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CLOSED INVESTMENT FORUM · LONDON · 2027 · UK FAMILY OFFICE EVENTS LTD

UK Sports, Media & Entertainment Investment Forum 2027

A closed, one-day forum for family office principals, private wealth owners and senior sports, media and entertainment executives — structured for candid investment dialogue, not conference content. London 2027.

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One Day · London 2027Closed RoomVerified Guests OnlyCapital + Operators TogetherChatham House Rule
WHY THIS FORUM IS DIFFERENT

Not a Conference. A Closed Room.

The UK sports, media and entertainment investment landscape has no shortage of conferences. The SportsPro Investment Summit, the IISM Sports Investment Summit, the Leaders Week — all are well-produced events where institutional capital and industry operators meet on a stage in front of a paying audience.

What does not exist — until this forum — is a closed room where verified family office principals and private wealth owners sit alongside the senior executives of UK sports clubs, media companies and entertainment businesses, without a pitch environment, without sponsors driving the agenda, and without the performance dynamic that open conference formats inevitably create.

The UK Sports, Media & Entertainment Investment Forum is built on a single premise: the most valuable conversations in this sector happen between capital and operators in private — not on stage. The forum creates that private room. The programme provides the structure. The guest list does the rest.

"The most valuable conversations in sports investment happen between capital and operators in private — not on stage."
— UK Family Office Events Ltd
STANDARD SPORTS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE
· Open registration — anyone can attend
· Stage format — speakers perform for an audience
· Sponsor-driven agenda and panel composition
· Networking in corridors between sessions
· Follow-up from multiple commercial contacts
· No eligibility verification
UK SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT INVESTMENT FORUM
· Closed registration — verified principals and operators only
· Forum format — structured peer dialogue, not stage performance
· Principal-driven agenda — topics set by the room
· Every session is the networking — no corridor required
· No unsolicited commercial follow-up without explicit consent
· Every guest verified before invitation is confirmed
THE UK SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE · 2027

Why Capital Is Moving Into UK Sports, Media & Entertainment

Sport has moved from vanity purchase to institutional asset class. The structural fundamentals are compelling: long-duration contracted revenue, scarcity of investable assets, media rights as a recurring cashflow engine, and a fanbase that provides unparalleled brand loyalty as a commercial platform. For family offices and private wealth owners with permanent capital and no fund timeline pressure, the sports, media and entertainment sector offers a category of investment that institutional funds — with their fixed terms and return mandates — are structurally disadvantaged to hold.

PREMIER LEAGUE · BROADCAST RIGHTS
£6.7bn

Premier League domestic broadcast rights to the 2028–29 season — secured by Sky Sports and TNT Sports. International rights exceed £2 billion per annum in the same cycle. Total revenues across all rights packages exceed £12 billion for the cycle.

Source: Premier League 2026; Reed Smith Private Capital in Sport 2026
GLOBAL FOOTBALL REVENUE
€12bn+

The 20 highest-earning football clubs globally generated over €12 billion in combined revenue for the first time — Deloitte Football Money League 2026. Revenue growth is structural, not cyclical, driven by international media rights expansion and commercial partnerships with global brands.

Source: Deloitte Football Money League 2026
SPORTS INVESTMENT RETURNS
430%

Private capital has generated approximately 430% returns across various sports leagues over the past decade. Sports has transitioned from a passion-driven asset class to one delivering institutional-grade returns with the added benefit of brand, cultural and community capital that no other asset class replicates.

Source: Brera Holdings / institutional research 2026
FAMILY OFFICE DIRECT DEALS · MAY 2026
12+

Dakota Marketplace tracked more than twelve family office and private wealth direct sports deals in a single month in May 2026 alone — evidence that private wealth has moved from passive LP investment in sports vehicles to direct check-writing on franchises, leagues and platforms.

Source: Dakota Sports Investing Report, May 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE · FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
11 of 20

American entities hold majority stakes in 11 of the 20 Premier League clubs as of March 2026 — the dominant ownership demographic in English football. European family offices and private wealth owners represent the fastest-growing new entrant category as domestic and US markets become increasingly saturated.

Source: Grokipedia / Premier League Ownership Data, March 2026
PE INVESTMENT IN SPORT
$10bn+

Private equity investment in sports, media and entertainment exceeds tens of billions of dollars annually, with firms including Arctos, RedBird Capital and Sixth Street deploying multi-billion-dollar vehicles dedicated specifically to the sector across franchises, leagues, media rights and supporting infrastructure.

Source: Day Pitney Sports M&A Trends 2026; CFA Institute Private Capital & Sports May 2026
WOMEN'S SPORT · INVESTMENT GROWTH
Fastest Growing

Women's sport is the fastest-growing investment category within sports capital in 2026 — with dedicated institutional vehicles, standalone franchise valuations separating from men's structures and media rights deals reflecting genuine commercial demand rather than regulatory obligation.

Source: SportsPro Investment Summit 2026; Ariel Project Level research 2026
ATHLETE CAPITAL CHANNEL
New Asset Class

Factory Capital and similar platforms are aggregating athlete wealth into structured vehicles that function like family offices — creating a new and increasingly credible LP base for founders raising at the growth stage. The athlete capital channel represents a genuinely new source of deal flow and co-investment for family offices already active in the sector.

Source: Dakota Marketplace, May 2026
FORUM PROGRAMME · 2027 · INDICATIVE FORMAT

What the Forum Covers

The programme is structured around six investment themes — each addressed through a closed roundtable or facilitated peer discussion rather than a panel presentation. Topics are confirmed with registered principals and operators ahead of each forum and may evolve to reflect current market conditions and the specific interests of the room.

SESSION ONE · OWNERSHIP & CAPITAL STRUCTURES

Club and Franchise Ownership — How Deals Are Structured and What Returns Look Like

The structural mechanics of sports ownership — how valuations are set and stress-tested, how institutional capital has changed club governance and exit timelines, the multi-club ownership model and whether it delivers genuine synergy or functions primarily as a hedge against relegation risk, and what the practical entry barriers look like for a family office or private wealth owner writing their first direct sports investment. Draws on verified deal data from the Premier League, EFL, The Hundred and European football in 2025–26.

SESSION TWO · MEDIA RIGHTS AS AN ASSET CLASS

Media Rights, Broadcast Revenue and the Infrastructure Behind the Numbers

Premier League international broadcast rights exceed £2 billion per annum. EuroLeague is targeting a €2.5 billion enterprise value by 2029 through structural reform. Liberty Media and CVC's transformation of MotoGP and La Liga demonstrate how institutional capital converts media rights from a club revenue line into a standalone investable asset. This session examines how media rights are valued, how they are packaged for investment, what the secondary market for rights looks like and where the next rights monetisation opportunity sits in UK sport.

SESSION THREE · TALENT, IP & THE ATHLETE CAPITAL CHANNEL

Athletes as Owners, Investors and Capital Allocators — The Commercial Reality

Elite athletes are no longer endorsement channels — they are equity partners, venture investors and increasingly capital allocators in their own right. Jude Bellingham's integration into Birmingham's multi-sport ecosystem, Alistair Brownlee's role as Associate Partner at Redrice Ventures, and the Factory Capital model of aggregating athlete wealth into structured investment vehicles all point to the same structural shift. This session examines the athlete capital channel as a dealflow and co-investment source for family offices and the commercial mechanics of athlete-led venture and ownership structures.

SESSION FOUR · WOMEN'S SPORT

Women's Sport — Realistic Valuations, Genuine Returns and Where the Capital Gap Sits

The framing of women's sport as purely a growth speculation play is giving way to deals grounded in realised revenues. This session evaluates where women's sport investments are generating demonstrable commercial returns, where valuations are still running ahead of revenue, what the structural conditions are for separating women's media and commercial rights from men's structures, and what the realistic entry points look like for a family office or private wealth owner with a genuine rather than reputational investment thesis.

SESSION FIVE · SPORTS TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA INFRASTRUCTURE

Fan Engagement, Data, Streaming and the Technology Layer of Sports Investment

The most defensible returns in sports investment often come not from team ownership but from controlling the infrastructure around which sport is consumed — fan engagement platforms, sports commerce and licensing, data and analytics, broadcast technology and streaming infrastructure. Silver Lake's acquisition of Endeavor, Fanatics' position as the primary intermediary between leagues and fans, and the rapid growth of AI-driven sports performance analytics all illustrate how the technology layer of sport is generating institutional-grade returns independently of competitive outcomes. This session examines the specific sub-sectors generating the strongest returns in 2026 and identifies where the next wave of capital is landing.

SESSION SIX · DEALFLOW & CAPITAL ALLOCATION

Where Smart Capital Is Going in UK Sports, Media & Entertainment — A Principal Roundtable

A closing roundtable for verified principals and wealth owners in the room — without industry executives, without sponsors and under strict Chatham House Rule. The agenda is set by the principals present: which assets they are evaluating, which structures they are using, which sectors they are overweight and underweight, and what they wish they had known before their first sports investment. The most direct peer exchange available to a family office principal or private wealth owner currently active or considering entry in the UK sports, media and entertainment sector.

WHO THE FORUM IS FOR

Three Groups. One Room.

The UK Sports, Media & Entertainment Investment Forum is the one UKSFO Events forum explicitly open to three audiences. All other UKSFO Events briefings and roundtables are exclusively for verified SFO principals and CIOs. This forum is deliberately broader — because the most valuable conversations in sports investment happen between capital and operators together, not within either group alone.

CAPITAL

Family Office Principals & Private Wealth Owners

Verified single family office principals and CIOs with sports, media or entertainment investment interests — whether currently invested, actively evaluating or building an investment thesis. Private wealth owners with direct capital to deploy in the sector. Complimentary pass — application and eligibility verification required.

COMPLIMENTARY — APPLICATION REQUIRED
INDUSTRY

C-Suite Sports, Media & Entertainment Executives

Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Commercial Officers and senior executives from UK sports clubs, media companies, entertainment businesses, sports technology companies and rights holders — who are actively engaging with private capital, exploring investment structures or building commercial relationships with family office and private wealth investors.

£995 + VAT — SUBJECT TO ELIGIBILITY
ADVISORY

Specialist Legal, Financial & Strategic Advisers

A small number of places are available for specialist advisers with a direct track record in sports, media and entertainment transactions — corporate lawyers, M&A advisers, tax specialists and strategic consultants whose expertise is directly relevant to the investment dialogue in the room. Sponsor positions are separately available — contact info@uksfoevents.com.

LIMITED PLACES — BY APPLICATION
HOW OUR BRIEFINGS, ROUNDTABLES & PANELS WORK

Every private briefing and roundtable is underwritten by a single approved service-provider sponsor whose expertise is directly relevant to the session topic. All sessions are educational, informative and interactive — never commercial — providing a safe space for verified family office principals and CIOs to speak in private under Chatham House Rule.

The sponsor funds the room and may present briefly at the start of the session. They do not control the agenda, do not direct the discussion and do not contact attending principals after the event without their explicit consent. Where a sponsor participates on a panel discussion alongside family office principals and investors, they do so as a subject-matter contributor — not as a commercial presenter. The conversation belongs to the room.

Private briefings and roundtables are open to verified single family office principals and CIOs at no ticket cost. The sponsor underwrites the full cost of the venue and facilitation so that the right people can be in the room without a ticket price acting as a barrier. Panel discussions at the annual conference are open to verified delegates and may include approved service-provider speakers who have sponsored their session participation — all identified clearly in the programme.

✓EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIVE AND INTERACTIVE — NEVER COMMERCIAL

✓CHATHAM HOUSE RULE — WHAT IS SAID IN THE ROOM STAYS IN THE ROOM

✓OPEN TO VERIFIED SINGLE FAMILY OFFICE PRINCIPALS AND CIOS AT NO TICKET COST

✓PANEL SPONSORS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED IN THE PROGRAMME AT ALL TIMES

SPONSOR THIS FORUM

The Right Room for the Right Brand

A small number of sponsorship positions are available for organisations whose expertise is directly relevant to the forum's investment themes — corporate law firms, M&A advisers, sports technology companies, media rights specialists and financial advisory firms active in the sports, media and entertainment sector. One exclusive sponsor per session. Sponsors are clearly identified throughout.

SESSION SPONSOR

Closed Roundtable or Briefing Sponsor

Underwrite one closed session. Present briefly at the start as the subject-matter expert. Participate in the discussion as a contributor — not a presenter. Named as Session Sponsor in the programme and all delegate communications. One delegate pass included.

Pricing on application
FORUM SPONSOR

Forum Day Sponsor

Headline sponsorship of the full forum day. Brand carried across all forum materials, delegate communications and post-forum content distribution. Opening welcome address to all delegates. Two delegate passes included. Featured in UKSFO Events social channels and UKMC Group network communications.

Pricing on application
CONTENT PARTNER

Post-Forum Content Partner

Sponsor the post-forum intelligence summary — a curated, anonymised summary of key discussion themes distributed to all registered delegates and the UKMC Group network following the event. Your organisation is named as the content partner and may include a brief editorial contribution on a relevant investment theme. Does not require physical attendance.

Pricing on application
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APPLY TO ATTEND · UK SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT INVESTMENT FORUM · 2027

Apply for Your Place

All places are subject to eligibility review. Family office principals and private wealth owners attend at no ticket cost. C-suite industry professionals and advisers attend at £995 + VAT subject to application approval. Complete the form below and a member of the team will be in touch within two working days.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Questions About the Forum

Is this a conference or a closed forum?+
This is a closed forum — not a conference. There is no stage, no general audience and no open registration. All attendees are verified before their place is confirmed. The format is structured peer dialogue in a private venue — the conversations are the programme, not a supporting feature of it. If you are looking for a content-led conference with keynote speakers and exhibition stands, SportsPro, Leaders Week and similar events serve that need well. This forum exists for a different purpose.
How many people attend?+
The forum is deliberately small — a maximum of 40–50 verified guests. This is not a scale event. The size is determined by the quality of dialogue a closed room of that size produces — not by commercial considerations around ticket revenue or sponsor visibility.
Are family office principals and private wealth owners really free?+
Yes. Verified family office principals, CIOs and private wealth owners attend at no cost. UK Family Office Events Ltd underwrites the cost through a small number of carefully selected session sponsors whose expertise is directly relevant to the forum themes. If you would like to know who is sponsoring a specific session before you register, contact us at info@uksfoevents.com and we will tell you directly.
Can I bring a colleague?+
Additional places from the same organisation are available subject to eligibility review and overall room balance. We actively manage the ratio of capital to operators in the room — the forum loses its value if either group dominates. Contact us before registering additional colleagues.
Will there be follow-up from sponsors or speakers after the forum?+
No sponsor or speaker will contact an attending principal or wealth owner after the forum without their explicit prior consent. This is a standing commitment from UK Family Office Events Ltd — not a policy that varies by event. If you wish to speak with any sponsor or speaker at the forum, you are entirely free to do so. If you do not, they will not contact you.
When and where is the forum?+
The UK Sports, Media & Entertainment Investment Forum 2027 takes place in London. The specific date and venue will be confirmed and shared with registered attendees ahead of the event — typically six to eight weeks before the forum. Register your interest now to receive the confirmation directly.