Our resources and capabilities

We offer unique resources and capabilities

  • People - A multinational and multicultural skilled workforce of 16,600 colleagues with shared values and a common purpose.
  • Partnerships - We are a trusted partner to millions of customers and the world’s leading energy, healthcare and technology companies.
  • Financial - The Group has a strong and liquid balance sheet which enables us to react quickly to commercial opportunities.
  • Infrastructure - We have robust operating platforms and a diverse geographic footprint across 22 countries.
  • Intellectual - The combined expertise within the Group, together with the strength of our own brands, third-party brands, licences and business processes provides competitive advantage.

Our target sectors

We invest in what the world needs to grow and progress

WE ALLOCATE CAPITAL

The diversification of our businesses gives us optionality in capital allocation. Our compounding business model combines organic growth with leading M&A capability.

DIVERSIFIED BUSINESSES

We invest to improve and grow organically. This enables our businesses to build infrastructure and develop new product capability.

DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIES

We invest in acquisitions and expansion into new geographies. Group scale facilitates:

  • Continued investment through economic cycles
  • Access to multiple new growth trends
  • Resilience to economic shocks

Our distinct approach

We support businesses with everything they need to grow

WE REINVEST TO GROW

We grow value by reinvesting cashflows to enable businesses to grow.

Our impact

We Enable Growth & Progress

The shared value we create

£20.7 bn

Suppliers

Goods and services supplied

83 %

Employees

Employee engagement

15.1 %

Investors

Return on capital employed

£88 m

Governments and Regulators

Corporate taxes