BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO LIMITED
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Cash
£3.7m
-39.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
-1.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£17m
-13% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £247,114,000 | £229,854,000 | £210,799,000 | -8.3% | |
| Operating profit | £20,638,000 | £18,531,000 | £16,095,000 | -13.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £21,555,000 | £19,359,000 | £16,837,000 | -13% | |
| Net profit | £16,204,000 | £14,519,000 | £12,804,000 | -11.8% | |
| Cash | £12,247,000 | £6,103,000 | £3,699,000 | -39.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £17,566,000 | £17,370,000 | -1.1% | |
| Net assets | £18,797,000 | £17,566,000 | £17,370,000 | -1.1% | |
| Equity | £18,797,000 | £17,566,000 | £17,370,000 | -1.1% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £175,000 | £194,000 | £180,000 | -7.2% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 8.1% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 6.3% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 105.5% | 92.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.09x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 55.89x |
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
- BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO LIMITED 1999-03-04 → present
- BAILLIE, GIFFORD & CO LIMITED 1979-10-08 → 1999-03-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and assessing the financial forecasts for 12 months from the date of signing of this report, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and meet its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN, Gordon | Secretary | 2021-11-26 | — | — |
| BOLSOVER, Katharine Blanche Mary | Director | 2019-05-02 | Jul 1958 | British |
| BUCKLEY, Dean Robert | Director | 2019-04-16 | Jun 1960 | British |
| DELANEY, Evan | Director | 2013-12-09 | May 1969 | British |
| HADDOW, Lucy Beatrice Snowling | Director | 2020-09-08 | May 1988 | British |
| MCGOWAN, Derek Samuel | Director | 2009-02-16 | May 1967 | British |
| MURPHY, Christopher Mark | Director | 2023-11-22 | Dec 1977 | British |
| TURPIN, Christian Richard Spencer | Director | 2023-11-22 | Aug 1972 | British,Irish |
| WYLIE, Michael James Crawford | Director | 2015-11-10 | Oct 1970 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROTHERSTON, James Richard | Secretary | 2017-02-21 | 2018-09-14 |
| DOUGLAS, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 2020-04-08 | 2021-11-26 |
| DOUGLAS, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 2011-08-30 | 2017-02-21 |
| FRASER, Colin Murray | Secretary | 2009-02-06 | 2011-08-30 |
| LETHAM, Richard John | Secretary | 2018-09-14 | 2020-03-31 |
| MCGOWAN, Derek Samuel | Secretary | 2003-04-23 | 2009-02-06 |
| WILSON, John Hendry | Secretary | — | 2003-04-23 |
| ALLAN, James Murray | Director | 1994-12-21 | 2005-04-26 |
| ANDERSON, James Kennedy | Director | — | 1994-12-21 |
| ANDERSON, Morag | Director | — | 1995-10-27 |
| BEATTIE, Lindsey May | Director | 2014-01-14 | 2016-03-31 |
| BREWIS, Thomas Michael | Director | 1999-02-15 | 2003-02-03 |
| BUDDEN, James Nicholas Christopher | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2013-12-31 |
| CALLANDER, Alexander James | Director | 2001-01-15 | 2012-01-31 |
| CALLANDER, Alexander James | Director | — | 1994-12-21 |
| CAMPBELL, Mark David Lindsey | Director | 1988-10-03 | 1998-04-30 |
| DEWAR, Lynn Catherine | Director | 2005-05-19 | 2017-08-31 |
| EDWARDS, Kenneth | Director | 1999-02-15 | 2010-11-04 |
| EDWARDSON, Patrick James | Director | 2005-10-25 | 2019-09-06 |
| FLETCHER, Christopher George Alvan | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2011-03-31 |
| FRASER, Colin Murray | Director | 2011-02-15 | 2026-02-26 |
| GEMMELL, Gavin John Norman | Director | 1994-11-25 | 2001-04-30 |
| LIDSTONE, John Ross | Director | 1994-10-20 | 1999-02-15 |
| MACPHEE, Michael William Miller Reid | Director | 2001-04-17 | 2005-10-25 |
| MCDOUGALL, Douglas Christopher Patrick | Director | — | 1994-11-25 |
| MCGHIE, James Erskine | Director | 1996-12-20 | 2011-03-31 |
| PATERSON, Alan William | Director | 2010-02-05 | 2019-08-29 |
| SWINDELLS, Susan | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2019-11-08 |
| TELFER, Andrew James | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2023-11-22 |
| VEITCH, George | Director | — | 1994-12-21 |
| WALKER, Grant George | Director | 2010-11-04 | 2013-12-31 |
| WILSON, John Hendry | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2015-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Edward Hugh Campbell | Individual | Appoints directors | 2025-04-01 | Active |
| Mrs Amy Sybilla Elizabeth Atack | Individual | Appoints directors | 2024-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Malcolm Graham Maccoll | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Andrew James Telfer | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
| Mr Charles Edmund Philip Plowden | Individual | Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-24 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.