Heligan Corporate Finance advises Rappor Consultants on investment from BGF

Heligan Corporate Finance has advised Cheltenham-based Rappor Consultants (“Rappor”) on its multimillion-pound investment from BGF.

Established in 2014, Rappor is a fast-growing transport-led engineering and environmental consultancy operating across nine strategic locations and employing over 90 people. The business has a strong focus on wellbeing and work-life balance and has been recognised on The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 list. The investment will support the company’s continued growth through geographical expansion and offering a broader range of complementary services to clients.

Andrew Dickinson, Director, Corporate Finance at Heligan Group – “Rappor has built an impressive business on the back of genuine technical expertise, meaningful partnerships and a culture that clearly resonates with its people. This investment comes at a time when the Government's housebuilding ambitions represent a generational opportunity for transport planners and environmental consultants, and Rappor is exceptionally well-placed to capture that demand. BGF's backing will provide the platform to accelerate geographic expansion and broaden the service offering, and we look forward to watching the business go from strength to strength.

Mo Abbas, Partner at Freeths – “Rappor is a high-quality business with an exceptional management team, a differentiated market offering and a clear growth strategy. BGF's investment provides an excellent platform for the next phase of the company's development, and we are delighted to have supported Rappor on the investment. We wish the team every success as they continue to build on the strong foundations they have established. It was fantastic to work with the Heligan Corporate Finance team again as well”.

Adam Padmore, Chief Executive Officer at Rappor - “Working with the team at Heligan has been a really positive experience and we have been delighted with the outcomes Andy and Ben have achieved for us.  Heligan really invested the time in us to understand what our needs and wants were, and ultimately tailored their service to ensure those needs were met.  Working in partnership with great people is a hallmark of Rappor, and over the last several months, Heligan have proven that they are excellent to work with, and a team that we would both return to and recommend, should the need ever occur. We now look forward to building Rappor with the support of BGF”.

Heligan’s Andrew Dickinson, Ben Robinson and Ryan Kang provided advisory support to Rappor on the transaction. Legal advice was provided by Freeths. Tax advice was provided by Crowe. The financial terms of the transaction are undisclosed.