Bridgepoint Group ups dividend as earnings and fundraising climbs

Bridgepoint Group PLC on Thursday said its earnings climbed in 2025 as assets under management jumped 24% amid a ‘further acceleration in interest and commitments from fund investors’.

The London-based private equity firm said pretax profit rose 6.2% to £85.7 million in 2025 from £80.7 million in 2024.

Total operating income was 47% higher at £639.9 million from £428.1 million, as management and other fees climbed 26% to £416.0 million from £329.2 million.

Bridgepoint also reported a £153.2 million gain from fair value remeasurement of investments, multiplied from £38.8 million a year ago.

Assets under management climbed 24% to $94.1 billion at the end of 2025 from $75.6 billion. Fee paying AUM rose 0.3% to €38.8 billion from €38.7 billion.

Bridgepoint said €14 billion was raised in 2025 towards the fundraising target of €24 billion by the end of 2026.

The firm declared a final dividend of 4.7 pence per share, up from 4.6p a year ago. Combined with its 4.7p interim dividend, its total dividend rose 2.2% to 9.4p from 9.2p.

In June 2025, Bridepoint launched a renewed directed share buyback programme for up to £50.0 million, which has now been extended and is expected to be completed by the end of May 2027.

‘Bridgepoint posted an impressive performance in 2025 with funds across our platform continuing to deliver for the world’s top institutional investors. Combined with the investment we have made in our sales team over recent years, this resulted in a further acceleration in interest and commitments from fund investors, with AUM growing by some 24.5% in US dollar terms,’ said Chief Executive Raoul Hughes.

Looking ahead, Hughes said the firm is ‘making excellent progress in fundraising and there is a good transaction pipeline in place for 2026 and beyond’.

Bridgepoint said there will ‘inevitably’ be some secondary impacts from current events in the Middle East, which represents 9% of its total AUM.

However, Hughes said the firm is ‘as well positioned as we could be’.

‘The medium-term growth prospects for private markets are exciting and we are confident in the group’s long-term strategic opportunity,’ CEO Hughes added.

Shares in Bridgepoint were up 2.9% at 232.60 pence on Thursday morning in London.

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