Foresight Group
Foresight Group Holdings plc is a British investment manager focussed on clean energy generation and associated infrastructure. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
The company was founded by Bernard Fairman and Peter English in 1984. They initially raised £20 million in venture capital. The company subsequently built up a regional presence with offices in Edinburgh, Cambridge, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Leicester, Nottingham, and Dublin. It launched the Foresight Solar Fund in October 2013.The company was the subject of an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange, which valued the company at £455 million, in April 2021. In August 2023, having already established funds dedicated to other parts of the UK, it announced that it had raised £90m for a fund dedicated to the North East of England.