Records of Second British Assets Trust Ltd, investment trust, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Ledgers 1923-1967
• Journal 1956-1963
• Purchase and sales records 1932-1966
• Brokers' ledger 1966-1967
• Cash book 1962-1965
• Valuation books c1964-1967
• Registers of investments and dividends 1964-1967
• Registers of investments 1922-1931
• Registers of debentures and depositors 1928-1953
• Share records 1878-1953
• Dividend records 1962-1970
• Investment journals 1952-1968

In British Assets Trust Ltd 1920,  , investment trust, Edinburgh, Scotland, acquired the share capital of the Edinburgh American Land Mortgage Co Ltd , Edinburgh, founded c1870s, renaming it in 1925  as the Second British Assets Trust Ltd . These companies came under the management of Ivory & Sime Ltd and were registered at the same offices in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.

The Second British Assets Trust Ltd invested funds in bonds, stocks and debentures in electrical, industrial and financial companies mainly in America with some investment in New Zealand. The company appears to have ceased trading at some time around 1970  , possibly having merged with British Assets Trust Ltd.

The material has been arranged into series as shown in the scope and content. Within series, items are generally arranged chronologically.

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Permanent loan : via BACS : June 1986 :ACCN 0084

The catalogue of second British Assets Trust Ltd's records exists as part of the UGD 228 finding aid which also includes catalogues of companies owned by Ivory & Sime Ltd or in which they had an interest. A digital file level list is available searchroom.

Manual file list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1577, replaced by NRA(S)2764) and London (NRA21280)

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Ivory & Sime Ltd owned or held interests in a number of investment trust companies whose records exists as follows:

GB 248 UGD 228/1 Records of Ivory & Sime Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/2 Records of British Assets Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/4 Records of Independent Investment Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/5 Records of Investors' Capital Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/6 Records of Second Investors' Mortgage Security Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/7 Records of Scottish Realisation Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/9 Records of Edinburgh American Land Mortgage Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/10 Records of the Pleasance Trust

GB 248 UGD 228/11 Records of Atlantic Assets Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/12 Records of Clydesdale Investment Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/13 Records of Third Scottish Western Investment Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/14 Records of Second Caledonian Trust Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/15 Records of Third Caledonian Trust Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/1-2 Records of Edinburgh Trust & Agency Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/3 Records of Electrical Securities Trust Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/4 Records of Canning Downs Estate Ltd

GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/5 Records of Caledonian Assets Trust Ltd

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Compiled by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 15 January 2003

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