UPDATE: A revised version of this profile was published in August 2025.

Odyssean Investment Trust launched in May 2018 and it has been one of the best-performing UK small-cap investment trusts since its IPO. It has a highly concentrated portfolio and a strict valuation discipline, seeking out-of-favour quality companies mostly in the £100m to £1bn market cap range. Its managers, Stuart Widdowson and Ed Wielechowski, both used to work in private equity at HgCapital and Odyssean uses a similar approach, actively engaging with company management and encouraging them to take the steps needed to g...