Trustmarque

Trustmarque Ultima traces its roots to two separate UK IT firms: Trustmarque, founded in 1987, and Ultima, established in 1990. The two businesses united in 2025 with backing from One Equity Partners and Apse Capital, forming a combined organisation based in York that now employs more than 1,000 specialists supporting over 3,000 customers across public and private sector clients. Livingstone continues to operate as an independent organisation within the wider group structure.

The combined practice covers managed IT services, cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP, and network and platform management, alongside security audits, risk assessment, and penetration testing aimed at identifying and closing gaps before they're exploited. Infrastructure work extends into SD-WAN and hybrid networking designed to support distributed teams across cloud, edge, and enterprise environments. On the data and insight side, the team builds data warehousing and BI dashboard capabilities, and advises on AI strategy and governance for organisations working out how to adopt the technology responsibly.

Trustmarque Ultima holds the distinction of being the first organisation globally to achieve Cisco CX Expert Accreditation, a marker of its networking and customer experience capability. The combined entity has been shortlisted in two categories at the CRN Channel Awards 2026, reflecting recognition within the UK channel industry. With a history spanning nearly four decades between its two founding companies, the organisation positions its scale and specialist headcount as the basis for handling infrastructure, security, and data projects for customers that need Microsoft-aligned, multi-cloud expertise under one roof.