Berkshire Holding Group — United Kingdom

Permanent capital.
Patient ownership.

We acquire and develop financial services businesses on a patient capital model — holding indefinitely, compounding quietly, and building something designed to last.

£350m Portfolio Oversight
14+ Years Private Wealth
3 Group Subsidiaries

Built to hold.
Not to sell.

Berkshire Holding Group is a UK-based permanent capital holding company. We acquire well-run financial services businesses from principals who want their clients looked after properly — and we hold them indefinitely.

We have no fund lifecycle. No exit horizon. No private equity sponsor demanding returns in five years. When we acquire a business, the question is never “how do we exit this?” It is “how do we make this better over the next decade?”

This model was demonstrated over sixty years by Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway. We are applying the same discipline to UK financial services — one acquisition at a time.

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i.
We hold indefinitely

Every business we acquire becomes a permanent part of the group. We optimise for long-term value, not short-term metrics.

ii.
We preserve what matters

Brand identity, client relationships, staff, and culture — these are the assets we protect most carefully.

iii.
We decide quickly

Decisions are made by principals. There is no investment committee, no corporate layer, no delay between conversation and commitment.

iv.
We compound patiently

Capital compounds most powerfully when it is not rushed. We allow time to do its work across every business in the group.

v.
We treat trust as infrastructure

Every relationship — with sellers, clients, and partners — is built on the assumption that we will be working together for decades.

Three subsidiaries.
One permanent capital model.

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Berkshire Wealth Management

Active

Acquiring UK IFA firms from retiring principals through a deferred consideration and equity structure. We preserve your brand, retain your team, and give you ongoing participation in the group’s growth — rather than a one-time cheque.

02

Berkshire Hedge Fund

In Development

An offshore investment fund offering institutional-grade portfolio management to HNW individuals, families, and family offices. Multi-asset, globally diversified, and managed with the same patient capital discipline that runs through everything we build.

03

Berkshire Yacht Management

Coming Soon

Bespoke asset and lifestyle management for UHNW individuals and families. Drawing on the co-founders’ fourteen years working directly alongside the world’s most sophisticated private clients at sea.

A different kind
of succession.

If you have spent twenty or thirty years building your practice — the client relationships, the reputation, the culture — you deserve a succession partner who understands what that is worth. Not just financially, but in every sense.

We are not a PE-backed consolidator with a five-year exit horizon. We are principals acquiring businesses we intend to hold indefinitely. Our deal structure is designed around your interests, your tax position, and your clients.

30%
Cash at completion
Immediate liquidity on the day the deal closes
50%
Deferred consideration
Paid from the firm’s own revenue over 3–5 years — spreads your CGT liability
20%
Group equity stake
Shares in Berkshire Holding Group — you benefit from every future acquisition we make
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What we protect when we acquire your firm
Your brand and identity The name you built stays intact. We do not rebrand to Berkshire.
Your client relationships No forced migrations. No centralised investment platform. No call centre.
Your team Staff retention is a condition of acquisition. Your people are part of the value.
Your investment philosophy We leave the client proposition intact. You built it for a reason.
Your ongoing role Stay as long as you wish. Transition at a pace that works for your clients.
Your financial upside The equity stake means you participate in every acquisition we make after yours.

All conversations are strictly confidential. No paperwork, no obligation. The first call is simply a conversation between principals.

Institutional discipline.
Private access.

The Berkshire Hedge Fund offers HNW individuals, families, and family offices access to genuinely long-term, properly diversified portfolio management — managed with the same patience and discipline we apply to everything we build.

We invest across global equities, fixed income, and real assets using low-cost instruments where markets are efficient. We do not react to headlines. We do not chase performance. We hold the strategy through volatility because the evidence consistently shows this is the right approach.

1.25%
Annual management fee
10%
Performance fee above 6% hurdle
£250k
Minimum investment
Qtly
Redemption liquidity
i.
Patient capital

No artificial timeline. No pressure to generate short-term returns at the expense of long-term compounding.

ii.
Global diversification

Invested across multiple geographies, asset classes, and return drivers — not concentrated in one market.

iii.
Cost consciousness

Costs compound just as returns do. We use low-cost instruments where markets are efficient.

iv.
Behavioural discipline

We do not react to headlines or chase performance. The strategy holds through volatility because the data supports it.

v.
Radical transparency

Monthly NAV statements. Quarterly letters from the co-founders. You always know what you own and why.

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Two principals.
One shared conviction.

When you speak with Berkshire, you speak directly with the people who own it. There is no relationship manager, no intermediary layer, no committee. Decisions are made by the principals — quickly, with discretion, and with your interests at the centre.

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Umberto Costa

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

With over 14 years operating in the superyacht industry, Umberto worked daily alongside some of the world’s most sophisticated private clients, family offices, and principals — individuals managing £10m to £500m+ in personal wealth. He has been involved in the oversight of portfolios totalling approximately £350 million in assets.

He leads Berkshire’s IFA acquisition strategy, investor relations, and group development.

BBA in Banking, Corporate Finance & Securities Law — University of Geneva Advanced coursework: Capital Markets, Portfolio Management, Risk 14 years UHNW private client advisory — superyacht industry
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Israel Cohen

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Israel brings deep institutional financial advisory experience, having worked with leading organisations including Legal & General and Aviva. His background spans regulated financial advice, institutional client relationships, and product knowledge across the full spectrum of UK financial services.

He leads Berkshire’s compliance, regulatory affairs, IFA integration, and professional introducer relationships.

Institutional financial advisory — Legal & General Institutional financial advisory — Aviva Regulated advice across the full UK financial services spectrum

Every important
conversation starts
with a quiet one.

Whether you are an IFA principal considering your succession options, a prospective fund investor, or a professional introducer exploring how we work — the first conversation is always confidential and carries no obligation.

We respond to every enquiry personally.

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London, United Kingdom

All enquiries are treated as strictly confidential. We respond personally to every message, typically within one business day.