Company type | Privately held company |
---|---|
Industry | Wealth management |
Founded | 1792 |
Headquarters |
Bishopsgate London, EC2 United Kingdom |
Key people |
Paul Abberley (CEO) Sir David Howard, 3rd Baronet (Chairman) |
Revenue | £155.2 million (2019) |
£9.5 million (2019) | |
£11.0 million (2019) | |
Number of employees | Circa 850 (2019) |
Website |
charles-stanley |
Charles Stanley is a UK-based investment management company, providing wealth management services to private clients, charities and smaller institutions. [1] [2] Established in 1792, it was one of the oldest firms on the London Stock Exchange. [3]
A subsidiary of the group, Charles Stanley & Co. Ltd., was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1852. [4] The Charles Stanley Group itself was incorporated and listed in 1896. [5] The Group offers four core services: wealth management, financial planning, an online execution-only platform, and asset management. [6]
In March 2019, it reported £24.1 billion of investments under management and administration. [7]
The group's board of directors is chaired by Sir David Howard, 3rd Baronet, who was appointed to the position in 1999. [8] He stepped down as group chief executive in 2014. [9] Paul Abberley replaced Howard as chief executive in December 2014. [10]
In 2019, Charles Stanley reported revenues of £155.2 million. [11]
In July 2021, the company was sold to Raymond James Financial for £279 million. [12]