Charterhouse Group
Other Business Names:
- Charterhouse Investment Trust
- Wheeler, Sir Arthur
- Hume, Sir Nutcombe
- Charterhouse Industrial Development Co Ltd
- Charterhouse Finance Corp
- Japhet, S, & Co
- Charterhouse Japhet
- Glanville Enthoven & Co
- Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Financial services
Investment management services inc investment trusts, unit trust, pension funds, etc
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Financial services
Merchant & investment banking services
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Financial services
Private equity / venture capital financing
Notes:
Established 1925 as Charterhouse Investment Trust led, inter alia, by Sir Arthur Wheeler and (Sir) Nutcombe Hume, to sponsor security issues. 1934 established Charterhouse Industrial Development Co Ltd to supply venture capital to small and medium businesses. 1938 Charterhouse Finance Corp established to deal with issuing work. 1954 acquired S Japhet & Co, merchant bankers, which was subsequently renamed Charterhouse Japhet. 1957 acquired insurance brokers, Glanville Enthoven & Co. Floated 1959 as Charterhouse Group. 1986 acquired by Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
Publications:
- Charterhouse Group, 1925-1979. A history by Dennett, Laurie
- Life's a Lottery, or Is It? by Johnston, Barrie C
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Charterhouse Investment Trust
- Wheeler, Sir Arthur
- Hume, Sir Nutcombe
- Charterhouse Industrial Development Co Ltd
- Charterhouse Finance Corp
- Japhet, S, & Co
- Charterhouse Japhet
- Glanville Enthoven & Co
- Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Financial services Investment management services inc investment trusts, unit trust, pension funds, etc
- Financial services Merchant & investment banking services
- Financial services Private equity / venture capital financing
Notes:
Established 1925 as Charterhouse Investment Trust led, inter alia, by Sir Arthur Wheeler and (Sir) Nutcombe Hume, to sponsor security issues. 1934 established Charterhouse Industrial Development Co Ltd to supply venture capital to small and medium businesses. 1938 Charterhouse Finance Corp established to deal with issuing work. 1954 acquired S Japhet & Co, merchant bankers, which was subsequently renamed Charterhouse Japhet. 1957 acquired insurance brokers, Glanville Enthoven & Co. Floated 1959 as Charterhouse Group. 1986 acquired by Royal Bank of Scotland PlcPublications:
- Charterhouse Group, 1925-1979. A history by Dennett, Laurie
- Life's a Lottery, or Is It? by Johnston, Barrie C