Published: February 24, 2026 at 8:18 am
The founder of essensys plc is bidding to take the PropTech firm private with the backing of high-profile investors Sir Terry Leahy and William Currie.
A vehicle led by Mark Furness, who remains essensys plc’s largest shareholder and handed the CEO reins to COO James Lowery in May, has made a bid of 17 pence per share – valuing the company at around £11.3 million.
That is below the 20p/£13m price mooted when it was first revealed that Furness was preparing a potential bid in late November 2025.