Objective
To achieve long-term capital growth for shareholders through investment mainly in smaller UK quoted companies.
Management group
BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
Launch date
02/05/1906
Domicile
United Kingdom
Fund manager
Roland Arnold
Dividend frequency
Semi-Annually
Wind-up provisions
The Company has an unlimited life.
Market Cap (m) Total assets (m) Price (last close) NAV Discount / premium (%) Gearing (%) Dividend yield (%) Dividend dates Ongoing charge (%)
632.47 780.30 1,338.00 1,538.99 -13.06 7 2.99 May, Nov 0.7 (28/02/2023)
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Dividends

Dividends declared in last 12 months

Ex-Dividend date Payment date Dividend amount Special dividend Financial year
02/11/2023 04/12/2023 15.000 No 2024
18/05/2023 27/06/2023 25.500 No 2023
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Performance (%)

Return type 1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years
BlackRock Smaller Companies Share price total return 6.9 -18.2 10.2 91.1
UK Smaller Companies AIC sector Share price total return 7.2 -12.5 18.5 70.0
Morningstar UK Small Cap * Total return 7.5 -5.1 13.8 39.5
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* The Morningstar market index is not necessarily the official benchmark of the investment company, however it has been identified as an appropriate comparative index. Please hover over the definition for further detail on the index construction.

Share structure

Number of shares
47,269,792

Traded volumes (number of shares)

  Yesterday 1 month 1 year 5 years
Total 76,797 1,556,702 22,809,212 104,664,059
Average N/A 75,400 90,088 82,924
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Traded values (m)

  Yesterday 1 month 1 year 5 years
Total 1.03 20.88 295.85 1,540.36
Average N/A 1.01 1.17 1.22
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Trading details

ISIN TIDM Traded currency Stock exchange
GB0006436108 BRSC GBX London Stock Exchange - MAIN
Chi-x Europe Limited
London Stock Exchange
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Top holdings

Data as at : 29/02/2024

Investment % of total assets
Gamma Communications PLC 2.9
4imprint Group PLC 2.7
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2.3
Hill & Smith PLC 2.3
Chemring Group PLC 2.3
Workspace Group PLC 2.2
Breedon Group PLC 2.1
YouGov PLC 2.1
Tatton Asset Management PLC 2.1
Blackrock Smaller Companies Trust Prvt -2.6

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