# C. Hoare & Co. > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-11-08. - **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/c-hoare-co - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/c-hoare-co.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/c-hoare-co/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://hoaresbank.co.uk - **Slug:** c-hoare-co - **Categories:** fintech-financial-services ## Overview - **Tagline:** C. Hoare & Co. is the UK’s oldest privately owned bank, providing bespoke personal and business banking based on long-term relationships. Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Description:** A family-owned private bank combining more than three centuries of banking experience with personal service, flexible arrangements and bespoke banking for individual and business customers. Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 ## Identity - **Mission:** To provide contemporary, relationship-led banking through expertise, empathy, exceptional flexibility, long-term stewardship and personal service. Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Founders & leadership:** Simon Kenyon is identified as CEO in the website’s June 2026 announcement. Simon Hoare is identified as a current family partner in the bank’s history. Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Website:** https://hoaresbank.co.uk Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Voice & tone:** Personal, relationship-led, expert, empathetic, flexible, traditional and outward-looking. Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Founded:** 1672 Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Headquarters:** Fleet Street, London, UK Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Parent ownership:** Entirely owned by the Hoare family, continuously for 12 generations, on an unlimited-liability basis with no external financing. Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 ## Offerings - **Problem solved:** C. Hoare & Co. provides tailored banking and lending solutions for customers with individual requirements, complex financial situations or the need for flexible, relationship-based service. Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Core capabilities:** - Private banking - Personal banking - Business banking - Current and deposit accounts - Bespoke lending and mortgages - Overdrafts - Treasury and foreign exchange - Philanthropy and donor-advised funds Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Products / SKUs:** - Personal current accounts - Personal deposit accounts - Business current accounts - Business deposit accounts - Residential mortgages - Guarantor mortgages - Multi-property mortgages - Buy-to-let mortgages Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Pricing:** Pricing and borrowing terms are bespoke and assessed case by case. Rates may be fixed or variable and depend on individual circumstances. The website publishes lending reference rates and states that overdraft interest is capped at the Managed Overdraft Rate, with arranged overdrafts potentially subject to annual arrangement fees. Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Banking and financial services Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Customer base:** Personal and business customers, including private banking clients seeking bespoke banking, lending, foreign exchange and philanthropic services. Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Ideal customer profile:** Individuals, families, business owners and businesses requiring relationship-led private banking, flexible bespoke borrowing, complex lending structures, property finance, investment-backed lending or philanthropic support. Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Use cases:** - Managing personal and business current and deposit accounts - Financing primary or secondary residential property - Funding property renovations and investment properties - Obtaining flexible short-, medium- or long-term borrowing - Managing cash flow with arranged overdrafts - Financing partnership capital, inheritance tax, divorce settlements or philanthropy - Borrowing against diversified investment portfolios - Managing treasury and foreign exchange requirements Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 - **Customer outcomes:** - Bespoke banking arrangements tailored to individual requirements - Flexible borrowing structures and repayment arrangements - Rapid lending decisions enabled by short approval lines - Support for complex financial and security arrangements - Relationship-led personal service - Access to personal and business banking through an independent family-owned bank Source: Brand's website (https://hoaresbank.co.uk) · 2026-11-08 Page last updated 2026-11-08. ## Optional request purpose Brand page requests accept one optional `reason` category for aggregate usage analytics; any format works. 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