FAQ’s
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes the Angel Business Club different from crowdfunding sites?
1) It's affordable for everyone
2) Your portfolio will be more diverse
3) You don't need to make personal investment decisions
3) The Club does all the work for you, you can treat it like a savings plan on steroids
4) Your financial risk can be substantially smaller than in regular crowdfunding
5) You can cash out a lot more easily than having to wait for an official "exit"
6) The Club can have a serious input to the direction and growth of the businesses it invests in compared to the zero influence a small private shareholder could have.
Who decides which investments are made?
The Angel Business Club decides which investments to make. They invest in carefully selected and filtered start up businesses and then issue free shares to all active (paying) members. You don't need to make any investment decisions personally. However, members can also buy and sell shares in the internal stock exchange.
Is there any proof the Club is making real investments in real companies?
Here's some third party proof that the Club really is making genuine investments, in real companies.
1) Path Investments PLC - Path investments is a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange, it is therefore under rigorous public scrutiny and regulations. Click here and on this regulatory news story (RNS) you can see that Angel Business Club Nominees Ltd is listed as a 4.9% shareholder, alongside other big investment companies such as Hargreaves Landsdown and Interactive Investor Services
2) Britannia's Gold Ltd - Private shareholder list at Companies House UK. This is the legal register of shareholders and companies in the UK. Click here You will see that shareholders number 1 and 19 are listed as Angel Business Club Nominees Ltd with a combined shareholding of 4,283 shares out of a total of 14,763 i.e. a 29% stake.
3) Ridercam Systems As of November 2018, Angel Business Club Nominees Ltd had a 38.4% stake in Ridercam Systems. See here
4) SmartTrade App - Click here and look at shareholder number 13. It is Angel Business Club Nominees Ltd, holding 115,889 shares out of a total of 2,453,176 shares in the company. That's a 4.7% stake.
5) MyTown Technologies Ltd - Click here ABC owns 574,321 shares in MyTown which is a 30% stake.
6) Skinny Tonic Ltd - Click Here. See shareholder #6, Angel Business Club Nominees owning 293,260 shares which is around a 22% stake. Skinny tonic is available in ASDA (the UK's second biggest superstore)
7) The Rockster Ltd - Click here and see shareholder #13 Pershing Nonimees Ltd (the holding for Angel Business Club.) The Club controls around 3% of Rockster. Rockster is making great strides into the USA market, having secured the 2nd biggest pet food distributor. See the Daily Mail TV item here.
8) Widecells Group PLC (Now called Iconic Labs PLC). Angel Business Club invested in Widecells in April 2016 at around 8p per share. They floated on the main London Stock Exchange in July 2016 at 11.75p and rose to 16p within a few months. Here's an official news story (RNS) showing Angel Business Club had in excess of 150million shares in Widecells. Click Here
9) TECS Group PLC (see website) On the official share confirmation list at Companies House, (click here) shareholding #2 and #15 are both Angel Business Club. A total of almost 9.6 million shares, or a 13.9% shareholding.
10) Global Shakers (see website). See shareholding #6, Angel Business Club have 100,000 shares which is around 10% of the total shares in issue. (click here)
Why should I join the Club? Why not just buy shares on the stock market?
The Angel Business Club is all about Angel investing. The Club does not invest in public companies. It's all about getting in right at the start before the general public and institutional investors. By the time a company gets to the stock market, the biggest gains have already been made by angel investors and a stock market flotation is actually normally a chance for angel investors to exit with a very healthy premium.
I don't know anything about investing - is this going to be a problem?
You don't need to know anything about investing. The Club makes all the investment decisions and you simply receive free share allocations every month. This will help you grow a balanced and diverse portfolio in a range of companies. Usually you can expect to receive shares in 3 or 4 different companies every month. A lot of members just treat their subscription like a savings plan. It's a hands free way to get some great investments with huge upside potential.
How much does it cost to join the Angel Business Club?
You can join the Club for as little as £80/€89/$105USD. You will receive access to all the Club's facilities, live webinars etc plus free shares to the same value of your subscription, minus a small £9/€10/$11USD admin fee. Effectively that means the Club costs just €10 a month because you receive the rest of your subscription fee back in free shares.
Is the Club open to USA members?
Absolutely yes! The Club welcomes from around the world, including the USA. A subscription to the Club is an expense, not an investment.
Will I receive paper share certificates?
Share records are updated every day and verified by an independent third party custodian company, approved and authorised by the UK financial regulator, the FCA. You can see all your share allocations in the Club back office and can download a PDF of your share entitlements anytime. You can request a paper share certificates if you want, but there is an admin fee and you would no longer be able to sell your shares on the internal exchange. It is very difficult and costly to sell a paper share certificate so it's recommended to just keep your shares in electronic format in the back office.
Is angel investing risky?
Angel investing is classed as high risk. However, bear in mind your personal financial risk can be as small as £2.70 a day. This is the cost of the standard subscription.
When can I sell my shares?
For maximum financial gain, you should hold onto your shares and wait for a "liquidity event" such as a flotation on a public stock exchange or a takeover. However, if you wish to "cash out" early, you can sell your shares via the Club's internal stock exchange. The exchange is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Are the investments regulated?
Club membership itself is not a regulated activity and so there is no FCA approval needed. Members subscription is an expense, not an investment.
However, any member wishing to make an investment in a specific company can do so through the Club's sister site, 360Equity. 360Equity is a private equity crowdfunding platform authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, registration number: 189495. Click here