BAILLIE GIFFORD JAPAN TRUST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (THE)

CALTON SQUARE, 1 GREENSIDE ROW, EDINBURGH, EH1 3AN

Company Number: SC075954
Incorporation date: 02-Sep-1981
Status: Active
Entity type: Public Limited Company

SIC codes:
64301 Activities of investment trusts





SUMMARY

This company is 42.6 years old and is currently active. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 772.4 million which has increased from GBP 732.1 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 15.3 million which is up 10% on previous year's figure of GBP 13.5 million. The company has 5 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 26 other companies, 9 (34.6%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 28-Feb-2025
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Aug-2023)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-Aug-2020 GBP 15,337,000
31-Aug-2019 GBP 13,498,000
31-Aug-2018 GBP 10,874,000


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-Aug-2020 GBP 118,742,000 120,064,000 1,602,000 151,420,000 4,621,000 190,939,000 7,567,000 772,389,000
31-Aug-2019 GBP 40,303,000 41,811,000 1,711,000 71,943,000 4,621,000 190,939,000 4,755,000 732,105,000
31-Aug-2018 GBP 27,788,000 32,488,000 3,943,000 114,486,000 4,523,000 175,455,000 475,000 756,104,000

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
31-Aug-2019 GBP 2.12% 15,582,000 719,157,000 734,739,000 786,117,000
* Average valuation during the period
** Estimated based on average Cash and Debt levels during period

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO LIMITED 01 Jul 2014 28 Mar 2024 11 - 0
Resigned BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 01 Nov 2003 01 Jul 2014 4 - 20
Resigned BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 01 Jul 2014 4 - 20

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Patricia Rose LEWIS 01 Aug 2023 Director British 2 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Simon Lee DAVIS 01 Oct 2021 Investment Manager British 2 - 43 (50.0%)
Active Sharon Mary BROWN 03 Oct 2019 None British 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Joanna Beaufort PITMAN 28 Jun 2018 Director British 2 - 20 (0.0%)
Active David Paul KIDD 30 Nov 2015 Director British 3 - 157 (38.9%)
Resigned James Keith Ross FALCONER 08 Jul 2014 17 May 2022 Director British 0 - 216 (28.6%)
Resigned Martin Harley PALING 01 Nov 2008 16 Dec 2021 Director British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned Paul Stephen DIMOND 31 Jul 2006 06 Dec 2018 Consultant British 0 - 72 (28.6%)
Resigned Nicholas Alastair Charles BANNERMAN 02 Oct 2003 05 Dec 2019 Company Director British 1 - 63 (42.9%)
Resigned Martin Gilbert BARROW 02 Oct 2001 30 Nov 2015 Director British 0 - 80 (0.0%)
Resigned Richard Ronald James BURNS 01 May 2001 06 Dec 2005 Senior Partner Scottish 7 - 2212 (41.4%)
Resigned Richard Arthur BARFIELD 01 Dec 1997 26 Nov 2014 Consultant British 0 - 255 (20.0%)
Resigned John Ashton DARE 17 Jan 1992 01 Oct 1997 Company Director American 1 - 133 (21.4%)
Resigned George VEITCH 25 Jul 1989 30 Apr 2001 Investment Manager British 0 - 60 (0.0%)
Resigned Douglas Christopher Patrick MCDOUGALL 25 Jul 1989 18 Nov 1998 Investment Manager British 0 - 196 (31.6%)
Resigned Rowan Robin MENZIES 25 Jul 1989 Investment Manager British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned John Ashton DARE 01 Oct 1997 Company Director American 1 - 133 (21.4%)
Resigned Andrew Graham Stewart MCCALLUM 06 Dec 2005 Company Director British 0 - 71 (14.3%)
Resigned George Malcolm MURRAY 10 Dec 2008 Company Director British 0 - 201 (5.0%)
Resigned James George Charles WHITE 29 May 1989 Company Director British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Number of active directors: 5
Average tenure of active directors: 4.3 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 7.5 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 17.8%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
ARBUTHNOT FUND MANAGERS LIMITED (00157798) - Active
SHIRES INCOME PLC (00386561) - Active
ARBUTHNOT LATHAM & CO., LIMITED (00819519) - Active
WISTON INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED (00977775) - Dissolved
BNY MELLON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT EMEA LIMITED (01118580) - Active
ARBUTHNOT PENSIONS AND INVESTMENTS LIMITED (01225876) - Dissolved
ARBUTHNOT UNIT TRUST MANAGEMENT LIMITED (01536666) - Active
PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED (01619244) - Active
SARASIN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (01743117) - Dissolved
CHISWELL ASSOCIATES LIMITED (01785715) - Dissolved
ARTILLERY NOMINEES LIMITED (01863215) - Active - Proposal to Strike off
THE GREAT BRITAIN SASAKAWA FOUNDATION (01867362) - Active
CAPITAL HOUSE INVESTMENTS LIMITED (02107754) - Dissolved
TOPSHIRE LIMITED (02209662) - Dissolved
THE SALVATION ARMY INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE COMPANY (02538134) - Active
THE JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATION (02743893) - Active
ALLIANZ TECHNOLOGY TRUST PLC (03117355) - Active
THE LAW DEBENTURE PENSION TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C. (03267461) - Active
SOMERSET HOUSE TRUST (03388137) - Active
NEW FLAG ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED (03666436) - Dissolved
NEW FLAG UK HOLDINGS LIMITED (04091967) - Dissolved
SLD INVESTMENTS LTD (06841592) - Dissolved
THE GOLDEN CHARTER TRUST LIMITED (09392629) - Active
SNOWBALL IMPACT MANAGEMENT LIMITED (12487802) - Active
MID WYND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST PLC (SC042651) - Active
BAILLIE GIFFORD JAPAN TRUST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (THE) (SC075954) - Active
MARTIN CURRIE GLOBAL PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC (SC192761) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

No shareholder data available

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



no controlling companies

BAILLIE GIFFORD JAPAN TRUST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (THE)

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


No Patents found

COMPETITORS

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
BAILLIE GIFFORD JAPAN TRUST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (THE) 1.0% 3.6% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector 1.5% 6.7% 18.5% Medium
Age 0.4% 1.4% 2.7% Medium
Company Type 1.7% 4.0% 5.9% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 1.1% 4.7% 11.8% Medium
Sic code count 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% Medium

VALUATION (BETA)




Valuation ratios as at 2024-02-28


Market Cap GBP Enterprise Value GBP PE EV/Revenue EV/EBITDA
BAILLIE GIFFORD JAPAN TRUST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (THE) 667,370,000 20.4
Closed End Investments
( 209 companies)
118,782,930,000 118,858,825,720 11.0
(median)
10.6
(median)
0.7
(median)
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