AFH continues expansion with 10th acquisition since IPO
BROMSGROVE-based wealth management firm AFH has continued its ambitious expansion programme with a further acquisition.
AFH, winner of the PLUS-SX Newcomer of the Year 2012 award, has taken over Surrey-based Chartwell Associates (IFA) Ltd in a deal worth almost £0.5m.
Chartwell, which was founded in October 2001, has an active client bank of 1,200 and approximately £32m of funds under influence. AFH is acquiring the assets of the firm including its office in Egham, from which Chartwell’s six advisers will continue to operate.
The Egham office will be AFH’s first establishment outside Bromsgrove and provides the company with a platform from which it can continue its expansion in the South East.
The maximum consideration payable for the acquisition is £480,000 in cash, depending on Chartwell’s profitability in the 28 months following the acquisition.
Today’s announcement marks AFH’s tenth acquisition since its IPO last year and takes the company’s total number of advisers to 97, up from 53 at the time of the flotation.
Alan Hudson, Chairman and Chief Executive of AFH, said: “The acquisition of Chartwell continues our strategy of growing AFH both organically and by acquisition. This transaction also marks a strategically important step for the company as it broadens our geographic presence, placing us closer to the market in London and the South East. We intend to use this presence to pursue further acquisition and recruitment opportunities in the region.”
