F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

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Next accounts due

2027-06-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-09 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-04-25

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£85M

-7.2% vs 2024

Net assets

£6B

+8.7% vs 2024

Employees

—

Average over period

Profit before tax

£679M

-33% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 2018-11-09 → present
FOREIGN & COLONIAL INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 1992-04-15 → 2018-11-09
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL INVESTMENT TRUST PLC(THE) 1879-03-15 → 1992-04-15

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Financials median

F&C INVESTMENT TRUST PLC·Financials median · n=298

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Turnover	£935,609,000	£618,318,000
Operating profit	£1,027,407,000	£692,520,000
Profit before tax	£1,013,676,000	£678,684,000
Net profit	£999,759,000	£578,654,000
Cash	£91,147,000	£84,594,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£6,257,823,000	£6,715,620,000
Net assets	£5,678,522,000	£6,171,045,000
Equity	£5,678,522,000	£6,171,045,000
Average employees	—	—
Wages	—	—

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	109.8%	112.0%
Net margin	106.9%	93.6%
Return on capital employed	16.4%	10.3%
Current ratio	8.23x	2.20x
Interest cover	99.77x	200.21x

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: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Significant events

“Josh Bottomley was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2025, replacing Edward Knapp who stepped down from the Board on 31 July 2025.”
“Anuradha Chugh was appointed Chairman of the newly-established Customer Strategy Committee on 1 July 2023.”
“Richard Robinson was appointed to the Board on 3 May 2024.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

10 active · 33 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE INVESTMENT BUSINESS LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2014-07-22	—	—
BOTTOMLEY, Hugh Joshua Peter	Director	2025-09-01	Sep 1967	British
CHUGH, Anuradha	Director	2023-07-01	Apr 1973	British
HOLLOND, Beatrice Hannah Millicent	Director	2017-09-01	Oct 1960	British
NEWTON-SMITH, Rain	Director	2021-05-11	Jun 1975	British
PRICE, Quintin Rupert Salter	Director	2020-03-10	Jul 1961	British
ROBINSON, Richard	Director	2024-05-03	Feb 1958	British
RUSSELL, Stephen	Director	2022-02-01	Jan 1964	British
TANKARD, Julie	Director	2022-08-01	Oct 1966	British
WILLIAMS, James Frederick William	Director	2026-05-01	Sep 1965	British

Show 33 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
F & C MANAGEMENT LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	—	2014-07-22
ADAMS, Robert	Director	1998-09-09	2005-01-27
ARKLE, Sarah Fiona	Director	2011-03-02	2022-01-31
BARKER, Andrew Charles	Director	—	1998-12-09
BEVAN, Timothy Hugh, Sir	Director	—	1998-04-24
BONE, Roger Bridgland, Sir	Director	2008-03-06	2021-05-10
BUNBURY, Michael William, Sir	Director	1998-03-23	2012-05-08
BURLEY, Stephen Rodney	Director	2008-01-01	2017-04-25
CLARKE, Kenneth Harry	Director	1997-08-13	2007-05-04
CLEMENTI, David Cecil, Sir	Director	2008-05-23	2012-05-08
DAWSON, Oliver Naimby	Director	—	1999-12-31
ECSERY, Francesca Eva	Director	2013-08-01	2023-04-27
EGAN, John Leopold, Sir	Director	—	1997-12-10
ELSTOB, Eric Carl	Director	—	1995-04-12
FRASER, Simon John	Director	2009-09-22	2019-12-31
FUKUDA, Haruko	Director	—	2005-05-04
GORDON LENNOX, Nicholas Charles, Lord	Director	—	2001-05-09
GOULD, Ronald Jay	Director	2005-05-05	2010-01-27
HART, Michael John	Director	—	1998-03-23
HEWITT, Jeffrey Lindsey	Director	2010-09-15	2022-05-03
JOY, Tom	Director	2021-01-01	2024-03-31
KELJIK, Christopher Avedis	Director	2005-09-01	2016-04-26
KNAPP, Edward Stephen	Director	2016-07-25	2025-07-31
LEIGH PEMBERTON, Robin, The Rt Hon Lord Kingsdown Kg	Director	1993-11-01	1998-04-24
LOVEDAY, Mark Antony	Director	2001-05-09	2010-05-06
MACPHERSON, Ewen Cameron Stewart	Director	1997-02-28	2008-05-01
MOAKES, Nicholas David	Director	2011-03-02	2020-12-31
OGILVY, James Donald Diarmid, The Hon	Director	—	1997-12-10
RENNOCKS, John Leonard	Director	1997-08-13	2008-05-01
ROCKLEY, James Hugh Cecil, Lord	Director	—	2003-05-07
SCLATER, John Richard	Director	—	2002-05-08
WARD, Maxwell Colin Bernard	Director	2000-05-10	2011-05-05
WOOD, Andrew Marley	Director	2000-12-13	2007-05-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 2940 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-05	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-05-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-04-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-04-28	AUD	auditors	Auditors resignation company
2026-04-17	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-04-17	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-03-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2026-03-18	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-03-11	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-03-03	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-03-02	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-02-19	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-01-29	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-01-29	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-01-29	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2026-01-29	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2025-12-17	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2025-12-17	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2025-12-08	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date
2025-12-01	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: 16
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

Turnover

-33.9%

£935,609,000 £618,318,000
Cash

-7.2%

£91,147,000 £84,594,000
Net assets

+8.7%

£5,678,522,000 £6,171,045,000
Employees

—

Not reported
Operating profit

-32.6%

£1,027,407,000 £692,520,000
Profit before tax

-33%

£1,013,676,000 £678,684,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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