Acuity advises Red Helix on its acquisition of Risk Crew

The acquisition is the latest milestone in Red Helix’s ambitious growth journey and will support its mission to help businesses build resilience against evolving cyber threats.

Risk Crew provides information and security governance risk and compliance (GRC) consultancy and security penetration testing to businesses across the UK and Europe. Following the acquisition, clients of both businesses will be able to access a more comprehensive range of cyber security services from a single, trusted partner, including leading advice and solutions that enable them to actively mitigate vulnerabilities.

Acuity provided advice to LDC when it invested in Red Helix in 2021. LDC’s plan was to help the business expand its range of products and services and explore complementary acquisitions. Acuity was appointed in 2024 to identify, profile and approach a targeted group of potential acquisitions, resulting in the successful acquisition of Risk Crew.

The Acuity team supporting Red Helix on this transaction was Susie Gilbert, Marc Horn and Marcus Allchurch.

Marion Stewart, CEO commented:

“The board made the decision to accelerate our growth and portfolio diversification by making a strategic acquisition, and we appointed Acuity to help us do that. The team profiled the cyber consultancy market and together we refined that down to a number of targets which Marc and Marcus approached. The process led to some great discussions, and the fit with Risk Crew stood out as exceptional. I am delighted to have brought Risk Crew into the Red Helix group and am excited about how we can enhance our support to clients in the fight against cyber-crime. We’re grateful to Susie, Marc and Marcus from Acuity for their support throughout.”

Marc Horn, Partner said:

“We’re proud to have supported Red Helix in identifying and securing such a strong strategic acquisition. By combining Red Helix’s expertise with Risk Crew’s assurance and testing capabilities, the group is ideally positioned to meet the growing demand for end-to-end solutions from a trusted partner. It’s been a pleasure working with Marion and the team, and we are excited to see the combined business go from strength to strength.”

Marcus Allchurch, Managing Partner added:

“Our deep sector focus and decades of experience, alongside the great research capability we have, led by Susie, enables Acuity to deliver insightful and relevant acquisition support. Having helped LDC on the way in, we are hugely excited by the momentum in Red Helix, and look forward to seeing the business continuing to thrive with Risk Crew in the group.”