Experienced capital partners. Commercially minded. Relationship driven.
Beaufort Capital provides tailored debt and equity solutions to experienced developers, investors and specialist operators across the UK.
Our partners and directors bring extensive experience across real estate development, investment and finance, having worked on both sides of the transaction. This gives us a practical understanding of the challenges faced by our clients and enables us to structure capital around the commercial realities of each opportunity.
Combining institutional investment discipline with an entrepreneurial approach, we provide flexible capital, commercial decision-making and certainty of execution, with a focus on establishing long-term partnerships.
We believe the strongest partnerships extend beyond individual transactions. Many of our clients have worked with Beaufort across multiple developments and investments, reflecting our commitment to understanding their businesses, delivering on our commitments and providing capital that supports their longer-term objectives.
Our approach is relationship-led, combining continuity of personnel, commercial flexibility and a shared commitment to successful outcomes.
With over 130 years of combined real estate development and finance experience, Beaufort Capital understands the complexities of today's development market — and structures capital accordingly.
During his career, Paul has created Townsend Thoresen Properties and Scottish Capital Group, two successful property development companies. He has developed in excess of 3 million sq ft of high-quality residential and commercial property throughout London and the UK.
Tom has 20 years' experience in international real estate investment and development. After co-founding the DCM Group in 1998, he established its offices in Turkey, India, North Africa, Eastern Europe and the UK. Tom has acted as principal in real estate transactions in excess of £1.5 billion GDV, through both listed funds and private investment vehicles. In his early career Tom worked as a solicitor at Norton Rose, in the Corporate Finance and Investment Funds team.
George is a Founding Partner of Beaufort Capital and a member of the Investment Committee. For the last 14+ years, he has invested, developed and managed real estate investments representing over £500 million in GDV on behalf of the Norman family office. George is a board observer or director of a number of specialist property and healthcare companies operating throughout the UK.
Mark is a highly experienced banker having started his career at Barclays in the mid-eighties, working in the specialist property finance team. During his career he has written more than £2bn of property transactions across the UK. Mark has an MBA from Sheffield Business School and is a member of the Association of Property Lenders and the British Property Federation. In 2023, Mark was inducted into Property Week's student accommodation Hall of Fame.
Steffan has extensive experience across the real estate finance lifecycle, with a strong track record of structuring and delivering development transactions across a range of sectors. He is President of the Association of Property Lenders and has been a member of its board since 2016. Steffan began his career in banking and has since held senior roles within institutionally backed real estate platforms prior to joining Beaufort Capital. He holds a BSc in Mathematics & Physics from the University of Bath.
Mark began his career in 1997 at Citibank NA. He joined Allen & Overy LLP in 2001, where he subsequently qualified as a solicitor in 2003. He has also worked in private practice at Shearman & Sterling LLP and Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, and in-house at SAV Development Ltd. Mark has a first-class law degree from The University of Sheffield and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Chinese Law from Peking University in Beijing. He is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and as an attorney at the Bar of the State of New York.
Andrew joined Beaufort from a London-based development management, project management and QS business. Andrew has extensive experience of the residential, hospitality and commercial sectors, and a significant track record in construction management as well as traditional design and build forms of procurement and delivery. Andrew has an MSc in Real Estate from the University of Reading and is a RICS member.
Richard joined Beaufort after more than 5 years with Investec, where he worked across account management, loan administration and client services. Richard holds a BEng Software Engineering degree from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Peter joined Beaufort from a private Canadian real estate development company, where he spent 5 years working in land acquisition, planning and development across residential, industrial and mixed-use asset classes. Peter holds an MSc in Real Estate from Bayes Business School, London, and a BSc in Architecture from VIA University College, Denmark. He is a member of the Association of Property Lenders and the British Property Federation.
Valentina joined from a London-based development lender, where she worked as an Analyst in the Origination Team. She holds an MSc in Real Estate Economics and Finance from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Management from ESCP Business School, where she studied in London, Paris and Berlin. Valentina is fluent in English, Italian and French.
Craig joined Beaufort following 12 years at M&G, the global fund management business, where he was responsible for fund accounting and administration across its real estate credit business. Prior to this, Craig spent 5 years at Aviva Investors in FP&A. Craig has been a Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) since 2012 and an Advanced Financial Modeller since 2025. He holds a BA in Politics with Economics from Loughborough University.
Eoin joined Beaufort from KPMG, where he spent three and a half years in their Financial Services practice in Dublin, specialising in aircraft leasing. Prior to this, he gained experience working for a leading Irish property developer. Eoin holds a BA in Business & Economics from Trinity College Dublin and is a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland.
Beaufort Capital Management UK Limited provides tailored debt and equity solutions to experienced developers and specialist operators across the UK — from £10m to £150m per project.
We offer Senior, Stretched Senior, Mezzanine, Bridge-to-Development and Equity facilities for acquisition, development, repositioning and value-add opportunities across residential, student accommodation, care homes, hotels, industrial and other major real estate sectors.
Our partners and directors have built their careers on both sides of the table — as developers and as financiers. That perspective shapes how we underwrite, structure and support every transaction we back, with flexible structuring, commercial decision-making and certainty of execution from initial enquiry through to completion.
Senior, stretched senior, mezzanine, bridge-to-development and equity — combined and sized to fit the scheme, not the other way round.
Decisions are made by the partners underwriting the deal, not a distant credit committee working from a template.
A track record developers can rely on when terms are agreed — funds move at the pace the project needs.
The same team stays with a facility from initial enquiry through to completion — and beyond.