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Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust PLC

Activities of investment trusts

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 16

  1. Scott Cochrane 2018-2021 Director View profile
  2. Carolan Dobson 2014-2024 Director View profile
  3. Bob Cowdell 2011-2018 Director View profile
  4. Andrew James Hutton 2008-2019 Director View profile
  5. Stella Jane Pirie 2002-2017 Director View profile
  6. David Cowan Ritchie 2001-2014 Director View profile
  7. Alan Henry Clifton 2001-2016 Director View profile
  8. Ian Macdonald Trotter 1999-2004 Director View profile
  9. Richard Ireland 1994-2002 Director View profile
  10. Simon James Titcomb 1994-2001 Director View profile
  11. Ian Phillips 1994-2008 Director View profile
  12. Keith Melville Niven 1994-2011 Director View profile
  13. Ian Peter Sedgwick 1994-2002 Director View profile
  14. Hon Richard James Nigel Cripps 1994-1994 Director View profile
  15. Andrew Michael Hougie 1994-1994 Secretary View profile
  16. Schroder Investment Management Limited 1994-2018 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of investment trusts
Incorporated
28/01/1994
Registered office
London
Previous names
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund PLC (until 21/05/2021)
Schroder UK Growth Fund PLC (until 02/07/2018)
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

5 directors on the board

5.2y median 4.9y
average tenure
9.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (5)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 24Professional services 4Business services 1Dormant 1Education 1Other services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02894077
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/10/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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