POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL FINANCIALS TRUST PLC
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Cash
£14m
-51.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£376m
-40.2% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£56m
-66.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £170,221,000 | £59,656,000 | -65% | |
| Profit before tax | £166,226,000 | £56,148,000 | -66.2% | |
| Net profit | £164,575,000 | £54,620,000 | -66.8% | |
| Cash | £28,178,000 | £13,665,000 | -51.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £630,074,000 | £376,459,000 | -40.3% | |
| Net assets | £629,678,000 | £376,292,000 | -40.2% | |
| Equity | £629,678,000 | £376,292,000 | -40.2% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £141,750 | £149,250 | +5.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £43,000 | £46,000 | +7% |
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 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 27.0% | 15.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.5% | 11.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.63x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | 42.61x | 17.01x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial position of the Company as at 30 November 2025 is shown in the balance sheet on page 82... the Directors believe that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Company's Financial Statements.”
Significant events
- “In June 2025, the Company held its first registered tender offer, as a result, 132,912,988 shares were bought back into the treasury account for potential reissue into the market.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLAR CAPITAL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-05-17 | — | — |
| ARNOTT, Susan | Director | 2022-12-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| CORDERY, Simon John | Director | 2019-07-01 | Jul 1962 | British |
| HENDERSON, Angela Dawn | Director | 2022-12-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| MCANULTY, Cecilia Ann | Director | 2021-11-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, Joanne Lesley | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2022-04-07 |
| HART, Katrina Harriet | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2022-12-01 |
| KYPRANOU, Robert | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2013-06-07 |
| KYPRIANOU, Robert | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2023-04-05 |
| MANSELL, John Bradbury | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2013-06-07 |
| TAYLOR, Neil Philip | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2013-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 344 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2026-07-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-03 | 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 | |
| 2026-06-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 16
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.