For UK private equity sponsors & portfolio companies
Business Transformation for Private Equity Portfolios.
Intology turns investment theses into delivered value. Embedded senior consultants land 100-day plans, drive 10-25% cost-out and harden portfolio companies for exit - alongside management teams, not above them.
Transforming a portfolio company isn't transforming a corporate
The pace, the scrutiny and the value mechanics are different. Programmes that work inside a FTSE-listed corporate fail inside a PE-backed business because they assume time, cover and capacity the portfolio company doesn't have.
The clock starts on day one
Hold periods are tightening. Value-creation plans need to land in the first 100 days, not the first 100 board meetings.
The thesis has to become operational
A clean deal model means nothing if it doesn't translate into operating model changes, cost-out programmes and growth initiatives the management team can deliver.
Multiple expansion is earned, not promised
Buyers at exit pay for evidenced uplift in EBITDA, margin and resilience - not for a roadmap that hasn't moved.
What Intology delivers across the portfolio
Six service shapes covering the full PE lifecycle - from operational due diligence through hold-period delivery to exit readiness and buy-and-build integration.
Pre-deal & commercial due diligence support
Operational read-through of the target's transformation maturity, change capacity and cost-base credibility. We surface the transformation risks that financial DD misses.
100-day value-creation planning
Translate the investment thesis into a sequenced, owned and measurable 100-day plan. Quick wins inside the first 30 days, structural moves staged across the hold.
Embedded portfolio transformation
Senior Intology consultants embed inside portfolio company leadership teams to deliver cost-out (typically 10-25%), operating model redesign and digital enablement - alongside management, not over them.
Programme assurance for sponsors
Independent gate reviews and board-ready RAG reporting that gives the investment committee a trusted view of programme health across the portfolio.
Exit readiness & equity story uplift
12-18 months before exit, harden the operating model, evidence run-rate savings, professionalise data and governance, and build the operational narrative that buyers will pay a multiple for.
Buy-and-build integration
Post-acquisition integration playbooks, synergy capture and carve-out delivery for bolt-on heavy theses where integration risk is the value risk.
The hold-period journey
How Intology supports a portfolio company across the full hold - from pre-deal shaping through to the exit equity story.
Pre-deal
01Operational DD & 100-day shape
We pressure-test the operational side of the thesis and pre-shape the 100-day plan so day-one isn't a standing start.
0-100 days
02Stabilise, sequence, mobilise
Embedded leadership lands the value-creation plan, locks in quick wins and stands up the transformation governance the sponsor will rely on for the hold.
Hold period
03Deliver value, assure progress
Programme delivery against the VCP, with independent assurance feeding the investment committee. Cost-out, operating model and growth initiatives executed alongside management.
12-18 months pre-exit
04Harden, evidence, narrate
Operating model hardening, run-rate evidencing, data and governance professionalisation, and the operational equity story the next buyer pays a multiple for.
The numbers sponsors care about
Cost-out, pace, capability and senior bench depth - what investment committees actually want from a transformation partner.
10-25%
Direct cost reduction
Typical run-rate cost-out delivered through embedded transformation programmes.
100 days
Value-creation plan landed
From signing to a mobilised, governed, sponsor-visible delivery programme.
100+
Programmes delivered
Across FTSE-listed, PE-backed and public sector clients over 12+ years.
12+ yrs
Working with sponsors and portfolio CEOs
Senior practitioners only - the people in the room are the people doing the work.
Questions from sponsors and portfolio CEOs
The six questions we're most often asked before an initial conversation.
Do you work for sponsors, or for portfolio companies?+
How quickly can you mobilise on a new portfolio company?+
What size of portfolio company do you work with?+
How is this different from a Big Four operational consulting engagement?+
Can you support carve-outs and bolt-on integrations?+
What does an engagement typically cost?+
A conversation, not a pitch.
Whether it's a live deal, a stalled value-creation plan or an exit on the horizon, book a free 30-minute transformation review with a senior Intology consultant. No obligation - a straight read on what would move the value needle and how an embedded engagement could land it.