Cluttons
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| Limited liability partnership | |
| Industry | Chartered Surveyors |
| Founded | 1765 |
| Headquarters | Portman Street, London, London, UK |
| Products | Residential & Commercial Property Services |
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Number of employees
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600 (2014) |
| Website | www.cluttons.com |
Cluttons LLP is an International firm of chartered surveyors and property consultants based in Central London, UK and operating throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, India and South Africa. Established in 1765, Cluttons is one of the oldest established firms of Chartered Surveyors in the UK, and was an important firm during the establishment of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Cluttons is a limited liability partnership with equity partners controlling the firms direction. Mr Bill Siegle is the current Senior Partner of Cluttons LLP
Cluttons LLP has had a presence in the Middle East for over 35 years.
The firm employs over 600 people.
In May 2017 it was reported to have a "massive" pension fund deficit and to be submitting to a "rescue takeover".
Cluttons traces its roots back to 1765, when William Clutton took over his father-in-law’s surveying business in Sussex and began trading under his own name. William developed a prosperous country and land agency business, into which he was followed by his son, then by three of his grandsons. One of those grandsons, John Clutton, moved to London in 1837 to found the London business. John’s brothers remained in Sussex to concentrate on the land agency business, which continues today as RH & RW Clutton, an entirely separate firm.
John Clutton, born in 1809, was a joint founder and the first president of the Surveyors’ Association (later the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). He died in 1896, leaving the business to his successors, including four further generations of the Clutton family.
After the Second World War, the firm opened a commercial office in Grosvenor Street, Mayfair.
The 1970s saw Cluttons expand into the Middle East. Cluttons now has representation in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Bahrain and Oman.
Cluttons London Residential Agency (CLRA) was formed in 1992 by Robin Paterson after the acquisition of several Barnard Marcus London Offices and an office in Hong Kong. With funding from NatWest Ventures and Marco Polo Developments, a Singapore-based property investment company, CLRA opened new offices in London and Singapore over the next four years.
In 1997, Cluttons merged with Daniel Smith, another long-established (1775) traditional management and general practice partnership. Daniel Smith’s approximately 100 partners and staff brought the total complement of the combined firm to over 500 people.
Today, Cluttons remains a private, independent business, wholly owned by the partners. The firm became a Limited Liability Partnership on 1 April 2005.
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