Equity Finance

PHD Industrial Holdings is a UK-based acquisitive conglomerate investing primarily in the UK SME sector. Run by a team of experienced professionals who have worked together for many years, the team has a deep understanding of the challenges of growing and shaping successful businesses and working with founder-led companies.

The group currently comprises six main trading businesses in a variety of different industries employing over 330 people with a combined turnover in excess of £60m. PHD IH’s core strategy is to grow the group both organically and through the acquisition of well-established profitable SME businesses.

The Equity Finance Team

James Dow Chief Executive Officer
Andy Dodd
Jon Schofield Non-Executive Director
Philip Price
Craig Richardson

James Dow

Chief Executive Officer

Date of appointment Established Dow Schofield Watts in 2002 Experience James is qualified as both a Chartered Accountant and Cost and Management Accountant. James joined KPMG in 1983 and after qualifying, focused for over 13 years on corporate finance, approximately eight years as a partner leading Corporate Finance in the North West. James was nominated … Continued

Read Full Profile
Andy Dodd

Andy joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Partner in May 2003. Previously, he had spent five years in KPMG’s Corporate Finance team in Manchester advising across a wide variety of transactions and sectors. Following graduation from Durham University and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Andy joined KPMG Corporate Finance in 1998. In addition … Continued

Read Full Profile
Jon Schofield

Non-Executive Director

Date of appointment Co-founded Dow Schofield Watts LLP in 2002 Experience Jon is a chartered accountant and spent 12 years with KPMG before joining an MBO in 1994. After exiting from the buyout, Jon became a partner at Grant Thornton. In 1999 he joined Cammell Laird Holdings Plc as Finance Director and subsequently was appointed … Continued

Read Full Profile
Philip Price

Philip joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Partner in June 2003. Previously, he had spent seven years in KPMG’s Corporate Finance team in Liverpool and Manchester advising across a wide variety of transactions and sectors. Philip joined KPMG in Liverpool in 1993 from Liverpool John Moores University; he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1996 … Continued

Read Full Profile
Craig Richardson

Craig joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Partner in 2006. Prior to this he spent 14 years at KPMG, undertaking corporate finance and due diligence assignments in the UK and overseas after qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1992. In the inaugural North West Insider awards, Craig was voted Corporate Finance Advisor of the Year … Continued

Read Full Profile

Let's Chat

Get in touch to discuss how we can work together. You can also contact us using the following form.

PHD Industrial Holdings

01928 378 100

How Can We Help?

Looking to raise equity finance? If your business has an enterprise value of up to £10million get in touch.

Latest news

The changing face of accountancy – and my predictions for the future

20th March 2023

The changing face of accountancy – and my predictions for the future James Dow co-founded challenger brand Dow Schofield Watts in 2002 – the same year that the collapse of accounting giant Arthur Andersen shook the profession to its core. Here he talks about the changes in the sector over the last two decades and … Continued