Governance For Owners LLP (London)


Governance For Owners LLP is a large advisory firm based in London. It manages $663.81 million of regulatory assets for 3 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2008.

Governance For Owners provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Governance For Owners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Governance For Owners LLP is $663.81 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -31% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $663.81 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $221.27 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Governance For Owners LLP for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

Careers at Governance For Owners LLP

Steve Brown has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Nov 2004 and Peter Butler is the Chief Executive Officer of Governance For Owners LLP family office. Gareth George Stephens joined the executive team most recently as the Director Of Compliance / Finance / Operations/ Cco.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Peter Butler Chief executive officer 1 Nov 2004 Other 5473749
Steve Brown Chief investment officer 1 Nov 2004 Other 5473753
Governance For Owners Group Llp Designated member 1 Nov 2004 75% - 100% foreign entity
David Birchall Director of compliance / finance / operations 1 Jan 2006 Other 5473756
Stephen Benedict Cohen Chief executive officer 1 Jul 2012 Other 4352401
Gareth George Stephens Director of compliance / finance / operations/ cco 1 Apr 2013 Other 6035189
Steve Brown Chief executive officer 1 Mar 2014 Other 5473753

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Peter Butler Designated member 1 Jun 2005 Other 5473749
Steve Brown Designated member 1 Jun 2005 Other 5473753

Based in London

The principal office where Governance For Owners LLP performs its advisory services is located at 26 Throgmorton Street, London, Ec2 N 2 An, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number +44 (0) 20 7614 4750 or by fax +44 (0) 20 7374 4889. The normal business hours are 8.30am - 5.00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at g4owners.co.uk.