About us

Group 61

Who we are

We are a UK-based strategic investor that has secured £14bn in international investment. Our flagship investment, Gravity, is home to Agratas, the UK’s largest gigafactory development. We also played a pivotal role in securing the decision to re-imagine the former Britishvolt site into what is set to become the UK’s largest AI data centre campus.

We partner with government, industry, and local communities to shape strategic sites with the vision for our thematic investments, AI Infrastructure, Energy and Real Estate.

Our work ensures that leading companies choose to invest in the UK, creating employment hubs that provide opportunities for future generations and deliver positive, long-term economic prosperity.

Our approach ​

Our business is built on long-term, trusted relationships, generating investor returns and delivering on our commitments to stakeholders​

Our partnerships enable us to connect the dots between the public and private sectors, unlocking transformational economic growth opportunities.

Case studies ​

We are proud to be at the heart of some of the UK’s largest private real estate projects.

Gravity

We transformed Gravity from an under-utilised site into what is now regarded as a top destination for international investment into...

N3​

Salamanca Group advised on the acquisition the 300-acre brownfield site and structured its sale to Blackstone to develop the...

East Biggleswade​

We are working with investment partners to deliver an exemplar model for good growth, building a 1,500-home garden village.

Partnerships

Enabling transformational real estate involves deep collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders across the public and private sectors, we work with:

Our story

Rooted in real estate, the company initially specialised in structured real estate investments in London and, due to client requests, diversified over the years into a multi-sector global investment and advisory business. ​

​As the business grew and diversified, its expertise began to include other tangible asset investments such as metals and mining, industrials and infrastructure. ​

​Following the sale of several Group divisions, the businesses returned to its roots, UK real estate, where the company has made a significant impact.​

​Since 2017, The Group has focused on progressing opportunities that stimulate UK clean growth sectors, including: advanced manufacturing, digital infrastructure, life sciences and agri-tech.​

The Group have been at the forefront of two of the largest UK real estate transactions in modern times, the sale of half of Gravity to Tata Group’s battery manufacturing subsidiary ‘Agratas’ and the reimagining of the former Britishvolt site into what is set to become the UK’s largest AI data centre campus.

2002

Martin Bellamy and Tom Welch co-founded Salamanca Capital. The business initially focused on structured investments in the UK real estate market, but soon expanded into international markets.

2004

As the business grew and diversified, its expertise began to include other tangible asset investments such as metals and mining, industrials and infrastructure. Over time, Salamanca Capital evolved into a Merchant Banking business, offering a broad range of investment, advisory, project delivery and private client services and rebranded as Salamanca Group.

2005

Salamanca Risk Management (‘SRM’) is established as an operational risk consultancy focused on protecting assets and people globally. This business quickly developed and established offices around the globe.

2013

Salamanca Capital acquired Salamanca Risk Management, combining its Merchant Banking and Operational Risk capabilities for its clients.

2014

Salamanca Group acquired Investec Trust from Investec Bank PLC to support their client’s needs in retaining a boutique approach and provided another core private client service for the Group.

2015

The Group determined that independence for SRM was the right outcome for the business going forward which led to a management led sale of SRM to XL Catlin who took a controlling stake in the business.

2017

The Group decided to sell its Trust & Fiduciary business feeling that the time had come for all such businesses to be owned and operated independently from broader based financial service firms. The Group’s focus shifted to clean growth opportunities through the acquisition of the 616-acre Enterprise Zone, known as Gravity.

2022

Salamanca Group secured one of the largest and most flexible UK planning consents. The Gravity Local Development Order (LDO), consents for up to 1.1M sqm2  of commercial floorspace across multiple uses and 750 homes.

2023

Salamanca Group are appointed as a key strategic advisory partner to accelerate a large residential and employment-driven development within the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor.

2024

Salamanca Group sold a significant proportion of Gravity to Agratas, the battery manufacturing subsidiary of Tata & Sons. The Group was also at the heart of the deal that saw the former Britishvolt site reimagined as Europe’s largest AI data centre campus.

2025

The Group unveils its refreshed vision and visual identity. Salamanca Group continues to partner with stakeholders across the UK to accelerate transformational real estate opportunities.

Our future ​

The UK is in the midst of an industrial revolution that will require us to re-engineer our economy to create clean and sustainable long-term employment for future generations that will, in turn, drive economic prosperity and wellbeing.​

​Salamanca Group will continue to work towards supporting this transition to a cleaner economy and a more sustainable future.