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Cryptocurrency News Articles
From sleeping rough to £5m turnover: The incredible story of Adam Pope
Oct 05, 2024 at 03:56 pm
20 Adam Pope found himself homeless when his parents asked him to leave their home.
A homeless man who slept rough in a tent and the garden of his family home without them knowing has gone on to launch a multi-million pound law firm.
Now aged 33, Adam Pope, from Bolton, is the founder and managing director of Spencer Churchill Solicitors, a law firm that specialises in corporate law, commercial mediation, dispute resolution, employment law, real estate, intellectual property and private client services. The firm boasts a £5m turnover and is set to scale even further in both revenue and size.
But despite his incredible business success, Adam's journey to the top was far from easy. He found himself homeless at the age of 20 after his parents asked him to leave their home following a turbulent few years.
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Growing up in Bolton, Adam had embarked on a path of self-destruction and was regularly finding himself in trouble, which his mum and dad had become fed up with. He started off sofa surfing at friends' houses until their parents too grew sick of him bringing trouble to their door.
"I came from a good background; my parents are still together. It’s not like I came from a broken home," Adam told the Manchester Evening News.
"I had a very difficult early few years. It would have ruined a lot of people.”
Adam took to sleeping on the streets, park benches and the garden of his family home without his parents knowing.
“I walked the streets at night just to pass the time,” he added. “By the end of the night, I would have walked 20 miles instead of going to sleep. I would just walk and walk and walk.
“There was an element of safety. I was paranoid about staying in the same place for any length of time. I would sleep in the back garden of my mum and dad’s house and leave before they woke up. I would rarely stay in the same place every night. It became challenging.”
Fearing for his safety on the streets, Adam decided to steal a tent from his parent’s garage and sleep in a local woodland.
Despite his homelessness, Adam continued to attend college to finish his business course. Word eventually got out about his rough sleeping and his lecturer confronted him about it during a lesson.
“I had gone to college and I wasn’t far from finishing,” he said. “I got there and one of my tutors went, ‘I heard you’re sleeping in a tent in the woods’.
“I got back from college and the very few belongings I had left had been stolen along with my assignments that were due in a few weeks. I couldn’t finish college.”
Adam can recall how terrifying it was sleeping rough “All sorts goes through your mind,” he said. “When you’re sleeping in the woods, there are all sorts of characters about.
“It was the winter and it was freezing. Anything and everything would freak you out. You could hear shuffling about and you would think, ‘What was that?’ and quickly get back in your tent.
“Sleeping was never a thing. You couldn’t switch off properly. But I knew I was better off in the tent compared to some of the other places I was in.”
Adam’s grandma eventually found out about his predicament and invited him to stay with him. He tried to get things back on track, even managing to find employment, but was fired from every job over poor punctuality and other issues.
He eventually started working at his father’s business as a tea boy – a humble role that finally made him realise he wanted more out of life.
At the age of 27, Adam started a financial services dispute company before going on to launch Spencer Churchill five years later.
Although the business is already hugely successful, Adam has no intention of slowing down – aiming to scale the firm even further in both revenue and size.
But the entrepreneur says he probably wouldn’t be in his position today if it weren’t for the hardships he’s had to overcome in life.
“It’s not where you started, it’s where you finish,” he added. “I’ve had a very difficult early few years. It would have ruined a lot of people.”
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