Aldrich & Co

What Aldrich & Co does

Aldrich & Co (legal entity: Aldrich and Company Limited) is a privately held, founder-led recruitment consultancy founded in 1994 by Emily Aldrich in London. The firm specializes in permanent and contract placement of candidates into London's financial services sector — investment banking, asset management, private equity, wealth management, hedge funds, and fintech — alongside a secondary practice in business and professional services, marketing/communications roles in finance, and graduate placements. It also offers one-to-one executive coaching delivered personally by the founder.

The operating model is relationship-driven and human-led, explicitly differentiated against AI-driven screening: consultants read every application and prioritize cultural fit and long-term placement success. Technology infrastructure is conventional rather than proprietary, comprising Bullhorn for candidate CRM, DealCloud for client pipeline, Pipedrive, WordPress for the website and job board, and standard design and social scheduling tools (Canva, Later). The firm maintains a Westminster headquarters, a Cambridge registered address, and a website-driven job board that currently lists vacancies across London, York, Cheltenham, Dubai, Hong Kong, and the US.

Revenue is generated through transaction fees on permanent placements (typically a percentage of placed-candidate salary), contract/interim staffing fees, and a smaller professional-services revenue stream from executive coaching. The firm has 11-50 employees, no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no recorded acquisitions, restructuring, or leadership changes since founding — making it a mature, founder-anchored boutique operating in a competitive London recruitment market.

Name

Aldrich & Co

Legal name

Aldrich and Company Limited

Website

https://aldrich.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aldrich & Co is a London-based, founder-led recruitment consultancy founded in 1994 that places permanent and contract candidates into the UK financial services sector, with a complementary executive coaching practice and a small international footprint across Dubai, Hong Kong, and the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Services Leadership Search (Banking/Insurance/PE/Asset Mgmt) (BPACAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Learning, Training & Corporate Education Consulting (BPAHAGAE)

Keywords

• Financial services recruitment
• Executive search services
• Permanent placement staffing
• Contract recruitment agency
• Executive coaching services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Permanent Placement Services: Aldrich & Co places candidates in permanent positions for financial services clients. The company receives a fee upon successful placement, typically a percentage of the candidate's annual salary.
2. Contract/Interim Staffing: The company also fills temporary and contract positions, including fixed-term contracts such as maternity cover roles.
3. Executive Coaching: One-to-one coaching services to help individuals establish goals, build high-performing teams, and plan career moves.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Aldrich & Co is a London-based specialist recruitment consultancy that places candidates in permanent and contract roles within the financial services sector, covering investment banking, asset management, private equity, wealth management, and fintech. The firm also provides executive search services for senior-level placements and offers one-to-one executive coaching delivered by its Managing Director.

Product overview

Aldrich & Co operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Their core offering consists of recruitment consultancy and executive search services for the financial services sector in London, supplemented by executive coaching and an online job search platform. The company specializes in placing candidates across investment banking, asset management, private equity, wealth management, fintech, and administrative support roles. Their services are delivered through a combination of human-driven relationship building, candidate profiling on CRM systems, and personalized coaching.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recruitment Consultancy Services Permanent and contract recruitment placement services for the financial services sector, connecting candidates with roles in investment banking, asset management, private equity, wealth management, fintech, and executive assistant positions. Intended for hiring firms and job-seeking candidates in London.
• Executive Search Specialist executive-level recruitment service for identifying and placing senior candidates in leadership and director-level positions within financial services organizations. Intended for financial services firms seeking confidential senior hires.
• Executive Coaching

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cornwallis Elt: London-based boutique financial services recruitment firm covering investment banking, asset management, and private equity. Comparable to Aldrich in size, specialist focus, and City-based financial services positioning.
• Selby Jennings: Boutique financial services recruitment firm covering banking, fintech, and asset management globally. Directly comparable to Aldrich in specialist FS focus, with stronger international reach across the US, Europe, and APAC.
• Morgan McKinley: Specialist financial services recruitment firm with strong London presence, placing candidates across banking, investment management, and accountancy. Closest direct comparable to Aldrich & Co in focus, scale, and boutique positioning.
• Carnegie Consulting: London-based boutique financial services recruitment consultancy. Highly comparable to Aldrich in scale, specialist FS focus, and boutique positioning within the City recruitment market.
• Odgers Berndtson: International executive search firm with strong London financial services coverage, placing senior leaders across investment banking, asset management, and private equity. Directly comparable to Aldrich in executive-level FS recruitment.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with a substantial financial services practice serving banks, asset managers, and private equity. Comparable to Aldrich's executive search work at the senior end, though operating at materially larger scale with international offices.

Emerging players

• Storm4: Specialist fintech and clean technology recruitment firm with London presence. Comparable to Aldrich's fintech and emerging FS sub-segment work, but with a more technology-focused candidate pool.

Broad incumbents

• Hays: Global publicly-listed recruitment group with a large banking and financial services practice in London. Competes for the same FS mandates as Aldrich but with broader industry coverage and significantly larger consultant headcount.
• Robert Half: Global staffing and recruitment firm with a significant financial services practice in London. Comparable to Aldrich & Co in serving finance clients for permanent and contract placements, but operates at much larger scale across multiple verticals.
• Michael Page: Major global recruitment firm with deep London financial services coverage across banking, asset management, and accounting. Competes with Aldrich for the same FS candidate pool but offers broader sector coverage and a larger consultant bench.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aldrich-&-company
• Instagraminstagram.com/aldrichandcompany
• Xx.com/aldrichandco
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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