Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Public Limited Company (The)

ActiveSC075954 Public limited company

Incorporated: 2 September 1981 (45 years)
Industry: Activities of investment trusts (64301)
Directors: Robert Edwin Talbut
Patricia Rose Lewis
Simon Lee Davis
all 5 directors
Accounts type: Full
Region: Scotland
Address: 3 Haymarket Square
Edinburgh
EH3 8RY

Website & contact details

Group website: bailliegifford.com
The site of this company’s group or brand.

Filing status

Accounts due: 28 February 2027
Last accounts: 31 August 2025
Conf. stmt due: 14 December 2026
Last conf. stmt: 30 November 2025

Officers 6 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Talbut, Robert Edwin

Director · Appointed 2 March 2026

Also at Alliance Witan PLC, Jpmorgan American Investment Trust PLC · more companies

British

Born November 1960

Lewis, Patricia Rose

Director · Appointed 1 August 2023

British

Born June 1970 (56)

Davis, Simon Lee

Director · Appointed 1 October 2021

Also at Allianz Technology Trust PLC · more companies

British

Born December 1965 (60)

Brown, Sharon Mary

Director · Appointed 3 October 2019

British

Born November 1968

Pitman, Joanna Beaufort

Director · Appointed 28 June 2018

British

Born September 1963 (63)

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Corporate Secretary · Appointed 1 July 2014

Also at The Scottish American Investment Company P L C, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Public Limited Company, Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust PLC · more companies

Officer history (16 former)

2 March 2026

Appointed Talbut, Robert Edwin as Director

10 December 2025

Resigned Kidd, David Paul as Director

1 August 2023

Appointed Lewis, Patricia Rose as Director

17 May 2022

Resigned Falconer, James Keith Ross as Director

16 December 2021

Resigned Paling, Martin Harley as Director

1 October 2021

Appointed Davis, Simon Lee as Director

5 December 2019

Resigned Bannerman, Nicholas Alastair Charles as Director

3 October 2019

Appointed Brown, Sharon Mary as Director

6 December 2018

Resigned Dimond, Paul Stephen as Director

28 June 2018

Appointed Pitman, Joanna Beaufort as Director

30 November 2015

Appointed Kidd, David Paul as Director

30 November 2015

Resigned Barrow, Martin Gilbert as Director

26 November 2014

Resigned Barfield, Richard Arthur as Director

8 July 2014

Appointed Falconer, James Keith Ross as Director

1 July 2014

Appointed Baillie Gifford & Co Limited as Corporate Secretary

1 July 2014

Resigned Baillie Gifford & Co as Corporate Secretary

10 December 2008

Resigned Murray, George Malcolm as Director

1 November 2008

Appointed Paling, Martin Harley as Director

31 July 2006

Appointed Dimond, Paul Stephen as Director

6 December 2005

Resigned Burns, Richard Ronald James as Director

6 December 2005

Resigned Mccallum, Andrew Graham Stewart as Director

2 October 2003

Appointed Bannerman, Nicholas Alastair Charles as Director

2 October 2001

Appointed Barrow, Martin Gilbert as Director

1 May 2001

Appointed Burns, Richard Ronald James as Director

30 April 2001

Resigned Veitch, George as Director

18 November 1998

Resigned Mcdougall, Douglas Christopher Patrick as Director

1 December 1997

Appointed Barfield, Richard Arthur as Director

1 October 1997

Resigned Dare, John Ashton as Director

25 July 1989

Appointed Veitch, George as Director

25 July 1989

Resigned Menzies, Rowan Robin as Director

25 July 1989

Appointed Mcdougall, Douglas Christopher Patrick as Director

29 May 1989

Resigned White, James George Charles as Director

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

Date	Description	PDF
5 November 2026	Purchase of own shares
20 October 2026	Purchase of own shares
18 September 2026	Purchase of own shares	—
15 September 2026	Director's details changed
15 September 2026	Director's details changed