Specialist IndustrialsCurrent
Meridian Technical Services
Testing, inspection and certification for critical infrastructure
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Capital, held in trust.
We partner with founder-led and family-owned businesses to build enduring companies — with patience, discipline and care.
Who we are
A custodian, not a trader.
Capital Custodian Authority invests in profitable mid-market businesses with revenues typically between £10 million and £150 million. We take meaningful ownership positions, work closely with management, and hold for the long term. Our name reflects our conviction: capital is something we are entrusted with, and the businesses we back are something we are responsible for.
£1.4bn
Assets under management
24
Portfolio companies since inception
9
Average holding period (years)
70%
Investments alongside founding families
Our approach
Three commitments.
Patient
Our fund structures allow us to hold investments for up to a decade. We are not forced sellers.
Operational
Every investment is supported by our in-house operating partners across finance, technology, people and commercial excellence.
Aligned
Our partners invest personally in every deal. We succeed only when our management teams and investors do.
Sectors
Where we focus
- Business Services
- Recurring, knowledge-led services with defensible customer relationships.
- Specialist Industrials
- Engineered products and services where technical standards create moats.
- Healthcare Services
- Providers and support services improving access and outcomes.
- Software & Data
- Mission-critical software and proprietary data in regulated markets.
- Consumer Essentials
- Everyday brands with genuine loyalty and pricing discipline.
Portfolio
Companies we steward.
Healthcare ServicesCurrent
Harbourside Health Group
Community diagnostics and outpatient clinics
View companySoftware & DataCurrent
Northlight Data
Compliance data platform for regulated industries
View companyConsumer EssentialsCurrent
Ashworth & Vale
Premium pet nutrition, family-founded 1974
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Latest thinking
Viewpoints
Succession without surrender: a guide for founding families
Most founding families are not selling a business. They are handing one over. The distinction changes almost everything about how a transaction should be designed.
· 8 min read
Firm News
Capital Custodian Authority completes investment in Northlight Data
The firm has completed a significant minority investment in Northlight Data, a compliance data platform serving regulated industries.
· 3 min read
Viewpoints
Why we hold for ten years
A three-year hold forces decisions a business would not otherwise make. A ten-year hold permits decisions it should have made years ago.
· 6 min read