Macfarlane Group Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:MACF Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
26 Mar 25	SellUK£30,439	Peter Atkinson	Individual	29,128	UK£1.04
26 Mar 25	SellUK£16,090	Ivor Gray	Individual	15,397	UK£1.04
28 Feb 25	BuyUK£9,613	Diane Whyte	Individual	9,300	UK£1.03

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of MACF?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Employee Share Scheme	278,640	0.176%
Public Companies	334,626	0.212%
Individual Insiders	1,949,194	1.23%
General Public	2,108,683	1.33%
Private Companies	5,618,455	3.56%
VC/PE Firms	12,031,406	7.61%
Institutions	135,698,721	85.9%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 76.38% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
10.6%	Aberforth Partners LLP	16,743,906	UK£11.7m	69.4%	2.16%
7.61%	Wellcome Trust, Investment Division	12,031,406	UK£8.4m	21.7%	0.09%
6.51%	Raymond James Wealth Management Limited	10,289,929	UK£7.2m	7.85%	0.07%
4.49%	Rights and Issues Investment Trust Public Limited Company	7,090,653	UK£5.0m	0%	4.46%
4.42%	Business Growth Fund Limited	6,985,420	UK£4.9m	0%	1.24%
4.07%	Jupiter Fund Management Plc	6,437,647	UK£4.5m	0.29%	0.02%
4.04%	Hauser Brothers GmbH	6,389,002	UK£4.5m	0%	4.23%
3.48%	Aberdeen Group Plc	5,492,600	UK£3.8m	1.46%	no data
3.42%	Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited	5,400,000	UK£3.8m	-45.5%	0.22%
3.18%	Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.	5,026,545	UK£3.5m	-5.28%	0.01%
2.72%	Swedbank Robur Fonder AB	4,300,000	UK£3.0m	4.88%	no data
2.25%	Montanaro Asset Management Ltd.	3,550,000	UK£2.5m	-11.8%	0.16%
1.92%	Rathbones Investment Management Limited	3,027,628	UK£2.1m	-0.48%	0.01%
1.77%	Royal London Asset Management Ltd.	2,798,067	UK£2.0m	-14%	no data
1.67%	Olesen Capital Management LLC	2,643,422	UK£1.8m	0%	20.19%
1.65%	Schroder Investment Management Limited	2,600,000	UK£1.8m	-36.6%	no data
1.59%	Bankinter, S.A.	2,508,303	UK£1.8m	4,920%	0.55%
1.53%	BlackRock, Inc.	2,415,656	UK£1.7m	-30.3%	no data
1.43%	Allianz Asset Management GmbH	2,264,358	UK£1.6m	-0.93%	no data
1.42%	Crucible Clarity Fund Plc	2,242,624	UK£1.6m	-33%	no data
1.4%	Janus Henderson Group plc	2,204,793	UK£1.5m	14.9%	no data
1.38%	Teviot Partners LLP	2,180,057	UK£1.5m	-0.89%	0.87%
1.36%	HC Capital Advisors GmbH	2,153,519	UK£1.5m	9.55%	0.65%
1.24%	HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited	1,962,164	UK£1.4m	-7.67%	0.01%
1.24%	Quaero Capital SA	1,955,862	UK£1.4m	684%	0.35%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/10/30 07:48
End of Day Share Price	2025/10/30 00:00
Earnings	2025/06/30
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Macfarlane Group PLC is covered by 9 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
James Fletcher	Berenberg
Calum Battersby	Berenberg
James Bayliss	Berenberg