private industry stockbroker founded 1990 1990 founder gavin oldham headquarters aylesbury buckinghamshire england products share accounts investment club accounts estate administration probate services website www.share.com the share centre is an independent uk retail stockbroker based in aylesbury buckinghamshire england . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit the share centre was founded by gavin oldham formerly of barclayshare now barclays stockbrokers in 1990 . 1 it is based in aylesbury buckinghamshire . the share centre limited operates as a subsidiary of share plc. 2 it was established to provide value for money share services for private investors . 3 it is a member of the london stock exchange and regulated by the financial conduct authority . 4 products edit in spring 1991 the share centre started as a retail broker offering self select share dealing services to personal investors . within 18 months it secured contracts to provide white labelled share dealing services for readers of the mail on sunday the guardian and a large regional newspaper group . 5 in 2000 it set up a holding company sharemark which was set up as an internal trading share platform when the share centre issued free shares to around 90 000 clients . it opened to other companies in 2002 . 4 5 by 2008 the company floated with a share offer that was four times oversubscribed . it now has more than 227 000 customers across the uk . 5 in may 2011 the share centre deployed a log management and security information and event management siem solution from logrhythm . 6 in may 2012 the share centre discarded t1ps investment management s tom winnifrith as manager of its two small cap mandates in favour of former unicorn founder peter webb . 7 in may 2012 the share centre has appointed rufus leonard to overhaul its website . 8 in march 2013 their website launched and has exceeded its kpis within the first two months delivering an improved conversion rate from 9 % to 36 % year on year for their recent isa campaign . 9 in april 2015 barclays stockbrokers ceased offering certificated share dealing and transferred all customers requiring the service to the share centre . in july 2015 the retail stockbroker completed the integration of more than 11 000 barclays customers . 5 the share centre offers a professional platform from which to perform online dealing in stocks and shares with a share account . search compare and buy share prices from the stock market with a share trading account from the share centre . 10 its range of services includes buying and selling shares and a comprehensive share administration and safe custody service . tax efficient investment wrappers including isas ctfs and sipps are also available . the share centre s advice team provides comment on market sectors individual shares and funds . 3 it offers a full range of investment options including funds and has more than 265 000 accounts under its administration . 11 references edit the share centre . moneyweek . 28 march 2012 . access date requires url help company overview of the share centre limited . bloomberg business . retrieved 1 august 2015 . a b profit watch uk latest report . london stock exchange . retrieved 1 august 2015 . a b kassam isabelle ; mladjenovic paul 2007 . investing in shares for dummies . john wiley & sons . p. 244 . isbn 978 047051645 4 . a b c d the share centre completes barclays integration . thetradenews.com . 7 july 2015 . retrieved 1 august 2015 . the share centre opts for logrhythm solution for compliance and network management capabilities . sc magazine uk . 17 may 2011 . retrieved 1 august 2015 . kenway natalie 31 may 2012 . the share centre ditches t1ps in favour of ex unicorn ceo webb . investment week . retrieved 1 august 2015 . the share centre hires rufus leonard for web redesign . the drum . 1 may 2012 . retrieved 1 august 2015 . improve conversion rate and marketing efficiency . episerver . retrieved 1 august 2015 . the share centre . crunchbase . retrieved 1 august 2015 . the share centre fund supermarket review . which . retrieved 1 august 2015 . external links edit official website this bank insurance or other financial services corporation article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a company of the uk is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the share centre & oldid 674186546 categories companies established in 19901990 establishments in englandprivately held companies of englandcompanies based in buckinghamshirefinancial services company stubsunited kingdom company stubshidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 august 2015 at 07 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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