ShareSoc Growth Company Seminar (Hybrid Event), 30 April 2025, 5pm

Join us on 30th of April for our next London Hybrid Event. This event will consist of an in-person seminar in London, which will also be streamed live (and recorded), allowing members to watch virtually.

Please register to attend the event in-person or to watch virtually, using the 2 different links below.

Each company will present for 25 minutes and then take your questions for another 15 minutes. All attendees (whether attending in-person or virtually) will be able to ask questions and those attending the seminar will be able to network with company directors and fellow investors over drinks and a buffet.

Click here to register for the in-person seminar in London.
Click here to join the virtual event.

Event registration opens at 4.30 pm and presentations commence at 5.00 pm.
There will be networking and nosebag after the presentations from 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm.

Companies Presenting

Central Asia Metals (CAML)

Central Asia Metals, an AIM-quoted UK company based in London, owns 100% of the Kounrad SX-EW copper project in central Kazakhstan and 100% of the Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia. The Company also owns an 80% interest in CAML Exploration, a subsidiary formed to progress early-stage exploration opportunities in Kazakhstan, and a 28.4% interest in Aberdeen Minerals Ltd, a privately-owned UK company focused on the exploration and development of base metals opportunities in northeast Scotland.

Presenter:
Gavin Ferrar, Chief Executive Officer
Gavin has over 25 years’ experience in the mining sector. He began his career in the industry with Anglo American, initially in target generation and due diligence, and subsequently in Greenfields exploration and project management of a feasibility study on a gold project. He then spent eleven years in London’s investment banking sector in debt financing, derivatives and equity investments across the mining sector with Barclays Capital and Investec. Gavin joined the Company in June 2014 as Business Development Director, was appointed CFO in April 2018 and held this position for six years before being appointed CEO in October 2024.

Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI)

Custodian Property Income REIT aims to be the choice for private and institutional investors seeking high and stable dividends from well-diversified UK real estate. They provide access to a diversified portfolio of over 150, regional, UK commercial properties in an institutional grade package, to benefit from high, risk adjusted, income returns. Dividends of 6.00 pence per share are fully covered by earnings.

Presenter:
Richard Shepherd-Cross, Investment Manager, Custodian Property Income REIT, and Managing Director, Custodian Capital
Richard qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1995, and following 10 years at JLL, joined Mattioli Woods in 2009 to establish Custodian Capital as the property fund management subsidiary to the group.
In 2014 he was instrumental in the establishment of Custodian Property Income REIT plc and following the successful initial public offering, he has overseen the growth of the company to its current market capitalisation.
Richard was also central to the establishment of a new business line for Custodian Capital, which offers real estate private equity investments to the high-net-worth clients of Mattioli Woods.

Built Cybernetics plc (BUC)

Built Cybernetics plc is an AIM-quoted PropTech group on a mission to revolutionise the built environment. Company’s new name reflects its vision. Built Cybernetics represents the evolution of the business—where AI, machine learning, and cybernetics shape the future of smart buildings. With a focus on design, delivery, and operation, the company pioneering intelligent buildings that enhance user experience while reducing financial and environmental costs. This shift builds on their success with AI-driven energy efficiency solutions and our continued expansion into PropTech innovation. For more information, please visit their website: https://builtcybernetics.com/s/4744b6

Presenters:
Nick Clark- CEO
Nick Clark is Chief Executive of Built Cybernetics plc (AUK:BUC), the PropTech group using AI to reshape the future of the built environment. The Group was formed when AIM-listed architecture firm Aukett Swanke Group plc acquired technology systems integrator Torpedo Factory Group. Three further acquisitions have followed.
Nick founded TFG in 1997 and has grown it through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth. Nick is also a non-executive director at Acuity RM Group plc, the AIM-quoted provider of cybersecurity risk management software.
Prior to starting TFG, Nick studied physics at Imperial College, followed by an MPhil in Microelectronic Engineering and Semiconductor Physics at the University of Cambridge.

Freddie Jenner FCCA
Freddie Jenner was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Aukett Swanke Group Plc on 26 June 2023. He joined the group in March 2023 following the acquisition of Torpedo Factory Group, where he served as Chief Financial Officer since 2012. Freddie had joined that business in 2007 and worked with Nick to develop the business through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth.
Prior to joining TFG Freddie worked briefly in practice, following completion of a Mathematics and Actuarial Studies degree from the University of Southampton.

Asset Match Limited

Asset Match is a leading online marketplace for shares in UK private companies. Private companies can now create liquidity in their shares in a fair and transparent way. This is becoming increasingly relevant to ShareSoc members as more and more companies choose to delist, with minority individual shareholders forced to choose between immediate exit or staying with an unlisted holding. Through regular online auctions company provides owners of shares in private businesses a way to exit and gives sophisticated investors access to investment opportunities in the untapped private company market.

Presenter:
Iain Baillie, Founder & Executive Chairman
Iain has over 35 years of experience in Capital Markets in all areas of Fixed Income and Equities. Also has extensive knowledge of electronic trading platforms across the Fixed Income space.

Group description:	As a relatively new group we have evolved into a lively discussion group with a wide variety of experience. We cover general investing topics, from value / growth investing to charting and investing for income. All are welcome, experienced and novice alike.
Meeting Type/Venue:	In person meetings at a golf club near to the centre of Taunton.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	We meet on the first Monday of every month. Meetings start at 11am and break for lunch around 12.30 – 1pm. Meetings continue for around 1 hour after lunch, after which time members are welcome to stay on to socialise.

Group description:	Our group discuss a wide range of income generating instruments. Quoted dividend paying companies are usually the biggest topic for discussion; but we also discuss dividend paying Investment Trusts (including REITs) and ETFs, bonds (government and corporate), and preference shares.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Meetings are held online via Zoom.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Monthly on the 1st Tuesday of the month, from 6:30pm.

Group description:	The aim of this group is to share our investing ideas and experiences across all equity markets, brokers, websites and software to the benefit of us all. We do not discuss sums of money invested but may mention percentages gained and lost. We will rotate the chairperson who is responsible for creating, with member’s help, suitable agendas. We also rotate members to deliver a presentation, lasting between 15 and 45 minutes, on a topic of their choosing.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Meetings are held online via video conferencing.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, from 2-4pm.

Group description:	A small group whose primary interests are equity and Investment Trusts.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Meetings are online using Skype.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Meetings are held fortnightly on Tuesday mornings.

Group description:	We welcome anyone interested in investments regardless of their level of knowledge and experience.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Meetings are held in a function room of a pub in Beaconsfield New Town.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Monthly on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6pm.

Group description:	Our group is interested in sustainable investing and our goal is to identify and evaluate businesses that will thrive through innovation and their transition to a ‘One Planet Economy’. By leveraging the skills of group members, we aim to deeply understand these businesses, particularly focusing on how they develop long-term valuable benefits for their customers. Each year, we plan to evaluate around seven businesses to identify opportunities where our valuation exceeds the market price. A successful outcome is defined as achieving a compound annual growth rate (CAGR), including dividends, of 10% over a decade.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Meetings are in-person in a pub near to Waterloo station in London.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Meetings are bi-monthly on a Monday from 10:45am to 4:30pm. Members are expected to also pay for their own lunch which secures the group free use of a private room in the pub. The cost is expected to be £35-40 per person, per meeting, in addition to your SIGnet membership fee.

Group description:	An online group for those who are new to investing, or have only been investing for a few years. Including topics such as: – What is a share or a bond, why and how to buy them. – Comparing funds, unit trusts, Investment trusts and exchange traded funds. – Portfolio management and diversification. – ISAs, pensions, SIPPS and how to save tax. – How terms such as PE ratio and dividend yield are used to value a share. – How to use technical analysis or charting.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Online using Zoom.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Meetings are usually held on the last Monday of the month at 7:00pm.

Group description:	A welcoming group open to all types of investors. Typical meeting content is to have a deep dive presentation on a topic selected by the participants and a session on buy/ sell/ key lessons learnt last month.
Meeting Type/Venue:	In person at a friendly pub close to Piccadilly Circus
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Monthly during the evening on the first Wednesday of the month.

Group description:	All levels of experience welcome. A typical meeting agenda includes: – Macro Environment – Trades: Members review existing positions and identify securities with promising TA entry patterns or setups and with suitable risk/reward. Any security, long, short, futures, options may be considered. The convener takes actual positions in trades and maintains his own detailed ledger, accurately measuring performance of individual securities and cumulative activity. Members are notified by e-mail prior to the entries or exits that are decided upon. Following each meeting an updated copy of the ledger is circulated together with the next meeting agenda. Members may wish to maintain similar ledgers of their own but there is no obligation to do so. – Technical Analysis: Techniques and systems used in trades. Members can request discussion of particular aspects of TA.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Online via Zoom
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	The first Tuesday of every month from 7 to 9pm