FourLeaf Capital has completed an investment in EverGrowth Group, the founder-led business building a national group of specialist B2B essential services companies. Co-founders Chris West, Chief Executive, and Ferdie Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer, have invested alongside FourLeaf and continue to lead the group.
The investment supports EverGrowth’s acquisition programme and the development of the group’s operational capabilities. The group focuses on established businesses providing the services that keep buildings, workplaces and infrastructure running, from cleaning and building maintenance to environmental services and critical infrastructure support.
EverGrowth is building across four divisions: Soft Services, Hard Services, Environmental Services and Critical Services. Its ambition is to become a nationwide total facilities management provider, bringing together specialist expertise and broader service coverage for customers.
Chris and Ferdie started with the self-funded acquisition of a commercial cleaning business in March 2026. FourLeaf’s investment marks the next stage: supporting further acquisitions alongside the people, systems and shared capabilities needed to grow the group.
EverGrowth’s approach is designed for owners who want to secure the future of the businesses they have built and give their teams the support to take them further. It seeks businesses with strong customer relationships, specialist expertise and a commitment to service quality, where group backing can support the next stage of growth.
The model centres on preserving the identity, knowledge, trust and relationships that make each business valuable. Group support in finance, people, technology, and health and safety is intended to strengthen local management teams, with common standards and clear accountability for performance.
Growth will come from developing the businesses within the group as well as making further acquisitions. Priorities include supporting management, investing in operational capability and creating opportunities for group companies to serve more of their customers’ needs. As its capabilities and geographic coverage develop, EverGrowth aims to offer customers access to a broader range of services through businesses they already know and trust.
“FourLeaf has backed us as founders and as operators. We share a clear ambition: to build a national essential services group around specialist businesses with strong reputations and trusted customer relationships. This investment gives us the capital to move that plan forward, supporting the businesses that join us and bringing more capabilities into the group.”
Chris West, Co-Founder and Chief Executive, EverGrowth
“Having built and sold a business myself, I understand that an owner is handing over more than a set of accounts. There are people, customer relationships and years of hard work behind it. Our responsibility is to understand what makes each business successful, protect that and give its team the support to go further.”
Ferdie Ahmed, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, EverGrowth
“Essential services has the characteristics we look for: recurring and contracted revenue, and a large pool of owner-managed businesses where succession is a live question. Chris and Ferdie bring the ambition of founders and the practical focus of operators. We are thrilled to back them as they build EverGrowth, bringing specialist businesses together with the support to develop their teams and serve their customers. That is what we mean by entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs.”
Robyn Smith, Managing Partner, FourLeaf Capital
About FourLeaf Capital
FourLeaf Capital is a London-based private equity firm led by Managing Partner Robyn Smith. It partners with founder-led businesses in the UK and Ireland, offering flexible capital and a collaborative approach that combines private equity and operational expertise. FourLeaf is backed by cornerstone institutional investment, but partners with Operator Investors (seasoned entrepreneurs and operators) on all its deals, in line with the firm’s ethos of entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs.
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