UK investment fund hits sweet spot despite recent management shake-up
A family-run investment fund shows remarkable growth with its unique approach to backing small UK businesses. Recent changes in management fees and market uncertainty create an interesting buying opportunity
In the ever-changing world of UK investments Paul Pindar and his son Richard Pindar created something different: a £273m fund that picks winners among small british companies
Their brain-child Literacy Capital (started bout 7 years ago) stands out by focusing on growing UK businesses that dont want to deal with stock market hassles: the fund has a no-nonsense approach to picking solid companies with good track records
The funds top picks show real promise – RCI Group a police-and-courts healthcare provider grew big time and is now worth £99‚5m; while Oxygen Activeplay (a trampoline park business) jumped to more than £24m in value. The funds name BOOK comes from its cool habit of sharing money with reading charities run by Sharon Pindar
The money-side looks good too: the fund made a super-impressive 106% return on its investments in past 3 years – beating most other similar funds; though shareholders got a smaller 48‚9% piece of that pie. Some nice wins came from selling parts of pet-food maker Butternut Box and recruitment firm Kernel (both sold for bout 50% more than expected)
Things got a bit bumpy lately – the fund saw its first down quarter since covid times and raised its fees from 0‚9% to 1‚5%. But most of their companies are still growing fast with yearly jumps of 21% in money coming in and 15% in profits. Right now the shares trade 10% below what the stuff inside is worth – making it a good time to jump in
