Foresight Group

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Foresight Group Holdings plc
Company type Public
LSE:  FSG
Industry Financial services
Founded1984
Headquarters London, England
Key people
Bernard Fairman (Chairman)
Gary Fraser (CEO)
RevenueIncrease2.svg £154.0 million (2025) [1]
Increase2.svg £40.1 million (2025) [1]
Increase2.svg £33.2 million (2025) [1]
Website www.foresightgroup.eu

Foresight Group Holdings plc is a British investment manager focussed on clean energy generation and associated infrastructure. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. [2]

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History

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]

Operations

The company had £12.8 billion of assets under management as at 31 March 2025. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Annual Report 2025: Income statement" (PDF). Foresight Group Holdings. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "FTSE UK Index Series Quarterly Review September 2023". FTSE Russell. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "No regrets, but what do you expect in a company called Foresight?". The Times . 3 June 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Foresight Group". Investment Week. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Foresight Group set to provide jobs boost for Yorkshire as it supports fast growing companies". Yorkshire Post. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Investment manager floats in £455m IPO". FT Advisor. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Foresight Group closes £20m North East SME fund". UK Tech News. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Foresight Group makes £30m addition to North East fund thanks to pension funding backing". Business Live. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Foresight Group hits £90m for new UK regional fundraise". Alternative Assets. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Annual Report 2025: Online summary" (PDF). Foresight Group Holdings. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
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