HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-18 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+25.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£323M
+33.4% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£26M
+21% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC 1997-03-21 → present
- TR HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC 1989-09-13 → 1997-03-21
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,397,000 | £20,826,000 | |
| Operating profit | £24,150,000 | £29,698,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £21,566,000 | £26,086,000 | |
| Net profit | £21,420,000 | £25,977,000 | |
| Cash | £1,990,000 | £2,493,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £242,209,000 | £323,086,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| 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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 156.8% | 142.6% | |
| Net margin | 139.1% | 124.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 9.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.13x | 0.10x | |
| Interest cover | 9.35x | 8.22x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded, based on their assessment and discussions with key investors, that they have no reason to believe that the shareholders will not vote for continuation. As such, they are satisfied that the Company will be able to continue its operations and meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approving the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During 2024 the Board recommended the payment of dividends totalling 10.6 pence per share, an increase of 2.4% over the payment in 2023. This increase represented the 12th consecutive year of dividend growth from the Company.”
- “In December 2024 the Company renewed its loan facility of up to £85 million with BNP Paribas, London Branch. The facility has a duration of 12 months and the terms on which the facility was renewed remain competitive.”
- “As previously reported the Company was able to issue some £72.1 million of new shares in January 2024 to shareholders in HDIV.”
- “During the course of 2024 the Board regularly reviewed the Company's share price discount to NAV, particularly in the context of discounts prevailing across the wider UK equity income sector. ... as at 24 March 2025 the Company has purchased 960,130 shares representing 0.56% of the issued share capital. The shares will be held in treasury.”
- “The Company's Articles of Association provide that shareholders should have the opportunity every fifth year to vote on whether they wish to continue the life of the Company or to wind it up. Shareholders will, therefore, be asked to vote on this at the forthcoming AGM”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JANUS HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES UK LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | — | — |
| CRANFIELD, Richard William Lionel | Director | 2020-03-01 | Jan 1956 | British |
| ECSERY, Francesca Eva | Director | 2022-12-31 | Jul 1963 | British,Hungarian |
| RATHI, Preeti | Director | 2024-12-31 | Oct 1986 | British |
| RIGG, Jeremy Peter | Director | 2018-04-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| SILVER, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2019-01-02 | Sep 1957 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAZALGETTE, Vivian Paul | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2016-05-03 |
| BEAUMONT DARK, Anthony Michael, Sir | Director | — | 2002-05-01 |
| BELL, Andrew Leighton Craig | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2018-05-09 |
| CURTIS, Job Sebastian | Director | 1994-06-01 | 2002-05-01 |
| DALBY, Patrick Claude John | Director | 1997-04-24 | 2006-05-02 |
| DUNKERLEY, Christopher | Director | — | 2008-05-13 |
| EASON, William Duncan | Director | — | 2006-05-02 |
| KING, Zoe | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2025-05-13 |
| LITTLEJOHNS, Margaret | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2021-05-24 |
| LOVELL, Penny Ann | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| MACLEAN, Lachlan Roderick | Director | — | 1997-04-24 |
| MANDUCA, Paul Victor Sant | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| NEWHOUSE, Anthony John Raymond | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2020-06-23 |
| STANLEY, John Paul, The Rt Hon Sir | Director | 1997-04-24 | 2007-05-15 |
| STUTTAFORD, William Royden, Sir | Director | 1997-04-24 | 1999-01-02 |
| TWISS, Hugh Jolyon | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2016-05-03 |
| WALKER, Janet Sheila | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2019-05-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 442 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-07-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-05-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | 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
- 15
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+35.3%
£15,397,000 £20,826,000
-
Cash
+25.3%
£1,990,000 £2,493,000
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+23%
£24,150,000 £29,698,000
-
Profit before tax
+21%
£21,566,000 £26,086,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers