Overview
The Trust aims to maximise capital growth over the long-term from investment primarily in shares of listed UK equities which have the potential to deliver a total return in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index.
The portfolio is a high conviction, concentrated selection of our best ideas in the UK with a bias to mid and smaller cap growth companies, where we intuitively believe the growth spot for UK equities to be.
Performance & Portfolio
Periodic Performance
All figures to 30/11/2024 1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Share Price 21.2% -17.9% 7.5% 45.0% NAV 22.5% -4.5% 13.2% 50.8% Index* 15.8% 25.5% 32.2% 81.1% Performance figures appear in GBP. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
NAV is calculated with borrowings deducted at fair value for 1, 3 and 5 years and par value for 10 years.
*FTSE All-Share (GBP) TR.
Performance source: Morningstar and relevant underlying index provider, total return.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Discrete Performance
Annual Performance to 30 September each year 30/09/2019
30/09/202030/09/2020
30/09/202130/09/2021
30/09/202230/09/2022
30/09/202330/09/2023
30/09/2024Share Price 2.9% 31.5% -36.3% 10.3% 19.1% NAV 2.2% 23.8% -27.8% 9.4% 18.1% Index* -16.6% 27.9% -4.0% 13.8% 13.4% Performance figures appear in GBP. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
NAV is calculated with borrowings deducted at fair value for 1, 3 and 5 years and par value for 10 years.
*FTSE All-Share (GBP) TR.
Performance source: Morningstar and relevant underlying index provider, total return.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Performance 30/11/2024Performance figures appear in GBP. Baillie Gifford took over the management of the Trust in July 2018.
The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
Benchmark data is limited to a 5 year period from the current date.
The graph has been rebased to 100.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future returns.Active share 30/11/2024Relative to FTSE All-Share Index, total return. Source: Baillie Gifford & Co, FTSE.
Holdings - 30/11/2024
Fund % 1 Games Workshop 6.6% 2 Auto Trader 5.7% 3 Volution Group 5.6% 4 Experian 5.3% 5 Ashtead 4.7% 6 AJ Bell 4.4% 7 Wise 3.8% 8 Howden Joinery 3.7% 9 Just Group 3.5% 10 Softcat 3.1% Total 46.2% Insights
View all Insights.Meet the Managers
Iain McCombie
Iain is the head of our UK Equity Team and lead manager of the UK Core Strategy. He is also the joint manager on our flagship Managed Strategy, which he has been involved in since 2000. Iain joined Baillie Gifford in 1994 and became a partner of the firm in 2005. He has previously spent time on the US Equities Team. Iain graduated MA in Accountancy from the University of Aberdeen and subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
Milena Mileva
Milena is an investment manager in the UK Equity Team and lead manager of the UK Alpha Strategy. She is a member of the International All Cap Portfolio Construction Group. She joined Baillie Gifford in 2009 and became a partner of the firm in 2022.Milena graduated BA in Social and Political Science from the University of Cambridge in 2007 and MPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford in 2009.
Documents
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Annual reports
Corporate governance
Factsheets
Interim reports
Investor disclosure document
Other fund literature
Philosophy and process documents
Portfolio valuation
Portfolio voting disclosure
RNS announcements
Sustainability-related disclosures and climate reports
PRIIPs key information document
Disclaimers
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