{ "as_of": "2026-11-06", "cmr": "uk-cm-kg/LSE/ASL", "fence": "The page is the record's research on the issuer — no analyst, no rating, no view.", "markdown": "The page is the record's research on the issuer — no analyst, no rating, no view.\n\n# ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC (LSE Main Market: ASL) — research page\n\nAs of 2026-11-06 · uk-cm-kg · record version 1\n\n## Identity and listing\n\nThe issuer is ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC, listed on LSE Main Market under ticker ASL, with ISIN GB0000066554 and LEI 213800GZ9WC73A92Q326. Its security type is Fund (FUND), its segment is STMM, its sector is Closed End Investments [302040], and its jurisdiction is Scotland (Companies House jurisdiction field). The issuer is listed and not halted.\n\n## The disclosure read\n\nThe record holds 0 filings in the window 2025-11-06 to 2026-11-06, across 0 filing days. The median gap between filing days is not on the record. The latest filing date is not on the record, and the latest filing type is not on the record. LSE Main Market peers hold a median of 29.0 filings, a median cadence gap of 4 days and a median latency of 3 days across 892 issuers. Closed End Investments [302040] peers hold a median of 0 filings, a median cadence gap of 5.5 days and a median latency of 4.5 days across 269 issuers.\n\n## Auditor\n\nThe auditor of record is not on the record, as the record did not search fund and receipt or debt securities, and its location is not on the record. Auditor changes are not on the record, as this market's register has no lifecycle type map yet.\n\n## Events and halts\n\nListing, delisting, name change, domicile change and segment move are not on the record, as this market's register has no lifecycle type map yet. The halt flag shows listed, not halted.\n\n## Orderability\n\nFor elective professional client, the outcome is signal ACM-200 and is determinable. For eligible counterparty, the outcome is signal ACM-200 and is determinable. The rule version is acm-68000/uk/product-governance-fca-prod-sourcebook/r1, with chapter as of 2026-11-04.\n\n## Coverage\n\nThe research houses named on the issuer's investor-relations page have not been read.\n\n## Open research\n\nOpenly published research notes have not been read, so their count, publishers and dates are not on the record.\n\n## Licensed\n\nLicensed research: none loaded. A licensed row is served only to an agent whose firm holds that licence (licensor, entitlement). No licensed row is loaded.\n\n## As-of depth\n\nThe vintage is not sealed for this market. No issuer years are sealed. The market's earliest sealed date is not on the record. The live record began on 2026-09-11. Years 2021 through 2026 are sealed in the store but not served as of a date, and the as-of door answers not_sealed.\n\n## Sources\n\n9 source pages are named on this page; every value above carries its own source page and read date in the numbers.\n\n- https://www.londonstockexchange.com/live-markets/market-data-dashboard/price-explorer (identity.exchange)\n- https://api.londonstockexchange.com/api/gw/lse/instruments/alldata/ASL (identity.isin)\n- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC126524 (identity.jurisdiction)\n- https://mapping.gleif.org/api/v2/isin-lei/latest/download (identity.lei)\n- https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/ASL/aberforth-smaller-companies-trust-plc/company-page (identity.sector)\n- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/events/LSE/ASL (the disclosure lines)\n- https://marketsecurities.fca.org.uk/officiallist (the halt flag)\n- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/book/aio.json (the orderability chapter)\n- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/record/LSE/ASL (the 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