Who We Are & What We Do

Strategic Capital | Private Investment | Structured Finance​​

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Who We Are

Carter Family Office is a privately held single-family office founded by Jimmy Carter, former professional footballer (Liverpool, Arsenal, Millwall) and a long-standing property investor and developer, alongside his son Luke Carter, a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and trader active across private equity, structured finance, and alternative markets.

 

As a private office, we invest our own capital, deploy into sectors we understand, and act with intent. We are not lenders, intermediaries, or brokers — we walk the walk.

 

Our approach is guided by experience, discretion, and structure.

We operate quietly, and we engage only where there is commercial sense and mutual value.

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Private Investment & Real Assets

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Property remains central to our investment identity, both as a store of capital and a means to build value.

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• Active investors in residential, commercial and mixed-use real estate

• Strategic acquisition, development and value-add opportunities

• Private placement of capital into deals we lead or participate in

• Access to debt structuring including mezzanine and stretch senior, where aligned

• Participation in funding stacks only where we hold conviction or influence

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We also consider selective opportunities in art, collectables, and cultural assets as part of our tangible investment strategy, where there is provenance, liquidity, or strategic interest.

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We do not offer generalised property loans or operate as a funder. Our capital is deployed privately, and selectively, into opportunities we stand behind.

 

Capital Growth Solutions

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We support qualified businesses and counterparties seeking sophisticated, asset-backed or credit-based capital growth — not through general lending, but via structured, high-level participation routes.

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• Managed buy-sell / private placement programs (small, mid and large cap structuring)

• Managed trading accounts (available across a range of capital entry points)

• Structured capital strategies for liquidity or leverage

• Bespoke entry into high-barrier vehicles (select cases only)

• Structured receivables finance within active trade flows (e.g. commodities, contract-driven transactions)

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Occasionally, we engage with creative and media-based opportunities, such as film or entertainment finance, where they align with commercially structured capital routes and proven models.

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Entry into these routes is not open. We work discreetly and only with parties who meet documentation, readiness, and suitability standards.

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Trade Finance & Structuring

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We assist real businesses in facilitating and executing trade using structured tools and secure pathways — not speculative ideas, but contract-backed deals requiring real delivery.

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• Documentary letters of credit (DLC), standby letters of credit (SBLC)

• Proof of funds (MT199 / MT799), bank comfort letters

• Facilitation of trade instruments through trusted counterparties

• Monetisation of financial instruments (SBLC, BG, DLC)

• Hard asset monetisation (real, verifiable asset basis only)

• Structured debt for purchase or trade facilitation

• ESG and energy infrastructure project structures (selectively)

 

​We work only with counterparties who can demonstrate active transactions, commercial logic, and appropriate documentation.​

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How We Operate

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We are investors first — not promoters, brokers, or lenders.
We value trust, experience, and clarity. If a business or transaction is real, structured, and commercially sound, we’re open to building something meaningful.