectors including construction, civil engineering, telecoms and digital infrastructure, energy, rail, and professional services. Svella's model is built around hands-on operational improvement, an unwavering focus on financial performance, and proactive management — drawing on the team's track record of turning a £1m investment into a £1.6 billion diversified group. The firm acquires controlling stakes, injects working capital, and works alongside management teams to deliver sustainable long-term growth and substantial shareholder returns.
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“Svella's portfolio model, driven by operational improvement, an unwavering focus on financial performance, hands-on investment and proactive management, has helped generate substantial shareholder return.”
“Our goal is to support the management teams with hands-on investment, operational improvement and a customer-centric approach to unlock the growth potential in the business.”
“This is an exciting opportunity to allow a pooling of complementary expertise and experience, working in partnership with the team at Arete.”
Team
Andrew Tinkler
Executive Chairman
Ben Whawell
Chief Executive Officer
Holly Loudon
In-House Counsel
Daniel Sofaer
Corporate Finance
Gareth
Commercial Accountant
Mike Fletcher
Non-Executive / Advisor (via Arete Capital Partners)
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emeg Group | Acquisition | — | 2025-07-10 |
| Cubby Construction (Cubby Group) | Acquisition | $15m | 2025-06-25 |
| Chillblast Group | Acquisition | — | 2025-04-01 |
| Leonard Curtis | Growth Equity | $19m | 2021-08-26 |
| Svella Connect (from NMCN divisions) | Acquisition (out of administration) | — | 2021-10-07 |
| Aberla Energy | Acquisition (out of administration) | — | 2022-07-13 |
| Aberla Utilities | Acquisition (out of administration) | — | 2022-07-13 |
| Avidrail | Acquisition | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Arete Capital Partners | 2 |
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