Blue Oar Plc was founded in 1995 and is the holding company for three distinct regulated financial services businesses;

Blue Oar Securities, founded in 1992, is a rapidly growing, niche institutional investment banking part of the group with an emphasis on small and mid cap companies. Its focus is providing institutional investors and corporate clients with a range of services, encompassing in depth research, specialist sales and corporate advisory.

Rowan Dartington was founded in 1990 and acquired by Blue Oar Securities Plc in 2006. It offers bespoke Private Client stockbroking and Asset management services with an emphasis on individual attention.

Inteq is a specialist investment and advisory house that provides a comprehensive range of corporate and strategic advice, raising of equity & debt capital, financial engineering and other advisory services to SMEs and divisions of major organisations.