Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund
Performance
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. The Fund is open-ended and issues Accumulation and Income units. Performance is based on the cancellation price of the Fund’s accumulation units. The latest unit prices of the Fund, past performance and Fund statistics can be found on this page.
Latest Prices & Fund Statistics
Valuation Date: 1 May 2025
| Unit and Price Type | Price |
|---|---|
| Accumulation Buying Price | £328.53 |
| Accumulation Selling Price | £323.06 |
| Income Buying Price | £206.01 |
| Income Selling Price | £202.58 |
Fund Statistics
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Yield (Historic) | 3.5% |
| Size (Mid-Basis) | £136.7m |
| Dealing Spread | 1.7% |
| Initial Charge | 0.0% |
| Exit Charge | 0.0% |
Notes
The above yield is the total of the distribution for the 6 months to 30 June 2024, plus the distribution for the 6 months to 31 December 2024, calculated as a percentage of the arithmetic mid of the Income Unit creation and cancellation prices at the above valuation date.
The Fund’s management fee is split between capital and income, with 5/8ths of the Fund’s management fee allocated to the capital property of the Fund and the remaining 3/8ths to the income property of the Fund.
Investors may be subject to tax on their distributions.
Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
The above yield is the total of the distribution for the 6 months to 30 June 2024, plus the distribution for the 6 months to 31 December 2024, calculated as a percentage of the arithmetic mid of the Income Unit creation and cancellation prices at the above valuation date.
The Fund’s management fee is split between capital and income, with 5/8ths of the Fund’s management fee allocated to the capital property of the Fund and the remaining 3/8ths to the income property of the Fund.
Investors may be subject to tax on their distributions.
Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
Past Performance
| Performance Period | Fund | DNSCI (XIC) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year to 30/04/2025 | (2.2) | 4.0 |
| 1 Year to 30/04/2024 | 13.2 | 7.2 |
| 1 Year to 30/04/2023 | (2.6) | (3.0) |
| 1 Year to 30/04/2022 | (1.6) | (7.4) |
| 1 Year to 30/04/2021 | 64.2 | 55.9 |
| Period to 30 April 2025 | Fund | DNSCI (XIC) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 years | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 3 years | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 4 years | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 5 years | 11.8 | 9.3 |
| 10 years | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 15 years | 8.3 | 8.0 |
| Inception | 10.9 | 9.0 |
| Period to 30 April 2025 | Fund | DNSCI (XIC) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 years | 10.7 | 11.5 |
| 3 years | 7.8 | 8.1 |
| 4 years | 6.1 | 0.1 |
| 5 years | 74.3 | 56.1 |
| 10 years | 57.4 | 60.2 |
| 15 years | 230.4 | 217.1 |
| Inception | 3273.0 | 1770.0 |
Notes
AFUND = Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund the Cancellation Price of the Fund’s accumulation units.
Index = capital appreciation on the Deutsche Numis Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies) with dividends reinvested. This comprises the bottom 10% of all UK quoted companies by market value which at 1 January 2025 included some 350 companies, the largest market capitalisation of which was £1,856m and the aggregate market capitalisation of which was £153bn.
Launch = 20 March 1991.
Past performance is not a guide to future performance, or a reliable indicator of future results or performance.
AFUND = Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund the Cancellation Price of the Fund’s accumulation units.
Index = capital appreciation on the Deutsche Numis Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies) with dividends reinvested. This comprises the bottom 10% of all UK quoted companies by market value which at 1 January 2025 included some 350 companies, the largest market capitalisation of which was £1,856m and the aggregate market capitalisation of which was £153bn.
Launch = 20 March 1991.
Past performance is not a guide to future performance, or a reliable indicator of future results or performance.
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