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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc

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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc

  • Price (GBX)1,442.00
  • Today's Change8.00 / 0.56%
  • Shares traded198.41k
  • 1 Year change11.96%
  • Beta1.9447
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About the company

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The investment objective of the Company achieves a net asset value total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than that of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies (NSCI (XIC))) over the long term. It aims to achieve its objective by investing in securities of companies that are or that would be constituents of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies). The Company also aims to achieve its objective by investing in small United Kingdom quoted companies. It invests in various sectors, such as technology, telecommunications, health care, financials, real estate, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, industrials, basic materials and energy. Its investment manager is Aberforth Partners LLP.

  • Revenue in GBP (TTM)274.29m
  • Net income in GBP257.22m
  • Incorporated1990
  • Employees0.00
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Profile

Management group(s)Aberforth Partners LLP
AIC sectorUK Smaller Companies
ISINGB0000066554
Launch date10 Dec 1990
Share typeOrdinary Share
StructureInvestment Trust
Base currencyGBP

Objective

To achieve a NAV total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than on the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) over the long term, by investing in over 80 small UK quoted companies.

Managed by

Jeremy George Alexander Hall, Euan Robin Macdonald, Samuel George Ford, Robert Scott Moncrieff, Rowan Marron, Peter Robert Shaw

Management & contract fees

Annual management fee of 0.75% of the NAV of the Company up to GBP 1bn; 0.65% thereafter. No performance fee. Contract terminable on 6 months notice.

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Data as of Nov 22 2024. Currency figures normalised to Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX
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