2025annual report

We are investors, not traders, driven by fundamentals, not trends. We think in decades, not quarters and invest time to make confident, well-balanced compounding investments and build rewarding partnerships.

Caledonia is a FTSE 250 self-managed investment trust with a long track record of delivering consistent returns and progressive annual dividend payments to shareholders.

Highlights

Our long-standing philosophy of investing in high-quality, well-managed companies, with a truly long-term view, continues to serve us well.

All figures as at 31 March 2025.

£2.9bn

Net asset value (NAV)

3.3%

NAV per share total return


73.6p

Dividend per share

4.5%

Dividend growth


354.0p

Share price

10.2% 

Total shareholder return 

A message from our Chief Executive Officer 

Caledonia has delivered another year of positive performance, with a long-term, disciplined investment approach continuing to prove its strength within a macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop that remains highly volatile.

Mat Masters
Chief Executive Officer 
Mat Masters
6% cash and other

How we create value

We invest in proven, well-managed businesses that combine long-term growth characteristics with an ability to deliver increasing levels of income. We are a self-managed investment trust and capitalise on our resources and relationships to identify opportunities to deliver long-term capital growth and dividends for our shareholders.

What sets us apart?

A unique set of strengths underpin our ability to execute and deliver on our investment model. Key to this is our deep expertise, disciplined approach and long-term perspective.

Our expert team

Our expert team

Our long-term approach

Our long-term approach

Permanent nature of our balance sheet

Permanent nature of our balance sheet

Our investment process

Our investment process

Careful portfolio construction and risk mitigation

Careful portfolio construction and risk mitigation

Our reputation & network

Our reputation & network

How do we invest?

Our investment process is tailored to the nature and risk of each investment pool. All investments are approved by the central Investment Committee, with board approval required for investments and disposals over a defined threshold.

Invest Doughnut 2025

Who benefits?

Our stakeholders are the ultimate beneficiaries of our success. It is their interests that we consider and actively guide our decision making.

Our shareholders

Our shareholders

Our people

Our people

Our portfolio companies and funds

Our portfolio companies and funds

Our suppliers

Our suppliers

Our communities

Our communities

Mat MastersChief Executive Officer

Sustainability

Exploring how we manage our business, acting responsibly for our employees and wider stakeholders, and how we, as an investment company, approach our investment decisions responsibly, managing our investment portfolio both for today and the future. 

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