Christie Group

What Christie Group does

Christie Group plc is a UK-headquartered, AIM-listed professional business services group focused on property-backed businesses in the hospitality, healthcare/care, leisure and retail sectors. Operating from 32+ offices across the UK, Austria, France, Germany and Spain, the group runs two divisions: Professional & Financial Services (PFS), comprising wholly-owned subsidiaries Christie & Co (brokerage and advisory), Christie Finance (specialist finance), Christie Insurance (insurance) and Pinders (appraisal and project management); and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS), comprising Venners (hospitality stock control).

The group's revenue model is dominated by transaction-based brokerage fees at Christie & Co, complemented by recurring professional services fees from financing, insurance, valuation and inventory management. In FY2025, Christie & Co completed 1,164 business sales worth nearly £2bn (a 45% YoY increase in transaction value), with average brokerage fees up 26% YoY. FY2025 revenue from continuing operations was £70.6m (up 19.2% YoY) and operating profit from continuing operations was £6.9m (up 95.5% YoY), supported by operating leverage from divestiture of loss-making businesses and structural cost discipline.

The group holds £9.4m of net cash with zero external borrowings, trades on AIM at approximately £32m market capitalisation (PE ~7.6), and is pursuing pension scheme buy-in/buy-out to remove legacy defined benefit liabilities from its balance sheet. The company is led by Group Chief Executive Daniel Prickett, CFO Simon Hawkins and Independent Non-executive Chairman Simon Herrick, with significant insider/founder-family ownership concentrated through the Gwyn family interests.

Name

Christie Group

Legal name

Christie Group plc

Website

https://christiegroup.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Christie Group plc is a UK-listed professional business services group serving hospitality, healthcare, leisure and retail property-backed businesses through brokerage (Christie & Co), financing (Christie Finance), insurance (Christie Insurance), appraisal (Pinders) and hospitality inventory services (Venners), with operations across the UK and continental Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Business Brokerage and Professional Services

NAICS

Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (52421)

SIC

Loan Brokers (6163)

akta.pro primary industry

Franchise Resale & Franchise Brokerage (Transfers/Resales) (FSAEAIAG)

Keywords

• Business brokerage services
• Commercial valuation services
• Hospitality sector advisory
• Property-backed business sales
• Professional financial services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices24 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Brokerage and Transaction Fees: Christie & Co generates revenue through advising on and completing business sales, purchases, and transactions. The company sold 1,164 businesses in 2025 worth nearly £2 billion, with average brokerage fees increasing 26% year-on-year. This is the primary revenue driver.
2. Valuation and Appraisal Services: Pinders provides comprehensive appraisal and project management services for business valuation across sectors.
3. Finance and Insurance Services: Christie Finance and Christie Insurance provide financing solutions and insurance products to support business transactions and operations.
4. Stock and Inventory Services: Venners provides stock control and inventory management services in the hospitality sector, generating recurring service revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Christie Group plc is a UK-listed professional business services group that advises on, values, finances, and insures businesses in the hospitality, leisure, healthcare/care, and retail sectors. Through its divisions—Christie & Co (brokerage), Christie Finance (lending), Christie Insurance (insurance), Pinders (appraisal and project management), and Venners (stock and inventory services)—the group supports clients across the full business ownership lifecycle from acquisition through development, sale, and exit. In 2025, Christie & Co completed 1,164 business sales worth nearly £2 billion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Christie & Co

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,164 businesses sold worth nearly £2bn in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Digital Ticketing Systems (DigiTickets)minorOthers · 1 December 2025Christie Group sold its visitor attraction software business Vennersys to Digital Ticketing Systems (DigiTickets) for an initial cash consideration of £500,000 with potential additional payments up to £900,000 if targets are met. This divestment was part of strategic focus on core operations.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Savills plc: Savills is a global real estate services firm offering valuation, advisory, and transaction services across commercial, leisure, and healthcare property. It overlaps with Christie's hospitality and care sector advisory but at a much larger scale and broader portfolio, serving institutional rather than SME clients.
• CBRE Group: CBRE is the world's largest commercial real estate services firm, providing advisory, valuation, and investment sales across hospitality, healthcare, and retail. It competes with Christie at the upper end of hospitality and care home transactions while also serving a much wider institutional client base.
• Newmark Group: Newmark provides commercial real estate services including investment sales, leasing, and valuation across hospitality, healthcare, and retail. Comparable to Christie's transaction and advisory capabilities in property-backed sectors, though primarily focused on US institutional real estate.
• Knight Frank: Knight Frank is a global real estate consultancy with significant UK and European hospitality, leisure, and healthcare advisory practices. Comparable to Christie in sector focus on hospitality and care-related real estate but with a broader service portfolio and larger institutional clientele.
• Aon plc: Aon is a global insurance brokerage and advisory firm with property & casualty, hospitality, and healthcare practices. It is comparable to Christie Insurance in providing commercial insurance placement for property-backed businesses, but Aon operates at vastly larger scale and serves enterprise rather than SME clients.
• Colliers International: Colliers is a global professional services and investment management firm with deep hospitality and real estate transaction capabilities. Comparable to Christie's brokerage and valuation services in hospitality and care, though Colliers operates at substantially larger scale across many sectors.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Cushman & Wakefield is a global commercial real estate services firm with active hospitality, healthcare, and retail investment sales practices. Overlaps with Christie's advisory and brokerage offerings but serves a broader, predominantly institutional client base across many geographies.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): JLL is a global real estate professional services firm offering brokerage, valuation, and capital markets advisory across hospitality, healthcare, and retail. Comparable to Christie in advisory scope but operating at vastly greater scale, primarily serving large institutional owners and investors.

Emerging players

• Eastdil Secured: Eastdil Secured is a real estate investment banking firm specializing in large-scale hospitality, healthcare, and commercial property transactions. It operates in adjacent market segments to Christie's brokerage and finance advisory but focuses on substantially larger institutional deals.

Direct peers

• HVS: HVS is a global hospitality-focused consulting and valuation firm offering appraisals, brokerage, and feasibility studies for hotels and leisure assets. It is one of the closest specialists to Christie & Co's hospitality brokerage and Pinders' appraisal work, serving the same client base of owners, operators, and lenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/christie-group-plc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A4 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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