HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC
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Cash
£3.7M
+50.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£340M
+12.2% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£20M
+4.9% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,397,000 | £20,513,000 | £21,258,000 | +3.6% | |
| Operating profit | £24,150,000 | £18,639,000 | £19,550,000 | +4.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £21,566,000 | £18,639,000 | £19,550,000 | +4.9% | |
| Net profit | £21,420,000 | £18,301,000 | £19,242,000 | +5.1% | |
| Cash | £1,990,000 | £2,493,000 | £3,746,000 | +50.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £242,209,000 | £323,086,000 | £360,082,000 | +11.5% | |
| Net assets | — | £303,207,000 | £340,193,000 | +12.2% | |
| Equity | — | £303,207,000 | £340,193,000 | +12.2% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £168,225 | £187,581 | +11.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 156.8% | 90.9% | 92.0% | |
| Net margin | 139.1% | 89.2% | 90.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 5.8% | 5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 18.4% | 16.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.13x | 0.10x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | 9.35x | 5.16x | 6.88x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HENDERSON HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC 1997-03-21 → present
- TR HIGH INCOME TRUST PLC 1989-09-13 → 1997-03-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the liquidity of the portfolio and concluded that the assets of the Company consist of securities that are readily realisable. They have concluded that the Company is able to meet its financial obligations, including the repayment of the bank loan, as they fall due for a period to 25 March 2027, which is at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements. The Board has determined that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JANUS HENDERSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES UK LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | — | — |
| CRANFIELD, Richard William Lionel | Director | 2020-03-01 | Jan 1956 | British |
| ECSERY, Francesca Eva | Director | 2022-12-31 | Jul 1963 | British,Hungarian |
| RATHI, Preeti | Director | 2024-12-31 | Oct 1986 | British |
| RIGG, Jeremy Peter | Director | 2018-04-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| SILVER, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2019-01-02 | Sep 1957 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAZALGETTE, Vivian Paul | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2016-05-03 |
| BEAUMONT DARK, Anthony Michael, Sir | Director | — | 2002-05-01 |
| BELL, Andrew Leighton Craig | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2018-05-09 |
| CURTIS, Job Sebastian | Director | 1994-06-01 | 2002-05-01 |
| DALBY, Patrick Claude John | Director | 1997-04-24 | 2006-05-02 |
| DUNKERLEY, Christopher | Director | — | 2008-05-13 |
| EASON, William Duncan | Director | — | 2006-05-02 |
| KING, Zoe | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2025-05-13 |
| LITTLEJOHNS, Margaret | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2021-05-24 |
| LOVELL, Penny Ann | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| MACLEAN, Lachlan Roderick | Director | — | 1997-04-24 |
| MANDUCA, Paul Victor Sant | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| NEWHOUSE, Anthony John Raymond | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2020-06-23 |
| STANLEY, John Paul, The Rt Hon Sir | Director | 1997-04-24 | 2007-05-15 |
| STUTTAFORD, William Royden, Sir | Director | 1997-04-24 | 1999-01-02 |
| TWISS, Hugh Jolyon | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2016-05-03 |
| WALKER, Janet Sheila | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2019-05-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 444 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-07-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-05-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 14
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.