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Alliance Witan PLC
One of the UK’s most established investment trusts. Since 1888 we’ve focused on long-term growth and a rising dividend. We take the stress out of investing. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.
Active 138 years old · 25th oldest PLC on the register · incorporated in the 1880s
Registered office
FLOUR MILL, 34 COMMERCIAL STREET, DUNDEE, DD1 3EJ
Online
Website www.alliancewitan.com
News and announcements on their own site
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Group structure
It is the immediate parent of 5 entities:
- AT2006 LIMITED
- ATEP 2009 (CIV) LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
- ALLIANCE TRUST REAL ESTATE PARTNERS
- ATEP 2008 FUNDS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
- ATEP 2009 FUNDS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Ownership as recorded by GLEIF, the body that issues Legal Entity Identifiers. Unlike a shared registered office, these relationships are filed and validated, so they are evidence of a real corporate link.
Filing history
This company has 1,681 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 27/05/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 06/03/2026.
The most recent filings
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Who runs it
The register lists 8 current officers and 46 who have resigned.
Who controls it
The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.
Charges
A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 5 registered charges, of which 4 are not yet recorded as satisfied.
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. (As Security Trustee) Outstanding, created 09/10/2024
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. (As Security Trustee) Outstanding, created 09/10/2024
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. (As Security Trustee) Outstanding, created 15/12/2023
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. (As Security Trustee) Outstanding, created 15/12/2023
The Trustees of the Alliance Trust Companies Pension Fund Fully satisfied, created 25/03/2011
Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.
What it does
This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.
Registered office
No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.
On the register
- 25th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
- One of the 1880s cohort
- Not in liquidation or facing strike off
There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.