BAILLIE GIFFORD SHIN NIPPON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-17 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£376M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£20M
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,389,000 | £3,650,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£28,257,000 | £21,092,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£29,722,000 | £20,334,000 | |
| Net profit | -£30,461,000 | £19,970,000 | |
| Cash | £20,797,000 | £14,559,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £389,690,000 | £376,436,000 | |
| Net assets | £389,690,000 | £376,436,000 | |
| Equity | £389,690,000 | £376,436,000 | |
| 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 | 2025-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -382.4% | 577.9% | |
| Net margin | -412.2% | 547.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.3% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.1% | 16.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.26x | 0.22x | |
| Interest cover | -19.29x | 27.83x |
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)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
Significant events
- “On 6 August 2025 the Court of Session approved the cancellation of the amount standing to the credit of the Company's share premium account and the crediting of an equivalent amount to the Company's Distributable Capital Reserve. The Court Order became effective when it was filed with the Registrar of Companies on 22 August 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-07-01 | — | — |
| FINN, Claire Elizabeth Catherine | Director | 2021-11-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| ROTHEROE, Abigail Emma | Director | 2022-03-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
| SKINNER, Colin James Marshall | Director | 2018-12-07 | Feb 1961 | British |
| TROUP, Kevin James | Director | 2020-03-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| VIJAYAKUMAR, Sethu, Prof | Director | 2018-09-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Corporate Secretary | — | 2014-07-01 |
| CHARIG, Paul Francis | Director | 2005-02-25 | 2019-05-17 |
| DONALDSON, Michael Neil | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2023-05-17 |
| GEMMELL, Gavin John Norman | Director | — | 2001-05-08 |
| HATHORN, Alexander Michael | Director | 1994-03-02 | 2009-04-29 |
| JOHNSTONE, Ian Temple | Director | — | 1992-09-19 |
| MCLAREN, Iain Archibald | Director | 2009-01-16 | 2019-05-17 |
| MCLEISH, Ian Clelland | Director | 1998-08-28 | 2008-04-30 |
| MINALL, John Charles | Director | — | 1999-04-23 |
| RITCHIE, David Cowan | Director | — | 1998-08-28 |
| ROSE, Barry Michael | Director | 1998-08-28 | 2015-05-21 |
| SOMERSET WEBB, Merryn Rosemary | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2022-05-12 |
| SOMERVILLE, Simon Christopher Neale | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2020-05-14 |
| TULLOCH, Angus John | Director | 2007-11-09 | 2011-10-04 |
| VEITCH, George | Director | — | 1998-08-28 |
| WHITLEY, Sarah Jane Mackay | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2010-06-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 449 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-26 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-13 | 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
- 17
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2025 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2025-01-31