A decade of building, a future of scaling
Mercia was founded with a clear thesis: Many of the UK’s most compelling private market opportunities lie outside London.
Our mission was simple, be on the ground in the regions, find the best deals and bring scalable capital to meet them. From our origins in the Midlands, we’ve built one of the UK’s most respected private market investment platforms, with 11 regional offices and a 120+ strong team deploying capital where it matters most.
The name Mercia harks back to an ambitious Anglo-Saxon kingdom, a fitting symbol for a business built on regional prosperity and national reach.
From vision to execution
Our mission
Founded to be the first choice for investors, investees and employees
Regional expertise
Designed to embed in the regions to originate high-quality private market opportunities
Diversified & scalable
Built to scale across venture, debt, private equity and property finance
Trusted by institutions
Trusted by British Business Investments, UK pension funds, wealth managers and leading institutions
Publicly listed & transparent
Listed on AIM in 2014, bringing transparency and accountability to private market investing
Latest annual report
We are a regionally focused, private capital asset manager. Download our most recent annual report and read about what Mercia has achieved during the year.
Crafting capital takes many hands
#OneMercia is a collective that we have defined together. Mercia’s culture of co-operation is shaped by our values that support our every decision, underpins each transaction and helps to build the businesses that we invest in or lend to.
Our history
Established following an MBO in 2010, Mercia was founded to address the regional disparity between opportunity and capital access. Mercia is focused exclusively on the UK, with c.120 employees and 11 offices across the UK regions to ensure that the requisite investment team is within two hours from prospective and existing investments. Mercia has backed over 1,000 businesses over the last five years and, today, Mercia has a portfolio of c.500 companies, c.80% of which are based outside of London and the South East of England.
