TEMPLE BAR INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
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Cash
£13m
+101.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.1bn
+30.9% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£278m
+97.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £143,841,000 | £281,299,000 | +95.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £141,034,000 | £278,490,000 | +97.5% | |
| Net profit | £139,546,000 | £276,713,000 | +98.3% | |
| Cash | £6,354,000 | £12,782,000 | +101.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £891,506,000 | £1,144,010,000 | +28.3% | |
| Net assets | £816,725,000 | £1,069,192,000 | +30.9% | |
| Equity | £816,725,000 | £1,069,192,000 | +30.9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £152,260 | £172,861 | +13.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £45,750 | £42,289 | -7.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 16.1% | 24.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.6% | 6.7% | |
| Current ratio | 7.37x | 15.80x | |
| Interest cover | 51.24x | — |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TEMPLE BAR INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 1977-12-31 → present
- TELEPHONE AND GENERAL TRUST LIMITED 1926-06-24 → 1977-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of the approval of these Financial Statements. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FROSTROW CAPITAL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2023-07-01 | — | — |
| BANNERMAN, Nicholas Alastair Charles | Director | 2025-07-01 | Feb 1966 | Scottish,British |
| CADE, Charles David | Director | 2022-03-24 | Jun 1965 | British |
| COLQUHOUN, Wendy Margaret | Director | 2025-07-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| SIMS, Carolyn | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1965 | British |
| YOGENDRA, Shefaly Maya, Dr | Director | 2019-10-01 | May 1971 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOMAS, Susan | Secretary | — | 1993-04-02 |
| MARSH, Amanda Jean | Secretary | — | 1994-04-26 |
| MARSH, Amanda Jean | Secretary | — | 1994-04-26 |
| INVESTEC GUINESS FLIGHT INVESTMENT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-04-26 | 2000-01-21 |
| INVESTEC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-01-24 | 2009-05-19 |
| LINK COMPANY MATTERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-11-02 | 2023-07-01 |
| NINETY ONE UK LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-05-19 | 2020-11-02 |
| ALLEN, Gary James | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2007-09-24 |
| ALLEYNE, Sonita Charlene | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2020-01-28 |
| BLACK, Colin Hyndmarsh | Director | — | 2000-03-27 |
| BLACK, Colin Hyndmarsh | Director | — | 1993-07-27 |
| BROWN, Carole Elizabeth | Director | — | 1993-04-02 |
| BROWN, Ronald Scott | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| BROWN, Trevor | Director | — | 1993-04-02 |
| COPPLE, Arthur Tyrer | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2023-05-09 |
| DE MOLLER, June Frances | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2019-03-28 |
| HUDSON, John Lewis | Director | — | 2005-03-29 |
| JEWSON, Richard Wilson, Sir | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2020-03-30 |
| LYONS, Nicholas Stephen Leland | Director | 2017-01-23 | 2018-08-07 |
| REEVE, John | Director | 1992-05-18 | 2018-05-24 |
| RILEY, Martin Rupert | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2015-03-30 |
| SHARP, Ernest Henry | Director | — | 2001-03-26 |
| SHERRATT, Lesley Rowena, Dr | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2024-05-07 |
| SMITH, Roland, Professor Sir | Director | — | 1999-03-29 |
| WALTON, Field Laurence Joseph | Director | — | 2010-03-29 |
| WEBSTER, David Gordon Comyn | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| WYATT, Richard Edward John | Director | 2017-11-27 | 2025-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 564 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2026-08-28 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-08-04 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-07-07 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-06-08 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-05-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-07 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-03-18 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-02-28 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-02-03 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-20 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-02 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-12-24 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 15
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.