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About the company
The Global Smaller Companies Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The Company's objective is to secure a high total return by investing in smaller companies worldwide. The Company seeks to create a portfolio avoiding over exposure to any one company, sector, or market. The Company is suitable for retail investors in the United Kingdom, professionally advised private clients and institutional investors who seek growth over the long term and who understand and are willing to accept the risks, as well as the rewards, of exposure to smaller companies. The Company's investment portfolio includes sectors, such as industrials, collective investments, financials, consumer discretionary, technology, healthcare, basic materials, consumer staples, real estate, energy, telecommunications, and utilities. The Company's investment manager is Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited.
- Revenue in GBP (TTM)75.97m
- Net income in GBP67.59m
- Incorporated1889
- Employees0.00
- LocationThe Global Smaller Companies Trust PLCCannon Place, 78 Cannon StreetLONDON EC4N 6AGUnited KingdomGBR
- Phone+44 207 628 8000
- Fax+44 207 628 8188
- Websitehttps://www.columbiathreadneedle.co.uk/the-global-smaller-companies-trust-plc/
Profile
| Management group(s) | BMO Investment Business Ltd |
|---|---|
| AIC sector | Global Smaller Companies |
| ISIN | GB00BKLXD974 |
| Launch date | 15 Feb 1889 |
| Share type | Ordinary Share |
| Structure | Investment Trust |
| Base currency | GBP |
Objective
The fund invests in smaller companies worldwide in order to secure a high total return. The fund pursues this investment objective by investing in a large number of stocks in various industry sectors and geographic locations. There are no specific sector or geographical exposure limits. Whilst the fund has a global orientation, its objective is to find attractively valued investment opportunities wherever they may be and it is therefore not constrained to mandatory weightings per geographic region.
Managed by
| Nish Patel |
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Management & contract fees
The Manager is paid a management fee at the rate of 0.55% per annum of the Company’s NAV up to £750m, and at the rate of 0.5% per annum of the Company’s NAV in excess of £750m . The fee is calculated and paid monthly. There is no performance fee. Contract terminable on 6 months notice.
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Dragon Trust PLC | -36.25m | -46.86m | 684.27m | 0.00 | -- | 1.04 | -- | -- | -0.4243 | -0.4243 | -0.2786 | 4.20 | -0.0533 | -- | -- | -- | -6.89 | 0.5553 | -7.44 | 0.5826 | -- | 63.44 | -- | 32.25 | -- | -17.66 | 0.0806 | 187.65 | -77.24 | -- | -71.42 | -- | -- | 10.53 |
| Schiehallion Fund Ltd | 66.92m | 59.00m | 690.84m | 0.00 | 11.80 | 0.7591 | -- | 10.32 | 0.0737 | 0.0737 | 0.0839 | 1.15 | 0.0745 | -- | 7.09 | -- | 6.57 | -- | 6.68 | -- | 89.96 | -- | 88.16 | -- | -- | -- | 0.00 | -- | 125.25 | -- | 121.23 | -- | -- | -- |
| Apax Global Alpha Ltd | 13.54m | 2.88m | 691.52m | 0.00 | 241.41 | 0.6766 | -- | 51.09 | 0.0059 | 0.0059 | 0.0276 | 2.09 | 0.0128 | -- | 4.58 | -- | 0.2715 | 10.54 | 0.2731 | 10.66 | 78.04 | -- | 21.24 | 90.78 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 48.74 | 169.88 | -0.9873 | 148.60 | -3.81 | -- | 6.83 |
| Syncona Ltd | 30.75m | 3.79m | 704.71m | 0.00 | 169.47 | 0.5872 | -- | 22.92 | 0.0066 | 0.0066 | 0.0461 | 1.89 | 0.0244 | -- | 3.19 | -- | 0.3007 | -2.82 | 0.3035 | -2.85 | -- | -- | 12.32 | -- | -- | -- | 0.00 | -- | 177.28 | -41.24 | 106.76 | -60.84 | -- | -- |
| XPS Pensions Group PLC | 199.43m | 54.17m | 731.05m | 1.57k | 14.23 | 3.92 | 10.90 | 3.67 | 0.2467 | 0.2467 | 0.9081 | 0.8955 | 0.7052 | -- | 4.21 | -- | 19.15 | 7.02 | 22.62 | 7.97 | -- | -- | 27.16 | 12.73 | -- | 8.03 | 0.149 | 83.67 | 19.71 | 12.66 | 242.03 | 39.18 | 23.21 | 9.68 |
| NB Private Equity Partners Ltd | 12.29m | -17.13m | 738.87m | -- | -- | 0.7409 | -- | 60.11 | -0.3675 | -0.3675 | 0.2649 | 21.57 | 0.0108 | -- | -- | -- | -1.51 | 9.54 | -1.52 | 9.70 | -66.08 | 87.14 | -139.38 | 72.89 | -- | -- | 0.1172 | 28.63 | 191.67 | -2.40 | 124.85 | -10.29 | -- | 10.91 |
| Temple Bar Investment Trust PLC | 164.88m | 155.68m | 757.84m | 0.00 | 4.97 | 0.9639 | 4.87 | 4.60 | 0.5347 | 0.5347 | 0.5645 | 2.75 | 0.2006 | -- | 29.11 | -- | 18.94 | 3.82 | 19.01 | 3.86 | 96.67 | 83.80 | 94.42 | 78.33 | -- | -- | 0.0865 | 85.55 | 1,320.23 | -- | 643.71 | -- | -- | 38.72 |
| Global Smaller Companies Trust PLC | 75.97m | 67.59m | 773.75m | 0.00 | 12.16 | 0.9404 | -- | 10.18 | 0.136 | 0.136 | 0.1479 | 1.76 | 0.0824 | -- | 8.85 | -- | 7.33 | 5.00 | 7.51 | 5.11 | 92.42 | 89.42 | 88.97 | 86.06 | -- | -- | 0.0559 | 24.18 | 336.76 | 14.25 | 270.00 | 16.55 | -- | 11.24 |
| TwentyFour Income Fund Ltd | 144.08m | 136.01m | 779.25m | 0.00 | 5.71 | 0.9579 | -- | 5.41 | 0.1824 | 0.1824 | 0.1933 | 1.09 | 0.1784 | -- | 16.08 | -- | 16.84 | 6.36 | 17.68 | 6.73 | 95.07 | 88.41 | 94.40 | 86.63 | -- | -- | 0.017 | 114.26 | 1,094.43 | 65.22 | 701.96 | 81.17 | -- | 9.15 |
| Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc | 12.80m | -1.08m | 780.50m | 0.00 | -- | 0.949 | -- | 60.96 | -0.0013 | -0.0013 | 0.0828 | 5.69 | 0.014 | -- | 4.46 | -- | -0.1177 | 3.73 | -0.1209 | 3.81 | 42.26 | 84.23 | -8.40 | 75.49 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 47.83 | 125.73 | -5.49 | 115.41 | -8.68 | -- | 4.78 |
| Biopharma Credit PLC | 105.52m | 84.62m | 799.29m | 11.00 | 10.04 | 0.8617 | -- | 7.58 | 0.0865 | 0.0865 | 0.107 | 1.01 | 0.1063 | -- | 3.57 | 12,396,270.00 | 8.53 | 8.48 | 8.56 | 8.57 | 81.85 | 83.12 | 80.20 | 81.71 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 98.44 | -37.78 | 6.89 | -40.51 | 9.11 | -- | 11.38 |
| Patria Private Equity Trust PLC | 69.87m | 48.87m | 816.44m | 0.00 | 16.86 | 0.6829 | -- | 11.68 | 0.3179 | 0.3179 | 0.4545 | 7.85 | 0.0533 | -- | 527.35 | -- | 3.73 | 13.46 | 4.10 | 13.89 | 72.84 | 92.99 | 69.94 | 90.83 | -- | -- | 0.1012 | 16.84 | -49.35 | -2.36 | -57.55 | -5.55 | -- | 5.23 |
| ICG Enterprise Trust PLC | 58.97m | 33.41m | 821.97m | 0.00 | 24.58 | 0.6681 | -- | 13.94 | 0.515 | 0.515 | 0.9198 | 18.95 | 0.043 | -- | 25.99 | -- | 2.44 | 12.51 | 2.61 | 12.74 | 72.71 | 91.07 | 56.65 | 87.48 | -- | -- | 0.0683 | 12.92 | -76.87 | -14.06 | -89.44 | -26.65 | -- | 8.45 |
| Merchants Trust plc | 119.55m | 108.81m | 832.66m | 0.00 | 7.65 | 0.9434 | -- | 6.97 | 0.7333 | 0.7333 | 0.8085 | 5.95 | 0.1278 | -- | -- | -- | 11.64 | 5.65 | 11.94 | 5.88 | 92.57 | 82.97 | 91.02 | 80.36 | -- | -- | 0.0705 | 80.57 | -140.19 | -- | -175.27 | -- | -- | 7.92 |
| Octopus Titan VCT PLC | -151.39m | -178.12m | 833.49m | 0.00 | -- | 0.9449 | -- | -- | -0.1109 | -0.1109 | -0.0949 | 0.5355 | -0.1553 | -- | -- | -- | -18.27 | -- | -18.29 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.00 | -- | 59.28 | -- | 53.17 | -- | -- | -- |
| Murray Income Trust plc | 102.65m | 94.78m | 841.68m | 0.00 | 9.35 | 0.8668 | -- | 8.20 | 0.877 | 0.877 | 0.9492 | 9.46 | 0.092 | -- | 10.38 | -- | 8.49 | 5.25 | 8.59 | 5.31 | 93.90 | 90.85 | 92.34 | 87.75 | -- | -- | 0.1031 | 70.41 | 24.85 | 16.57 | 28.98 | 17.36 | -- | 2.52 |
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia Threadneedle Asset Managers Ltd.as of 01 Oct 2024 | 262.41m | 54.82% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.as of 01 Oct 2024 | 6.74m | 1.41% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Oct 2024 | 5.66m | 1.18% |
| Investec Wealth & Investment Ltd.as of 01 Oct 2024 | 4.66m | 0.97% |
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 01 Oct 2024 | 4.09m | 0.85% |
| HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Oct 2024 | 3.89m | 0.81% |
| Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLPas of 01 Oct 2024 | 3.67m | 0.77% |
| Legal & General Investment Management Ltd.as of 01 Oct 2024 | 3.27m | 0.68% |
| Rathbones Investment Management Ltd.as of 01 Oct 2024 | 3.27m | 0.68% |
| Vanguard Global Advisers LLCas of 01 Oct 2024 | 2.86m | 0.60% |
