the £1.3m recorded in 2021. The fund also invested £30m in new acquisitions during the reporting period, taking the portfolio to 252 homes in six UK cities. In late 2022, the Fund acquired Derwent House in Birmingham. Publications In 2012, the company published a book documenting its relationship with architects and the schemes it had completed. Entitled Transformation, the book was reviewed in The Times who said: "When it comes to rescuing the great industrial landmarks of the past, Urban Splash is in a class of its own”. In 2018, celebrating its 25th anniversary, the company published a second book entitled “It Will Never Work”. Founders Urban Splash was founded by Tom Bloxham, a graduate of the University of Manchester, and Jonathan Falkingham, an architecture graduate from Liverpool University. Bloxham's initial business experience was selling pop posters in Affleck's Palace in Manchester. Bloxham branched out as a landlord opening the Northern Quarter Arcade adjacent to Affleck's Palace. He then expanded into Liverpool, opening a shopping arcade called the Liverpool Palace and then into licensed premises with the founding of the Baa Bar in Liverpool together with Falkingham. References External links Official site Companies established in 1993 Companies based in Manchester Town and country planning in the United Kingdom Urban Regeneration Companies Urban society in the United Kingdom 1993 establishments in the United Kingdom