MURRAY INTERNATIONAL TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-20 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£25M
+185.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£2B
+14.4% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£91M
+15.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MURRAY INTERNATIONAL TRUST PLC 1984-08-20 → present
- MURRAY WESTERN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC 1907-12-18 → 1984-08-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £84,517,000 | £96,341,000 | |
| Operating profit | £79,937,000 | £92,081,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £79,009,000 | £91,232,000 | |
| Net profit | £70,975,000 | £82,592,000 | |
| Cash | £8,732,000 | £24,966,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,788,765,000 | £2,030,900,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,678,849,000 | £1,920,974,000 | |
| Equity | £1,678,849,000 | £1,920,974,000 | |
| 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 94.6% | 95.6% | |
| Net margin | 84.0% | 85.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 4.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.1% | 5.4% | |
| Current ratio | 8.60x | 9.65x | |
| Interest cover | 86.14x | 108.46x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Our audit work concludes that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Tensions in the Middle East escalated during the Spring, culminating in a brief direct confrontation between Israel and Iran.”
- “Global trade tensions eased, following a surprise US-China trade framework trade agreement with the United Kingdom, and additional bilateral deals elsewhere.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRDN HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-02-14 | — | — |
| BINYON, Claire Margaret | Director | 2018-04-26 | Sep 1966 | British |
| COLQUHOUN, Wendy Margaret | Director | 2023-09-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| ECKERSLEY, Gregory Douglas | Director | 2023-05-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
| HOLMES, Virginia Anne | Director | 2022-06-22 | May 1960 | British |
| HUYSINGA, Jeroen Karel | Director | 2025-05-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
| MELHUISH, Nicholas James Anthony | Director | 2021-05-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY JOHNSTONE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 2002-02-14 |
| BENSON, David Holford | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2009-04-22 |
| BEST, James Douglas | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2018-04-26 |
| BROWN, Ella Irene | Director | 2011-04-29 | 2011-06-17 |
| BRUCE, Janet Patricia, Lady Balfour Of Burleigh | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2016-04-26 |
| BURNETT-STUART, Joseph, Mr. | Director | 1991-04-29 | 1995-04-24 |
| CAMPBELL, Marcia Dominic | Director | 2012-04-27 | 2021-04-23 |
| CARTER, Kevin James, Dr | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2021-04-23 |
| COATS, William David, Sir | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| CUTHBERT, William Moncrieff | Director | — | 1989-05-15 |
| DENHOLM, John Ferguson, Sir | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| DUNSCOMBE, Peter William | Director | 2011-04-29 | 2020-04-24 |
| FERGUSSON, Adam Dugdale | Director | 1995-04-24 | 2001-07-23 |
| FRASER, Simon | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2021-08-09 |
| HARDIE, David | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| HARDMAN, Blaise Noel Anthony | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| JOHNSTONE, Raymond, Sir | Director | 1989-11-27 | 2005-05-03 |
| MACKESY, Alexandra Jane | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2025-04-24 |
| MACPHERSON, Ewen Alan | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
| SHEA, Michael Sinclair, Dr | Director | 1992-07-27 | 2001-04-30 |
| SHEDDEN, Alfred Charles | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2014-04-29 |
| STEPHEN, Alexander Moncrieff Mitchell | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
| SUTHERLAND, Donald Gilmour | Director | — | 1989-08-31 |
| TROTT, John Francis Henry | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2011-04-28 |
| THE RT HON VISCOUNT YOUNGER OF LECKIE | Corporate Director | 1989-11-27 | 2002-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 828 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-08 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-01 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-28 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-22 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-20 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-02-25 | 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 | |
| 2026-02-18 | 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 | |
| 2025-12-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2025-08-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-11 | 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
- 16
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+14%
£84,517,000 £96,341,000
-
Cash
+185.9%
£8,732,000 £24,966,000
-
Net assets
+14.4%
£1,678,849,000 £1,920,974,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+15.2%
£79,937,000 £92,081,000
-
Profit before tax
+15.5%
£79,009,000 £91,232,000
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