FCA-Authorised IFA Shell, Rare Investment Permissions & Fast Route to Market

Current turn over circa: £100,000

Offers over: £100,000

Established: 15 to 20 years

Gross Recurring Revenue: 70-100k

Number of staff: 0

Locations: Staffordshire

Additional Notes: This presents a rare opportunity to acquire an FCA-authorised IFA shell, providing a potentially much quicker route to market than pursuing a new FCA authorisation. The firm is an Article 3 MiFID-exempt business with the additional permissions to arrange, safeguard and administer investments, making it particularly attractive to a buyer looking to expand its investment capabilities.

The permissions are especially valuable for a firm seeking to offer self-select investments or operate its own platform. Obtaining these permissions through a new application would typically result in a full MiFID investment firm structure, bringing significantly higher capital requirements and more onerous regulatory obligations, including enhanced reporting and ICARA requirements. This creates a potentially significant commercial saving and a much faster route to establishing the required permissions.

The sale would include full indemnities for the legacy business from the US-listed parent company, providing additional protection for the incoming owner. With geography irrelevant to the opportunity, this could be particularly attractive to an existing regulated business looking to broaden its permissions, accelerate its route to market or establish a more sophisticated investment proposition.

For more information please call 01765 698 699 and quote the reference number 32056 ask for Oliver Macer