Last updated: 01 January 2023
By Maynard Paton
Contents
- Latest portfolio holdings
- Latest share trades
- Portfolio performance
- Quarterly portfolio updates
- Individual share returns
Latest portfolio holdings
The chart and table below list my portfolio holdings as at 31 December 2022:
| Holding | First bought | Average price paid (p) |
| Andrews Sykes (ASY) | May 2013 | 233 |
| Bioventix (BVXP) | August 2016 | 1,133 |
| City of London Inv (CLIG) | August 2011 | 299 |
| Mincon (MCON) | February 2015 | 45 |
| Mountview Estates (MTVW) | November 2011 | 5,929 |
| S & U (SUS) | January 2017 | 1,923 |
| System1 (SYS1) | March 2016 | 212 |
| Tasty (TAST) | December 2011 | 37 |
| FW Thorpe (TFW) | October 2010 | 79 |
| Tristel (TSTL) | December 2013 | 46 |
| M Winkworth (WINK) | June 2011 | 116 |
Please click on the company name to read an archive of my posts about each company. Please click on the date of my first purchase to read my initial buy report.
(Note: I do not own any further stock-market investments beyond this portfolio)
Latest share trades
The table below lists my share trades conducted since 01 January 2020:
Portfolio performance
The table below summarises my investment performance from 01 January 2012 to 31 December 2022:
Please click on the links inside the table to read more about that year’s performance.
I compare my portfolio against the FTSE 100 total return index as it is the main UK benchmark.
My FIRE story contains details about my pre-2012 portfolio returns.
This chart compares my portfolio against the FTSE 100 total return index since I commenced this blog at the start of 2015:
Quarterly portfolio updates
I review my portfolio at the end of every quarter. The links below recap my progress:
Q4 2022: 1 Top-Up And Down 23.3% For The Year and Year In Review 2022
Q3 2022: No Trades And Portfolio Winners As GBP Slides Towards USD Parity
Q2 2022: No Trades And 8 Years Of Special Dividends
Q1 2022: No Trades And Surging Energy Prices And The Companies Most Vulnerable
Q4 2021: Up 24.5% For The Year and Year In Review 2021
Q3 2021: No Trades And Linking Revenue Per Employee To Investment Success
Q2 2021: 2 Top-Ups And 5 Lessons From Owning 5 Shares For 10 Years
Q1 2021: No Trades And My ABC Of Investing
Q4 2020: 2 Top-Ups And Up 16.9% For The Year and Year In Review 2020
Q3 2020: No Trades And Up To 85% Returns From Boring Old Dividends
Q2 2020: No Trades And 10 Lessons From A 10-Bagger
Q1 2020: 1 Sell, 1 Top-Up And An Emergency Portfolio Review
Q4 2019: 2 Sells And Up 13.1% For The Year and Year In Review 2019
Q3 2019: 1 Top-Up, 3 AGMs And Obscure But Important Annual Report Small-Print
Q2 2019: 1 Sell, 3 Top-Ups And Portfolio Analysis The Fundsmith Way
Q1 2019: 1 Top-Up And Update On Plan For 2019
Q4 2018: 2 Top-Ups And Down 6.6% For The Year and Year In Review 2018
Q3 2018: 1 Top-Up And My SharePad Side Income
Q2 2018: 1 Sell And Some Thoughts On Pension Deficits
Q1 2018: 1 Top-Up And 3 Blog Enhancements
Q4 2017: 2 Top-Ups And Up 10.5% For The Year and Year In Review 2017
Q3 2017: 2 Top-Ups And 1 Top-Slice
Q2 2017: No Buys Or Sells
Q1 2017: 1 New Buy And 1 Sell
Q4 2016: Up 7.6% For The Year and Year In Review 2016
Q3 2016: 1 Buy, 1 Sell, 1 Top-Up, 1 Top-Slice
Q2 2016: 3 Top-Ups And 5 AGMs
Q1 2016: 1 New Buy, 2 Top-Ups And 2 Top-Slices
Q4 2015: 1 New Buy And Up 18% For The Year and Year In Review 2015
Q3 2015: 1 New Buy, 1 Top-Up And 3 Top-Slices
Q2 2015: 1 Top-Up
Q1 2015: 3 Sells, 2 New Buys And 1 Top-Up
Individual share returns
The table below summarises my individual share returns from 01 January 2004 to 31 December 2022:
| Share | Holding period | Total return (%) |
| FW Thorpe | Oct 2010 - | 410.1 |
| Tristel | Dec 2013 - | 351.4 |
| Bioventix | Aug 2016 - | 315.7 |
| London Stock Exchange | Apr 2004 - Nov 2007 | 297.0 |
| Andrews Sykes | May 2013 - | 209.1 |
| Mountview Estates | Nov 2011 - | 147.1 |
| Nokia | May 2004 - Jul 2010 | 145.7 |
| Assoc British Ports | Jun 2004 - Jun 2006 | 117.4 |
| Mincon | Feb 2015 - | 114.9 |
| Dealogic | Feb 2010 - Oct 2011 | 82.7 |
| M Winkworth | Jun 2011 - | 82.1 |
| City of London Inv | Aug 2011 - | 79.7 |
| Record | Dec 2010 - Apr 2018 | 74.8 |
| Active Risk | May 2013 - Sep 2013 | 68.3 |
| Elec Data Processing | Sep 2012 - Mar 2017 | 60.4 |
| Abbey Protection | Mar 2011 - Jan 2014 | 59.7 |
| Daejan | Oct 2015 - Mar 2020 | 47.4 |
| French Connection | Jul 2011 - Sep 2016 | 46.4 |
| S & U | Jan 2017 - | 33.8 |
| Burford Capital | Nov 2012 - Feb 2015 | 32.2 |
| Robert Wiseman Dairies | Jun 2011 - Jan 2012 | 28.2 |
| Pennant International | Oct 2013 - Mar 2015 | 10.4 |
| Soco International | Nov 2011 - Oct 2014 | 10.1 |
| Castings | Sep 2015 - Apr 2019 | (1.6) |
| SeaEnergy | Nov 2013 - Mar 2015 | (11.6) |
| 3 Legs Resources | Nov 2011 - May 2014 | (17.0) |
| Instore | Dec 2007 - Oct 2009 | (18.8) |
| Oleeo | Feb 2015 - Dec 2019 | (30.5) |
| System1 | Mar 2016 - | (37.1) |
| Getech | Apr 2013 - Nov 2019 | (46.6) |
| London Capital | Oct 2010 - Mar 2011 | (50.5) |
| Tasty | Dec 2011 - | (80.3) |
The company names in bold are the shares I currently hold. Please click on the links inside the table to read an archive of posts about certain sold companies.
The holding period reflects the month of the first purchase and month of the final sale. Top-ups and top-slices may have occurred during the period.
The total gain/loss has been calculated by dividing the holding’s value plus any sale proceeds plus any dividends collected by the total amount invested.
This portfolio update contains further details.
Maynard Paton
