Insight, wisdom and expertise gained from a career across retail banking, wealth management, tech, retail and entrepreneurship, since 2001.
Trained by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Discretionary Investment Management, Financial Planning and Mortgage Advice. Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) Corporate finance
Discretion. Integrity. Diligence.
We protect the identity of our clients, investors and partners.
We speak plainly and act in our clients' best interest, always.
We look beyond the headline, dig deeper, and check the facts.
"Solomon has been thorough in our investor readiness preparation. His document review caught inconsistencies before investors did. Direct, fast, worth it."
"Solomon knows his stuff inside out! He's been a fantastic advisor for my business, helping it grow and prosper. Working with him has been a real game-changer. I highly recommend him."
Financial Adviser. Bristol & West plc is a former British building society that demutualised and later became part of the Bank of Ireland Group. Learned the importance of customer service. Fact-finding to understand clients' needs. To listen to their financial objectives and tailor the appropriate solution.
Relationship Manager. A UK-based financial services firm providing wealth management, investment management and corporate broking. Forming relationships with solicitors, accountants and IFAs (independent financial advisers). Built £92 million in funds under management.
Mergers & Acquisitions and client book sales of retiring independent financial advisers (IFAs), ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR). The grounding in corporate finance principles. Due diligence — financial, legal, commercial, and operational verification before a deal completes.
Founder. Bootstrapped revenue, raised investment, negotiated sale. The grounding for understanding how founders raise.
Head of Outbound Sales. A user experience (UX) design and digital agency. Pitching and winning business with global brands.
Head of Business Development. A customer loyalty app. Pitched and closed major brands. Secured a flagship deal with Bristol Airport (£250K value).
Commercial Director. Scaled an online business to two retail premises, production facility and 4 staff. Building supply chains. Resellers. Routes to market.
Head of Relationships. A Scandinavian real estate and property investment agency. Forming relationships with family offices and investment funds.
Investors began asking about deploying their capital into other asset classes. We built a robust due diligence system to vet real estate deals. Prestige & Co was forming.
Prestige & Co incorporated in the UK. Solomon Prestige Group Ltd, Company No. 17189399. 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ.
A corporate finance boutique with an edge.
What do we have that many corporate finance firms don't?
Experience building a business as a founder. Raising money to fund a startup, then selling the business. Taking a startup to market as an early employee.
A grounding in business development. Bootstrapping to revenue. Making 100 sales calls a day. Pitching investors, and feeling the rejection when it doesn't go to plan.
A foundation in financial planning. The discipline of a deep fact-find: the hard facts (income, assets, liabilities) and the soft facts that decide whether an opportunity is right for someone. Attitude to risk. Tolerance of risk. Capacity for risk.
The same discipline at institutional level, as a broker consultant in wealth management, raising millions in funds under management.
All of this backed by technical study in corporate finance, investment management, financial planning and mortgage advice.
Every business we work with goes through the same process before it ever reaches investors: an application form, a screening stage, and an Investability Assessment. On the investor side, the same discipline applies — proof of funds, and fact-finding to understand exactly what they're looking for before any introduction is made. This means investors only see opportunities that have already been checked, and businesses are only introduced to investors who actually fit what they're looking for — saving time on both sides.
Start with an application.
We only take on work where we can make a difference, so the first step is understanding what you need.