HENDERSON UNIT TRUSTS LTD
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.6M
0% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As discussed within the 'Business Review' section above, on 21 December 2025, JHG plc entered into an agreement under which the Group will be acquired by Trian Fund Management L.P. and General Catalyst Group Management LLC together with their affiliated funds. As a result of the planned acquisition the Directors do not have certainty over the future plans for the Company which indicates the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Net profit | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £2,639,000 | £2,639,000 | £2,639,000 | 0% | |
| Equity | £2,639,000 | £2,639,000 | £2,639,000 | 0% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HENDERSON UNIT TRUSTS LTD 2005-04-15 → present
- PEARL UNIT TRUSTS LIMITED 1989-02-01 → 2005-04-15
- PEARL TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED 1969-07-15 → 1989-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As discussed within the 'Business Review' section above, on 21 December 2025, JHG plc entered into an agreement under which the Group will be acquired by Trian Fund Management L.P. and General Catalyst Group Management LLC together with their affiliated funds. As a result of the planned acquisition the Directors do not have certainty over the future plans for the Company which indicates the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JANUS HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES UK LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-04-13 | — | — |
| BASSFORD, Ian | Director | 2020-07-02 | Aug 1976 | British |
| CHAUDHRI, Rhiannon Willow | Director | 2017-08-02 | Jan 1978 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDSMITH, Keith Thomas | Secretary | — | 1994-01-31 |
| MOWATT, Brian Michael | Secretary | 1994-02-01 | 1996-05-02 |
| WATSON, Gerald Alistair | Secretary | 1996-05-03 | 2005-04-13 |
| ACKERLEY, Ian | Director | 2002-07-18 | 2003-01-24 |
| BOWLES, Godfrey Edward | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| CARR, Peter Stafford | Director | 2000-05-15 | 2001-04-04 |
| COOK, Rodney Malcolm | Director | 1999-07-08 | 2001-07-02 |
| DAVIES, David Wyndham | Director | 1994-09-08 | 1997-03-31 |
| DELANY, Geoffrey | Director | 1994-12-01 | 2001-01-15 |
| DIVERS, James | Director | 1997-02-27 | 1999-02-26 |
| EADES, Adam | Director | 2010-09-02 | 2011-04-02 |
| FRASER, Thomas Aird | Director | 2001-01-15 | 2002-11-02 |
| GAROOD, Shirley Jill | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2013-06-26 |
| GORDON, David Michael | Director | — | 1994-12-27 |
| HISCOCK, Nicholas Toby | Director | 2005-04-13 | 2009-09-01 |
| HODGKINSON, William Malcolm | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| JOHNSON, Peter Thomas | Director | 1999-04-19 | 2000-04-26 |
| LAUGHLIN, Ian William | Director | 2003-01-28 | 2005-04-13 |
| MCNAMARA, Richard Patrick, Mr. | Director | 2010-09-02 | 2015-07-31 |
| MEEHAN, Brendan Joseph | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| MULLINS, Peter James | Director | 2002-02-18 | 2004-06-15 |
| O'BRIEN, Steven John | Director | 2005-04-13 | 2010-07-30 |
| SHRIMPTON, Terence George | Director | 1995-10-02 | 2000-12-15 |
| SIMMONS, Philip Richard | Director | 1994-12-01 | 1996-11-01 |
| SKINNER, Martin Robert | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2017-06-29 |
| SMITH, John Simon Bertie | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2005-04-13 |
| SURFACE, Richard Charles | Director | 1995-02-24 | 1999-06-23 |
| THOMPSON, Roger Martin James | Director | 2013-07-22 | 2020-07-02 |
| THOMPSON, Trevor James | Director | 2001-06-26 | 2001-12-31 |
| WORNER, Ian Claude | Director | — | 1994-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Global Investors Asset Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 215 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-09-24 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-04-05 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.