No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest, by David Benda, was filed 06 May 2026.
The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc: what insiders have been doing
The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc is a Banks company. Its directors and officers file their transactions with RNS (LSE). Between 22 October 2025 and 22 October 2026, 4 insiders published 4 filings.
Only purchases show up on the open market, 4 purchases in all worth €275k, filed 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. The largest single trade was a purchase of €78k by Jeremy Whitley, published on 5 May 2026. Those buying include 4 senior executives.
Within a 30-day window, 2 purchases overlapped with buying by a second insider. Such overlaps are known as a cluster signal: distinct people reaching the same decision at about the same time. The clock since the last published purchase (6 May 2026) now reads 186 days. The median gap between trade and publication is zero days: most filings appear on the same day. Under the UK Market Abuse Regulation, managers have three business days to notify their trades.
Compared with its exchange (832 companies, median 6 filings), a count of 4 filings is below the norm. Our records for The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc go back to 2017, with 19 purchases and no sales on the open market in total.
This summary is built from RNS (LSE) disclosures alone and does not predict where the share price will go.
Who traded when
BuySaleSince the insiders bought
- -5.4%Entry £2.77 · Close 19 Oct 2026 £2.62
- -5.8%Entry £2.78 · Close 19 Oct 2026 £2.62
- -2.6%Entry £2.69 · Close 19 Oct 2026 £2.62
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 August 2025 · cache
- 17,893 shares@ £2.78100.0% of flowXLONRNS:fe4b9422-703c-4a58-b376-0402cbb9559eCanonical exit: 4 Aug 2026 (T+90)
- 25,000 shares@ £2.68459.8% of flowXLONRNS:c49bae7a-1b72-4779-ae70-db5fc5c601cbCanonical exit: 3 Aug 2026 (T+90)
- 25,000 shares@ £2.7024100.0% of flowXLONRNS:26313399-7480-4815-aafb-8b284b91d748Canonical exit: 21 Apr 2026 (T+90)
- 20,000 shares@ £2.70100.0% of flowXLONRNS:f198f4d0-c1cd-4e3f-a91d-f3d4e8a45a34Canonical exit: 21 Apr 2026 (T+90)
- 33,552 shares@ £2.9804100.0% of flowXLONRNS:5682013Canonical exit: 2 Sept 2025 (T+90)
- 3,000 shares@ £14.4940.2% of flowXLONRNS:5430637Canonical exit: 12 Feb 2025 (T+90)
- 3,000 shares@ £11.118.9% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:4486086Canonical exit: 22 Nov 2022 (T+90)
- 1,750 shares@ £11.216513.8% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:4274437Canonical exit: 17 May 2022 (T+90)
- 2,000 shares@ £7.302100.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:3576541Canonical exit: 23 Jul 2020 (T+90)
- 5,000 shares@ £9.5330.4% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20200221151748_3502246_20200331164942729_21304Canonical exit: 21 May 2020 (T+90)
- 3,500 shares@ £9.9017.7% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20191021123759_14273904_20200326185153744_14096Canonical exit: 19 Jan 2020 (T+90)
- 7,000 shares@ £8.8217.2% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20181029140135_13846291_20200330111442299_3271Canonical exit: 27 Jan 2019 (T+90)
- 20,000 shares@ £10.278100.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20180815163421_13757000_20200330111403979_11770
- 7,000 shares@ £10.64857.5% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20171114162942_13431478_20200330131534483_11766Canonical exit: 12 Feb 2018 (T+90)
- 7,000 shares@ £10.7558100.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20171114162807_13431476_20200330131534483_11764Canonical exit: 12 Feb 2018 (T+90)
- 7,000 shares@ £10.65352.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20171114162631_13431474_20200330131534483_11763Canonical exit: 12 Feb 2018 (T+90)
- 16,000 shares@ £10.64261.3% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20171114162446_13431470_20200330131534483_11762Canonical exit: 12 Feb 2018 (T+90)
- 4,000 shares@ £10.6214.3% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20171114162205_13431466_20200330131534483_11759Canonical exit: 12 Feb 2018 (T+90)
- 150,000 sharesISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20171110092010_13427540_20200330131534356_8935
- 10,000 shares@ £10.2738.7% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20170515134036_13225757_20200330131531009_11500Canonical exit: 13 Aug 2017 (T+90)
- 5,000 shares@ £9.9017.7% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB0007836132FCA-NSM:LSE20170420151426_13199254_20200330131500228_13391Canonical exit: 19 Jul 2017 (T+90)
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About The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc
The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc is an investment trust that focuses on smaller companies in East Asia. It aims to provide long-term capital growth for its shareholders.
