Warwickshire IFA bought for up to £615,000

50 AFH acquisitions since AIM listing

Sophie King
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AFH has completed the acquisition of the client portfolios of Warwickshire-based Groom Associates for the initial sum of £321,000.

The consolidator said the acquisition was funded from existing cash resources and will be payable over the next 26 months, with the maximum purchase price being £615,000. As a result of the acquisition, AFH said Groom Associates directors Bill Groom and Annabelle Duncan will retire. AFH chief executive Alan Hudson said: "Our eighth acquisition of the financial year is the client portfolio of an established IFA business in Studley." The AFH chief wished both Groom and Duncan a happy retirement, adding: "The business provides a complimentary fit to AFH's core business and I am confid...

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