INVESCO ASIA DRAGON TRUST PLC
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Cash
£2.4m
+1.3% vs 2025
Net assets
£966m
+32.3% vs 2025
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£287m
+1,413.8% vs 2025
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£21,035,000 | £288,409,000 | +1,471.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£21,859,000 | £287,176,000 | +1,413.8% | |
| Net profit | -£24,764,000 | £282,297,000 | +1,239.9% | |
| Cash | £2,400,000 | £2,430,000 | +1.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £732,343,000 | £969,281,000 | +32.4% | |
| Net assets | £729,912,000 | £965,665,000 | +32.3% | |
| Equity | £729,912,000 | £965,665,000 | +32.3% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £182,257 | £322,351 | +76.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £43,702 | £57,380 | +31.3% |
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 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -2.9% | 29.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.1% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.11x | 0.16x | |
| Interest cover | -25.53x | — |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2025-02-17
- INVESCO ASIA DRAGON TRUST PLC 2025-02-17 → present
- INVESCO ASIA TRUST PLC 1995-03-27 → 2025-02-17
- IMPACTOPTION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1995-01-19 → 1995-03-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this assessment, the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months after signing the balance sheet and the financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company successfully completed the combination with Asia Dragon Trust plc on 14 February 2025.”
- “Cancellation of the share premium account following shareholder approval, transferring £530,091,000 to special reserves.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INVESCO ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-04-07 | — | — |
| DOBBS, Matthew Frederick | Director | 2025-02-14 | Jul 1959 | British |
| DONEGAN, Vanessa Jane | Director | 2019-10-17 | Dec 1958 | British |
| MADDEN, Myriam | Director | 2021-11-04 | May 1965 | Irish |
| NOBLE, Susan Sternglass | Director | 2025-02-14 | Jun 1961 | American,British |
| ROGERSON, Sonya Huen | Director | 2022-07-26 | May 1977 | British |
| YUEN, Nicole Shuk Kam | Director | 2025-02-14 | Sep 1962 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POOLE, Deborah Jane | Secretary | 1995-03-10 | 1995-04-07 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-01-19 | 1995-03-10 |
| BAILLIE, Robin Alexander Macdonald | Director | 1995-04-07 | 2010-08-05 |
| BENSON, Michael D'Arcy | Director | 1995-04-07 | 2003-08-05 |
| FERGUSON, Carol Cecilia | Director | 2009-03-10 | 2018-07-31 |
| HINDE, David Richard | Director | 2003-06-17 | 2013-08-08 |
| JONATHAN, Owen Richard | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2022-09-08 |
| LENYGON, Bryan Norman | Director | 1995-04-07 | 2010-11-25 |
| MAIER, Thomas Nicholas Ivo | Director | 2009-03-10 | 2020-09-03 |
| MCLAREN, Robin John Taylor, Sir | Director | 1995-05-18 | 2009-04-30 |
| MEIJS, Fleur | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2022-08-02 |
| POOLE, Deborah Jane | Director | 1995-03-10 | 1995-04-07 |
| RICHARDSON, Michael John De Rougement, Sir | Director | 1995-04-07 | 2001-07-26 |
| ROBERTSON, Peter Duncan Neil | Director | 1995-04-07 | 2008-03-21 |
| ROBINSON, James Peyton | Director | 2007-01-03 | 2017-08-10 |
| ROGAN, Neil Alan Hayes | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2026-09-15 |
| ROSS, Daniel David | Director | 1995-03-10 | 1995-04-07 |
| WILL, James Robert | Director | 2025-02-14 | 2026-09-15 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-01-19 | 1995-03-10 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-01-19 | 1995-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 331 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-08-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-15 | 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 | |
| 2026-06-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-24 | 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
- 14
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.