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Home Our Services Transaction Services Lead Advisory Debt Advisory EC Analytics About Us Our Team Office Location Our Values Success Stories Blog Contact Us Home Our Services Transaction Services Lead Advisory Debt Advisory EC Analytics About Us Our Team Office Location Our Values Success Stories Blog Contact Us Financial Due Diligence Financial Due Diligence, Multi-year Programme, Transaction Support November 2024 Evolution Capital is proud to have partnered with Babble’s management team across five projects in 2025, building on a strong and established relationship. Over the course of that partnership, we provided financial due diligence and EC Analytics to support sharper analysis, stronger visibility and more confident decision making across a number of strategic opportunities. The challenge Babble is one of the UK’s most active acquirers in the communications and managed services market, with an ambitious growth strategy and a high volume of opportunities to assess. For a management team operating at pace, the challenge is not simply gaining access to information, but receiving analysis in a format that supports better, faster and more confident decision making. In a competitive market, Babble needed insight that went beyond conventional reporting and delivered real commercial value across multiple transactions. Our advice Evolution Capital partnered with Babble’s management team across five projects in 2025, providing financial due diligence supported by EC Analytics. Our role was to give the team clearer visibility on target businesses, a stronger understanding of underlying performance and greater confidence in the issues that mattered most. Using EC Analytics, we presented data in a way that was practical, decision-led and aligned to Babble’s acquisition strategy. Across each project, our work helped the management team interrogate the numbers more effectively, focus on key value drivers and assess risks with greater clarity. The outcome Over the course of five projects in 2025, Evolution Capital supported Babble with financial due diligence and analytics-led insight that strengthened decision making throughout the transaction process. The relationship developed into one built not only on technical delivery, but on trust. By working closely with Babble’s management team and consistently delivering analysis in a commercially relevant format, Evolution Capital became a trusted partner in helping the business assess opportunities with greater conviction. Matt Parker, CEO of Babble, said: “We have been looking for a team like Evolution Capital for years. We work with over 20 advisers and brokers, 50% of which we cannot do anything with the information they provide. Evolution Capital are the extreme end of good.” Sam Godfrey, Transaction Services Director at Evolution Capital, said: “Babble is an ambitious and highly experienced acquirer, so the standard of insight required is rightly high. Over the course of these projects, we built a strong working relationship with Matt and the wider management team, grounded in trust, candour and a shared focus on decision quality. Our role was not simply to provide financial due diligence, but to deliver analysis in a way that was genuinely useful to the team as they assessed each opportunity. Through EC Analytics and our transaction experience, we were able to support Babble with clearer insight, sharper interrogation of the numbers and greater confidence in the decisions being made.” For more information on EC Ananlytics, our transaction services and financial due diligence support, please click here More than 2 results are available in the PRO version (This notice is only visible to admin users) Latest Posts Business Aquired Babble Business Aquired Chess ICT Case Studies Comm-Tech Business Sale Categories <lidata-term-id=”90″> Acquired <lidata-term-id=”64″> Acquisition <lidata-term-id=”13″> Acquisition Strategy <lidata-term-id=”10″> Analytic Services <lidata-term-id=”29″> Blog <lidata-term-id=”58″> Business Acquisition <lidata-term-id=”56″> Business Aquired <lidata-term-id=”6″> Business Sale <lidata-term-id=”66″> Business Valuation and Research <lidata-term-id=”11″> Buy-Side <lidata-term-id=”101″> Buy-side M&A advice <lidata-term-id=”65″> Buyside M&A <lidata-term-id=”28″> Case Studies <lidata-term-id=”81″> Disposal <lidata-term-id=”8″> Financial Due Diligence <lidata-term-id=”68″> Fund raising and listing <lidata-term-id=”54″> Fundraising <lidata-term-id=”75″> Fundraising and M&A advice <lidata-term-id=”94″> ICT <lidata-term-id=”53″> IT <lidata-term-id=”62″> IT Managed Services <lidata-term-id=”61″> IT MSP <lidata-term-id=”55″> M&A advice <lidata-term-id=”60″> M&A Managed Buy and Build Programme <lidata-term-id=”105″> Managed Service and Mobile <lidata-term-id=”52″> Managed Services <lidata-term-id=”67″> MBO Management Buyout <lidata-term-id=”83″> Media <lidata-term-id=”59″> Merger <lidata-term-id=”63″> Multiple R&D Tax Claims <lidata-term-id=”12″> Sell-Side <lidata-term-id=”51″> Sell-side M&A Advice <lidata-term-id=”88″> Software <lidata-term-id=”96″> Strategic review & business sale <lidata-term-id=”69″> Strategic Review & partial sale <lidata-term-id=”57″> Technology <lidata-term-id=”7″> Telecoms <lidata-term-id=”98″> Telephony <lidata-term-id=”107″> Transaction Support <lidata-term-id=”95″> Unified Comms <lidata-term-id=”86″> Valuation and fundraising Social Media Our Blog Related Case Studies View all Business Aquired, Case Studies, Financial Due Diligence, Transaction Support Babble March 27, 2026 Business Aquired, Case Studies, Financial Due Diligence, Transaction Support Chess ICT March 27, 2026 Case Studies, Financial Due Diligence, Transaction Support Redline Business Sale March 27, 2026 Case Studies, Financial Due Diligence, Transaction Support Comm-Tech Business Sale March 27, 2026 Case Studies, Financial Due Diligence, Transaction Support dbfb March 27, 2026 Request a Confidential Consultation Discover Your Business Value Start with a strategic assessment to understand your maximum potential valuation in the current market. 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Home Our Services Transaction Services Lead Advisory Debt Advisory EC Analytics About Us Our Team Office Location Our Values Success Stories Blog Contact Us Home Our Services Transaction Services Lead Advisory Debt Advisory EC Analytics About Us Our Team Office Location Our Values Success Stories Blog Contact Us Financial Due Diligence Financial Due Diligence, Multi-year Programme, Transaction Support November 2024 Evolution Capital was proud to support Chess ICT as Financial Due Diligence adviser on its acquisition of Silversands Limited. The transaction builds on a longstanding relationship between Chess and Evolution Capital, with the team having advised on a number of Chess acquisitions since 2016. The Background Chess ICT completed the acquisition of Silversands Limited in November 2024, adding a specialist Microsoft consultancy capability to the group. Silversands was described as an IT consultancy and Microsoft Certified Partner serving more than 100 enterprise and public sector customers, with a 29 person specialist team joining Chess. Advice, Planning and Preparation Evolution Capital acted as Chess ICT’s financial due diligence provider on the acquisition. Using the EC Analytics toolset, the team supported Chess with deeper insight into the trajectory and performance of the business, helping management assess value, performance and strategic fit with greater clarity. Richard Btesh, M&A Director at Chess added: “The Evolution team’s commercial insight andtechnical expertise provided us with a deep understanding of the business’s performance, helping set realistic budgeting expectations.” A Successful Outcome The transaction strengthened Chess ICT’s capability in Microsoft 365, Azure, Power Platform, on premise solutions and devices, and formed part of a wider period of acquisitive growth for the group. Sam Godfrey, Transaction Service Director at Evolution Capital, commented: “It was a pleasure to partner with Chess ICT as their Financial Due Diligence provider on the acquisition of Silversands, where our team utilised the EC Analytics toolset to provide Chess ICT with valuable insight into the trajectory and performance of the business. We are excited to be working with the Chess ICT team once again and look forward to the success we will achieve together.” For more information on EC Ananlytics, our transaction services and financial due diligence support, please click here More than 2 results are available in the PRO version (This notice is only visible to admin users) Latest Posts Business Aquired Chess ICT Case Studies Comm-Tech Business Sale Case Studies dbfb Categories Acquired Acquisition Acquisition Strategy Analytic Services Blog Business Acquisition Business Aquired Business Sale Business Valuation and Research Buy-Side Buy-side M&A advice Buyside M&A Case Studies Disposal Financial Due Diligence Fund raising and listing Fundraising Fundraising and M&A advice ICT IT IT Managed Services IT MSP M&A advice M&A Managed Buy and Build Programme Managed Service and Mobile Managed Services MBO Management Buyout Media Merger Multiple R&D Tax Claims Sell-Side Sell-side M&A Advice Software Strategic review & business sale Strategic Review & partial sale Technology Telecoms Telephony Transaction Support Unified Comms Valuation and fundraising Social Media Our Blog Related Case Studies View all Business Aquired, Case Studies, Financial Due Diligence, Transaction Support Chess ICT March 27, 2026 Case Studies, Financial Due Diligence, Transaction Support Redline Business Sale March 27, 2026 Case Studies, Financial Due Diligence, Transaction Support Comm-Tech Business Sale March 27, 2026 Case Studies, Financial Due Diligence, Transaction Support dbfb March 27, 2026 Business Sale, Case Studies, Unified Comms Connexus December 2, 2025 Request a Confidential Consultation Discover Your Business Value Start with a strategic assessment to understand your maximum potential valuation in the current market. Contact us now Company About Us Blogs Our Location Careers Our Services About Us Sell Side Buy Side Data Work Resources Faq Client Dashboard Support Our Location Contact Us (020) 3696 2810 Info@evolutioncapital.com 68 King William Street, London, EC4N 7HR The Granary, Oak Lane, Chichester, PO20 7FD Subscribe Subscribe to our newsletter
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Home Our Services Transaction Services Lead Advisory Debt Advisory EC Analytics About Us Our Team Office Location Our Values Success Stories Blog Contact Us Home Our Services Transaction Services Lead Advisory Debt Advisory EC Analytics About Us Our Team Office Location Our Values Success Stories Blog Contact Us Multi-Year Buy and Build Programme Telecoms, Transaction Support August 2025 The Background Evolution Capital was proud to advise the shareholders of Northampton based telecoms and IT managed service provider dbfb on the acquisition of Totally Converged Solutions in June 2025. The transaction strengthened dbfb’s position in a key growth market and combined two businesses with a shared customer first culture and a clear strategic rationale. Advice, Planning and Preparation Evolution Capital supported dbfb on business planning, funding strategy and buy side acquisition execution. The process included the development of a long term banking relationship with Santander, identification of a target aligned to dbfb’s ambitions, and preparation for post deal integration through onboarding to EC Analytics. Simon Pickering, CEO of DBFB commented on the partnership with the Evolution Capital team; “Evolution Capital brought a level of detail and insight that we hadn’t experienced elsewhere. They really understood our business and the broader market context. Evolution Capital transformed what could have been a daunting process into something structured, insightful, and actually quite enjoyable. Their professionalism really stood out.” A Successful Outcome The acquisition provided dbfb with a values led route to expansion and positioned the business for sustainable, data led growth. Charlie Futcher, Transaction Manager at Evolution Capital, said: “Working with Simon and the dbfb team has been a fantastic example of how a clear M&A strategy can be successfully implemented. From initiating a long term relationship with a leading funder in Santander, to identifying a target, in TCS, that fits dbfb’s growth ambitions. I am pleased that Evolution Capital’s collaborative approach has created outstanding outcomes for both buyer and seller. 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