 | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| LSE: FSG | |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Key people | Bernard Fairman (Executive Chairman) |
| Revenue |  £119.2 million (2023) [1] |
| £42.2 million (2023) [1] | |
| £23.6 million (2023) [1] | |
| Website | www |
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The company was founded by Bernard Fairman and Peter English in 1984. [3] They initially raised £20 million in venture capital. [4] The company subsequently built up a regional presence with offices in Edinburgh, Cambridge, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Leicester, Nottingham, and Dublin. [5]
The company was the subject of an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange, which valued the company at £455 million, in April 2021. [6] In August 2023, having already established funds dedicated to other parts of the UK, it announced that it had raised £90m for a fund dedicated to the North East of England. [7] [8] [9]
The company had £12.2 billion of assets under management as at 31 March 2023. [1]
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