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CT Private Equity Trust PLC on Friday raised its dividend as it reported a positive total return for 2025. The Edinburgh-based investment trust for private equity assets said net asset value per share edged up 0.6% to 710.33 pence at the end of 2025 from 706.03p a year prior, delivering a NAV total return of 4.7%, slightly ahead of 4.6% in 2024. Pretax profit rose 17% to £23.1 million from £19.7 million a year earlier, while total income increased 5.2% to £36.2 million from £34.4 million. The investment trust proposed a fourth-quarter dividend of 7.10p per share, up 1.3% from 7.01p, taking the full-year payout to 28.13p, 0.3% higher than 28.04p the year before. The increase marks the company’s thirteenth consecutive year of dividend growth. During the year, the firm made new investments of £61.5 million. Chair Richard Gray said the firm has ‘demonstrated resilience’ through market challenges. ‘This excellent performance is based on the strength of the underlying fundamentals of our investee companies which, supported by our investment partners, have adapted to changing environments and recorded impressive growth in revenues and profits,’ Chair Gray said. ‘Meanwhile the flow of investment opportunities that your managers appraise remains very strong reflecting the breadth of the mid-market universe we address and the depth of our networks in these markets internationally. Consequently, despite current geopolitical uncertainty, your company remains well positioned to deliver further gains to shareholders whilst laying the foundations for future growth.’ Shares in CT Private Equity Trust were down 1.2% at 463.59p on Friday morning in London. Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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