About

A UK acquisition group with a focused purpose.

GG Partners was established to bring long-term ownership to well-run UK engineering, compliance and technical services businesses — a category that is nationally important, technically demanding and often served by companies that deserve a serious future.

Why GG Partners exists

Purpose over posture.

  • 01To build a focused UK compliance and technical services group.
  • 02To provide considered succession solutions for good owner-managed businesses.
  • 03To protect what sellers have built — the name, team, standards and customer relationships.
  • 04To support businesses through their next phase of development.
  • 05To combine complementary technical capabilities across the group over time.
Leadership

The people behind GG Partners.

Principal-led from first conversation to completion.

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Luke Grundy

Co-Founder · Head of Origination

Luke leads GG Partners' acquisition origination, business development and external relationships with business owners, advisers and capital providers.

He brings direct sales and commercial experience across every level of the sales process, from prospecting and relationship development through to senior-level negotiation, account management and commercial leadership.

Luke has practical experience understanding customer requirements, developing long-term commercial relationships and communicating with decision-makers across technically demanding service sectors.

At GG Partners, he is responsible for identifying acquisition opportunities, building relationships with founders and shareholders, and leading early-stage discussions with business brokers, corporate finance advisers, lenders and private capital partners.

His approach is direct, commercially focused and relationship-led. He understands that selling a business is both a financial and personal decision, particularly for owners who have spent many years building their company, team and reputation.

Luke focuses on creating open, confidential conversations and identifying transactions where the seller's objectives, the company's long-term stability and GG Partners' acquisition strategy can be aligned.

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Francisco Gracio

Co-Founder · Managing Director

Francisco leads GG Partners' acquisition strategy, transaction assessment and long-term group development.

He is responsible for evaluating potential acquisitions, assessing strategic and financial fit, developing transaction structures and coordinating relationships with lenders, investors and professional advisers.

Francisco focuses on identifying strong owner-managed businesses with recurring compliance-led revenue, defensible technical capability, strong customer relationships and the potential to benefit from long-term ownership and strategic support.

He oversees GG Partners' investment criteria, financial analysis, due diligence planning and acquisition structuring, including the appropriate use of senior acquisition finance, deferred consideration, seller finance, earn-outs and equity participation.

Francisco takes a disciplined and pragmatic approach to acquisitions. His priority is to ensure that each transaction is commercially sensible, responsibly financed and structured in a way that protects the underlying business following completion.

Alongside transaction execution, he is responsible for GG Partners' broader strategy of building a focused UK group across fire safety, passive fire protection, electrical compliance and adjacent specialist services.

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John Potter

Commercial Growth & Integration Adviser to the Board

John brings more than three decades of senior leadership experience across fire protection, engineered services and safety-critical technical businesses.

He has held managing director, operations director and business development roles across major UK and international organisations, including Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions. He is currently Managing Director of Mechanical Fire Services at Premier Technical Services Group, overseeing specialist businesses across fire pumps, sprinkler systems, hydrants and dry risers.

Throughout his career, John has led multi-site operations, held substantial P&L responsibility and developed commercial strategies focused on sustainable growth, stronger margins and operational discipline. His experience also includes acquisition activity, business integration, leadership development and the management of complex fire-engineering operations across the UK and international markets.

At GG Partners, John provides part-time, deal-specific advice on the commercial and organisational assessment of potential acquisitions. His focus includes management capability, sales strategy, margin quality, operational scalability, integration readiness and first-100-day planning.

His combination of fire-sector knowledge, commercial leadership and post-acquisition experience provides GG Partners with valuable perspective when assessing whether a business can grow sustainably and integrate successfully under long-term ownership.

Registered details

Contact and registered information.

Trading name
GG Partners
Registered name
GG Partners Group Ltd
Office
71–75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9JQ
Company number
17325025
Registered office
71–75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9JQ
United Kingdom
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