🇬🇧 United Kingdom insider buying in August 2026
Directors and managers of United Kingdom listed companies made 129 open-market share purchases in August 2026, worth €2.2M in total across 95 companies and 116 insiders. The largest was Andrew Barron (PDMR) at IG Group Holdings plc, for €584k. Data from FCA filings under MAR Article 19; transactions above €100m are excluded as likely holding-threshold filings rather than trades.
Largest insider buys
| Date | Company | Insider | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | IG Group Holdings plc | Andrew Barron PDMR | €584k |
| 2026-08-03 | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | Matthew Wright Non-Executive Director | €290k |
| 2026-08-10 | Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | Tobias Hestler Non-Executive Director | €145k |
| 2026-08-14 | Unknown (HILS) | Nick Anderson Chair (b) | €141k |
| 2026-08-03 | Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust plc | Sarah MacAulay Director | €127k |
| 2026-08-07 | IG Group Holdings plc | Clifford Abrahams PDMR | €78k |
| 2026-08-28 | Personal Assets Trust plc | Sharon Brown Director | €65k |
| 2026-08-10 | WH Smith PLC | Helen Rose Non-Executive director | €58k |
| 2026-08-17 | PZ Cussons plc | David Tyler Non-Executive Chair | €48k |
| 2026-08-17 | Weir PLC | Nicholas Anderson Non-Executive Director | €47k |
| 2026-08-13 | Unknown (HILS) | Stephanie Quinlan Person closely associated with Tony Quinlan, Senior Independent Director (b) | €47k |
| 2026-08-10 | Foxtons Group plc | John (Jack) Callaway PDMR | €44k |
| 2026-08-04 | Energean plc | Andreas Persianis Independent Non-Executive Director | €44k |
| 2026-08-24 | Unknown (GPM) | PDMR at Unknown (GPM) Director | €41k |
| 2026-08-10 | Domino's Pizza Group plc | Ian Bull Chair | €37k |
| 2026-08-10 | Domino's Pizza Group plc | Ian Bull Chair | €37k |
| 2026-08-10 | IG Group Holdings plc | Helen Stevenson PDMR | €35k |
| 2026-08-04 | Vodafone Group Plc | Jean- François van Boxmeer Chair | €32k |
| 2026-08-11 | Genuit Group plc | Bronagh Kennedy Non-Executive Director and PDMR | €31k |
| 2026-08-14 | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | David Waterfield President and CEO, Reynolds American Inc. | €31k |
| 2026-08-11 | NEXT plc | Jeni Mundy Independent Non-Executive Director (PDMR) | €29k |
| 2026-08-05 | Henry Boot PLC | Ed Hutchinson Chief Executive Officer | €23k |
| 2026-08-14 | Pearson plc | Sharon Hague President - English Language Learning | €21k |
| 2026-08-03 | RELX PLC | Rosemary Thomson PDMR | €21k |
| 2026-08-17 | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | Tadeu Marroco Chief Executive | €19k |
Most-bought companies
- IG Group Holdings plc3 buys · €697k
- British American Tobacco p.l.c.7 buys · €356k
- Unknown (HILS)2 buys · €187k
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC1 buy · €145k
- Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust plc1 buy · €127k
- Domino's Pizza Group plc2 buys · €74k
- Personal Assets Trust plc4 buys · €71k
- WH Smith PLC1 buy · €58k
- PZ Cussons plc2 buys · €51k
- Weir PLC1 buy · €47k