Founded in 2014
Sparkle Capital was founded in 2014 and is a privately-owned company belonging to the family of Fred Done, best known for Betfred.
Due to this, we have few of the restrictions and limitations that other funders face.
About Sparkle Capital
Unlike many funders we are privately owned and as a consequence do not have the deployment pressures of traditional funders.
We therefore only work with the best solicitors, on the most deserving cases.
Sparkle Capital originally sat as a captive funder that worked exclusively alongside a leading ATE insurance provider.
Together, we enjoyed a fruitful relationship providing a combined package of funding and After the Event insurance, assisting with access to justice for those people and entities unable to otherwise afford the significant expense and risk of litigation.
Market Leading
Since 2020, Sparkle has separated from its insurance company sibling, to become a market-leading Commercial Litigation Funder.
Sparkle has already grown to be one of the UK’s leading and most progressive litigation finance providers.
Our aim is to assist individuals and businesses with access to justice, partnering with leading law firms and barristers to achieve the best commercial outcomes for all stakeholders.
Our Team
Our team who review the application includes fully qualified and highly experienced solicitors.
Paul Gibson
DIRECTOR
Paul joined Sparkle Capital in 2018 through a connected Done Family Insurance Company.
Paul is a qualified solicitor, and a highly experienced litigator, having led a number of commercial litigation teams throughout his career.
He has experience in all aspects of litigation, and has particular expertise in Directors and Shareholders disputes and insolvency.
David Reilly
DIRECTOR
David joined the Sparkle team in 2020 by virtue of his role as a Solicitor & Commercial Underwriter through a connected Done Family Insurance Company.
He qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and since then was in private practice at some very well regarded Manchester city centre practices predominantly undertaking a broad mix of commercial litigation.
David’s wealth of litigation experience enables him to comprehensively assess the merits of contentious matters with a view to providing bespoke solutions to litigation funding enquires.
Lynn Thorne
INVESTMENT MANAGER
With over 30 years of experience in the legal, insurance and finance industries, Lynn has often worked in a senior management role.
Within Sparkle, Lynn works closely with external stakeholders to generate new business as well managing the strategy of ongoing businesses.
Her experience and strengths are in managing the end-to-end process of a business operation to deliver targets.
Our Promise
Litigation Finance is not a regulated activity. Some funders therefore seek to apply their own rules in terms of their treatment of customers. In our opinion, no funder currently commits itself to sufficiently stringent rules, and in this regard Sparkle aims to be a market leader.
Sparkle has internal solicitors and works closely with a number of FCA regulated organisations, and so, drawing on the Solicitors Conduct Rules and the FCA Principles, we promise the following: