EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-30 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£25M
+353.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£603M
-8.2% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£27M
-127.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC 2019-11-14 → present
- JUPITER EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITIES TRUST PLC 2000-08-16 → 2019-11-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,423,000 | £3,985,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £99,345,000 | -£27,111,000 | |
| Net profit | £98,448,000 | -£27,918,000 | |
| Cash | £5,615,000 | £25,444,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £656,438,000 | £602,773,000 | |
| Net assets | £656,438,000 | £602,773,000 | |
| Equity | £656,438,000 | £602,773,000 | |
| 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 | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | 0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.6% | 10.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.14x | 0.43x | |
| Interest cover | 0.89x | 0.99x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties that would affect the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these Accounts.”
Significant events
- “On 7 February 2025, the Board announced a tender offer for up to 25% of its issued share capital; the tender offer was completed successfully on 19 June 2025.”
- “On 30 June 2025, the Investment Manager announced that it had agreed heads of terms for acquisition by River Global PLC.”
- “With effect from 1 October 2025, the management fee payable to the Investment Manager will be reduced.”
- “On 11 August 2025, the Company renewed its revolving credit facility with the Bank of Nova Scotia, London Branch with a maximum drawable amount of £70 million available until September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUNIPER PARTNERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2026-01-01 | — | — |
| BROWN, Sharon Mary | Director | 2019-08-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| DOBBS, Matthew Frederick | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jul 1959 | British |
| HUYSINGA, Jeroen Karel | Director | 2021-09-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
| PATEL, Neeta | Director | 2024-01-01 | May 1961 | British |
| SHUKLA, Manisha | Director | 2023-09-01 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Jackson Worthington | Secretary | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-03 |
| SFEIR, Annabelle | Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2000-10-03 |
| DEVON EQUITY MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-11-14 | 2025-12-31 |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-10-03 | 2019-11-14 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2000-08-16 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2000-08-16 |
| BEST, Philip Edward Fraser | Director | 2009-05-12 | 2021-11-10 |
| CAREY, Thomas Michael | Director | 2000-09-19 | 2000-10-03 |
| D'ALBIAC, James Charles Robert | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2004-09-23 |
| DARWALL, Alexander Frederick Clifford | Director | 2004-08-19 | 2016-02-04 |
| GOULDING, Marrack Irvine, Sir | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2009-09-25 |
| HOLMES, Virginia Anne | Director | 2017-11-07 | 2023-11-15 |
| LAMONT, Norman Stewart Hughson, The Rt Hon Lord Lamont Of Lerwick | Director | 2015-06-24 | 2024-11-13 |
| MARSDEN, Tim | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2000-09-19 |
| PRIESTLEY, Hugh Michael | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2017-11-07 |
| ROBINSON, Jackson Worthington | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2011-10-10 |
| SUTCH, Andrew Lang | Director | 2011-10-10 | 2022-11-16 |
| TILBIAN, Lorna Mona | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2001-05-21 |
| WALLINGER, John David Arnold | Director | 2000-10-03 | 2020-11-16 |
| WESTON, Clive | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2000-10-03 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-08-16 | 2000-08-16 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-08-16 | 2000-08-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 446 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-06-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-06-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-06-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 14
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+353.1%
£5,615,000 £25,444,000
-
Net assets
-8.2%
£656,438,000 £602,773,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+64.5%
£2,423,000 £3,985,000
-
Profit before tax
-127.3%
£99,345,000 -£27,111,000
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