The Vella Group.
Business Services, Automotive Repair Centres
Investment highlights
Sector
Business services
Company
Automotive repair services
Headquarters
North West, UK
Investment Type
Majority MBO, buy and build
Investment Date
Dec-25
Revenue
Not disclosed
Employees
470+ (Dec-25)
Investment team
Ed Ransome, Conly Manolas
Ama team involved
Alistair Hardie (Chair), James Hill (CFO), Dominic Miller (M&A / Integration), Adrian Moorhouse (Culture / Leadership)
About
The Vella Group is a UK automotive repair centre group (ARC) supporting insurance, accident management and fleet customers through a network of repair centres.
The company has built a strong reputation for consistent service delivery and a disciplined operating model – the foundations required to scale in a market where quality and reliability matter as much as footprint.
With a highly respected and established platform and management team, led by Marc Holding, that has already proven it can grow through a mix of opening new sites and making acquisitions, Vella is well positioned to continue building a trusted, high-performing network as the sector continues to consolidate.
Value Creation
Ama’s investment supports Vella’s next phase of growth by providing hands-on strategic, commercial and operational support. Working alongside the management team, we will help the business with its organic and inorganic initiatives, all the while ensuring that it scales in a considered and cohesive manner without compromising service standards or customer outcomes.
It was clear that Ama understood both the ARC and wider insurance sector and could bring real experience and expert knowledge of proven operators to the table to help accelerate our plans. In the end, when we were choosing our investment partner, that really was the deciding factor.
Marc Holding
CEO, The Vella Group
About
The Vella Group is a UK automotive repair centre group (ARC) supporting insurance, accident management and fleet customers through a network of repair centres.
The company has built a strong reputation for consistent service delivery and a disciplined operating model – the foundations required to scale in a market where quality and reliability matter as much as footprint.
With a highly respected and established platform and management team, led by Marc Holding, that has already proven it can grow through a mix of opening new sites and making acquisitions, Vella is well positioned to continue building a trusted, high-performing network as the sector continues to consolidate.
Value Creation
Ama’s investment supports Vella’s next phase of growth by providing hands-on strategic, commercial and operational support. Working alongside the management team, we will help the business with its organic and inorganic initiatives, all the while ensuring that it scales in a considered and cohesive manner without compromising service standards or customer outcomes.
Investment highlights
Sector
Business services
Company
Automotive repair services
Headquarters
North West, UK
Investment Type
Majority MBO, buy and build
Investment Date
Dec-25
Revenue
Not disclosed
Employees
470+ (Dec-25)
Investment team
Ed Ransome, Conly Manolas
Ama team involved
Alistair Hardie (Chair), James Hill (CFO), Dominic Miller (M&A / Integration), Adrian Moorhouse (Culture / Leadership)
It was clear that Ama understood both the ARC and wider insurance sector and could bring real experience and expert knowledge of proven operators to the table to help accelerate our plans. In the end, when we were choosing our investment partner, that really was the deciding factor.
Marc Holding
CEO, The Vella Group