Horizon Capital

Forward Corporate Finance is delighted to continue its relationship with Horizon Capital, supporting the firm on its investment in Lanpro, and its first follow on acquisition, Carney Sweeney.

Lanpro specialises in providing outsourced planning, ecology, arboriculture, environmental impact assessment, historic environment, landscape architecture and data & spatial analysis services to over 300 clients nationally.

Lanpro was founded in 2008 by Chris Leeming and Phil Atkinson and has established offices in London, Edinburgh, Cambridge, York, Manchester, Bath and Norwich, providing national coverage. The business has delivered strong organic growth, significantly ahead of market growth rates and built a reputation for quality and proactive advice across all disciplines.

Carney Sweeney complements Lanpro in geography and services, and is the first stage in Lanpro’s five year growth plan and its objective to be the largest independent business in the sector, with a focus on delivering a ‘one-stop offer’ on a range of environmental, planning and design consultancy services.

Forward provided financial modelling support to Horizon on both companies, working with the teams and their advisors to develop a group financial model to feed into the due diligence, banking, and investment processes.