Reference Case Number: FOI2025/00811
Freedom of Information: Right to know request:
Please provide:
- The number of partners in financial services partnerships, including hedge funds and private equity firms, broken down by gender.
- Based on the following salutations: Mr, Earl, Sir, M, Lord, Prince, Viscount, Mr., Rt Hon Lord, The Right Honourable Lord , Mrs., Countess, Miss, Ms, Marquess, Ms., Mrs, Lady, Comtesse, Sister, Baroness, Dame.
FCA response:
We do not hold the requested information as we do not systematically record the gender of individuals. We hold information on the salutations used by individuals and are responding to your questions on this basis.
If helpful to note, the number of unknown or blank salutation entries has increased significantly over the last year, as we no longer collect this information from firms/individuals.
To also note, the table only includes individuals who currently hold or have previously held the CF4 Partner or SMF27 Partner functions; it does not include non-managing partners who are not required to hold approval as that information is not held.
We can confirm that we hold the requested information, which can be found in the table below:
| 31/07/2020 | 31/07/2021 | 31/07/2022 | 31/07/2023 | 31/07/2024 | 31/07/2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor | 104 | 91 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 71 |
| Lady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lord | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Miss | 153 | 153 | 151 | 149 | 141 | 125 |
| Mr | 6232 | 5950 | 5720 | 5333 | 4962 | 4408 |
| Mrs | 709 | 670 | 662 | 606 | 550 | 485 |
| Ms | 208 | 213 | 211 | 218 | 210 | 184 |
| Prince | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 9 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Blank | 1005 | 917 | 865 | 775 | 783 | 997 |
| Total | 8430 | 8015 | 7717 | 7183 | 6740 | 6279 |