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Octopus Investments

UK companies whose ownership chain resolves to Octopus Investments, via 18 matched control vehicles. Two views: every company where the firm is a significant-control PSC, and the narrower set it majority-controls.

Octopus Investments is a UK investment group and financial services business, part of Octopus Group, founded in 2000 and based in London. It is best known as the UK’s largest provider of Venture Capital Trusts and BR-qualifying investments, with a broader focus on tax-efficient retail investments and private markets; it reported £14.6 billion under management and over 75,000 investors as at December 2025.

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Majority control

≥50% shares/votes or board control

£745m

turnover · full accounts of controlled companies

Companies
518
Employees
2,490
PBT
£-103m

All disclosed control

incl. minority (≥25%) PSC stakes

£747m

turnover · 600 companies

Employees
2,490
With accounts
31 (5%)

Control structure

Majority control · top platforms by turnover · 518 companies controlled in total

Platforms are the firm's accounts-filing holdings; figures are their (consolidated) turnover. Subsidiaries beneath them are already inside that total — shown for structure, not added again.

Largest UK holdings (2026)

Majority control · by turnover · 28 have filed accounts

Company PSC control Turnover PBT Emp.
CEDAR ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED controlled via 3 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £447m £-15m 275
ELIVIA HOMES LIMITED controlled via 6 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £116m £-12m 122
AURORA CARE AND EDUCATION HOLDINGS LIMITED controlled via 2 hops · every link ≥50% 50–75% £93m £6m 1,592
OCTOPUS AIF MANAGEMENT LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥75% 75–100% £52m £2m 0
OCTOPUS MONEY UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED controlled via 3 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £29m £-4m —
VORBOSS LIMITED controlled via 4 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £4m £-63m 339
SENIOR LIVING INVESTMENT PARTNERS (GENERAL PARTNER) LIMITED controlled directly · every link ≥50% 50–75% £2m — —
SECCL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED controlled via 2 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £1m £-19m 155
OCTOPUS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED controlled via 3 hops · every link ≥75% 75–100% £975,743 £249,178 5

How this is built — and its limits

  • Control, not ownership. PSC filings disclose significant control (≥25% shares/votes, board rights, significant influence) — not economic ownership. We never assert a cap table.
  • "PSC control" is a band, not an exact stake. Companies House discloses control only in ranges (25–50%, 50–75%, 75–100%), and we show the stronger of the share or voting band on the holding's nearest disclosed edge — the firm's own stake for directly-held companies, the immediate intermediate's for those held through a chain. A band below 50% (or a blank —) here means control rests on board-appointment rights or significant influence rather than a majority shareholding — common in PE structures.
  • Every holding is chain-verified. The line under each company ("controlled via N hops · every link ≥X%") is the shortest PSC control chain we found from Octopus Investments's vehicles down to it — each hop a real public ownership disclosure. Where a company is also controlled by another tracked firm, that's flagged inline.
  • Full accounts, not apportioned. A controlled company's figures are counted in full, not scaled by stake. A jointly-controlled asset counts fully under each controller.
  • No double-counting. Where a consolidated parent and its subsidiaries both file, only the topmost is counted.
  • Coverage is a floor. Only 28 of 518 majority-controlled companies file detailed accounts in our enriched set, so totals understate the true portfolio.
  • UK-visible only. Chains that exit to Jersey, Guernsey or other registries terminate there — we can't follow beyond the UK.