Seneca Partners Ltd was formed in 2010 to provide services for high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs, companies, charities and trusts. It brought together a first class team of finance professionals with over 200 years of combined investment experience, an extensive contact networks and exceptional deal flow. Since inception, Seneca’s capabilities have grown steadily both organically and by selective acquisition resulting in a number of Seneca branded specialist companies.
Today, the Seneca family of companies (‘Seneca’) employs over 70 staff across 6 offices in the SME heartlands of Northern England and the West Midlands, providing advisory and investment services to investors and to UK based SMEs. We have over £400m of funds under management and have advised on over £4bn of debt.
We have a dedicated team who specialize in private company equity investments targeting companies who can demonstrate sound underlying business fundamentals and strong growth potential. Our focus is on helping these companies to grow. The established, trusted and high quality contact network of the Seneca team, which includes fellow professionals, funders, investors and SMEs themselves, is critical to our ability to source the most interesting and compelling investment opportunities.
We also have a specialist team who specialise in providing loan facilities to businesses, either via secured commercial bridging facilities or secured asset lending. We do not offer unsecured loan facilities. All lending is undertaken following our strict lending criteria.
For further information please visit senecapartners.co.uk
An investor qualifies as an High Net Worth investor if they have
(a) An annual income to the value of £100,000 or more;
(b) Net assets to the value of £250,000 or more. Net assets for these purposes do not include:
(i) the property which is their primary residence or any loan secured on that residence;
(ii) any rights under a qualifying contract of insurance within the meaning of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001; or
(iii) any benefits (in the form of pensions or otherwise) which are payable on the termination of their service or death or retirement and to which they are or (or their dependants are), or may be, entitled.
An investor qualifies as ar Self-Certified Sophisticated Investor if at least one of the following applies:
a) they are a member of a network or syndicate of business angels and have been so for at least the last six months prior to the date below
b) they have made more than one investment in an unlisted company in the two years prior to the date below
c) they are working, or have worked in the two years prior to the date below, in a professional capacity in the private equity sector, or in the provision of finance for small and medium sized enterprises
d) they are currently, or have been in the two years prior to the date, below a director of a company with an annual turnover of at least £1 million