BLACKROCK AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-13 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£711K
-33.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£129M
-16.5% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
-89.4% 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 | £3,855,000 | £2,730,000 | |
| Operating profit | £19,968,000 | £2,115,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,968,000 | £2,115,000 | |
| Net profit | £19,664,000 | £1,781,000 | |
| Cash | £1,075,000 | £711,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £156,962,000 | £130,241,000 | |
| Net assets | £155,067,000 | £129,499,000 | |
| Equity | £155,067,000 | £129,499,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £145,000 | £141,521 |
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
-29.2%
£3,855,000 £2,730,000
-
Cash
-33.9%
£1,075,000 £711,000
-
Net assets
-16.5%
£155,067,000 £129,499,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-89.4%
£19,968,000 £2,115,000
-
Profit before tax
-89.4%
£19,968,000 £2,115,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 518.0% | 77.5% | |
| Net margin | 510.1% | 65.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.7% | 1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.2% | 0.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | 4992.00x | 2115.00x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2024-11-13
- BLACKROCK AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC 2024-11-13 → present
- BLACKROCK SUSTAINABLE AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC 2021-07-30 → 2024-11-13
- BLACKROCK NORTH AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC 2012-08-30 → 2021-07-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due over the period of their assessment based on the following considerations:”
Significant events
- “On 2 February 2026, the Company announced the first quarterly dividend of 3.55 pence for the year ending 31 October 2026. The dividend will be paid on 6 March 2026 to shareholders on the register as of 13 February 2026. There are no other subsequent events to be disclosed (2024: none).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-09-07 | — | — |
| BARRON, David James | Director | 2022-03-22 | Jun 1959 | British |
| COLEY, Susan Gaynor | Director | 2025-06-25 | Jul 1958 | British |
| ROBERTS, Melanie Clare | Director | 2019-10-01 | Nov 1972 | English |
| SOQUAR, Solomon Woldenhaimanot | Director | 2023-03-21 | Jun 1965 | British,Eritrean |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RILEY, Oliver | Secretary | 2012-08-30 | 2012-09-07 |
| CASEY, Christopher Michael | Director | 2012-09-07 | 2023-03-21 |
| IRVINE, Andrew Robertson | Director | 2012-09-07 | 2022-03-22 |
| MILLER, Simon Edward Callum | Director | 2012-09-07 | 2022-10-30 |
| REED, John Charles | Director | 2012-08-30 | 2012-09-07 |
| RILEY, Oliver James Daniel | Director | 2012-08-30 | 2012-09-07 |
| RYDER, Alice Anne | Director | 2013-06-12 | 2025-04-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 613 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 16
- 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.