This graph will show the concentration of the selected sector or sub-sector by ordering the relevant companies by value (largest first) and plotting their cumulative value against the cumulative number of companies. The gradient of the resulting curve will be a measure of the selected sector's or sub-sector's concentration.

Exit or succession planning needs to be in place for any company, and age is often a key driver of such strategic planning. This chart shows by number of principal shareholders the age cohorts of such shareholders of privately held companies, segmented by value.

Overseas countries continue to play an important role in the UK financial services sector given the UK's position as a major hub within the industry. This chart shows by number of investments the top 5 international countries that have control of UK financial services companies, segmented by value.

Private equity is an important investor in UK financial services. This chart shows how long investments in the sector have been held within the portfolio, split by time period and by size of individual investment.

This analysis shows the UK financial services industry by size and type of corporate entity, based on the following classification:

• Group entities are the highest level corporate entity in the group structure;
• Material trading entities are substantial trading entities that exist within a corporate structure, typically representing separate lines of business;
• Subsidiaries represent the remaining corporate entities within the groups.

Only UK based entities are analysed and any corporate entities that are either in administration, liquidation or dissolved are excluded from this analysis.