ABERDEEN NEW INDIA INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
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Cash
£7.4m
+99.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£311m
-26.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
4
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£1.2m
-102.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £111,305,000 | £51,336,000 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £107,384,000 | £46,528,000 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £104,840,000 | £44,870,000 | -£1,153,000 | -102.6% | |
| Net profit | £91,022,000 | £31,475,000 | -£1,535,000 | -104.9% | |
| Cash | £6,452,000 | £3,727,000 | £7,419,000 | +99.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £446,460,000 | £446,227,000 | £319,166,000 | -28.5% | |
| Net assets | £427,054,000 | £425,599,000 | £311,010,000 | -26.9% | |
| Equity | £427,054,000 | £425,599,000 | £311,010,000 | -26.9% | |
| Average employees | — | 4 | 4 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | £145,000 | £166,000 | +14.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £134,500 | £145,000 | £166,000 | +14.5% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £40,000 | £44,000 | +10% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 96.5% | 90.6% | — | |
| Net margin | 81.8% | 61.3% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.1% | 10.4% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.0% | 9.1% | 6.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.31x | 0.18x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | 42.21x | 23.49x | — |
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 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-11-28
- ABERDEEN NEW INDIA INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 2025-11-28 → present
- ABRDN NEW INDIA INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 2023-03-31 → 2025-11-28
- ABERDEEN NEW INDIA INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 2017-01-03 → 2023-03-31
- NEW INDIA INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 2004-12-13 → 2017-01-03
- DEUTSCHE LATIN AMERICAN COMPANIES TRUST PLC 2000-07-03 → 2004-12-13
- MORGAN GRENFELL LATIN AMERICAN COMPANIES TRUST PLC 1994-02-21 → 2000-07-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed the Company's ability to continue as a going concern... The Company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Directors, therefore, consider that the Auditor is objective and warrant no material uncertainty.”
Significant events
- “On 28 November 2025, the Company changed its name to Aberdeen New India Investment Trust PLC in order to be consistent with the branding of the Manager's parent company, Aberdeen.”
- “On 22 September 2023 your Board announced a revision to the Company's investment policy. The limit on exposure to an individual investee company has now been increased to the higher of (i) 10% of your Company's net assets and (ii) an investee company's Benchmark weighting plus 3.5% (previously 2%), as measured at the time of investment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-09 | — | — |
| ECSERY, Francesca Eva | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jul 1963 | British,Hungarian |
| MIKLAVCHICH, Irina | Director | 2024-11-20 | Aug 1974 | British |
| ROBSON, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2022-08-01 | Nov 1958 | British |
| SIMPSON, David Robert | Director | 2021-11-01 | Mar 1957 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGWOOD, Paul Arthur | Secretary | 1994-02-23 | 2004-12-09 |
| KARIA, Rajesh | Secretary | 1994-02-21 | 1994-02-23 |
| POPE, Mark | Secretary | 2000-05-03 | 2004-12-09 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-02-21 | 1994-02-21 |
| ASKARI, Hasan | Director | 2012-09-21 | 2022-09-28 |
| BATES, Sarah Catherine | Director | 2004-12-09 | 2013-09-20 |
| BEAGLES, Rachel Anne | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2020-09-23 |
| BULMER THOMAS, Victor Gerald, Professor | Director | 2004-02-05 | 2016-09-06 |
| DONALDSON, Rebecca Mary | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2025-10-19 |
| FOX, James George | Director | 1994-02-23 | 2004-08-09 |
| HOOPER, Gloria Dorothy, Baroness | Director | 1996-06-27 | 2004-12-09 |
| HUGHES, Michael | Director | 2016-09-07 | 2026-03-31 |
| KARIA, Rajesh | Director | 1994-02-21 | 1994-02-23 |
| LAMB, Richard Llewelyn | Director | 1994-02-23 | 1997-07-14 |
| MURPHY, Jonathan Charles | Director | 1994-02-21 | 1994-02-23 |
| PAKENHAM, Kevin John Toussaint | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2004-09-07 |
| PALMER, Roger James Hume Dorney | Director | 2001-01-25 | 2004-03-06 |
| ROZENTAL, Andres | Director | 1997-10-09 | 2010-09-23 |
| SALOMON, William Henry | Director | 2004-12-09 | 2014-09-11 |
| SHAKESPEARE, John William Richmond | Director | 1994-02-23 | 2000-06-30 |
| TWISTON DAVIES, Audley William | Director | 2004-02-05 | 2012-09-20 |
| WAKEHURST, John Christopher, The Rt Hon Lord | Director | 1994-02-23 | 1996-06-27 |
| WATKINS, Richard Valentine | Director | 1994-02-23 | 2004-12-09 |
| WHITE, Stephen Frank | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2022-09-28 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-02-21 | 1994-02-21 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-02-21 | 1994-02-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 483 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-06 | 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
- 16
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.