The Share Centre

The Share Centre
Private
Industry Stockbroker
Founded 1990 (1990)
Founder Gavin Oldham
Headquarters Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Products Share accounts, investment club accounts, estate administration, probate services
Website www.share.com

The Share Centre is an independent UK retail stockbroker based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England.

History

The Share Centre was founded by Gavin Oldham, formerly of Barclayshare (now Barclays Stockbrokers) in 1990.[1] It is based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The Share Centre Limited operates as a subsidiary of Share Plc.[2]

It was established to provide value-for-money share services for private investors.[3] It is a member of the London Stock Exchange and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.[4]

Products

In Spring 1991, The Share Centre started as a retail broker offering self-select share dealing services to personal investors. Within 18 months, it secured contracts to provide white-labelled share dealing services for readers of the Mail on Sunday, The Guardian and a large regional newspaper group.[5]

In 2000, it set up a holding company, ShareMark which was set up as an internal trading share platform when The Share Centre issued free shares to around 90,000 clients. It opened to other companies in 2002.[4][5] By 2008, the company floated with a share offer that was four times oversubscribed. It now has more than 227,000 customers across the UK.[5]

In May 2011, The Share Centre deployed a log management and security information and event management (SIEM) solution from LogRhythm.[6] In May 2012, The Share Centre discarded T1PS Investment Management's Tom Winnifrith as manager of its two small-cap mandates in favour of former Unicorn founder Peter Webb.[7] In May 2012, The Share Centre has appointed Rufus Leonard to overhaul its website.[8] In March 2013, their website launched and has exceeded its KPIs within the first two months delivering an improved conversion rate from 9% to 36% year-on-year for their recent ISA campaign.[9]

In April 2015, Barclays Stockbrokers ceased offering certificated share dealing and transferred all customers requiring the service to The Share Centre. In July 2015, the retail stockbroker completed the integration of more than 11,000 Barclays’ customers.[5]

The Share Centre offers a professional platform from which to perform online dealing in stocks and shares with a share account. Search, compare and buy share prices from the stock market with a share trading account from the share centre.[10]

Its range of services includes buying and selling shares and a comprehensive share administration and safe custody service. Tax-efficient investment 'wrappers' including ISAs, CTFs and SIPPs are also available. The Share Centre's advice team provides comment on market sectors, individual shares and funds.[3] It offers a full range of investment options including funds and has more than 265,000 accounts under its administration.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "The Share Centre". MoneyWeek. 28 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Company Overview of The Share Centre Limited". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Profit Watch UK - Latest Report". London Stock Exchange. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 Kassam, Isabelle; Mladjenovic, Paul (2007). Investing in Shares For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 244. ISBN 978-0470516454.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "The Share Centre completes Barclays integration". thetradenews.com. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Share Centre opts for LogRhythm solution for compliance and network management capabilities". SC Magazine UK. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Kenway, Natalie (31 May 2012). "The Share Centre ditches T1PS in favour of ex-Unicorn CEO Webb". Investment Week. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Share Centre hires Rufus Leonard for web redesign". The Drum. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Improve Conversion Rate and Marketing Efficiency". EPiServer. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Share Centre". CrunchBase. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Share Centre fund supermarket review". Which?. Retrieved 1 August 2015.


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