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Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Public Limited Company (The)

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Active 45 years old · 682nd oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1980s

Company numberSC075954
StatusActive
Incorporated02/09/1981
Accounts last made up to31/08/2025
Next accounts due28/02/2027
Accounts typeFULL
Legal Entity Identifier54930037AGTKN765Y741

Registered office

3 HAYMARKET SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH3 8RY

Other PLCs registered in Edinburgh

Online

Website www.bailliegifford.com/en/uk/individual-investors

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts X, YouTube

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Filing history

This company has 437 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 15/12/2025. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 08/12/2025.

Filings: share capital91
Filings: officer changes4
Filings: resolutions2
Filings: address changes1
Filings: accounts1
Filings: confirmation statements1

The most recent filings

Share capital change 18/09/2026
Director's details changed 15/09/2026
Director's details changed 15/09/2026
Share capital change 14/09/2026
Share capital change 09/09/2026
Share capital change 01/09/2026
Share capital change 24/08/2026
Share capital change 14/08/2026
Share capital change 29/07/2026
Share capital change 17/07/2026

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Who runs it

The register lists 6 current officers and 16 who have resigned.

BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO LIMITED Corporate secretaryappointed 01/07/2014
Sharon Mary Brown Directorappointed 03/10/2019
Simon Lee Davis Directorappointed 01/10/2021
Patricia Rose Lewis Directorappointed 01/08/2023
Joanna Beaufort Pitman Directorappointed 28/06/2018
Robert Edwin Talbut Directorappointed 02/03/2026

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

No charges are registered against this company.

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

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On the register

  • 682nd oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1980s 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.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)