BAILLIE GIFFORD OVERSEAS LIMITED
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Cash
£94m
-15.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£211m
-0.1% vs 2025
Employees
73
+2.8% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£22m
-56% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £484,285,000 | £480,843,000 | £453,774,000 | -5.6% | |
| Operating profit | £39,382,000 | £42,866,000 | £15,053,000 | -64.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £47,982,000 | £49,740,000 | £21,861,000 | -56% | |
| Net profit | £33,420,000 | £34,796,000 | £15,307,000 | -56% | |
| Cash | £136,638,000 | £111,260,000 | £93,813,000 | -15.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £228,435,000 | £218,250,000 | £224,146,000 | +2.7% | |
| Net assets | £221,706,000 | £210,691,000 | £210,569,000 | -0.1% | |
| Equity | £221,706,000 | £210,691,000 | £210,569,000 | -0.1% | |
| Average employees | 75 | 71 | 73 | +2.8% | |
| Wages | £18,381,000 | £17,833,000 | £20,406,000 | +14.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,887,000 | £1,427,000 | £1,604,000 | +12.4% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 8.9% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 7.2% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.2% | 19.6% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.7% | 36.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.48x | 2.37x | 2.34x | |
| Interest cover | 74.73x | 10.30x | 50.51x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and assessing the financial forecasts for 12 months from the date of signing of this report, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and meet its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- BAILLIE GIFFORD OVERSEAS LIMITED · parent
- Baillie Gifford International LLC 100%
- Baillie Gifford Funds Services LLC 100%
- Baillie Gifford Overseas Investment Fund Management (Shanghai) Limited 100%
- Baillie Gifford Asia (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- Baillie Gifford Investment Management (Europe) Limited 100%
- Baillie Gifford Asia (Singapore) Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “BGO Group's average assets under management have fallen over the year from £144.6bn to £112.7bn. Group profit has fallen from £34.8m last year to £15.3m this year.”
- “We noted in the Strategic Report last year that we had taken the decision to deregister BGIM(S) with AMAC as part of our decision to close our PFM China A Share fund in October 2024. This process is now complete and we have successfully liquidated BGIM(S).”
- “As we look to expand our business in Latin America, we have opened a BGO branch in Chile and relocating a staff member to enable direct working relationships with our Chilean clients whilst developing our business further across the region.”
- “We are also in the final stages of planning for the launch of four active Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) into the US market.”
- “After what has been a protracted period of planning, we are now delighted to be initiating the move to our new office in Haymarket which will be complete by the end of Q2 2026.”
- “During the year, Sinclair Coghill and Nick Thomas resigned from the Board and we welcomed Andrew Keiller, an investment specialist in our Emerging Markets team, as a Non-Executive Director, Sarah McKechnie, Group Head of Compliance, and Katherine Davidson, an Investment Manager focussed on global equities as Executive Directors.”
- “During the year, the Company completed the liquidation of one of its wholly owned subsidiaries Baillie Gifford Investment Management (Shanghai) Limited.”
- “During the year 10 employees were made redundant with severance totalling £1,620,621.”
- “On 21 April 2026 a branch was incorporated in Chile to support the BGO Group's activities in Latin America.”
- “On 20 May 2026, the Company advanced a loan of $12.5m to a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking within the BGO Group to provide funding to support its subsidiary to become the seed investor in Baillie Gifford Exchange-Traded Funds.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYER, Sally | Secretary | 2019-09-12 | — | — |
| CONN, Adam Howard Joseph | Director | 2019-10-03 | Aug 1964 | British |
| COOPER, Lyndsay | Director | 2024-02-08 | Dec 1981 | British |
| DAVIDSON, Katherine Anna | Director | 2025-09-11 | Dec 1986 | British |
| HAMILTON, Kathrin | Director | 2012-06-20 | Mar 1975 | British |
| KEILLER, Andrew | Director | 2025-04-01 | Dec 1989 | British |
| MCKECHNIE, Sarah Anne | Director | 2025-09-11 | Jan 1985 | British |
| SCOTT, Gavin Richard Gordon | Director | 2018-07-16 | Dec 1975 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Morag | Secretary | — | 1995-10-13 |
| GRAHAM, Alison | Secretary | 2000-04-12 | 2019-09-12 |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Corporate Secretary | 1995-10-13 | 2000-04-12 |
| ANDERSON, James Kennedy | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2004-09-30 |
| ANDERSON, James Kennedy | Director | — | 1996-01-12 |
| BURNS, Richard Ronald James | Director | — | 1994-12-09 |
| CALLANDER, Alexander James | Director | 2001-04-12 | 2012-04-12 |
| CAMPBELL, Timothy Edward Hugh | Director | 2012-06-20 | 2013-12-12 |
| CARSON, John Seton Burrell | Director | 2002-03-08 | 2007-04-30 |
| COGHILL, Barry Sinclair | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2025-09-11 |
| COOKE, Peter Noel David | Director | 2001-04-12 | 2012-09-25 |
| DAVIS, Jenny Marina | Director | 2020-04-21 | 2023-04-26 |
| GEMMELL, Gavin John Norman | Director | — | 2001-04-12 |
| HADDEN, Peter Coyne | Director | 2007-05-17 | 2016-02-11 |
| HENDERSON, David Shields | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2023-05-11 |
| HOCKNELL, Edward Harry | Director | 1992-10-09 | 2012-04-12 |
| HOWLETT, Gareth Adrian | Director | 1996-01-12 | 2000-08-11 |
| JACKSON, Dickson King | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2023-02-28 |
| LAYBOURN, Graham | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2023-02-09 |
| LIDSTONE, John Ross | Director | — | 2007-04-30 |
| MACLEAN, Alastair David | Director | 2023-02-09 | 2024-12-09 |
| MACPHEE, Michael William Miller Reid | Director | 1999-02-12 | 2000-01-14 |
| MCLEOD, William Angus Burnaby | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2013-04-11 |
| MEEKISON, Gillian Elizabeth | Director | 1994-12-09 | 1997-12-15 |
| MENZIES, Rowan Robin | Director | 1990-10-12 | 2009-04-30 |
| MORECROFT, Nigel Edward | Director | 2007-05-17 | 2011-04-30 |
| NISBET, Thomas Scott | Director | 2007-05-17 | 2021-02-18 |
| RICHARDS, William Ronald | Director | 1997-12-15 | 2006-03-09 |
| SALTER, David William | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2013-12-12 |
| SIGAROUDINIA, Kave Tristan | Director | 2015-08-06 | 2019-02-21 |
| SUTCLIFFE, William | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2015-08-06 |
| TAIT, Anthony Robert | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2024-02-08 |
| TELFER, Andrew James | Director | 2002-09-05 | 2013-12-12 |
| THOMAS, Nicholas | Director | 2020-11-02 | 2025-09-11 |
| THOMAS, Nicholas | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2013-12-12 |
| VEITCH, George | Director | — | 1994-12-09 |
| WARD, Maxwell Colin Bernard | Director | — | 2000-04-12 |
| WHITLEY, Sarah Jane Mackay | Director | 1994-12-09 | 2002-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Edward Hugh Campbell | Individual | Appoints directors | 2025-04-01 | Active |
| Mrs Amy Sybilla Elizabeth Atack | Individual | Appoints directors | 2024-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Malcolm Graham Maccoll | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Andrew James Telfer | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
| Mr Charles Edmund Philip Plowden | Individual | Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.