the serial acquirer Market Observatory · 2026-Q3

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ClearCourse acquired ThinkSmart Group 2024

2.2 EUR m of annual revenue, bought in 2024. What was paid, per unit of that revenue — and where the figure comes from.

ClearCourse paid 2.63x the annual revenue of ThinkSmart Group in 2024: 2.2 EUR m of revenue, basis measured. The revenue was reported in GBP and is converted to euro at the ECB annual reference rate; the multiple itself is not converted. The figure is read from the buyer’s filed account; the source is at the foot of this page.

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Annual revenue
2.2 EUR m
Acquired
2024
Buyer’s deals that year
5
Sector
not disclosed
3.00x
0.50x15x
BuyerAcquired companyRevenue, EUR mYearPrice paidBasis
ClearCourseThinkSmart Group2.220242.63xmeasured
Basis — measured: consideration and revenue both stated in the acquisition note — nothing computed but the division. Revenue converted from GBP to euro at the ECB annual reference rate; the multiple is a ratio within one currency and is not converted.

Where this price sits

Among the 28 single-company prices in the register, 2.63x sits at the 48th percentile — below the register median of 3.14x. It is the only disclosed price on file for ClearCourse, so there is no buyer median to set it against. The buyer made 5 acquisitions that year, of which this is one of the 1 with a usable price.

What this does not support

Source

Read from the buyer’s filed account: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/. Nothing is modelled or estimated — method and limits.

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Figures as at 2026-09-08. Every number on this page comes from a filed account or a company’s own published report — how, and what it does not support.