THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC (ESCT) — research page
UK · uk-cm-kg/LSE/ESCT · as of 2026-11-06
Identity and listing
THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC is listed on the LSE Main Market under ticker ESCT, with ISIN GB00BMCF8689 and LEI 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90. Its security type is Fund (FUND), its segment is STMM, and its sector is Closed End Investments [302040]. The record gives its jurisdiction as England and Wales (Companies House jurisdiction field). Its listing status is listed, not halted.
| field | value | source · read date |
|---|---|---|
| name | THE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC | source · 2026-11-06 |
| exchange | LSE Main Market | source · 2026-11-06 |
| ticker | ESCT | source · 2026-11-06 |
| ISIN | GB00BMCF8689 | source · 2026-11-06 |
| LEI | 213800N1B1HCQG2W4V90 | source · 2026-11-09 |
| security type | Fund (FUND) | source · 2026-11-06 |
| segment | STMM | source · 2026-11-06 |
| sector | Closed End Investments [302040] | source · 2026-11-06 |
| jurisdiction | England and Wales (Companies House jurisdiction field) | source · 2026-11-06 |
| status | listed, not halted | source · 2026-11-09 |
The disclosure read
The record holds 0 filings in the twelve months to 2026-11-06, on 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. The LSE Main Market median cadence gap is 4 days, the median filings are 29.0, and the median latency is 3 days across 892 issuers. The Closed End Investments [302040] sector median cadence gap is 5.5 days, the median filings are 0, and the median latency is 4.5 days across 269 issuers.
| filings | median gap between filing days | days from latest filing to as-of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| this issuer | 0 | — | — |
| exchange median: LSE Main Market (892 issuers) | 29 | 4 | 3 |
| sector median: Closed End Investments [302040] (269 issuers) | 0 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
window 2025-11-06 to 2026-11-06 · the node's disclosure lines, as get_filings serves them
Auditor
The auditor of record is not on the record, and its location is not on the record. Auditor changes are not on the record, because the market's record does not carry them for this register.
Events and halts
Listing, delisting, name change, domicile change and segment move dates are not on the record, because the market's register has no lifecycle type map yet. The halt flag is listed, not halted.
Orderability
For the elective professional client category, the outcome is signal ACM-200, determinable. For the eligible counterparty category, the outcome is signal ACM-200, determinable. The rule version is acm-68000/uk/product-governance-fca-prod-sourcebook/r1, with chapter as of 2026-11-04.
| client category | outcome |
|---|---|
| elective professional client | ACM-200 |
| eligible counterparty | ACM-200 |
rule acm-68000/uk/product-governance-fca-prod-sourcebook/r1 · chapter as of 2026-11-04 · the full outcome: get_orderability
Coverage
The field has not been read, so the number of research houses named on the issuer's investor-relations page is not on the record.
Open research
The field has not been read, so the number of openly published research notes is not on the record.
Licensed
Licensed research: none loaded. A licensed row is served only to an agent whose firm holds that licence (licensor, entitlement). No licensed row is loaded.
| licensor | entitlement | title | date | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| none loaded |
As-of depth
The market's vintage is not sealed, and the issuer has no sealed years. The live record began on 2026-09-11. The store holds sealed years 2021 through 2026 for this issuer, but they are not served as of a date, and the as-of door answers not_sealed.
Sources
9 source pages are named on this page; every value above carries its own source page and read date in the numbers.
- 10.1
- https://www.londonstockexchange.com/live-markets/market-data-dashboard/price-explorer (identity.exchange)
- 10.2
- https://api.londonstockexchange.com/api/gw/lse/instruments/alldata/ESCT (identity.isin)
- 10.3
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02520734 (identity.jurisdiction)
- 10.4
- https://mapping.gleif.org/api/v2/isin-lei/latest/download (identity.lei)
- 10.5
- https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/ESCT/the-european-smaller-companies-trust-plc/company-page (identity.sector)
- 10.6
- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/events/LSE/ESCT (the disclosure lines)
- 10.7
- https://marketsecurities.fca.org.uk/officiallist (the halt flag)
- 10.8
- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/book/aio.json (the orderability chapter)
- 10.9
- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/record/LSE/ESCT (the record)
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