Creating value by transforming businesses
We invest in businesses that are asset-backed and require fundamental change. We invest time, money and expertise into transforming their strategy, operations and finances. We take a long-term approach, recognising that transforming businesses does not happen overnight.
Since 1994, Terra Firma has invested €18 billion in 42 businesses with an aggregate enterprise value of over €52 billion.
- Real Estate
- Current
Annington Homes
Annington has nearly 30 years’ experience of refurbishing, developing and managing residential real estate at scale.
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- Franchising
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Food Folk
Formed in March 2017, Food Folk is the master franchisee for McDonalds’ Nordic operations.
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- Hospitality
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Hand Picked Hotels
Hand Picked Hotels is a collection of 21 country house hotels in the UK and the Channel Islands.
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- Hospitality
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Lovat Parks
Founded in 2018, Lovat Parks owns and operates holiday park sites across prime UK holiday destinations.
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- Real Estate
- Current
Richborough
Richborough is one of the largest land promotion platforms in England and Wales.
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- Retail & Leisure
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Tamara Comolli
Tamara Comolli is a German-based fine jewellery designer and retailer.
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- Real Estate
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untypical
untypical brings together two trusted UK housebuilding brands, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes.
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- Real Estate / Wine
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Villa Saletta
In 2000, the Hands family purchased the historic 3,400-acre Villa Saletta estate in Tuscany.
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- Hospitality
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Welcome Hotels
Welcome Hotels is a portfolio of 14 four-star full-service hotels located in ‘B’ & ‘C’ cities in Germany.
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- Train Leasing
- Historic
Angel Trains
Angel Trains was the largest of three UK passenger rolling stock leasing companies created in the privatisation of the UK railways.
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- Consumer Leasing
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AT&T Capital
AT&T Capital was the equipment leasing and commercial finance arm of AT&T.
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- Aircraft Leasing
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AWAS
AWAS was one of the world’s leading aircraft leasing companies.
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- Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure
- Historic
BGCL
British Gas Connections Limited (BGCL) was a UK gas connections business.
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- Real Estate
- Historic
Deutsche Annington
Deutsche Annington was created in 2001 when Terra Firma acquired 64,000 residential properties from the German Federal Railways.
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- Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure
- Historic
East Surrey Holdings
East Surrey Holdings was a public 'multi-utility' that operated infrastructure businesses in the UK.
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- Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure
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EverPower
EverPower is a US wind energy development and generation company with a significant portfolio of assets in the Northeast and West Coast power markets.
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- Healthcare
- Historic
Four Seasons Health Care
Four Seasons Health Care Group was one of the UK’s largest independent elderly and specialist care providers.
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- Services
- Historic
HBS
Hyder Business Services (HBS) was a business process outsourcing and information technology company, acquired by Terra Firma in 2000.
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- Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure
- Historic
Infinis
Terra Firma built Infinis into one of the UK’s largest independent renewable energy platforms, with leading portfolios in landfill gas and onshore wind.
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- Hospitality
- Historic
Inn Partnership
Inn Partnership was a UK pub company selling beer to, and receiving rent from, its portfolio of tied, tenanted pubs.
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- Hospitality
- Historic
Inntrepreneur
Inntrepreneur was a UK tenanted pub portfolio run by individual and corporate tenants, made up of approximately 4,300 tenanted pubs.
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- Hospitality
- Historic
Le Meridien
Le Meridien consisted of The Meridien Hotel Group, the Principal Hotel Group and the Cumberland Hotel, comprising 134 mostly four- and five-star hotels in prime locations around the world.
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- Retail & Leisure
- Historic
Odeon & UCI
Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group (Odeon & UCI) is a leading pan-European cinema operator.
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- Social Infrastructure
- Historic
Parmaco
Parmaco is a Nordic company that designs, builds and leases high-quality modular buildings.
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- Aircraft Leasing
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Pegasus
Pegasus was one of the world’s leading providers of capital to airlines for new deliveries and fleet management solutions.
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- Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure
- Historic
Phoenix Group
Phoenix Group was one of three companies within East Surrey Holdings, a public ‘multi-utility,’ which Terra Firma acquired in 2005.
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- Hospitality
- Historic
Phoenix Inns
Phoenix Inns was a portfolio of tenanted, untied pubs across the UK acquired from Grand Metropolitan plc and Fosters.
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- Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure
- Historic
RTR
RTR was a leading Italian solar energy business.
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- Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure
- Historic
Shanks
Shanks was the third largest landfill operator in the UK, handling over 5m tonnes of waste per annum.
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- Retail & Leisure
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Tank & Rast
Tank & Rast was Germany's leading motorway concessions for petrol stations, shops, restaurants and hotels.
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- Consumer Goods Rental
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Thorn
Thorn was a publicly-listed consumer electrical appliance rental business.
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- Retail & Leisure
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Thresher
Thresher was the largest specialist off-licence (alcohol) retailer in the UK with approximately 2,500 stores selling wine, beer and spirits.
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- Hospitality
- Historic
Unique Pub Company
The Unique Pub Company owned a tenanted UK pub portfolio, which it acquired from Inntrepreneur, another of Terra Firma’s pub businesses.
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- Real Estate
- Historic
Viterra
Viterra was a predominantly residential German property company with nearly 138,000 units owned or under management.
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- Hospitality
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Voyager Pub Group
Voyager Pub Group consisted of a UK portfolio of tenanted pubs.
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- Retail & Leisure
- Historic
William Hill
William Hill was the second largest chain of sports betting shops in the UK.
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- Energy, Utilities & Infrastructure
- Historic
WRG
Waste Recycling Group (WRG) was one of the leading waste management companies and the leading waste disposal operator in the UK.
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- Retail & Leisure
- Historic
Wyevale Garden Centres
Wyevale Garden Centres became the largest plant- and garden-focused retailer in the UK with 148 sites.
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