F&C Investment Trust PLC

Active00012901 Public limited company
Incorporated
15 March 1879 (147 years)
Previously known as
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC (until 9 November 2018)
Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust Plc(the) (until 15 April 1992)
Industry
Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (64999)
Directors
James Frederick William Williams
Richard Robinson
Accounts type
Full
Region
Greater London
Address
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AG

Filing status

Accounts due
30 June 2027
Last accounts
31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due
9 May 2027
Last conf. stmt
25 April 2026

Charges

Total
23
Outstanding
1
Part satisfied
1
Satisfied
21

Officers 9 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Williams, James Frederick William
Director · Appointed 1 May 2026
British
Born September 1965 (61)
Director · Appointed 1 September 2025
British
Born September 1967 (59)
Robinson, Richard
Director · Appointed 3 May 2024
British
Born February 1958 (68)
Director · Appointed 1 July 2023
Also at B Lab (UK)
British
Born April 1973 (53)
Tankard, Julie
Director · Appointed 1 August 2022
British
Born October 1966 (60)
Director · Appointed 1 February 2022
Also at Aberdeen UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust PLC, Ruffer LLP, Blackrock Greater Europe Investment Trust PLC
British
Born January 1964 (62)
Director · Appointed 11 May 2021
British
Born June 1975 (51)
Price, Quintin Rupert Salter
Director · Appointed 10 March 2020
British
Born July 1961 (65)
Corporate Secretary · Appointed 22 July 2014
Also at Trust Union Finance (1991) PLC, Showart Limited, Castle Mount Impact Partners GP LLP · more companies
Officer history (34 former)
31 July 2026
1 May 2026
Appointed Williams, James Frederick William as Director
1 September 2025
Appointed Bottomley, Hugh Joshua Peter as Director
31 July 2025
Resigned Knapp, Edward Stephen as Director
3 May 2024
Appointed Robinson, Richard as Director
31 March 2024
Resigned Joy, Tom as Director
1 July 2023
Appointed Chugh, Anuradha as Director
27 April 2023
Resigned Ecsery, Francesca Eva as Director
1 August 2022
Appointed Tankard, Julie as Director
3 May 2022
Resigned Hewitt, Jeffrey Lindsey as Director
1 February 2022
Appointed Russell, Stephen Michael as Director
31 January 2022
Resigned Arkle, Sarah Fiona as Director
11 May 2021
Appointed Newton-Smith, Rain as Director
10 May 2021
Resigned Bone, Roger Bridgland, Sir as Director
1 January 2021
Appointed Joy, Tom as Director
31 December 2020
Resigned Moakes, Nicholas David as Director
10 March 2020
Appointed Price, Quintin Rupert Salter as Director
31 December 2019
Resigned Fraser, Simon John as Director
1 September 2017
25 April 2017
Resigned Burley, Stephen Rodney as Director
25 July 2016
Appointed Knapp, Edward Stephen as Director
26 April 2016
Resigned Keljik, Christopher Avedis as Director
22 July 2014
Resigned F & C Management Limited as Corporate Secretary
22 July 2014
Appointed Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited as Corporate Secretary
1 August 2013
Appointed Ecsery, Francesca Eva as Director
8 May 2012
Resigned Clementi, David Cecil, Sir as Director
8 May 2012
Resigned Bunbury, Michael William, Sir as Director
5 May 2011
Resigned Ward, Maxwell Colin Bernard as Director
2 March 2011
Appointed Arkle, Sarah Fiona as Director
2 March 2011
Appointed Moakes, Nicholas David as Director
15 September 2010
Appointed Hewitt, Jeffrey Lindsey as Director
6 May 2010
Resigned Loveday, Mark Antony as Director
27 January 2010
Resigned Gould, Ronald Jay as Director
22 September 2009
Appointed Fraser, Simon John as Director
23 May 2008
Appointed Clementi, David Cecil, Sir as Director
1 May 2008
1 May 2008
Resigned Rennocks, John Leonard as Director
6 March 2008
Appointed Bone, Roger Bridgland, Sir as Director
1 January 2008
Appointed Burley, Stephen Rodney as Director
4 May 2007
Resigned Wood, Andrew Marley as Director
4 May 2007
Resigned Clarke, Kenneth Harry as Director
1 September 2005
Appointed Keljik, Christopher Avedis as Director
5 May 2005
Appointed Gould, Ronald Jay as Director
4 May 2005
Resigned Fukuda, Haruko as Director
27 January 2005
Resigned Adams, Robert as Director
7 May 2003
Resigned Rockley, James Hugh Cecil, Lord as Director
8 May 2002
Resigned Sclater, John Richard as Director
9 May 2001
Appointed Loveday, Mark Antony as Director
9 May 2001
13 December 2000
Appointed Wood, Andrew Marley as Director
10 May 2000
Appointed Ward, Maxwell Colin Bernard as Director
31 December 1999
Resigned Dawson, Oliver Naimby as Director
9 December 1998
Resigned Barker, Andrew Charles as Director
9 September 1998
Appointed Adams, Robert as Director
24 April 1998
Resigned Bevan, Timothy Hugh, Sir as Director
24 April 1998
23 March 1998
Resigned Hart, Michael John as Director
23 March 1998
Appointed Bunbury, Michael William, Sir as Director
10 December 1997
10 December 1997
Resigned Egan, John Leopold, Sir as Director
13 August 1997
Appointed Rennocks, John Leonard as Director
13 August 1997
Appointed Clarke, Kenneth Harry as Director
28 February 1997
Appointed Macpherson, Ewen Cameron Stewart as Director
12 April 1995
Resigned Elstob, Eric Carl as Director
1 November 1993

Holdings 2

Companies where F&C Investment Trust PLC is registered as a person with significant control

Part right to 25–50% of surplus assets
Active
Part right to 75–100% of surplus assets
Active

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
22 October 2026Purchase of own shares
18 September 2026Purchase of own shares
18 September 2026Purchase of own shares
8 September 2026Purchase of own shares
8 September 2026Purchase of own shares
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