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Woodsford Consulting

Also known as Woodsford Consulting Limited, Woodsford Consulting Ltd, Woodsford

London family office and consultancy of the Bonavero family, founding and backing businesses in financial services and real estate across Europe and Singapore for the long term.

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Family office and business consultancy of the Bonavero family (Yves Bonavero, former Man Group CEO). Woodsford Group (litigation funding), Woodsford TradeBridge (fintech lender) and Woodsford Capital Management (Singapore) are group companies the family founded, not the family office itself.

Family & background

FAMILY
Bonavero
WEALTH ORIGIN
Financial services (Yves Bonavero, Man Group CEO from 1987) and Polish real estate (Dom Development, Europa Park)
HEADQUARTERS
London, United Kingdom
FOUNDED
1996

Investment approach

SECTORS
FintechReal Estate & PropTech
GEOGRAPHY
EuropeAsia-Pacific
STAGES
Growth
ROUTES
Direct investments
STRATEGIES
Direct investmentsReal estate

Overview

Woodsford Consulting was established to oversee and administer the investments of a family with roots in Britain and France; its privacy notice describes it as a business consultancy that also acts as the family office of a wealthy European family. Woodsford Consulting Ltd was founded and incorporated in the UK in 1996 and has a team of 12 in London with expertise in financial services, real estate, accounting and management. Businesses the family founded or backed include the Spanish residential holding companies Valma Vista (2023) and Valmadora (2024), Dom Development (Polish housebuilder, listed in Warsaw since 2006), the fintech lender Woodsford TradeBridge (2013), litigation funder Woodsford Group (2010), Woodsford Capital Management in Singapore, aircraft lessor Branaire Global (2019) and UK housebuilder Sigma Homes, which it backed with expansion capital in 2016. It also provides business infrastructure support to the A B Charitable Trust, the family's grant-making foundation.

Investment thesis

Takes a long-term approach: puts private capital into opportunities poorly supported by traditional banking and gives enterprises time to grow, providing strategic advice and business infrastructure along the way.

Holdings & investments (9)

People

  • Andrew Lekerman
    Investment Finance Manager · source
  • Yves Bonavero
    Chairman · source
  • Thomas Porter
    Managing Director · source
  • Philippe Bonavero
    Director · source
  • Olivier Bonavero
    Director · source
  • Jonathan Barnes
    Director · source
  • Sophie Bonavero
    Head of Real Estate · source
  • Theresa Loney
    Group Head of Finance · source

Classification

Single Family Office. Manages one family's own capital, with no outside investors. The family bears every loss. How family capital is classified →

FAQ

Woodsford Consulting is a single family office based in London, the United Kingdom, founded in 1996.

Woodsford Consulting invests on behalf of the Bonavero family (Financial services (Yves Bonavero, Man Group CEO from 1987) and Polish real estate (Dom Development, Europa Park)).

Woodsford Consulting invests directly in companies. Its stated asset mix includes direct investments and real estate.

Woodsford Consulting invests at Growth stage in Fintech and Real Estate & PropTech.

Key people at Woodsford Consulting include Yves Bonavero (Chairman), Thomas Porter (Managing Director), Philippe Bonavero (Director) and Olivier Bonavero (Director).

Woodsford Consulting's holdings and investments include TradeBridge, Dom Development, Woodsford Group, Branaire Global, Woodsford Capital Management, Sigma Homes, Valma Vista and Valmadora, among others.