Private equity is the investment of capital in a business to enable it to expand and flourish to its full potential. Conventional lending such as bank loans require the business to pay an interest rate and to make capital repayments regardless of the success of the company.

Contrastingly private equity providers like Maybrook Saint James offer funds in exchange for a stake in the business. In some cases private equity providers such as ourselves do additionally require interest payments or repayment of borrowed sums at a set dates during the life of the business rather than purely on exit.

Equity finance providers usually extract their returns in the form of dividends which are married to the overall growth and profitability of the business and are a healthier and sometimes more preferable arrangement.