TCL Group

Name

TCL Group

Legal name

idverde UK

Website

https://tclgrp.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Derby

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Grounds Maintenance Services: Recurring grounds maintenance services provided to both public and private sector clients across the UK, including grass cutting, landscaping, weed control, and green waste removal
2. Landscape Creation: One-time and project-based landscape creation services including exterior planting, civil engineering, hard landscaping, soft landscaping, and sports surfacing
3. Professional Advisory Services: Advisory services including tree surveying, biodiversity action plans, GIS mapping, parks management, and IOSH Managing Safely Training
4. Specialized Maintenance Services: Specialized services including arboriculture, invasive weed removal, street cleansing, winter maintenance, sports turf management, and emergency response

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TCL Group is a UK-based landscape services provider delivering grounds maintenance, landscape creation, arboriculture, ecology advice, play-space services and winter gritting to public- and private-sector clients. Services are organised across four pillars — Advice Services, Creation Services, Maintenance Services and Plantscape — and delivered through 140+ offices and depots nationwide. The company also operates specialist offerings such as Playforce (play design and installation, acquired 2015), Ice Watch (winter gritting), and Mixto.

Product overview

idverde UK operates as a green services provider offering a unified portfolio of three interconnected service categories: Advice Services (professional consulting for ecology, biodiversity, training, and parks management), Creation Services (landscape design, planting, civil engineering, and sports facilities), and Maintenance Services (ongoing grounds upkeep, arboriculture, winter maintenance, and specialist cleaning). The company also maintains sub-brands including Plantscape for interior landscaping and Playforce for playground installations. Together, these services enable idverde to serve as a comprehensive, single-source provider for both private and public sector clients across sectors including public sector, commercial, housebuilder, social housing, education, sports clubs, healthcare, leisure, and defence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ice Watch: Winter maintenance and ice management services
• Plantscape
• Playforce
• Mixto

Products and services

• Advice Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Awarded Sustainable Company of the Year and Employer of the Year at Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Sport AberdeenflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 March 2026Partnership for Mackenzie Championship Course management. The partnership won the Best Municipal or Community-Owned Golf Course category at the Scottish Golf Tourism Awards 2026.
• El EjidillocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026idverde entered Spain with a majority stake in El Ejidillo, marking a significant step in idverde's European expansion strategy. The deal builds on more than 30 acquisitions completed since 2018.
• Wiltshire CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Biodiversity Champions initiative partnership with Wiltshire Council, providing biodiversity education in schools with three schools participating in the program.
• Bromley CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Nature Friendly Verge Trial in the London Borough of Bromley, focused on increasing biodiversity in urban verges and restoring elm populations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Serco Group plc: International public services provider with significant UK central and local government contracts, some of which include grounds and estate services. Comparable as a large incumbent competing for outsourced public sector work.
• Mitie Group plc: Large UK facilities management and professional services group whose grounds maintenance and landscaping services overlap with TCL Group's offering. Comparable as a broader incumbent with FM scale advantages.
• ISS A/S: Global facility services provider with a significant UK presence in cleaning, maintenance, and property services including grounds maintenance. Comparable as a multinational FM incumbent in the same outsourcing market.
• Sodexo Group: Global food and facilities management services company with UK operations serving corporate, healthcare, education and public sector clients. Comparable where FM contracts include grounds maintenance and landscaping scope.
• Kier Group plc: UK infrastructure and property services group that operates in highways, utilities, and public realm services. Comparable where it competes on grounds maintenance, parks, and estate services contracts with public sector clients.

Direct peers

• Gavin Jones Ltd: UK grounds maintenance and landscape construction company serving commercial, public sector and residential developer clients. Closely aligned in service offering (maintenance + creation) and customer base to idverde UK.
• The Landscape Group: UK provider of grounds maintenance, landscaping and outdoor estate services to public and commercial clients. Similar vertical mix, contract-style revenue, and depot-based delivery model.
• Ground Control: UK-based grounds maintenance, arboriculture, and environmental services provider serving commercial, public sector and infrastructure clients. Directly comparable in service mix, customer segments, and geographic footprint.
• idverde Group: Parent group of idverde UK and TCL Group, positioned as Europe's leading provider of green services with operations in multiple European countries. Directly comparable as the same operating platform at group level.

Emerging players

• GreenScapes (UK): Smaller UK-based grounds maintenance and landscape services provider focusing on commercial and residential clients. Comparable as a regional player in the same service category, but at meaningfully smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tclgrp
• Facebookfacebook.com/TCLGRP
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tcl_group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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