POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
+78.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£448M
-6.5% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
-50.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC 2017-06-20 → present
- POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL HEALTHCARE GROWTH AND INCOME TRUST PLC 2010-05-12 → 2017-06-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,491,000 | £3,471,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,971,000 | £1,985,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,957,000 | £1,976,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,249,000 | £1,554,000 | |
| Cash | £9,552,000 | £17,035,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £489,467,000 | £466,198,000 | |
| Net assets | £479,073,000 | £448,110,000 | |
| Equity | £479,073,000 | £448,110,000 | |
| 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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 72.3% | 57.2% | |
| Net margin | 59.2% | 44.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.2% | 2.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.72x | 3.88x | |
| Interest cover | 283.64x | 220.56x |
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
“At the Company's General Meeting held on 27 November 2025, Shareholders approved changes to the Company's Articles of Association to remove the fixed life and extend the Company's life indefinitely. The Committee has concluded that the Company will remain viable over the five year period.”
Group structure
- POLAR CAPITAL GLOBAL HEALTHCARE TRUST PLC · parent
- PCGH ZDP Plc 100%
Significant events
- “The Company bought back 27,253,026 ordinary shares which were placed into treasury following the tender offer buyback.”
- “At the Company's General Meeting held on 27 November 2025, Shareholders approved changes to the Company's Articles of Association to remove the fixed life and extend the Company's life indefinitely.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLAR CAPITAL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-05-12 | — | — |
| ARNOLD, Lisa | Director | 2018-02-01 | Apr 1962 | British |
| GULLIVER, Caroline | Director | 2025-05-15 | May 1965 | British |
| PARRINDER-JOHNSON, Stacey Louise | Director | 2025-07-01 | May 1980 | British |
| RANSOME, Neal John | Director | 2017-12-13 | May 1960 | British |
| WHITLEY, Jeremy | Director | 2019-12-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTON, John Christopher | Director | 2010-05-12 | 2018-02-28 |
| BRAMPTON, Anthony David | Director | 2010-05-25 | 2020-02-26 |
| FLEMING, Andrew Neil Rithet | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2024-10-21 |
| MILFORD, Antony Brian | Director | 2010-05-13 | 2018-02-28 |
| ROBINSON, James Peyton | Director | 2010-05-12 | 2020-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-01 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-03-17 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-03-17 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-03-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-02-11 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-02-03 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 9
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-36.8%
£5,491,000 £3,471,000
-
Cash
+78.3%
£9,552,000 £17,035,000
-
Net assets
-6.5%
£479,073,000 £448,110,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-50%
£3,971,000 £1,985,000
-
Profit before tax
-50.1%
£3,957,000 £1,976,000
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