Carillion made £500m in revenue from selling PFI projects and netted annual returns of up to 39%

Research by the European Services Strategy Unit has exposed the fact that Carillion plc sold equity in 49 PFI projects between 2003 and 2017 gaining a revenue of £500m. Most of the transactions were to offshore infrastructure funds.

Carillion currently has 25%-90% equity stakes in 12 PFI projects with a capital value of £1,281m. In addition, it has a 33.33% equity in the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (a Scottish Non-Profit Distributing (NPD) project with a capital value of £469m. It is involved in joint ventures, such as a 50% equity in Aspire Defence Services Limited, which had a £94m turnover in 2016 delivering the MoD Allenby-Connaught PFI project (£1.6bn capital value).

The Independent article:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/carillion-made-500m-in-revenue-from-pfi-projects-with-annual-returns-of-up-to-39-research-finds-a8180986.html

See spreadsheet of Carillion PFI Equity sales