The Cheshire-based Beauty Tech Group, known for innovations like LED face masks and laser devices, is planning an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange with a reported target value of £350 million. This move—unfolding at a critical moment for UK capital markets—positions the group to become one of the largest consumer technology floats of 2025, showing strong growth against a muted backdrop for other IPOs.
Background and Pioneering Growth
Founded in Cheshire in 2009 as CurrentBody by Laurence Newman and Andrew Showman, the company shifted from reselling third-party beauty tech to manufacturing its own devices. Their bestseller: LED face masks retailing for £400 and endorsed by celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Serena Williams. The product line now spans at-home lasers for hair removal, microcurrent devices, and electric acne treatments—each underwritten by clinical testing and research.
Beauty Tech operates in over 90 countries and is behind three distinct…
premium brands—CurrentBody Skin, ZIIP Beauty, and Tria Laser—known for replicating clinic-level technologies for the home.
In the year ending 2024, it reported £101.1 million in revenue and £22.9 million adjusted EBITDA, demonstrating strong compound annual growth rates (CAGR) of 73.6% for own-brand revenue and 92.9% for EBITDA across a two-year period.
Leadership, Strategy, and Future The group’s board is led by CEO Laurence Newman and, most recently, Elaine O’Donnell—best-known for her chairmanship at Games Workshop—joined as non-executive chair to guide strategic oversight and capitalize on growth opportunities.
Newman explained: “There are significant opportunities ahead … and an IPO… will provide us with access to capital and enable us to raise awareness and incentivise staff to take the business to the next level”…
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