BLACKROCK FRONTIERS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£552K
-67.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£331M
+10% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£16M
-43.5% vs 2024
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 | £17,264,640 | £17,914,752 | |
| Operating profit | £10,616,753 | £10,728,688 | |
| Profit before tax | £28,759,822 | £16,259,451 | |
| Net profit | £28,689,400 | £14,236,471 | |
| Cash | £1,693,106 | £552,261 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £301,157,895 | £331,176,427 | |
| Net assets | £301,143,810 | £331,162,342 | |
| Equity | £301,143,810 | £331,162,342 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 61.5% | 59.9% | |
| Net margin | 166.2% | 79.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.5% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.0% | 4.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.65x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | 286.44x | 1206.15x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board is satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period of five years.”
Significant events
- “The Company's Net Asset Value (NAV) per share produced a total return in US Dollars of +15.1% (2024: +16.4%)”
- “Total dividends for the year amounted to 10.00 cents per share (2024: 8.97 cents).”
- “The Company bought back 5,500 ordinary shares at an average discount of 10.0% for a total cost of US$107,000 during the year ended 30 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-11-23 | — | — |
| AIREY, Elisabeth Patricia | Director | 2021-12-10 | Jan 1959 | British |
| CASEY, Christopher Michael | Director | 2025-10-01 | Mar 1955 | British |
| DOWIDAR, Hatem Mohamed Galal | Director | 2024-02-07 | Dec 1969 | Egyptian |
| HART, Katrina Harriet | Director | 2019-10-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
| TAYLOR-SMITH, Lucy | Director | 2021-12-10 | Oct 1974 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REED, John | Secretary | 2010-10-15 | 2010-11-23 |
| HEATHER, Nicholas | Director | 2010-10-15 | 2010-11-23 |
| MURRAY, John Hyde | Director | 2011-07-12 | 2020-02-04 |
| PITTS-TUCKER, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 2010-11-23 | 2021-02-02 |
| REED, John Charles | Director | 2010-10-15 | 2010-11-23 |
| RUDDICK, Lynn Christine | Director | 2010-11-23 | 2016-11-22 |
| TWISTON-DAVIES, Audley William | Director | 2010-11-23 | 2024-02-06 |
| WHITE, Stephen Frank | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2026-01-23 |
| ZOK, Sarmad | Director | 2011-02-08 | 2024-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 239 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-05-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 3
- 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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+3.8%
£17,264,640 £17,914,752
-
Cash
-67.4%
£1,693,106 £552,261
-
Net assets
+10%
£301,143,810 £331,162,342
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+1.1%
£10,616,753 £10,728,688
-
Profit before tax
-43.5%
£28,759,822 £16,259,451
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