profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord
£1.89-0.84% today
+12.0% in 1 year
1-year low £1.641-year high £1.98
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average.
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You pay £11.34 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -£7.06 million in 2022 to -£39.5 million in 2025, with -£42.6 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks £78M
Free cash flow 2025£11M
Bought back its own shares£78M
Paid as dividends£14M
Cash vs. debt£12M vs. £51M
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -7 | -37 | 70 | -39 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -9 | -40 | 68 | -43 | |
| -0.02 | -0.07 | 0.13 | -0.09 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 131.2% | 107.5% | 95.9% | 107.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,004 | 915 | 928 | 791 |
| Cash | 13 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| Total debt | 55 | 52 | 51 | 51 |
| Total liabilities | 59 | 56 | 58 | 54 |
| 945 | 859 | 870 | 737 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 470 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -1.0% | -4.6% | 7.8% | -5.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| Dividends paid | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| 43 | 36 | 43 | 78 | |
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Valuation
- 11.3×
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- 1.1×
- 10.9×
- 79.4×
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- 1.3%
- 8.8%
- 1.6%
Profitability
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- 95.9%
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Growth
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- +840.5%
Financial health
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- 0.07
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1.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$16a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
18.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 126.2%
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Questions about The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord
Is The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord AI analysis
Does The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.6% a year, about 18% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out £13.5 million in dividends.
How has The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord stock done over the past year?
Up 12.0% over the past twelve months, to £1.89. It traded between £1.64 and £1.98 and is 4.6% below its high.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.