About Centrus
Centrus is a dedicated team of corporate financial advisors, treasurers and analytics experts.
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MEET THE TEAM
Our people are our most valued asset
We provide advice & investment to the projects, companies & assets that matter to people, communities & the environment. Our teams use their skills to make a positive impact in essential sectors and this shared sense of purpose unites the workforce.
We pride ourselves on specific sector expertise and to this we add over 500 years of combined experience, spanning banking, derivatives, debt capital markets, equity, and financing strategies.
Meet the Team
2012
Centrus is established 2nd May 2012
- Moved into the first Centrus office on Lovatt Lane, London
- First client: Paragon Community Housing
2013
Centrus expands its offering into the UK Infrastructure, Renewables and Utilities sectors
- Centrus advises Genesis on landmark M&G investments financing deal
- Centrus advises Southern Water on their first class B Bond issuance since 2003
2014
Centrus Dublin office formerly opened 25th July 2014
- First Irish client: Tuath Housing
- Centrus advises Cross Key Homes on Housing Association Sector’s first ‘Green Bond’
2015
Centrus enters a partnership with 3V Finance to provide a treasury system solution, titantreasury
- London office moves to Mermaid House
- Centrus Communities, our internal fundraising and volunteering initiative, is established
2016
Centrus awarded ‘Best External Professional Advisor’ at HANNA Awards 2016
- FCA Regulatory Compliance achieved
- Centrus provides financial advice to the National Grid Treasury Team as they launch the largest ever Sterling bond transaction
2017
Centrus celebrates 5 year anniversary
- Transportation sector established through MDT integration
- London office moves to Queen Street Place
- Centrus Communities support Pedro Youth Club
- ‘Finance with Purpose’ rebranding and Centrus new website is launched
2018
Centrus Communities raises >50K raised for Street Child in West Africa cycle challenge
- The team takes part in ‘Shine A Light’ sleep out challenge in Dublin
- Centrus advises Orbit on £450m bond, the largest issued by a UK Housing Association
- Centrus launches aircraft leasing and asset management business, Centrus Aviation Capital Ltd.
2019
Equity credentials expanded with diversity into Real Estate and Energy Transition
- Centrus holds internal comms event in Dublin
- Healthcare Investment Management Platform CHIL is launched
- CBI Regulatory Compliance achieved
2020
Centrus responds to the sector impact of COVID-19
- London office moves to Senator House
- Centrus launches the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing, now adopted by over 100 Housing Associations
2021
Centrus advises CKI Group on its investment into HYCAP, one of the UK’s leading investors in the green hydrogen economy.
- Centrus Communities raises £2000 for Single Homeless Project through the Santa in the City run
- £2bn of Sustainability Linked Funding raised for Housing Associations in 2021
2022
Centrus becomes a certified B Corporation
- Centrus is ranked Number 1 on the Private Placement Monitor European Private Placement League Table by both deal count and volume
- £6bn+ raised in Capital Markets since 2020
- Centrus consortium appointed to advise Ofgem under four-year contract on the sale of transmission assets related to offshore wind farms
- Centrus raised £6000 for Single Homeless Project at London Tough Mudder Challenge
- Centrus celebrates 10-year birthday party
WORKING AT CENTRUS
Why do we love coming to work at Centrus (physically and remotely!)
Hybrid working in a purpose driven role.
We drive positive impact from the ground up, promoting diversity throughout our value chain. We create products that bring financial & sustainability benefits, & we support multiple community projects. We see the impact of our work for purpose driven clients in essential sectors and we do this every day because our people believe that delivering finance with purpose is a more meaningful way to work.
If you feel valued and respected in your workplace you are naturally an external advocate of the brand, and this is game changing in a client first business. If you want to find out more…
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SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability Commitment
As global sustainability thresholds are breached, every industry has a part to play in adding circular credibility to the economy and using their platform of work to contribute where they can.
Our sustainability mission is to use our business as a force for good and we are committed to this through our B Corp Certification. We spread high standards of social, governance and environmental performance across essential sectors. This is founded on public transparency and accountability to balance profit and purpose.
CENTRUS COMMUNITIES
A shared commitment to social value and building communities
Centrus Communities has been a key part of our culture since our foundation in 2012. It has glowing credibility as one of our core values as a business through which we provide high impact, practical and fundraising support for inspiring charities. Our activity reflects our sectors of work, supporting our ambition to conduct Finance that delivers real benefits to people and society.
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Centrus advises Gentoo on £460m restructure of its treasury portfolio
“We are delighted to have completed this complex project in what has been a challenging financial environment. The benefits of increased liquidity, modernised security arrangements and revamped covenants and corporate freedoms combine to increase Gentoo’s ability to deliver its corporate strategy.”
Centrus arranges £150m bank refinancing & £100m private placement for Silva
“Centrus has provided high quality support in arranging these deals. Their understanding of the market, strategic guidance and project support, has been key in helping us achieve such a strong outcome and position us for the future.”
Centrus arranges funding for DBE Energy anaerobic digestion plant
“Centrus supported throughout, actively managing the process from start to finish. The team used their specific sector knowledge and expertise in structuring complex financings to run a sale process. We are delighted with the outcome and look forward to the future in partnership with Lazard Investment Management.”
Centrus arranges additional £16m debt for St Arthur Homes to deliver affordable homes
“It was a pleasure working closely with the Centrus and CBRE teams to deliver this portfolio refinancing covering a portion of our stabilised Shared Ownership stock. The refinancing allows us to continue our growth story of delivering fantastic affordable new build homes to our customers.”
Dragon School becomes the first UK Prep to raise private finance
“We are all delighted with the outcome which will enable the Dragon to invest in its strategic ambitions with confidence, and know that we couldn’t have got there without Centrus’ stewardship, advice and guidance along the way.”
Aster Group implements titantreasury (TMS), delivered by Centrus.
“We have been delighted with the titantreasury system since implementing, having utilised the expertise of the team to manage the debt portfolio of the group.”
Centrus arranges £70m sustainability-linked private placement for Saxon Weald
“The new funding forms a core part of delivering our sustainability strategy and in continuing our objective of providing affordable homes. I’m particularly pleased with how well the teams at LGIM Real Assets and Centrus, assisted by Devonshires, structured the new funding to fit our aim to enhance the delivery of sustainable homes for our customers.”
Centrus arranges £19m loan facility for Cromwood to help house domestic abuse victims.
“This investment will enable us to provide much-needed specialist housing across London and extend our work in this area. It’s a real achievement to partner with a company of Rothschild & Co’s size and reputation to invest in social housing.”
Centrus advises United Westminster & Grey Coat Foundation on £35m Private Placement
“Centrus assisted the Foundation with some complex financial modelling and advised us through the private placement process ensuring that we achieved a long term financing on attractive terms.”
Centrus advises North London Collegiate School on £17m debt private placement
“Many thanks to Centrus for all the help you have given us. We were very impressed by the team’s professionalism – it has been a great pleasure and very enjoyable working with you. Great result overall!”
Centrus advises settle on £75m ESG-linked funding
“Centrus support and advice has been excellent throughout the process. Their expert market knowledge and project management has been instrumental in helping us achieve our funding objectives as well as being a leader in unsecured funding.”
Centrus advises Curo on £100m private placement to deliver new affordable homes
“It is always a pleasure working with Curo and it was great to be able to deliver a suitable structure quickly and efficiently. This deferred funding will enable Curo to maintain its properties to a high standard and continue to grow with confidence.”
Centrus arranges £60m private placement for Irwell Valley
“With the rising cost of living, building more affordable housing and making existing homes more cost effective for our customers are key priorities for us. We are delighted to have secured this funding to help meet the growing needs of the communities we serve across Greater Manchester.”
Grand Union Housing Group implements titantreasury
“titantreasury has revolutionised the way we manage and control our treasury portfolio. It provides us an effective and efficient way to control and validate interest budgets and the reporting functionality enables us to not only take control of our performance reporting in the treasury area but also enable quicker and more informed decision making.”
Flagship Housing Group implements titantreasury
“The implementation of Titan went very smoothly and was a positive experience for the team. We were well supported throughout the process and ‘go live’ was reached with little drama.
We are looking forward to achieving the benefits of greater accuracy and improved reporting.”
Centrus advises Yorkshire Water on £170m new Debt Service Reserve Guarantee
“Centrus has been a long-term financial advisor to Yorkshire Water and identified this innovative facility to us. The successful outcome reflects a collaborative approach, providing a long-term, cost-effective solution to our requirements. We thank all our advisors, including Centrus, for their support and expert advice through a complex process.”
Centrus advises Yorkshire Water on the refinancing of £95m HoldCo facilities
“I am delighted that we achieved this positive outcome, with efficient pricing and the introduction of a common terms platform. We would like to thank Centrus and Linklaters for their expertise, advice and support on this transaction.”
Centrus advises Onward Homes on a new £90m unsecured RCF
“John and the Centrus team supported this process throughout: from strategy through to final documents and Onward greatly benefited from Centrus’ treasury expertise and thorough understanding of our business. Their market engagement was excellent, and I’m delighted with the outcome.”
Centrus advises Harworth on new £200m senior debt facility
“Harworth’s strong balance sheet and prudent gearing is one of the key enablers of our ambitious growth strategy. This new debt package, which adds another established institutional lender to our banking group, will provide Harworth with additional firepower and flexibility as we step into this strategy and deliver our Purpose of creating places where people want to live and work.”
Centrus supports InfraRed with the implementation of CPI hedging
“Centrus supported us through this CPI hedging transaction, they actively managed the process from start to finish and their analysis helped us build robustness into the cashflows and real equity returns under different inflation scenarios.”
Centrus raises €35m of privately placed debt for The Henderson European Focus Trust
“Centrus is pleased to announce that The Henderson European Focus Trust, the UK-listed investment trust managed by Janus Henderson Investors, has successfully raised long-term debt of €35 million.”
Centrus supports Equitix transition from LIBOR to SONIA
“Centrus´ expertise and project management skills helped us transition from LIBOR to SONIA on over 100 different financing platforms. This also involved managing a range of stakeholders, including 40+ existing lending relationships. We are delighted with their support, which resulted in significant efficiencies.”
Centrus advises Valleys to Coast on their first Sustainability Linked RCF
“Centrus were supportive throughout the process, providing valuable advice and assurance for our Board. We have now secured cost-effective long term funding to enable us to deliver our ambitious corporate plan objectives in the years to come.”
Centrus advises Broadacres on wholesale restructure and £50m funding
“Centrus’ advice and support has always been excellent, proactive and tailored specifically to Broadacres needs. Their detailed market knowledge and insights, financial analysis, project management and negotiating expertise has been key in supporting Broadacres to achieve our treasury objectives.”