Airedale is a long-established group, installing specialist equipment in hotels, hospitals and other commercial premises. Over the past two years, sales have grown by 80% to over £18 million.  

Rockpool investors helped management to buy the business from its private owners, with a view to doubling profits over the next 3 years in preparation for a sale to a larger group. Rockpool investors can still access a mezzanine loan, which offers 10% per annum interest, a 10% premium on redemption and a share in a 6% equity warrant. The mezzanine loan offers a prospective 20% per annum return.

For details of how to become a Member of the Rockpool Network and to receive full details of Airedale, please contact Sylvia Fanning on 0207 015 2150 or at sfanning@rockpool.uk.com. EIS shares are also available to investors in the Rockpool EIS Portfolio Service.

“Fast casual” is the name being given to a new kind of restaurant, offering a short menu and what Marketing Week calls ‘a safe culinary adventure’. Chicago Rib Shack is an iconic brand recently re-launched in this "fast casual" format.

The first restaurant has delivered over £100,000 in trading profits on £1 million of revenue in its first year. Rockpool is backing a strong management team to grow the business to 10 restaurants, with a targetted £10 million value in 4 years.

Following an introduction by Stephen Thomas, founder of Luminar Leisure and a member of the Rockpool Network, Rockpool has secured exclusivity for an investment of £1.7 million in EIS qualifying shares. 

For details of how to become a Member of the Rockpool Network and to receive full details of Chicago Rib Shack, please contact Sylvia Fanning on 0207 015 2150 or at sfanning@rockpool.uk.com. The investment is also available to investors in the Rockpool EIS Portfolio Service.

Basalt Global plans to generate electricity and heat at a network of small-scale, gas-fired combined heat and power plants in hotels, hospitals and similar premises around the UK.

Rockpool investors are subscribing EIS-qualifying shares to fund installation of approximately 26 power plants over a 2-year period. For exit focussed investors, the target is to deliver 18% compound growth per annum through an exit in 2016. For long-term investors, there is the prospect of a fixed 7% yield with further upside and exemption from inheritance tax.

For details of how to become a Member of the Rockpool Network and to receive full details of Basalt Global, please contact Sylvia Fanning on 0207 015 2150 or at sfanning@rockpool.uk.com. This opportunity is also available to investors in the Rockpool EIS Portfolio Service.

This offer is now fully subscribed.

Kirkleatham Memorial plans to construct and operate a crematorium in Kirkleatham, north-east England. A crematorium is typically something of a local monopoly, producing stable cashflows. Combined with ownership of freehold property estimated to be worth £4.6 million after 12 months, this stability is the key attraction of this investment.

The management team has a long track record in this sector and intends personally to invest £300,000 on the same terms as Rockpool investors.

There is a clear exit route in year 4, forecast to deliver £1.33 per 70p of investors’ net cost. Alternatively, investors can opt to hold for a long-term dividend yield of 7% and the prospect of saving 40% inheritance tax.

For details of how to become a Member of the Rockpool Network, please contact Sylvia Fanning on 0207 015 2150 or at sfanning@rockpool.uk.com.