With only 12 of 100 places remaining, the Sharestock September 5 speakers line-up has attracted enough demand to nearly fill the riverside venue between Chester and Wrexham, and organiser Tom Winnifrith is warning that the last seats are going fast.
The event takes place on Saturday 5 September at Winnifrith’s Welsh Hovel, a private property on the banks of the River Dee. Attendance is capped at 100, making it one of the more intimate gatherings on the UK private investor calendar. The Sharestock September 5 speakers will address the audience on the lawn, with the day running from a pizza evening the night before through to a cold salmon supper.
What the Sharestock September 5 Speakers Will Cover
The headline guests at previous Sharestock events have normally been one of the investors Winnifrith calls ‘Britain’s Buffetts.’ This year both Jim Mellon and Nigel Wray are confirmed: Mellon speaking just before lunch, Wray just after. Having both on the same bill is a first for the event.
Making his Sharestock debut is Mark Slater, whom Winnifrith describes as the most gifted small-cap fund manager in Britain. Slater co-founded Slater Investments in 1994 and serves as its Chairman and Chief Investment Officer. The firm’s methodology centres on finding companies capable of reliable, above-average earnings growth backed by healthy cash flow, buying shares when the PEG ratio (a measure comparing a company’s price-to-earnings multiple with its expected earnings growth rate) is relatively low.
ISA and SIPP holders may already hold the Slater Growth Fund, which is eligible for both wrappers. The fund focuses on UK smaller companies the manager judges to be undervalued with room for re-rating. According to Trustnet, it has delivered an annualised total return of +7% over 26.5 years, with 10-year cumulative growth of 68.2% against a peer group composite of 89.0% over the same period, meaning the fund has lagged its peer group on that particular measure. Key statistics for the fund are also published via Fidelity.
Bitcoin, AI and the Sessions Most Likely to Spark Debate
The Sharestock September 5 speakers also include Andrew Webley of The Smarter Web Company, who will take the bull case in a bitcoin debate against Winnifrith arguing the bear side. The Smarter Web Company positions itself as Britain’s largest publicly listed bitcoin holder and now trades on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. According to Bitcoin Magazine, Webley described the company’s Main Market listing as ‘the next significant milestone’ in building a long-term British public company aligned with bitcoin.
The bull-bear format is likely to produce friction. According to Yahoo Finance and Proactive, Smarter Web shares rose as much as 23% after Webley published a quarterly update making an explicit investment case for the stock, even as he acknowledged bitcoin had fallen approximately 25% in the first quarter of that period, described by the report as its worst opening quarter in eight years. The Smarter Web Company‘s own equity snapshot, last updated 1 June 2026, shows Webley and his family hold 7.41% of shares in issue, giving the CEO clear skin in the game when he makes his case from the floor.
A separate session features Barry Downes and Brian Kinane examining whether the rally in listed AI companies is a bubble, which businesses face being disrupted, and how the technology will alter everyday working life. Together with the bitcoin debate, it gives the afternoon an edge that goes beyond the results-and-outlook format of most investor days.
The Company Interviews: Friel and Gilbert in the Hot Seat
Peter Brailey will interview two company executives in place of Winnifrith: Cathal Friel of European Green Transition and Chris Gilbert of Eco Buildings. Friel has listed five companies on the London Stock Exchange, according to European Green Transition’s own website. Among them was Amryt Pharma, which IPO’d in 2016 and was acquired by Chiesi Farmaceutici for $1.48bn in April 2023. European Green Transition (AIM: EGT) focuses on acquiring and operating revenue-generating businesses in the critical infrastructure sector across the UK and Ireland.
Returning speakers include Lucian Miers, Evil Banksta, and Winnifrith himself. For those travelling from further afield, camping by the River Dee is available on request.
With 12 seats left from the original 100, the session in which Brailey presses Friel on what comes after a $1.48bn exit could be the one that earns its ticket price on its own. Whether bitcoin or AI provides the sharpest debate, the answer should be clearer by the time the cold salmon arrives.
