Centrum Capital Limited (CCL), incorporated in 1997, is a Public Company engaged in Investment Banking and is a SEBI Registered Category-I Merchant Banker. The company is a diversified financial services provider, offering Investment Banking, Lending, Wealth Management, Broking services, Trading of bonds, and Insurance. It operates out of 142 cities PAN India and also has an international presence in Singapore.
Centrum is a diversified financial services organization with broad experience in financial markets. Its retail arm provides integrated solutions for Private Wealth Management, Stock Broking, SME & Housing Finance. CCL equity shares were admitted for listing at National Stock Exchange of India Limited on April 4, 2018.
Centrum Capital operates through multiple business segments that provide comprehensive financial solutions to institutional and individual clients. Centrum Capital Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services for institutions and individuals in India and internationally. It operates through Banking Business, Institutional Business, Wealth Management & Distribution, and Housing Finance Business segments.
This segment mainly consists of Investment Banking, Trading in Bonds, Institutional Broking Activity & Investment Advisory Services, thereby earning transaction-based fees. The company has built a strong reputation in investment banking, having raised over Rs. 2 trillion of Equity and Debt capital across sectors with a dedicated team for infrastructure advisory and focused research on large and emerging mid-cap companies.
This segment comprises Portfolio Management, Wealth Management, and Retail Broking activities. In the Asiamoney Private Banking Poll 2016, Centrum Wealth Management was named Best Domestic Private Bank in India. The company has expanded its digital offerings with Centrum Broking, which rolled out a digital Investment platform, Centrum GalaxC - Offering investment opportunities across asset classes in 2024.
SME, MSME, Microfinance loans, and Affordable Housing loans form the core of Centrum's lending operations. The flagship company of the Centrum Group has established fee-based businesses in Investment Banking, Institutional Equities, and Wealth Management, along with emerging Lending businesses in the SME, Affordable Housing & Micro Finance segments.
This segment offers funds across Private Debt, Venture Capital, as well as Real Estate Management & Advisory. In 2023, the Company launched its second fund - the India Credit Opportunities Fund II, which achieved its first close in August 2023.
The company provides Life, General, and Health Insurance services.
The company has undergone significant restructuring in recent years. Centrum Microcredit Limited, the group's microfinance business, merged with Unity Bank for scaling up profitability in 2022. An application for the amalgamation of Centrum Capital Limited and Centrum Microcredit Limited was filed with the Hon'ble National Company Law Tribunal on April 13, 2022. Pursuant to the transfer of business undertaking to Unity Small Finance Bank Limited and the surrender of NBFC-MFI RBI License, there were no business operations in Centrum Microcredit Limited, and thus the amalgamation was considered to be strategically beneficial. The Amalgamation Scheme became effective from April 01, 2022.
For strategic reasons, CCL restructured its group structure, acquired 100% equity stake in Centrum Microcredit Private Limited & Centrum Securities Private Limited, and began operations in Microfinance, Insurance Broking, Asset Management, Real Estate Management & Advisory, and Centrum Alternatives LLP.
Centrum Capital Ltd has a market capitalisation of Rs 1,313 crore. Promoter holding in Centrum Capital Ltd has gone up to 38.49 per cent as of March 2025 from 38.49 per cent as of June 2024.
The company has faced challenges in recent quarters:
- On a consolidated basis, Centrum Capital Ltd reported a loss of Rs -20.50 crore on a total income of Rs 1,173.91 crore for the quarter ended March 2025.
- For the year ended March 2024, Centrum Capital Ltd had posted a loss of Rs -71.19 crore on a total income of Rs 2,222.32 crore.
- Centrum Capital reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 20.50 crore for Q4 March 2025, compared to a profit of Rs 1.61 crore in Q4 March 2024. Despite a 27.71% rise in sales to Rs 814.02 crore for the quarter, the full-year net loss increased to Rs 187.48 crore from Rs 99.35 crore the previous year, although annual sales rose 40.44% to Rs 3038.86 crore.
The Centrum Capital Ltd's 52-week high share price is Rs 43.69 and the 52-week low share price is Rs 22.41. Over the last 3 years, Centrum Capital Ltd's share price moved up by 58.03% on BSE.
CHANDIR GIDWANI, Chairman Emeritus, and JASPAL BINDRA, Executive Chairman, lead the company's strategic direction. The company has seen recent management changes with Mr. Subhash Kutte appointed Additional Director (Non-Executive, Non-Independent) from July 6, 2025, and shifting from an Independent to an Additional Director position.
"It is our endeavor to work towards being a premier provider of integrated financial services to corporates and individuals. Our offerings carry the stamp of creativity backed by technology, extensive research and efficient execution, earning trust, resulting in long-term relationships." The company continues to focus on expanding its digital platforms and alternative investment offerings while maintaining its position as a leading financial services provider in the Indian market.
