Temple Bar Investment Trust PLC (TMPL.L), a British investor, on Friday reported a surge in pre-tax income for the full year, helped by increased profit on investments.
For the 12-month period to December 31, 2025, the company recorded a pre-tax income of GBP 278.490 million, higher than last year's GBP 141.034 million.
Net profit was GBP 276.713 million, or 97 pence per share, compared with GBP 139.546 million, or 48.6 pence per share, a year ago. Profit before finance costs and tax stood at GBP 281.299 million as against the prior year's GBP 143.841 million.
Profit on investments surged to GBP 243.136 million from GBP 110.111 million last year. Total income was GBP 287.767 million, up from the previous year's GBP 148.964 million.
Total assets were GBP 1.146 billion, higher than GBP 893.218 million in the prior year. Net assets value per share stood at 369.1 pence as against 286.2 pence per share a year ago.
Looking ahead, Temple Bar Investment Trust said: "It is the Board's current intention to increase the quarterly dividends to 3.90p per share in 2026, (2025: 3.75p per share) making a total of 15.60p per share for the year (2025: 15.0p per share), an increase of 4.0%, representing an annualised dividend yield of 4.3%, based on the share price at the time of writing."
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