plain speaking, impact driven communications

Candour IR

We specialise in providing investor relations support for UK listed businesses.What sets us apart is experience and trust. Our team has supported companies across a broad range of sectors and corporate situations including shareholder activism, take-private, IPO preparation, capital raising and restructuring. That breadth allows us to offer meaningful insight, helping our clients stay ahead of the curve and take a more proactive approach to investor communication and delivering shareholder value.We operate a flexible client-centric operating model and work alongside boards, senior management and in-house teams.

Under-promise, over-deliver

This is both our vision and our approach to communications. Managing expectations and building credibility are key to unlocking long-term value.

Our strategic priorities

1. Being the partner of choice for all investor communication activities

We aim to be our clients' first call for every aspect of investor communication, from routine reporting to their most important corporate moments. Our breadth of experience means we can support you whatever the situation, and we earn that trust one engagement at a time.

2. Delivering customer excellence

Our clients come first. We listen carefully, respond promptly and aim to make every interaction straightforward and useful, so that working with us makes your life easier.

3. Being smarter, driving change through technology

We aim to use modern tools such as AI agents so that you can benefit from faster insights and better-informed decisions.

Our services

With a focus on investor relations, our services cover both day-to-day and event-driven activity, and are available as an ongoing outsourced function or as targeted support for your existing team.

Financial Reporting

We provide proactive support across the reporting calendar, from annual, interim and quarterly results announcements and presentations to Q&A preparation, helping you present clearly and consistently.

Annual report content and design

We can help develop the narrative of your annual report, including the strategic report, business model and key messages, and working with your designers and internal team to produce a report that is clear, consistent and engaging for investors.

Shareholder management and targeting

Planning and delivering a regular programme of engagement with your shareholders and new investors, including roadshows, meetings, investor events and AGM preparation.

Equity and credit analyst relations

Building constructive relationships with sell-side equity and credit analysts, supporting their understanding of the business and helping ensure the investment case is accurately represented.

Analyst consensus management

Collecting, analysing and monitoring analyst forecasts so that management has a clear view of market expectations ahead of key announcements.

Transaction support

Investor communications support around M&A, IPOs, take-privates, capital raises, buybacks and refinancings, working alongside your brokers, banks and legal advisers to keep messaging clear and consistent from announcement to completion.

Crisis communication management

Calm, practical support when the unexpected happens: preparing holding statements, coordinating messaging and keeping investors and other stakeholders informed through difficult periods.

Communications with a difference

How we work

We aim to provide a consistent, high-quality service on every engagement, combining the breadth of our experience with a genuine commitment to good outcomes for our clients.

  • Experience led. We bring lessons learned across many sectors and corporate situations to every engagement, helping you anticipate issues and respond with confidence.

  • Consistent. Clear communication, reliable delivery and a steady point of contact, whether we are supporting your reporting calendar or a one-off project.

  • Outcome focused. We start by understanding what you want to achieve, shape our support around it and keep you informed of progress throughout.

  • Flexible. Ongoing retained support, project-based work or interim cover for an in-house IR team. We will agree the arrangement that suits you.

Candour IR

Let's connect

Whether you need support with setting up or running your current investor relations programme or with ad-hoc corporate communications projects, we would love to hear from you. An initial conversation is free and without obligation.Complete the short form below and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

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