The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC Stock: price and insider trades · United Kingdom
1 insider bought €1,283 of shares over the last 90 days, the latest by Kate Cornish-Bowden, filed 10 Sept 2026.
The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC: what insiders have been doing
The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC is a listed company. Its insiders report their share dealings to RNS (LSE). The last twelve months, up to 9 November 2026, brought 5 filings signed by 4 insiders.
No insider sold shares on the market over the period. Instead, the filings list 5 purchases totalling €194k, made by 4 insiders. A purchase on the market is a deliberate choice to commit personal money, which is why it draws more attention than a grant. Those buying include 4 senior executives. The largest single trade was a purchase of €112k by Andrew Stuart Weir Paterson, published on 25 November 2025.
In the case of 2 purchases, another manager of the company was buying within the same 30 days. Such overlaps are known as a cluster signal: distinct people reaching the same decision at about the same time. The latest purchase dates back some time: it was published 59 days ago, on 10 September 2026. Half of the filings or more reach the RNS (LSE) feed on the day of the trade. For comparison, UK MAR gives managers three business days to notify a trade.
With 5 filings in twelve months, the company is quieter than the median of 6 filings across the 833 companies we follow on the same exchange. Over the whole record (from 2023), the tally stands at 7 purchases and no sales.
Every figure here comes from the filings published by RNS (LSE) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
Who traded when
BuySaleSince the insiders bought
- -6.2%Entry £2.43 · Close 13 Oct 2026 £2.28
- +7.6%Entry £2.12 · Close 13 Oct 2026 £2.28
- +8.1%Entry £2.11 · Close 13 Oct 2026 £2.28
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended June 2025 · cache
- 459 shares@ £2.40120.0001% mcap50.4% of flowXLONISIN GB00BMCF8689FCA-NSM:9fbef745-7033-4d80-bba4-60432e3423afCanonical exit: 7 Dec 2026 (T+90)
- 445 shares@ £2.449449.6% of flowXLONISIN GB00BMCF8689RNS:8f60a155-405d-4eab-a374-0df1eeb8bb3fCanonical exit: 31 Aug 2026 (T+90)
- 18,000 shares@ £2.1128100.0% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB00BMCF8689RNS:b50e30d4-4065-4979-aca8-25db8dc6676aCanonical exit: 5 Mar 2026 (T+90)
- 15,000 shares@ £2.086100.0% of flowMultiple venuesISIN GB00BMCF8689RNS:7c916b7e-eaa5-4471-8e9a-6ab9264ee0f6Canonical exit: 25 Feb 2026 (T+90)
- 48,587 shares@ £2.0308100.0% of flowXLONISIN GB00BMCF8689RNS:3f1ad5ad-b26b-49d2-b029-acc8b999f763Canonical exit: 23 Feb 2026 (T+90)
- 9,000 shares@ £1.52100.0% of flowSwedenRNS:4994683Canonical exit: 4 Mar 2024 (T+90)
- 18,000 shares@ £1.4079100.0% of flowUKISIN GB00BMCF8689RNS:4959228Canonical exit: 1 Feb 2024 (T+90)
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About The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC
The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC is an investment trust focused on smaller companies in Europe. It aims to provide long-term capital growth for its shareholders.
