ALLIANCE WITAN PLC

Active
Company number SC001731Public limited companyIncorporated 1888

Key figures

£5,112,743,000
Net assets 2025

† ALLIANCE WITAN PLC filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

ALLIANCE WITAN PLC does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 64301

Where the company stands among the 2,263 active companies whose first SIC code is 64301 (Activities of investment trusts).

Net assets£5,112,743,000
Higher than 99% · median £103,651
Total assets£5,490,142,000
Higher than 99% · median £485,890
Cash£121,165,000
Higher than 99% · median £59,959
Company age138.6 years
Older than 99% · median 5.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC£13.8bn
  2. POLAR CAPITAL TECHNOLOGY TRUST PLC£7.3bn
  3. ALLIANCE WITAN PLC£5.1bn
  4. HICL INFRASTRUCTURE PLC£3bn
  5. CALEDONIA INVESTMENTS PLC£3bn
  6. MPI (LONDON) LIMITED£3bn
  7. TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS INVESTMENT TRUST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY£2.5bn
  8. MONKS INVESTMENT TRUST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE)£2.5bn
  9. THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC£2.3bn
  10. FIDELITY EUROPEAN TRUST PLC£2.2bn

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 2,263. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ALLIANCE WITAN PLC

What kind of company is it?

ALLIANCE WITAN PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC001731. It was incorporated on 21 Apr 1888. Its status is active. The registered office is in Dundee (DD1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of investment trusts (64301).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Profit for the year was £53,655,000. Net assets were £5,112,743,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £121,165,000. Total assets were £5,490,142,000 and total liabilities £377,399,000.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 2,263 active companies whose first SIC code is 64301: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £103,651). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £485,890). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £59,959). It is older than 99% of them (median age 5.1 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 11 days to pay suppliers, and 2% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms.

Who runs and controls the company?

4 of 5 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 15 Mar 2027.

Filed accounts2025
2025 †
Profit for the year53,655,000
Cash at bank and in hand121,165,000
Total assets5,490,142,000
Total liabilities377,399,000
Net assets / total equity5,112,743,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
Average time taken to pay invoices
11 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
2%
  • Within 30 days 99%
  • 31 to 60 days 1%
  • After 60 days 0%
Earlier periods (2)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
30 Jun 2019
19
89%
11%
31 Dec 2018
18
94%
7%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

History

3 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £5.1bn
  2. Name changed to ALLIANCE WITAN PLCPreviously ALLIANCE TRUST PLC
  3. Company incorporatedPublic limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.