London · 11 people tracked
Investment thesis
Woodsford Consulting operates as a private investment and advisory group founded by Yves Bonavero, providing strategic, investment, and financial infrastructure support to a family of group companies. Its interests span residential real estate holdings in Spain, Poland, and the Netherlands, aircraft leasing, fintech trade finance lending, and a systematic ETF fund management strategy. The group takes a long-term investment horizon and also supports the affiliated A B Charitable Trust. Rather than making conventional venture investments, Woodsford builds and holds businesses and portfolios across sectors and geographies, emphasizing long-term ownership, rigorous evidence-based decision making, and strategic advisory to its clients and group entities.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 2 of 9 portfolio companiesFintech ×1Impact & Social Good ×1LegalTech ×1PropTech ×1
HQs:United Kingdom×2
Investments · 9 tracked
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Impact & Social Good
PartnerYves Bonavero· solo GP
Independent aircraft leasing company in Singapore and Luxembourg, focused on regional and turboprop aircraft.
PartnerYves Bonavero· solo GP
Poland's largest housebuilder, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, building around 4,000 homes a year.
PartnerYves Bonavero· solo GP
UK-headquartered fintech lender providing flexible working capital solutions using real-time data-enriched credit assessment.
PartnerYves Bonavero· solo GP
Spanish residential real estate holding company based in Valencia.
PartnerYves Bonavero· solo GP
Spanish residential real estate holding company based in Madrid.
PartnerYves Bonavero· solo GP
Singapore-based registered fund management company running the Woodsford Foundation Strategy, a systematic ETF strategy.
PartnerYves Bonavero· solo GP
Woodsford Consulting is a London-based family holding and advisory company founded in 1996 that oversees and provides business infrastructure to a group of investment ventures spanning residential real estate, aircraft leasing, fintech lending, fund management, litigation funding, and charitable activity.
FintechLegalTechPropTechLondon, GB
Yves Bonavero(Founder & Chair)
PartnerYves Bonavero· solo GP
Real estate holding company specialising in residential property in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam area.
PartnerYves Bonavero· solo GP
Principals & officers · per Companies House
what is this? ⓘSecretary & Director · British · since 2009
Director · British · since 2009
Director · British,French · since 2015
Director · French · since 2021
Director · French · since 1996
Director · British · since 2016
Sophie Marie-Christine Bonavero — significant influence or control
Yves Jean Marc Bonavero — significant influence or control
Philippe Bonavero — significant influence or control
Jonathan Mark Barnes — significant influence or control
Olivier Maurice Henri Bonavero — significant influence or control
Thomas Rodney Porter — significant influence or control
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Woodsford Consulting made?
- Woodsford Consulting has 9 tracked investments.
- What sectors does Woodsford Consulting focus on?
- Woodsford Consulting focuses on Fintech, PropTech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Woodsford Consulting located?
- Woodsford Consulting is headquartered in London, GB.
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