Total wages and staff costs at UK mid-market buyout firm CBPE Capital jumped by nearly a third in 2012, according to recently released accounts.

Filings at Companies House for the period ending March 31 2012 show that at CBPE Capital LLP - the investment manager to the firm's funds - total staff costs were £3.5m, compared with £2.7m during the same period in 2011. Total pension costs during the same period rose from £116,000 to £161,000.