DUNEDIN INCOME GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
Managed by abrdn Fund Managers Limited, this premium-listed investment trust focuses on achieving income and capital growth through a diversified portfolio of primarily UK-quoted equities.
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Cash
£4.8m
+105.1% vs 2025
Net assets
£394m
-8.2% vs 2025
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£28m
-17.4% vs 2025
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £36,505,000 | £30,309,000 | -17% | |
| Profit before tax | £34,438,000 | £28,459,000 | -17.4% | |
| Net profit | £33,928,000 | £27,774,000 | -18.1% | |
| Cash | £2,329,000 | £4,777,000 | +105.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £458,280,000 | £423,286,000 | -7.6% | |
| Net assets | £428,528,000 | £393,526,000 | -8.2% | |
| Equity | £428,528,000 | £393,526,000 | -8.2% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £170,000 | £161,798 | -4.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £31,500 | £40,981 | +30.1% |
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 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 8.0% | 7.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.4% | 11.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.28x | 0.41x | |
| Interest cover | 17.66x | 16.38x |
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
- DUNEDIN INCOME GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 1990-04-27 → present
- THE FIRST SCOTTISH AMERICAN TRUST P.L.C. 1879-03-24 → 1990-04-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having taken these matters into account, the Directors believe that the Company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for at least twelve months from the date of this Report.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABERDEEN CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2026-08-31 | — | — |
| COLLINS, Gay | Director | 2021-07-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
| HART, Katrina Harriet | Director | 2026-03-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
| MONTGOMERY, Christine Ann | Director | 2020-02-01 | Oct 1961 | British |
| SARWAL, Arun Kumar | Director | 2025-02-01 | Dec 1957 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Howard | Director | 2018-04-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-06-01 | 2026-08-31 |
| DUNEDIN FUND MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 1996-08-20 |
| EDINBURGH FUND MANAGERS PLC | Corporate Secretary | 1996-08-20 | 2006-06-01 |
| BARRON, David James | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2025-05-22 |
| BROWN, Ewan | Director | 1995-05-23 | 2001-04-26 |
| BUDGE, Ruaridh Mackenzie | Director | 2000-01-25 | 2007-05-08 |
| CARSON, John Seton Burrell | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2018-05-24 |
| CLAYDON, Mary Catherine | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2020-07-16 |
| COLTMAN, David Alexander | Director | 1993-10-19 | 1996-04-23 |
| DOUGLAS MILLER, Robert Alexander Gavin | Director | 1989-05-23 | 2006-05-04 |
| EGLINTON AND WINTON, Archibald George Montgomerie, The Rt Earl Of | Director | — | 2000-01-25 |
| FLEMING, Valentine Patrick | Director | — | 2001-03-13 |
| GUILD, Ivor Reginald | Director | — | 1994-04-19 |
| JUDD, Jasper Rayner Augusto | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2025-05-22 |
| MACNAMARA, Rory Patrick | Director | 2005-09-07 | 2016-12-17 |
| MARR, William Donald | Director | — | 1996-04-23 |
| MARR, William Donald | Director | — | 1989-12-04 |
| MATTERSON, Jean Grace Kemmis | Director | 1997-03-11 | 2011-05-23 |
| SCOTT, Elisabeth Charlotte | Director | 2012-01-24 | 2021-06-10 |
| SCOTT, John Philip Henry Schomberg | Director | 2001-03-13 | 2012-05-23 |
| WARD, Maxwell Colin Bernard | Director | 2000-01-25 | 2006-05-04 |
| WOLTON, Peter Hugh | Director | 2006-05-04 | 2016-05-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 617 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2026-10-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-09-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-09-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-09-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-09-01 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-09-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-08-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-06-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2026-05-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-18 | 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
- 2
- 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.