UK Private Capital's Research team compiles and publishes benchmark investment activity data each year for the UK private capital industry from our Investment Activity Survey.
Our annual survey captures details of the investments, divestments, and fundraising undertaken by UK Private Capital full member investment firms each year and supplemented by public sources, including investment information broken down across industry sectors, financing and investment stages, and UK regions.
Report on Investment Activity 2025
Published: 5 May 2026
Using data from the Investment Activity Survey, we tell the story of private capital in 2025, illustrating how British businesses are increasingly turning to private capital to grow and navigate global macroeconomic challenges.
Some key findings from the 2025 survey include:
- £58.7bn raised in 2025 by UK-managed funds to be invested globally.
- Total private capital investment in UK businesses reached £25.0bn.
- Private capital investors supported more than 1,400 UK businesses right across the United Kingdom in 2025.
- 9 in 10 UK companies receiving private investment in 2025 were small or medium sized – employing 250 or fewer people.
- Private capital invests across the whole of the UK as 57% of businesses receiving investment in 2025 were outside of London.
- Investment led out of the UK reached £45.7bn, as the UK remains a global hub for driving investment across Europe and beyond.
The full, aggregated set of statistics gathered from our members can be found in our Report on Investment Activity 2025 chart book. For those interested in analysing the data, an Excel spreadsheet with all the numbers from the chartbook can also be found here.
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