ALLIANCE WITAN PLC
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Cash
£10M
-10.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.1B
-2.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£235M
-53.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £516,489,000 | £268,016,000 | -48.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £502,596,000 | £235,057,000 | -53.2% | |
| Net profit | £490,703,000 | £224,464,000 | -54.3% | |
| Cash | £11,282,000 | £10,106,000 | -10.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,538,086,000 | £5,422,519,000 | -2.1% | |
| Net assets | £5,221,953,000 | £5,112,743,000 | -2.1% | |
| Equity | £5,221,953,000 | £5,112,743,000 | -2.1% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £337,000 | £429,000 | +27.3% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 9.3% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.7% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.33x | 1.94x | |
| Interest cover | 40.09x | 16.04x |
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 2024-10-09
- ALLIANCE WITAN PLC 2024-10-09 → present
- ALLIANCE TRUST PLC 2006-06-20 → 2024-10-09
- ALLIANCE TRUST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE) 1888-04-21 → 2006-06-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has assessed the prospects and viability of the Company beyond the 12 months required by the Going Concern accounting provisions. The Board has concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least the next five years; the Board expects this position to continue over many more years to come.”
Group structure
- ALLIANCE WITAN PLC · parent
- AT2006 Limited 100%
- The Second Alliance Trust Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUNIPER PARTNERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-12-31 | — | — |
| BATES, Sarah Catherine | Director | 2021-03-04 | Jan 1959 | British |
| BEAGLES, Rachel Anne | Director | 2024-10-10 | Feb 1968 | British |
| BEVAN, Shauna Louise | Director | 2024-10-10 | Jun 1974 | British |
| BUCKLEY, Dean Robert | Director | 2021-03-04 | Jun 1960 | British |
| DIXON, Josephine | Director | 2020-01-29 | Aug 1959 | British |
| PARK, Milyae | Director | 2022-09-29 | Jan 1970 | British |
| TALBUT, Robert Edwin | Director | 2026-06-01 | Nov 1960 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Lisa | Secretary | 2016-06-01 | 2022-12-30 |
| GODDARD, Ian Lester | Secretary | 2000-11-29 | 2006-05-31 |
| MCPHERSON, Donald James | Secretary | 2006-07-10 | 2016-05-31 |
| RUCKLEY, Sheila Monica | Secretary | 1989-12-01 | 2000-11-29 |
| SUGGETT, Gavin Robert | Secretary | — | 1989-12-01 |
| BERRY, William | Director | 1994-02-01 | 2005-04-29 |
| BLAKE, Christopher, Professor | Director | — | 1994-10-14 |
| BOLLAND, Hugh Westrope | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2012-04-27 |
| BOLTON, Lyndon | Director | — | 1995-04-30 |
| BROOKE, Anthony Leonard | Director | 2015-06-24 | 2023-04-27 |
| BROOKE, Carol Consuelo | Director | 2011-11-25 | 2012-08-29 |
| BURGESS, Robert Michael | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2012-02-09 |
| DEARDS, David Alun | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2009-04-30 |
| DOBIE, Clare Juliet | Director | 2016-05-26 | 2025-05-01 |
| FORSEKE, Karin Birgitta | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| GARRETT-COX, Katherine Lucy | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2016-02-03 |
| HARDEN, Alan Jerry | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-08-29 |
| HARDIE, Douglas Fleming, Sir | Director | — | 1993-10-15 |
| HASTINGS, Victoria Katherine | Director | 2022-09-29 | 2025-07-31 |
| HYLANDS, John Francis | Director | 2008-02-22 | 2016-05-06 |
| INGRAM, Timothy Charles William | Director | 2010-09-24 | 2012-04-27 |
| JACK, William Henderson | Director | 2000-11-29 | 2007-05-24 |
| JOHNSTON, Bruce William Mclaren | Director | 1991-08-16 | 2004-04-30 |
| KERR, Alastair Gibson | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| KNOX, Lesley Mary Samuel | Director | 2001-06-15 | 2012-04-02 |
| MACNAMARA, Rory Patrick | Director | 2015-06-24 | 2016-12-17 |
| MASTERS, Christopher | Director | 2002-11-15 | 2012-12-31 |
| MCQUEEN, William Gordon | Director | 2004-06-02 | 2008-03-31 |
| NOBLE, Susan Margaret | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2016-02-03 |
| PERRY, John Scott | Director | 2024-10-10 | 2025-05-01 |
| POPE, Janet Edna | Director | 2006-11-20 | 2008-03-05 |
| ROBBINS, Winfred Elsie | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2015-02-19 |
| ROBERTSON, William Nelson | Director | 1996-02-01 | 2002-04-26 |
| ROSS, Andrew John Shirley | Director | 2024-10-10 | 2025-12-31 |
| RUCKLEY, Sheila Monica | Director | 2000-11-29 | 2006-07-31 |
| SALMON, Clare Leslie | Director | 2005-06-17 | 2005-08-17 |
| SAMUEL, Christopher John Loraine | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2022-04-21 |
| SHEIKH, Clare Leslie | Director | 2005-09-14 | 2011-05-20 |
| SMITH, Robert Haldane, Lord Smith Of Kelvin | Director | 2016-02-03 | 2019-09-04 |
| SMITH, Robert Courtney, Sir | Director | — | 1996-04-19 |
| STERNBERG, Karl Stephen | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2021-06-30 |
| STEWART, Gregor Ninian | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| SUGGETT, Gavin Robert | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| THOMSON, Andrew Francis | Director | — | 2001-04-27 |
| TROTTER, Alan John | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| YOUNG, Alan Michael Walker | Director | 1992-01-01 | 2006-09-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1675 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-12 | 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
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.