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EnServe Group Limited
Company typeLimited company
IndustrySupport services
Founded1996
HeadquartersMacclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Key people
Mark Perkins 2015 to exit (CEO)
Revenue£312.2 million (2008)
£24.6 million (2008)
£13.7 million (2008)
ParentRubicon
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.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.

History

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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

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The Company has the following divisions:

  • Electricity
  • Water
  • Analytics

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Spice plc: Background". Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "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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