Independently held since 1924. Governed by one idea: protect capital, respect the client, think in decades.
Edward Ashford opened his first office in 1924 with a stack of ledgers and a single principle: capital is patience made visible. A generation later, Margaret Vale joined him — and the firm took the shape it holds today.
Across wars, crises, and cycles, we have refused every fashionable temptation. We do not chase scale, we do not sell product, and we do not confuse activity with value. Our only commitment is to the families and institutions who trust us with their life's work.
Today, crmexamp stewards over $24 billion across four generations of clients, still from the same Georgian square in the City of London.
"To be the steward our clients would choose in a storm — clear-eyed, unhurried, and answerable only to them."
We speak plainly, charge transparently, and act only in the client's interest.
Every portfolio is held as if our own family depended upon it — because somewhere, one does.
Our work happens in private. Our clients' names do not appear in our marketing, ever.
We will not settle for adequate. Every memo, model, and meeting is held to the firm's standard.