New Ownership boosts Larkfleet Growth Plans

Larkfleet Group’s ambitious growth plans have taken an important step forward with the announcement that current owners Karl and Helen Hick have sold the home building activities of the company to the funds managed by global investment management firm, PIMCO. 

John Anderson, the current Chief Executive Officer of Larkfleet Group, and Alastair Gordon Stewart, current Chief Financial Officer, will stay on to lead the company under the new ownership.

PIMCO’s decision to purchase the company reflects the heritage of the brand that Karl and Helen have built over twenty years, creating the platform for significant further growth, and the strength and experience of the senior management team.

The sale covers all the house building activities of Larkfleet Group. The new company will continue to trade under the brand names Larkfleet Homes and Allison Homes.

PIMCO will back the existing management team with significant investment to help deliver the business’s ambitious strategy to deliver over 2,000 homes a year within the next five years, maintaining a focus on the delivery of high-quality developments using innovative technology and construction methods.

Karl is to remain as an advisor to the new company to help the transition. Karl will also retain a financial interest in major existing housing projects.

John Anderson has wide ranging experience covering all aspects of general management in house building and the residential development sector, land acquisition, mixed use property development, and corporate turnaround and recovery, throughout the UK.  Alastair Gordon Stewart joined Larkfleet in May 2020, he was previously finance director of Kier Living.

Karl and Helen will retain all the non-home building interests of the Larkfleet Group and will continue their work supporting community and charitable projects, particularly the recently formed Karl and Helen Hick Charitable Trust.

John Anderson, current Chief Executive Officer of Larkfleet Group