# Capital Thirteen This framework documents how Capital Thirteen Ltd governs, allocates capital and acts as a long-term owner. ### Permanence. Structure. Trust. Capital Thirteen is a privately held UK holding company. We allocate capital with discipline and take a long-term view of ownership. Our approach is simple: **Build. Hold. Back.** ### What we are We are structured for permanence and long-duration decisions. We are selective and deliberate. We choose a small number of situations where risk, governance and alignment can be underwritten with clarity. We prefer quality over volume. We would rather do less and do it well. ### How we operate We provide patient capital and do not work to a fixed investment horizon. We are comfortable holding for as long as the fundamentals remain sound. We aim for long-term alignment with founders and management teams. We focus on incentives, governance and capital structure from the start. We are hands-on where it improves outcomes and hands-off where it does not. The default is autonomy, supported by clear accountability. ### Our framework Our approach is organised around four pillars. [**Identity**](https://capital.capitalthirteen.uk/identity) - who we are and how we think [**Mandate**](https://capital.capitalthirteen.uk/mandate) - how and why we deploy capital [**Focus**](https://capital.capitalthirteen.uk/focus) - the types of businesses and assets we back [**Stewardship**](https://capital.capitalthirteen.uk/stewardship) - how we support and govern long-term value ### Our Responsibility We are built to be permanent owners. We act with discipline in capital allocation and restraint in decision-making, and we take responsibility for the consequences of our choices. *** Capital Thirteen Ltd is a privately held UK holding company. Registered in England and Wales Website: Email: \ Address: 167–169 Great Portland Street,\ 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://capital.capitalthirteen.uk/readme.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.