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Price: 22,701.0000GBX

Change: 1.82%

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Aberforth UK Small Companies Inc

Aberforth UK Small Companies Inc

ISIN:

GB00B2N9GS70

Risk level:

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FE fundinfo Rating:

IA Sector:

IA UK Smaller Companies

Income type:

Income

Price:

22,701.0000GBX

10 March 2026

Last change:

1.82%

1 year change:

16.81%

5 year annualised return:

5.70%

12 month yield:

3.56%

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At a glance

At a glance performance and information

Eligibility:

Share Dealing Account
ISA
SIPP

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Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment 31/12/20 to 31/12/21 31/12/21 to 31/12/22 31/12/22 to 31/12/23 31/12/23 to 31/12/24 31/12/24 to 31/12/25
Aberforth UK Small Companies Inc 29.99% -9.95% 8.31% 11.91% 7.36%
IA UK Smaller Companies 22.92% -25.17% 0.50% 6.70% 4.15%
N/A N/A% N/A% N/A% N/A% N/A%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment 3 months 6 months 1 year 3 years* 5 years*
Aberforth UK Small Companies Inc 3.03% 4.91% 16.81% 8.58% 5.70%
IA UK Smaller Companies 2.10% 1.63% 11.83% 3.85% -0.81%
N/A N/A% N/A% N/A% N/A% N/A%

Fund Objective: The investment objective of the Fund is to seek to achieve a total return, calculated on an income reinvested basis, greater than the Deutsche Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) over the long term, with the focus on rolling five year periods.

Manager name:

Aberforth Unit Trust Mgrs Ltd

Manager start date:

01 September 2025

Investment style:

*None

Region (geographical):

United Kingdom

Manager Biography:

Duncan joined Aberforth in September 2025. Previously, he was with Ruffer LLP for 13 years, where he was a partner, a member of the asset allocation team and a co-manager of the Ruffer Investment Company. Before that, he worked at Barclays in private banking, equity research and investment management. Duncan has passed all three levels of the CFA programme. He is responsible for the following sectors – General Industrials and Travel and Leisure.

Benchmark:

N/A

Sector:

IA UK Smaller Companies

FE fundinfo Rating:

Fees & charges

Fees and Charges

Fees and Charges
Charge Who receives this? What is it? Amount
Initial charge: The fund manager Charges applied by the fund management company for investing in their fund. Please note that Investment Managers may charge each time you buy new units or shares in a fund or trust. Where Investment Managers would have an entry charge, we will negotiate to have it waived so you will not be charged. 0.00%
Ongoing Charges: The fund manager The annual charge paid to a fund manager to cover the costs of running the fund. It is an estimate based on the actual amount charged in the previous year. 0.81%
Performance Fee: The fund manager A performance fee joins up the interest of the fund manager and their investors. A performance fee is taken when the fund beats pre-set conditions. 0%
Typical transaction cost: The fund manager The costs of dealing within a fund, which the Investment Manager must pay to continue managing the assets. This includes where the Manager decides to sell one stock and buy another. The costs will vary from one fund to another based on how often the Investment Manager trades and the costs applied when trading. 0.188%*
Dealing commission: Scottish Widows The cost of buying or selling some or all of your investment. £5.00 (per online trade)

*This is an indication based on the market average. The fund’s actual transaction cost will be shown before you place a trade.

Account charges are not included

Breakdown

Asset Allocation

Fund size: 189,508,170.60 GBX

Chart date: March 10, 2026

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security Weight
Cmc markets plc 2.99%
Ashmore group plc 2.84%
Rathbones group plc 2.67%
Zigup plc 2.62%
Vesuvius plc 2.53%
Marston`s plc 2.45%
Xp power limited 2.45%
Jupiter fund management plc ord gbp0.02 2.38%
Morgan advanced materials plc 2.32%
Wilmington plc 2.27%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors Weight
Industrials 30.00%
Consumer Discretionary 27.00%
Financials 18.00%
Real Estate 6.00%
Technology 5.00%
Basic Materials 5.00%
Consumer Staples 4.00%
Energy 4.00%
Telecommunications 1.00%

World regions

World regions
Country Weight
UK 100.00%
ESG

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is an approach for evaluating to what extent a company works towards social goals. For investors this can be used in order to understand how their funds and the assets they are made up of work towards these goals and use that information to help make sustainable investment choices.

The FCA website sets out further information in relation to the sustainability labelling and disclosure requirements.

Find out more about Scottish Widows’ approach to responsible investments.