EnServe

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EnServe Group Limited
Company type Limited company
IndustrySupport services
Founded1996
Headquarters Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Key people
Mark Perkins 2015 to exit (CEO)
Revenue £312.2 million (2008)
£24.6 million (2008)
£13.7 million (2008)
Parent Rubicon
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries
Website www.enservegroup.com

EnServe Group Limited (formerly Spice Limited) is a support services company headquartered in Macclesfield, United Kingdom which provides infrastructure services to the utility sector. Formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, it was wholly owned by the private equity company Cinven between 2010 and 2016, when it was bought by Rubicon.

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History

The Company was founded by Simon Rigby in 1996 as a management buy out from Yorkshire Electricity initially trading as Freedom Maintenance. [1] It was first listed on the Alternative Investment Market in 2004. [1] In 2006 it bought Inenco [2] and ParGas [3] and Apollo Heating, [4] in 2007 it purchased Gas Heating UK [5] and in 2008 it acquired Saturn Energy, [2] Energy 2000, [2] British Power International [6] and the National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service. [7]

The Company transferred to the main list of the London Stock Exchange in 2008. [1] Spice plc was unlisted in December 2010 after a buyout by European investment group Cinven and renamed as Spice ltd. In September 2011 Spice Limited was renamed EnServe Group Limited. [8]

Rubicon and Grovepoint purchased Enserve Group from Cinven in December 2015. [9]

Operations

The Company has the following divisions:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Spice plc: Background". Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "Energy firm aims to be world leader".
  3. ↑ "Has Spice paid a high price?". Plimsoll UK.
  4. ↑ "Putting the spice into Spice plc?". Plimsoll UK.
  5. ↑ "Spice plc buys Gas Heating UK".
  6. ↑ "Price is right as Leeds utility firm snaps up BPI".
  7. ↑ "Spice buys energy efficiency consultant".
  8. ↑ "Spice Ltd Rebrands". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "Rubicon and Grovepoint acquire EnServe Group from Cinven". Private Equity Wire. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
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