About Us
C&R Group is the leading share registrar in East Africa, with offices in Kenya and Uganda. Our clients include listed and non listed companies on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (“NSE”), and the Uganda Securities Exchange (“DSE”). We also provide services for clients cross listed on the Dar es Salaam Securities Exchange (“DSE”).
Our core values of Integrity, Accuracy, Innovation and Service Excellence underpin all our work.
In our business, integrity is non-negotiable. We employ security measures around our system use and access in additional to a risk compliance framework of internal and external audits.
We pay strict attention to the accuracy of our work; our staff are well trained with many years of experience and our processes have built-in checks and balances for verification and authorisation processing.
We have a strong history of innovation, and aim to continue being the market leader in our industry. Technology, innovation and adaptation are critical values for us as we believe that technology creates the platform to innovate and provide leap frog solutions to meet ever evolving industry needs. For this reason, C&R Group has been the first in many technology innovations in our capital markets industry.
All these core values are aimed at achieving our ultimate goal of service excellence. This is supported by a culture of staff training and team building and continuous technological advances to our systems and processes.
This is who we are.
Company Profile
Custody & Registrars (C&R) Group is a company with over 35 years experience in share registry with operations in Kenya and Uganda.
C&R Group’s history began in 1986, then operating as Barclays Advisory & Registrars Services (BARS), an in-house department of the Barclays Bank of Kenya, to offer share registry services to the banks’ shareholders, after Barclays’ listing in Nairobi Securities Exchange the same year. In 1991, BARS was incorporated to offer similar services commercially to other listed companies and grew to become the largest Shares Registrar in Kenya. During a business review in 2006, the Bank restructured and sold some non-core businesses, including BARS, which was sold as a going concern. The company was renamed Custody & Registrars Services Ltd and remains the market leader in shares registrar’s services, enjoying a majority market share of all listed companies trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
C&R Group has grown from strength to strength, expanding for strategic growth into related Business Process Outsourcing services and expanding into the wider East African market with an office in Uganda. In-line with this growth, and to reflect its wider service offering, Custody & Registrars Services (Kenya) Limited and Custody & Registrars Services (Uganda) Limited operates under the trading name C&R Group.
With substantial investment in technology, infrastructure and expertise, the company is committed to its reputation for efficiency, innovation and excellence.
Our Value Proposition
C&R seeks to develop long-term client relationships based on Trust, Delivery and Service Excellence. We believe in listening to our clients in order to attain an appreciation of their specific business and transactional needs so as to provide them with the most appropriate skills and services. We embrace a culture of entrepreneurship, continually seeking improvement and innovation, while operating as a cohesive unit with a passionate driving force and a steadfast sense of discipline.
We benchmark ourselves against the highest international standards. We are outcome driven and add real value by drawing on and integrating our collective strength and experience, both in Kenya and the region. By actively providing services to meet the business needs of our clients we are able to equip these businesses with the strategic, structural and operational efficiency essential for a dynamic economic environment.