BAILLIE GIFFORD EUROPEAN GROWTH TRUST PLC
Get an alert when BAILLIE GIFFORD EUROPEAN GROWTH TRUST PLC files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+51.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£354M
-3.4% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£14M
-68.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £44,564,000 | £14,410,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £43,924,000 | £13,767,000 | |
| Net profit | £43,669,000 | £13,462,000 | |
| Cash | £1,856,000 | £2,807,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £416,275,000 | £406,207,000 | |
| Net assets | £366,431,000 | £353,916,000 | |
| Equity | £366,431,000 | £353,916,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £149,000 | £198,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+51.2%
£1,856,000 £2,807,000
-
Net assets
-3.4%
£366,431,000 £353,916,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-67.7%
£44,564,000 £14,410,000
-
Profit before tax
-68.7%
£43,924,000 £13,767,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 10.7% | 3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.2% | 13.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.59x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | 69.63x | 89.50x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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 3 times since incorporation
- BAILLIE GIFFORD EUROPEAN GROWTH TRUST PLC 2019-12-02 → present
- THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 2010-02-01 → 2019-12-02
- FOREIGN & COLONIAL EUROTRUST PLC 1992-01-13 → 2010-02-01
- F & C EUROTRUST P L C 1972-05-22 → 1992-01-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In accordance with the Financial Reporting Council’s guidance on going concern and liquidity risk, the Directors have undertaken a rigorous review of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Financial Statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as it is the Directors’ and other matters, that the Company will continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these Financial Statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-11-29 | — | — |
| BARRON, David James | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jun 1959 | British |
| CURLING, Davina Cordelia | Director | 2024-11-01 | Feb 1964 | British |
| DAVIES, Emma Catherine | Director | 2021-01-01 | Nov 1976 | English |
| WATKINS, Andrew Keith | Director | 2019-01-01 | Oct 1952 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREIG, Kenneth John | Secretary | 2010-02-01 | 2019-11-29 |
| F & C MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 2010-02-01 |
| ABELL, Timothy George | Director | — | 1999-05-07 |
| BIERBAUM, Detlef Fritz Ewald | Director | 1993-02-22 | 2007-12-13 |
| BONNA, Jean Albert | Director | — | 2000-11-10 |
| BORSIG, Clemens August Heinrich, Doctor | Director | 1998-09-18 | 2007-12-13 |
| DICK, John Antony | Director | — | 2004-12-16 |
| DOUMIC, Claude Rene | Director | — | 1996-06-22 |
| EASON, William Duncan | Director | 2007-05-16 | 2019-01-22 |
| ELSTOB, Eric Carl | Director | — | 2003-10-28 |
| INGLIS, Susan Patricia | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-11-29 |
| KANZA, Raphael | Director | 1997-09-19 | 2013-07-30 |
| MACPHEE, Michael William Miller Reid | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2025-02-05 |
| MCDOUGALL, Douglas Christopher Patrick | Director | 1999-02-22 | 2017-01-24 |
| MEISSNER, Wolfgang Otto | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| MOULE, Michael Bruce | Director | 2004-01-23 | 2021-01-21 |
| SARASIN, Philippe Alain | Director | 2000-11-10 | 2003-12-16 |
| SCHWARTZ, Pedro | Director | 1993-02-22 | 2005-12-15 |
| THOMSON, David Paget | Director | 1998-06-16 | 2001-12-18 |
| VAN HOVELL TOT WESTERFLIER, Zweder Otto Hubertus Maria, Baron | Director | — | 2004-12-16 |
| WHITE, Stephen Frank | Director | — | 1998-12-15 |
| WOODWARD, Michael Trevor, Dr | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2024-01-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 876 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 19
- 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.