Craigmore is an Investment funds group managed by Craigmore Sustainables LLP, a London-based Fund Manager which has applied to become SFA approved.

Craigmore’s investment themes are:

1. Primary resources – agricultural and other sustainable / biological processes
2. Yield – strategies that generate significant positive cash flows
3. Low risk – investors’ capital managed to minimise risk of loss of capital


Craigmore Sustainables

Craigmore’s flagship fund is Craigmore Sustainables NV. This flagship Fund is currently focused on carbon forestry and was capitalised in late 2009 with over €10 million of private capital.
Craigmore Sustainables invests in forestry assets that can generate revenues both from the sale of carbon credits and from the harvest and sale of timber. Since New Zealand has the world’s first carbon forestry compliance regime, as well as a vibrant softwood forestry industry, Craigmore’s initial asset portfolio has been built in New Zealand.

In time, Craigmore will look to expand (and diversify) its forestry operations to other regions. We will only do so once the risks of investing in such regions are acceptable to our investors.
In time, and only with an appropriate mandate from investors, Craigmore Sustainables may extend activities into related fields such as processing and distributing woody biomass into bio-energy products (wood pellets and woodchips).

Craigmore Credit

A second fund managed by Craigmore is Craigmore Credit NV. This Fund is a liquidity fund, to be used to house excess liquidity while sustainable projects suitable for the main Funds are researched, negotiated and invested.
Target Returns
Craigmore’s Funds are managed to generate total returns for investors (of capital and cash flow), after fees, of between 8% and 20% per year, with a target minimum ave
rage return of 12% compound over five years.

Craigmore’s Management and Advisory Team

The Craigmore group’s investment manager, Craigmore Sustainables LLP, is staffed by finance, investment management and forestry professionals in its London and New Zealand offices.

The core Craigmore team of is complemented by an Advisory Board – made up of experienced fund managers, foresters, environmentalist, financiers and farmers. This Advisory Board helps Craigmore both to control existing projects, and to plan new ventures. Some of the Advisory Board also fulfil part time execution roles.
The LLP has commissioned/built proprietary software called Carbon Alpha: forestry. This is used to value and to manage the risks of carbon forestry assets.


Co-Investment by Sponsors

The Craigmore Funds were seeded by the Founders’ family trust funds. The Elworthy trust will keep a substantial majority of their family’s non-property savings in the Funds.