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Quality first
We focus on established businesses with strong reputations, reliable service and enduring customer relationships.
Premium waste management acquisitions
Building the next generation of waste management.
Acqwaste acquires high-quality UK waste-management companies and supports them for long-term growth through a focused buy-and-build strategy.
- UK-wide focus
- Waste specialists
- Flexible structures
- Institutionally backed
About
A premium home for exceptional businesses.
We partner with owners of profitable, well-run waste-management companies who care about what happens next. Acqwaste brings together strong regional operators, preserving the qualities that made them successful while adding the capital and support to grow.
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Owner aligned
Every transaction is shaped around the owner’s objectives, whether that means a full exit, phased transition or continued involvement.
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Long-term value
We acquire to build, investing in people, fleet, sites, systems and commercial capability—not pursuing short-term disposals.
Across the group’s operations
Our mandate
What we look for.
Our mandate covers the breadth of UK waste management. We assess each opportunity on its own strengths and can consider a range of transaction sizes and structures.
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Established operators
Profitable companies with capable teams, sound operations and a defensible local or specialist position.
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Waste management focus
Skip hire, recycling, recovery, collection, transfer, treatment and related specialist services.
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Strategic fit
Businesses that strengthen geographic density, add capability or create complementary customer and waste streams.
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Flexible succession
Full acquisitions, majority investments and transition arrangements tailored to the shareholder’s circumstances.
Buy & build
One group. Built with purpose.
Our buy-and-build approach is designed to create a stronger integrated platform while retaining local expertise, trusted relationships and operational accountability.
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01Acquire
Identify and complete acquisitions of high-quality UK waste businesses.
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02Invest
Support people, equipment, systems, compliance and commercial development.
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03Connect
Create shared capability and opportunities across complementary operations.
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04Grow
Build a resilient, scaled group with an enduring position in the sector.
Case studies
Transactions we have delivered.
Recent work with owners of UK waste businesses.
Anglian Waste Recycling Group Ltd
Anglian is East Anglia’s leading multi-service contractor. They are experts in demolition, asbestos surveys and removal, earthworks and remediation, scaffolding and waste recycling.
Acqwaste worked with the shareholders to help with strategic direction, management appointments, acquisitions and capital sourcing.
- Helped with the appointment of a new group CFO
- Provided extensive due diligence services
- Restructured financial operations
- Improved debtor collections and working capital via cost savings
- Identified an acquisition opportunity
- Helped to secure funding to support the transaction
LW Skips & Conquest Transport Ltd
LW Skips is Staffordshire’s leading waste management and recycling provider. Expert services range from skip hire to full waste management and recycling solutions. The company provides skip hire and recycling services in Lichfield, Rugeley, Burntwood, Cannock and surrounding areas.
Acqwaste worked with the shareholders to help with preparing the business for sale, finding a suitable acquirer and arranging the capital to complete the transaction.
- Organised company financials to institutional standards
- Supported acquirer engagement
- Conducted and managed the initial due diligence process
- Positioned the business successfully for acquisition
- Worked with the various advisory companies to help bring the transaction to execution
“We found the team at Acqwaste to be very helpful, and were pleased that we achieved the target valuation we had set on the company. With a focus on solutions to complex problems I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending the company and the team”Nick Wallace, Owner of LW Skips
For business owners
A transaction that respects your legacy.
- Confidential discussions with decision-makers
- Clear valuation and straightforward terms
- Flexible consideration and transition structures
- Respect for employees, customers and local identity
- Funding certainty backed by institutional capital
Our ownership
Part of the RA Advisory group.
Acqwaste is owned by RA Advisory Services Limited, a specialist acquisition and capital advisory group. The relationship provides access to wider transaction expertise, funding relationships and strategic support while Acqwaste remains dedicated to its waste-management buy-and-build mandate.
RA Advisory Services
RA
Acquisitions, capital and strategy across specialist UK sectors, with a long-term approach to value creation.
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Confidential enquiries
Considering a sale or partnership?
Speak directly with Acqwaste about your business and objectives. Every conversation is treated in confidence.
Registered office 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQCompany number: 14999576
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