Majority control
≥50% shares/votes or board control
£428m
turnover · full accounts of controlled companies
- Companies
- 174
- Employees
- 2,814
- PBT
- £-58m
UK-visible control · private-equity firm
LDC (Lloyds Development Capital)
UK companies whose ownership chain resolves to LDC (Lloyds Development Capital), via 14 matched control vehicles. Two views: every company where the firm is a significant-control PSC, and the narrower set it majority-controls.
LDC (Lloyds Development Capital) is a UK private equity firm and the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group. It is based in London and was established in 1981. It focuses on mid-market buyouts and development capital for UK companies, usually through minority or majority stakes across a broad range of sectors.
All disclosed control
incl. minority (≥25%) PSC stakes
£1.4bn
turnover · 652 companies
- Employees
- 8,221
- With accounts
- 72 (11%)
Control structure
Majority control · top platforms by turnover · 174 companies controlled in total
- LDC (Lloyds Development Capital)
- — ALBANY BIDCO LIMITED £84m · 570 staff
- 75–100% ARCHER TOPCO LIMITED
- 75–100% CLEVELAND GROUP (HIRE AND SALES) LIMITED £51m · 106 staff
- +1 more controlled
- 50–75% WIND BIDCO LIMITED £50m · 323 staff
- 75–100% BOSTON ENERGY LIMITED
- 75–100% TEXECOM LIMITED £38m · 277 staff
- — HIGHLANDS BIDCO LIMITED £37m · 138 staff
- 75–100% COMMSWORLD HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 75–100% ANGUS FIRE LIMITED £32m · 140 staff
- 50–75% SOLAIS TOPCO LIMITED £27m · 165 staff
- 75–100% SOLAIS LIMITED
- 75–100% AVANTIS EDUCATION LIMITED £22m · 60 staff
- 50–75% ENSCO 1337 LIMITED £20m · 198 staff
- 75–100% PRECISION MICRO LIMITED £18m · 155 staff
- 75–100% MOSAIC FULFILMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED £15m · 199 staff
- 75–100% COMMITTEDGIVING LTD
- +2 more controlled
- 75–100% PROJECT PENNY LIMITED £13m · 277 staff
- 75–100% ASSET SERVICES GROUP LIMITED
- 75–100% TALOS360 LIMITED £12m · 91 staff
- 75–100% APPRAISD LTD
- +4 more controlled
- 25–50% BLUE BAY TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED £8m · 115 staff
- 75–100% BLUE BAY TRAVEL LIMITED
- 75–100% BLUE BAY HOTELS LIMITED
- — ALBANY BIDCO LIMITED £84m · 570 staff
Platforms are the firm's accounts-filing holdings; figures are their (consolidated) turnover. Subsidiaries beneath them are already inside that total — shown for structure, not added again.
Largest UK holdings (2026)
Majority control · by turnover · 21 have filed accounts
| Company | PSC control | Turnover | PBT | Emp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBANY BIDCO LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥75% | — | £84m | £-35m | 570 |
| CLEVELAND GROUP (HIRE AND SALES) LIMITED controlled via 2 hops · every link ≥75% | 75–100% | £51m | £2m | 106 |
| WIND BIDCO LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥50% | 50–75% | £50m | £-4m | 323 |
| TEXECOM LIMITED controlled via 2 hops · every link ≥75% | 75–100% | £38m | £4m | 277 |
| HIGHLANDS BIDCO LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥75% | — | £37m | £-7m | 138 |
| ANGUS FIRE LIMITED controlled via 3 hops · every link ≥50% | 75–100% | £32m | £1m | 140 |
| SOLAIS TOPCO LIMITED controlled via 2 hops · every link ≥50% | 50–75% | £27m | £-10m | 165 |
| AVANTIS EDUCATION LIMITED controlled via 6 hops · every link ≥25% | 75–100% | £22m | £10m | 60 |
| ENSCO 1337 LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥75% | — | £20m | £-3m | 198 |
| PRECISION MICRO LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥75% | 75–100% | £18m | £450,000 | 155 |
| MOSAIC FULFILMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED controlled via 2 hops · every link ≥75% | 75–100% | £15m | £-2m | 199 |
| PROJECT PENNY LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥75% | 75–100% | £13m | £-9m | 277 |
| TALOS360 LIMITED controlled via 3 hops · every link ≥75% | 75–100% | £12m | £184,039 | 91 |
| BLUE BAY TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥25% | 25–50% | £8m | £-4m | 115 |
How this is built — and its limits
- Control, not ownership. PSC filings disclose significant control (≥25% shares/votes, board rights, significant influence) — not economic ownership. We never assert a cap table.
- "PSC control" is a band, not an exact stake. Companies House discloses control only in ranges (25–50%, 50–75%, 75–100%), and we show the stronger of the share or voting band on the holding's nearest disclosed edge — the firm's own stake for directly-held companies, the immediate intermediate's for those held through a chain. A band below 50% (or a blank —) here means control rests on board-appointment rights or significant influence rather than a majority shareholding — common in PE structures.
- Every holding is chain-verified. The line under each company ("controlled via N hops · every link ≥X%") is the shortest PSC control chain we found from LDC (Lloyds Development Capital)'s vehicles down to it — each hop a real public ownership disclosure. Where a company is also controlled by another tracked firm, that's flagged inline.
- Full accounts, not apportioned. A controlled company's figures are counted in full, not scaled by stake. A jointly-controlled asset counts fully under each controller.
- No double-counting. Where a consolidated parent and its subsidiaries both file, only the topmost is counted.
- Coverage is a floor. Only 21 of 174 majority-controlled companies file detailed accounts in our enriched set, so totals understate the true portfolio.
- UK-visible only. Chains that exit to Jersey, Guernsey or other registries terminate there — we can't follow beyond the UK.