BAILLIE GIFFORD UK GROWTH TRUST PLC
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Cash
£1.9m
+128.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£246m
-5.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-04-30
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £8,798,000 | £7,862,000 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £8,484,000 | £7,468,000 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £389,000 | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £1,917,000 | £823,000 | £1,883,000 | +128.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £281,241,000 | £258,968,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £283,153,000 | £260,087,000 | £245,585,000 | -5.6% | |
| Equity | £283,153,000 | £260,087,000 | £245,585,000 | -5.6% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £167,269 | £153,000 | £178,000 | +16.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £10,861 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £47,761 | £43,722 | — | — |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 3.1% | 3.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.2% | 8.9% | 9.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.24x | 0.10x | 0.16x | |
| Interest cover | 28.02x | 6.18x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BAILLIE GIFFORD UK GROWTH TRUST PLC 2021-05-21 → present
- BAILLIE GIFFORD UK GROWTH FUND PLC 2018-07-02 → 2021-05-21
- SCHRODER UK GROWTH FUND PLC 1994-01-28 → 2018-07-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements in accordance with FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.”
Significant events
- “Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust plc is an investment company within the meaning of section 833 of the Companies Act 2006 and carries on business as an investment trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-06-29 | — | — |
| NEILL, James Ruary Drummond | Director | 2018-11-15 | Jan 1959 | British |
| PATERSON, Seema | Director | 2025-01-02 | Apr 1974 | British |
| PITT, Catherine Louise | Director | 2021-08-05 | May 1973 | British |
| ROGAN, Neil Alan Hayes | Director | 2024-01-01 | May 1960 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUGIE, Andrew Michael | Secretary | 1994-01-28 | 1994-02-01 |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-01-28 | 2018-06-29 |
| CLIFTON, Alan Henry | Director | 2001-06-18 | 2016-08-04 |
| COCHRANE, Scott | Director | 2018-11-15 | 2021-06-30 |
| COWDELL, Bob | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2018-09-25 |
| CRIPPS, Richard James Nigel | Director | 1994-01-28 | 1994-02-01 |
| DOBSON, Carolan | Director | 2014-03-13 | 2024-06-14 |
| HOUGIE, Andrew Michael | Director | 1994-01-28 | 1994-02-01 |
| HUTTON, Andrew James | Director | 2008-09-03 | 2019-08-01 |
| IRELAND, Richard | Director | 1994-02-02 | 2002-08-05 |
| NIVEN, Keith Melville | Director | 1994-01-28 | 2011-10-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Ian | Director | 1994-02-02 | 2008-08-05 |
| PIRIE, Stella Jane | Director | 2002-08-05 | 2017-08-02 |
| RITCHIE, David Cowan | Director | 2001-08-06 | 2014-08-05 |
| SEDGWICK, Ian Peter | Director | 1994-01-28 | 2002-08-05 |
| TITCOMB, Simon James | Director | 1994-02-02 | 2001-08-06 |
| TROTTER, Ian Macdonald | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2004-12-31 |
| WESTENBERGER, Andrew Thomas Karl | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2026-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 502 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-09-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-09-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-09-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-27 | SH05 | capital | Capital cancellation treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-07-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-20 | 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
- 17
- 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.