Schroders UK Public Private Trust, formerly Woodford Patient Capital Trust () is a British

investment trust An investment trust is a form of investment fund found mostly in the United Kingdom and Japan. Investment trusts are constituted as public limited companies and are therefore closed ended since the fund managers cannot redeem or create shares. ...

dedicated to long-term investments predominantly in the United Kingdom, established in 2015. It is listed on the

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. The

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is Susan Searle. The fund was managed by Woodford Investment Management led by

Neil Woodford Neil Russell Woodford CBE (born March 1960) is a former fund manager and the founding partner of the defunct Woodford Investment Management. Early life Woodford was born in March 1960. He was brought up in Berkshire and attended Maidenhead Gra ...

until December 2019 when the fund came under the management of

Schroders Schroders plc is a British multinational asset management company, founded in 1804. The company employs over 5,000 people worldwide in 32 locations around Europe, America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Headquartered in the City of London, it ...

. Among other early stage investments, through its portfolio company, Industrial Heat, the trust is the world's largest institutional investor in the

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technology. The trust changed its name from Woodford Patient Capital Trust to Schroders UK Public Private Trust on 16 December 2019.

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External links

Official site
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