BLACKROCK INCOME AND GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-14 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+31.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£47M
+6.8% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
-79.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £7,090,000 | £1,492,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,840,000 | £1,411,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,835,000 | £1,400,000 | |
| Cash | £2,515,000 | £3,309,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,760,000 | £46,715,000 | |
| Net assets | £43,760,000 | £46,715,000 | |
| Equity | £43,760,000 | £46,715,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £91,555 | £92,065 |
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 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+31.6%
£2,515,000 £3,309,000
-
Net assets
+6.8%
£43,760,000 £46,715,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-79%
£7,090,000 £1,492,000
-
Profit before tax
-79.4%
£6,840,000 £1,411,000
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 16.2% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.0% | 11.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | 28.36x | 18.42x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BLACKROCK INCOME AND GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 2012-04-18 → present
- BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC 2001-09-06 → 2012-04-18
- COSMICWHITE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2001-05-29 → 2001-09-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board concluded its review for the period up to the AGM in 2031, being a five-year period from the date that this annual report will be laid before shareholders for approval. In making this assessment the Board has considered the following factors:”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-04-01 | — | — |
| HINE, Marcus Nigel | Director | 2025-09-16 | Sep 1960 | British |
| PROUDFOOT, Graeme John | Director | 2019-11-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| WORSLEY, Charles Roderick | Director | 2010-04-19 | Jan 1969 | British |
| ZERVOUDAKIS, Chrysoula | Director | 2024-12-19 | Aug 1962 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| INGRAM, Peter William Irving | Secretary | 2001-10-09 | 2012-04-01 |
| SALT, Kirsten June | Secretary | 2001-11-29 | 2012-04-01 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-07-20 | 2001-10-09 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-05-29 | 2001-07-20 |
| BARKER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2001-10-09 | 2011-04-18 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Jonathan Harry | Director | 2010-09-07 | 2020-03-12 |
| GOLD, Nicholas Roger | Director | 2008-12-17 | 2025-03-06 |
| LUCKRAFT, George Martin | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2021-03-10 |
| MCDONALD, Oonagh Ann, Dr | Director | 2001-10-09 | 2009-02-10 |
| ROBBINS, Winifred | Director | 2020-12-15 | 2024-03-07 |
| WETHERED, James Adam Lawrence | Director | 2001-10-09 | 2009-04-20 |
| WHITE, Simon Richard Tore | Director | 2001-10-09 | 2011-08-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-05-29 | 2001-07-20 |
| PEREGRINE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-07-20 | 2001-10-09 |
| PRECIS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-07-20 | 2001-10-09 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-05-29 | 2001-07-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1066 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 18
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.