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Acquisition advisory
Target identification, valuation, deal structuring, due diligence coordination and negotiation through to completion.
Acquisitions · Capital · Strategy
Building value through decisive transactions.
RA Advisory Services is an acquisition and capital advisory group with specialist focus across UK waste management, aerospace and defence.
Services
Clear advice.
Executable outcomes.
We combine strategic judgement, transaction experience and access to a broad capital network. Our role is to turn complex opportunities into credible, fundable transactions.
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Capital raising
Access to institutional capital, private equity, private investors and specialist lenders, with funding structures shaped around each transaction.
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Strategic advisory
Practical support for owners, management teams and investors considering growth, succession, consolidation or exit.
Our group
The RA group
RA Advisory Services is the parent company of three complementary businesses. Each has a clear mandate, while the group provides shared transaction expertise, capital relationships and sector knowledge.
Acqwaste Ltd
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A premium waste-management acquisition company pursuing a focused buy-and-build strategy across established UK operators.
Owned by RA Advisory Services
WasteCo Acquisitions Ltd
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An acquirer of UK waste companies across skip hire, recycling, hazardous and non-hazardous waste services.
Owned by RA Advisory Services
Waste Management Advisory Limited
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A specialist waste-property acquisition and ownership company, focused on strategic freehold sites serving the waste-management sector.
Owned by RA Advisory Services
Across the group's operations
Approach
From first conversation to completion.
A direct, disciplined process designed to maintain momentum, protect confidentiality and reach an executable position quickly.
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01Understand
Define the opportunity, commercial priorities and desired outcome.
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02Structure
Assess value, funding capacity, risks and the optimal transaction shape.
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03Secure
Engage the right capital partners and agree credible terms.
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04Complete
Coordinate diligence, documentation and stakeholders through closing.
Sector focus
Focused where specialist knowledge matters.
RA concentrates on sectors where operational understanding, asset quality, regulation and long-term relationships are central to value. Our focus spans UK waste management and aerospace & defence companies.
Waste management
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- Skip hire, recycling & recovery
- Hazardous & non-hazardous waste
Aerospace & defence
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- Manufacturing & supply chain
- Engineering, services & technology
Case studies
Transactions we have delivered.
Recent work with the owners of UK waste businesses, from group refinancing to a full sale.
Anglian Waste Recycling Group Ltd
Anglian is East Anglia's leading multi-service contractor. They are experts in demolition, asbestos surveys and removal, earthworks and remediation, scaffolding and waste recycling.
Acqwaste worked with the shareholders to help with strategic direction, management appointments, acquisitions and capital sourcing.
- Helped with the appointment of a new group CFO
- Provided extensive due diligence services
- Restructured financial operations
- Improved debtor collections and working capital via cost savings
- Identified an acquisition opportunity
- Helped to secure funding to support the transaction
LW Skips & Conquest Transport Ltd
LW Skips is Staffordshire's leading waste management and recycling provider. Expert services range from skip hire to full waste management and recycling solutions. The company provides skip hire and recycling services in Lichfield, Rugeley, Burntwood, Cannock and surrounding areas.
Acqwaste worked with the shareholders to help with preparing the business for sale, finding a suitable acquirer and arranging the capital to complete the transaction.
- Organised company financials to institutional standards
- Supported acquirer engagement
- Conducted and managed the initial due diligence process
- Positioned the business successfully for acquisition
- Worked with the various advisory companies to help bring the transaction to execution
“We found the team at Acqwaste to be very helpful, and were pleased that we achieved the target valuation we had set on the company. With a focus on solutions to complex problems I wouldn't hesitate in recommending the company and the team”Nick Wallace, Owner of LW Skips
Confidential enquiries
Let’s discuss the opportunity.
Whether you are considering an acquisition, seeking capital or exploring a sale in waste management, aerospace or defence, start with a confidential conversation.
Registered office 1st Floor, 48 Chancery Lane, London, England, WC2A 1JFCompany number: 14630739