TEMPLE BAR INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

1. TEMPLE BAR INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 1977-12-31 → present
2. TELEPHONE AND GENERAL TRUST LIMITED 1926-06-24 → 1977-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors have reviewed and discussed the going concern basis of accounting for the Company... Based on this assessment, the Directors have concluded that the Company's business model and strategy remain appropriate to a UK investment trust company operating in the UK equity income sector and that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the Directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”

Significant events

• “Subsequent to the year-end and up to 18 March 2026, the Company issued 8,070,000 ordinary shares for treasury, raising of £31.5m, representing 2.8% of the issued share capital at 31 December 2025.”
• “On 10 February 2026, the Board approved a fourth interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2025, of 3.75p per ordinary share payable on 2 April 2026.”

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

Filings

19

last 12 months

Capital events

12

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +93.7%

  £148,564,000 → £287,767,000

• Cash

  +101.2%

  £6,354,000 → £12,782,000

• Net assets

  +30.9%

  £816,725,000 → £1,069,192,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  +96.1%

  £143,441,000 → £281,299,000

• Profit before tax

  +97.5%

  £141,034,000 → £278,490,000

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