EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-30 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£25M
+353.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£603M
-8.2% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£27M
-127.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,423,000 | £3,985,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £99,345,000 | -£27,111,000 | |
| Net profit | £98,448,000 | -£27,918,000 | |
| Cash | £5,615,000 | £25,444,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £656,438,000 | £602,773,000 | |
| Net assets | £656,438,000 | £602,773,000 | |
| Equity | £656,438,000 | £602,773,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £188,000 | £188,000 |
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+353.1%
£5,615,000 £25,444,000
-
Net assets
-8.2%
£656,438,000 £602,773,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+64.5%
£2,423,000 £3,985,000
-
Profit before tax
-127.3%
£99,345,000 -£27,111,000
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | 0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.6% | 10.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.14x | 0.43x | |
| Interest cover | 0.89x | 0.99x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC 2019-11-14 → present
- JUPITER EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC 2000-08-16 → 2019-11-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties that would affect the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these Accounts.”
Significant events
- “On 7 February 2025, the Board announced a tender offer for up to 25% of its issued share capital; the tender offer was completed successfully on 19 June 2025.”
- “On 30 June 2025, the Investment Manager announced that it had agreed heads of terms for acquisition by River Global PLC.”
- “With effect from 1 October 2025, the management fee payable to the Investment Manager will be reduced.”
- “On 11 August 2025, the Company renewed its revolving credit facility with the Bank of Nova Scotia, London Branch with a maximum drawable amount of £70 million available until September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUNIPER PARTNERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2026-01-01 | — | — |
| BROWN, Sharon Mary | Director | 2019-08-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| DOBBS, Matthew Frederick | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jul 1959 | British |
| HUYSINGA, Jeroen Karel | Director | 2021-09-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
| PATEL, Neeta | Director | 2024-01-01 | May 1961 | British |
| SHUKLA, Manisha | Director | 2023-09-01 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Jackson Worthington | Secretary | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-03 |
| SFEIR, Annabelle | Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2000-10-03 |
| DEVON EQUITY MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-11-14 | 2025-12-31 |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-10-03 | 2019-11-14 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2000-08-16 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2000-08-16 |
| BEST, Philip Edward Fraser | Director | 2009-05-12 | 2021-11-10 |
| CAREY, Thomas Michael | Director | 2000-09-19 | 2000-10-03 |
| D'ALBIAC, James Charles Robert | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2004-09-23 |
| DARWALL, Alexander Frederick Clifford | Director | 2004-08-19 | 2016-02-04 |
| GOULDING, Marrack Irvine, Sir | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2009-09-25 |
| HOLMES, Virginia Anne | Director | 2017-11-07 | 2023-11-15 |
| LAMONT, Norman Stewart Hughson, The Rt Hon Lord Lamont Of Lerwick | Director | 2015-06-24 | 2024-11-13 |
| MARSDEN, Tim | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2000-09-19 |
| PRIESTLEY, Hugh Michael | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2017-11-07 |
| ROBINSON, Jackson Worthington | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2011-10-10 |
| SUTCH, Andrew Lang | Director | 2011-10-10 | 2022-11-16 |
| TILBIAN, Lorna Mona | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2001-05-21 |
| WALLINGER, John David Arnold | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2020-11-16 |
| WESTON, Clive | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2000-10-03 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-08-16 | 2000-08-16 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-08-16 | 2000-08-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 446 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-06-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-06-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-06-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 14
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.