UK short position holders

Between 2012 and 2026 the FCA published the name behind every UK net short position of 0.5% or more. This is that register seen from the holder's side: 601 funds and managers, 108,850 archived disclosures, ranked by the number of companies each one disclosed against. 99 of them still had a position open when the named register closed.

"Companies" counts the distinct companies a holder was ever named against; "Disclosures" counts every archived row, both the register's open positions and its historic tab. "Open at close" is positions still in the final snapshot of 10 Jul 2026. Percentages behind these counts are of each company's issued share capital and are not comparable or summable across companies. Positions below the old 0.5% publication threshold were never named, so a fund's real UK book was at least what the archive shows.

Source: the Financial Conduct Authority's daily short positions file, captured on 10 Jul 2026 from fca.org.uk. This site is not affiliated with the FCA. Nothing here is investment advice.