Operational diligence
Understand how the business actually works before capital is committed: customer and product economics, stock, processes, systems, staffing, cash conversion and operational risks.
FOR CAPITAL PARTNERS
Operating capability before and after acquisition.
aeXea supports selected family offices, sponsors, investors, lenders and corporate acquirers where capital alone is insufficient and the outcome depends on operating execution.
FOUR AREAS OF OPERATING INVOLVEMENT
Understand the business.
Then establish control over execution.
Management assessment
Assess leadership capability, owner dependency, organisational gaps and execution risk. Identify what management can deliver, what is missing and where a transition needs support.
100-day integration and stabilisation
Establish reporting, controls, accountability, cash visibility and operating priorities. Protect continuity while addressing the few issues that determine the early outcome.
Turnaround and board oversight
Support management through performance recovery, working-capital improvement, restructuring and value creation. Set measurable priorities and maintain a disciplined review of delivery.
WHERE aeXea IS MOST RELEVANT
Established operations.
Real operating complexity.
Our strongest relevance is established SMEs, including underperforming businesses and businesses in transition.
Our core geography is the UK and Poland, with selected Central European and UK–Poland cross-border situations.
- Retail and consumer products.
- Wholesale, distribution and stockholding businesses.
- Selected manufacturing.
- Business services and other operationally intensive businesses.
Operating mandates may extend beyond our own acquisition criteria. aeXea’s principal acquisition focus remains retail, manufacturing and operationally intensive service businesses in the UK and Poland.
View the acquisition mandate →SPONSOR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
An operating mandate, not an extra layer of commentary.
We agree the situation, decision rights, management responsibilities, access to information and review cadence before work begins. The mandate may cover pre-acquisition assessment, a defined integration period or operating and board involvement during ownership.
Priorities are measured against an agreed starting position. Specialist legal, tax, financing and regulated work remains with appropriately appointed professionals.
How Sponsor Operating Partnerships work →CAPITAL-PARTNER ENQUIRY
Submit a situation confidentially.
An acquisition under consideration or a business already in the portfolio.
Describe the operating issue, transaction stage and timetable. We will assess whether there is a fit for aeXea’s involvement.