Here are ten active family offices from our database that are based in the UK and invest in private equity, along with their websites:
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Souter Investments (Edinburgh)
Souter Investments is the private family investment office of Stagecoach Group co-founder Sir Brian Souter, based in Edinburgh. It focuses primarily on private equity investments in unquoted companies, with selected allocations to quoted markets, real estate and funds, having invested over £500 million in more than 70 unquoted companies over 15 years, with over £250 million currently deployed across more than 30 businesses. -
Astondown Capital (Leicester)
Astondown Capital is a private investment company founded in 2015 to organize the investments and holdings of the Davis family. The firm specializes in private equity investments and structured lending, with a flexible structure that lets it respond to special situations and invest alongside a select group of like-minded entrepreneurs and families. -
Kliro Capital Partners (Falmouth)
Kliro Capital Partners is a family office investment company managing the family portfolio's long-term investment strategy, asset allocation, and performance. Building on a 12-year track record in the international drinks industry, the firm is expanding into other segments, including alternative assets, investing directly in private companies and working with management to drive returns. -
KMP Group
KMP Group is a private family office with a 50-year history that manages a diverse portfolio of property, private equity, and operating businesses. Its primary strategy is growing the portfolio through Build to Rent developments, having delivered multiple residential schemes across inner London targeting locations with strong rental demand near amenities and transport links. -
LSG Family Office (London)
LSG Family Office is a UK-based single family office active in direct investments across real estate, private equity, and venture capital, both in the UK and internationally. Its venture capital investments focus on consumer-facing, disruptive, high-growth ideas, with an emphasis on backing outstanding founders and guiding execution. -
Marcena Capital Ltd (London)
Founded in 2014, Marcena Capital is an FCA-regulated investment office active globally in venture capital funds, healthcare, real assets, and private equity funds. Over more than a decade, the firm has deployed over $250 million directly into primary limited partnerships in funds totaling more than $2.5 billion, and is a member of the BVCA. -
Matthew Derry
Matthew Derry is a family office interested in acquiring small companies, aiming to generate outsized returns by following the investment approach of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. The firm also invests in public securities. -
MaxCap Partners (London)
MaxCap Partners (MxP Partners LLP) is a mid-market private investment office focused on originating and overseeing investments in high-potential businesses. It was founded by Michael George in 2006 following the sale of his family's controlling interest in Weetabix to Lion Capital, and has since evolved into a sector-agnostic, mid-market private equity business. -
Micota Capital (London)
Micota Capital is a family office focused on investing in and advising on private equity opportunities—including early-stage, asset-based, and buy-and-build deals—as well as operationally intensive real estate, platforms, and special situations. It invests personal capital alongside that of close friends and families with whom it has long-standing relationships. -
Momentum Capital (London)
Momentum Capital is the direct investment arm of a single family office, founded in 2002 as a mid-market private equity investor. It has since evolved into a broadly based investment company targeting private equity, venture capital, real estate, and financial markets, operating with permanent capital as a direct investor rather than a fund.
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