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The Global Smaller Companies Trust PLC

Active 137 years old · 29th oldest PLC on the register · incorporated in the 1880s

Company number00028264
StatusActive
Incorporated15/02/1889
Accounts last made up to30/04/2026
Next accounts due31/10/2027
Accounts typeFULL
Legal Entity Identifier2138008RRULYQP8VP386

Registered office

CANNON PLACE, 78 CANNON STREET, LONDON, EC4N 6AG

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Online

No website could be identified for this company.

Filing history

This company has 1,574 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 04/08/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 04/08/2026.

Filings: share capital90
Filings: confirmation statements2
Filings: accounts2
Filings: officer changes2
Filings: resolutions1

The most recent filings

Share capital change 25/09/2026
Share capital change 25/09/2026
Share capital change 21/09/2026
Share capital change 28/08/2026
Share capital change 11/08/2026
Confirmation statement 04/08/2026
Accounts, full 04/08/2026
Share capital change 29/07/2026
Share capital change 17/07/2026
Share capital change 17/07/2026

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 6 current officers and 25 who have resigned.

COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE INVESTMENT BUSINESS LIMITED Corporate secretaryappointed 22/07/2014
Nicholas Alastair Charles Bannerman Directorappointed 01/10/2019
Bulbul Barrett Directorappointed 01/12/2023
Randeep Singh Grewal Directorappointed 01/12/2023
Zoe King Directorappointed 12/12/2024
Christopher Graham Oldroyd Directorappointed 01/10/2019

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 2 registered charges, of which 0 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
The Law Debenture Trust Corporation PLC
Fully satisfied, created 29/11/1989
Series of debentures
The British Empire Trust Co LTD
Fully satisfied, created 15/07/1964

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.

Also at EC4N 6AG

A shared registered office is not evidence of a relationship. Formation agents and genuine groups look identical on the register.

On the register

  • 29th 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.

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