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Dakota Marketplace held 1,484 UK allocator accounts and 7,689 contacts on them before 1 July 2026. On 21 October 2026 it holds 3,223 accounts and 22,533 contacts, with 1,357 fund-level holdings against 211 before. The growth came from reading the UK's public filings and registers, charity accounts first, then pension fund reports, then the FCA register, and matching every record to a Dakota account.
In this article, we'll show what Dakota's UK coverage looked like before July 2026, where the new accounts, holdings and contacts came from, and what UK data is coming next.
What Did Dakota's UK Coverage Look Like Before July 2026?
Before July 2026, Dakota Marketplace was a strong US database with a thin UK layer. The 1,484 UK allocator accounts were weighted to wealth managers (479), family offices (238), public pensions (166) and funds of funds (104). Charities, the UK's most researchable institutional channel, had 166 accounts between foundations and endowments. Most UK accounts carried two or three contacts, and only 211 fund-level holdings existed on any UK account.
Investment firms that looked at the platform in 2024 or 2025 and concluded the UK data was not deep enough were right at the time. This post is for them, and for anyone seeing the UK coverage for the first time. The table below is the before and after, channel by channel, pulled from the Dakota Marketplace API on 21 October 2026. "Before" means accounts and contacts created before 1 July 2026.
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UK allocator channel
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Accounts before
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Accounts now
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Contacts before
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Contacts now
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Charities: foundations
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107
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1,618
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266
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7,939
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Charities and universities: endowments
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59
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136
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100
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2,815
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Wealth managers
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479
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517
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3,223
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5,040
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Financial advisers (IFAs)
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59
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62
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713
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786
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Family offices
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238
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277
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433
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547
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Investment consultants
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37
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85
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755
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1,140
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Public pensions (including LGPS)
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166
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167
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609
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1,583
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Corporate pensions (DB and DC)
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91
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101
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228
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363
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Insurers
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31
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36
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133
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238
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Banks and private banks
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54
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54
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522
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794
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Funds of funds
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104
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106
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448
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818
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Sovereign wealth
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6
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7
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28
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63
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Other allocator types
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53
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57
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231
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407
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All UK allocators
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1,484
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3,223
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7,689
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22,533
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Sources: Dakota Marketplace API, 21 October 2026. Accounts are allocator records with a United Kingdom billing country. A wider count of 32,969 contacts give the UK as their own mailing address, including people at firms headquartered elsewhere.
Where Did the 1,700 New UK Accounts Come From?
Every channel in the table grew, and the growth took three forms: new accounts, new fund-level holdings, and new contacts on the accounts that were already there. The next three sections take them in turn. On the account side, the largest single addition came from the channel Dakota had barely covered before, UK charities, alongside new consultants, family offices, wealth managers, corporate pensions and LTAF records.
The UK requires every charity in England and Wales to file audited accounts with the Charity Commission, and the larger ones name their investment managers, custodians, advisers and trustees in those accounts. Dakota's research team read the filings of every charity with £10 million ($13 million) or more invested, built an account for each, and enriched the trustees and executives into contacts.
The result is 1,618 foundation accounts and 136 endowment accounts in Dakota Marketplace, 1,750+ in total, with 10,700+ contacts. Trustees are the largest contact group at 8,300+, followed by executives, finance directors, portfolio managers and chief executives. The top 10 UK charities by investment assets profiles the largest; the manager league table shows who runs the money.
The other account additions are smaller and more targeted: 48 new investment consultant accounts (37 to 85), 39 new family offices, 38 new wealth managers, 10 new corporate pensions, and 27 new UK long-term asset fund (LTAF) records on the fund side, read from the FCA register and loaded on 15 October 2026.
Where Did the 1,100 New Holdings Come From?
The Local Government Pension Scheme. Each of the 98 LGPS funds publishes an annual report and an investment strategy statement, and most publish quarterly committee papers listing every mandate and pooled fund they hold. Dakota's research team read those documents and loaded 1,130 fund-level holdings on 19 October 2026, taking the total on UK public pension accounts from 209 to 1,349 across 87 fund and pool accounts.
Each holding names the fund, the manager, the vehicle and, on 1,304 of the 1,349 rows, the balance. That turns a UK public pension account from a name and an AUM figure into a portfolio you can read: who runs the listed mandates (mostly the pools, Legal & General Investment Management and BlackRock), who holds the private markets commitments (Partners Group, Pantheon, HarbourVest, IFM Investors and others), and where a strategy like yours already sits. The guide to the six LGPS pools and what LGPS funds are buying in 2026 explain how to use it.
Want to see the new UK accounts, holdings and contacts for yourself? Book a demo of Dakota Marketplace.
What Changed on the Accounts That Were Already There?
Contacts. The data team added 14,256 contacts to UK and European allocator and investment firm accounts between 1 September and 20 October 2026, excluding charities, and 4,769 of those sit on UK accounts. The effect shows in every row of the table above: wealth manager contacts up 56%, consultant contacts up 51%, insurer contacts up 79%, public pension contacts up 160%.
These are not bulk lists. Dakota's research team adds decision-makers by role (investment committee, chief investment officer, head of manager selection, portfolio manager, finance director) and keeps the existing job-move tracking running across them. A UK account that had two contacts in June typically has five or more today.
The established channels also picked up holdings where filings allow it: banks and private banks went from 1 to 7 holdings, and the LTAF load added 27 fund records that link to the managers running them.
What Is Coming Soon to Dakota's UK Data?
The 2026 loads were the first wave. The next datasets are already built from the same filings and registers and are coming soon to Dakota Marketplace, in roughly this order.
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Coming soon
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What it adds
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LGPS committee minutes
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249 meeting summaries with manager appointments, terminations and reviews
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LGPS manager searches
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29 live searches by funds and pools
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LGPS manager relationships
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1,018 further fund-to-manager links where the annual report names the manager but not the vehicle
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Charity managers as structured data
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2,540 charity-to-manager links on 1,204 charities, searchable rather than read from the account description
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UK insurers from Solvency UK filings
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33 UK insurer records with investable general account sizes and allocations
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European UCITS sub-advisory
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125 platforms that hire outside managers, 2,036 manager seats, about $280 billion
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LTAF performance
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Published returns on 11 LTAFs, plus the two Legal & General LTAFs
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UK corporate DB and DC schemes
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About 220 defined benefit schemes over £1 billion ($1.3 billion) and the 29 authorised master trusts
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Two things stay true as these land. Everything is read from the allocators' own documents and public registers, then enriched by Dakota's research team. And the refresh is built in: charity filings are re-read monthly, LGPS committee papers three times a week, and each new filing wave produces a change file rather than a one-off load.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many UK institutional investors are in Dakota Marketplace?
Dakota Marketplace holds 3,223 UK allocator accounts as of 21 October 2026, with 22,533 contacts on them. The largest groups are charities (1,750+ foundation and endowment accounts), wealth managers (517), family offices (277), public pensions (167) and corporate pensions (101).
How much did Dakota's UK coverage grow in 2026?
UK allocator accounts rose from 1,484 before 1 July 2026 to 3,223 on 21 October 2026. Contacts on those accounts rose from 7,689 to 22,533, and fund-level holdings from 211 to 1,357.
Where does Dakota's UK data come from?
From public filings and registers: audited charity accounts filed with the Charity Commission, LGPS annual reports, investment strategy statements and committee papers, the FCA Financial Services Register for LTAFs, and company and fund documents. Dakota's research team reads the documents, builds or updates the account, and enriches the contacts.
Does Dakota have UK pension fund holdings?
Yes. Dakota Marketplace holds 1,349 fund-level holdings on 87 Local Government Pension Scheme fund and pool accounts, naming the manager and vehicle, with balances on 1,304 rows. Committee minute summaries and live manager searches for the same funds are coming soon.
Does Dakota cover UK charities and foundations?
Yes. Dakota Marketplace holds 1,618 UK foundation accounts and 136 endowment accounts, 10,700+ contacts across them, and a named investment consultant on 160. The managers each charity uses are named in the account description today, and a searchable manager field is coming soon.
What UK data is coming soon to Dakota Marketplace?
Coming soon: LGPS committee minutes and live manager searches, structured charity-to-manager links, UK insurer data from Solvency UK filings, the European UCITS sub-advisory dataset and LTAF performance. UK corporate defined benefit and defined contribution schemes follow.
Ready to Take a Second Look at the UK?
If you looked at Dakota Marketplace before July 2026 and found the UK thin, the numbers above are the reason to look again. Dakota Marketplace holds 3,223 UK allocator accounts, 22,533 contacts and 1,357 holdings, and lets you filter by:
- Account type: foundation, endowment, public pension, wealth manager, consultant, insurer and more
- Billing city and region across the UK
- AUM band, with holdings and named managers on LGPS funds
- Contact type: trustee, investment committee, CIO, finance director
A demo walks through the channels above in the order a UK fundraiser would use them. A trial lets you run your own target list against every account, contact and holding on the platform, including the loads that land while you are testing it.
Book a Demo to see the UK coverage account by account.
Related reading: Top 10 UK Charities by Investment Assets · The Six LGPS Pools: A 2026 Guide · Top 10 Public Pension Funds in the UK · The UK & Europe Allocator Map Just Got a Lot More Complete
