Leeds-headquartered built environment consultancy enevo has quadrupled its revolving credit facility with Santander UK to a seven-figure sum as it accelerates acquisition-led growth.
The increased funding will support the company’s buy-and-build strategy as it expands its testing, inspection, certification and compliance services across the UK built environment sector.
enevo provides specialist advice, technical assessments and regulatory approvals to developers, architects, contractors and dutyholders throughout the lifecycle of building projects.
Mark Heptonstall, founder and chief executive of enevo, said: “Our vision is to build one of the UK’s leading privately owned TICC consultancies. Demand for expert compliance, safety and technical assurance across the built environment has been rapidly increasing, and this funding allows us to scale and bring additional specialist capability into the group.”
The facility builds on enevo’s earlier financing agreement with Santander announced in 2025 and reflects the company’s rapid growth through both organic expansion and strategic acquisitions.
In October 2025, enevo acquired JM Partnership, strengthening its Registered Building Control capability and expanding coverage for clients across the UK.
The company says it is currently in discussions with several aligned businesses across the Building Safety and Building Compliance sectors, with several acquisitions lined up to complete over the next few months.
Richard Orme, finance director at enevo, said: “This further funding gives us the flexibility to act quickly when the right acquisition opportunities arise, as well as continuing to invest in our teams, systems and service capability.”
Alongside acquisitions, enevo is expanding its professional team to strengthen services linked to the Building Safety Act, including Building Regulations Principal Designer and CDM Principal Designer support, where demand from developers and design teams continues to grow.
Heptonstall added: “We are seeing particularly strong demand for building safety support under the Building Safety Act, including Gateway submissions, safety case preparation, competence frameworks, and golden thread information management.”
Andy King, relationship director at Santander UK, said: “We are pleased to be providing further support to enevo as the business takes the next steps towards its ambitious growth objectives.”
Established in 2010 as C80 Group, enevo has grown tenfold through a mix of strategic acquisitions and steady, organic growth.
The business was named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in May 2025.
