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Bancroft Fund Ltd

BCV
Exchange
NYSE
SEC CIK
0000009521

No open-market purchases or sales by Bancroft Fund Ltd insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 41 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $59.1M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Other share classesBCV.PA

13F holders, Q3 2025

Institutional positions in Bancroft Fund Ltd as of Sep 30, 2025. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
37
0 vs. Q2 2025
Shares held
2.19M
+224.7K (+11.5%) vs. Q2 2025
Total value
$47.8M
+$10.8M (+29.0%) vs. Q2 2025
New holders
5
13 more added
Sold out
5
11 more reduced

Compare with Q2 2025: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting BCV on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ3 2025: 37 institutions
Q1 2021: 35 institutionsQ2 2021: 36 institutionsQ3 2021: 33 institutionsQ4 2021: 38 institutionsQ1 2022: 35 institutionsQ2 2022: 37 institutionsQ3 2022: 31 institutionsQ4 2022: 31 institutionsQ1 2023: 30 institutionsQ2 2023: 37 institutionsQ3 2023: 36 institutionsQ4 2023: 38 institutionsQ1 2024: 42 institutionsQ2 2024: 38 institutionsQ3 2024: 38 institutionsQ4 2024: 43 institutionsQ1 2025: 40 institutionsQ2 2025: 37 institutionsQ3 2025: 37 institutionsQ4 2025: 34 institutionsQ1 2026: 38 institutionsQ2 2026: 41 institutions
Value heldQ3 2025: $47.8M
Q1 2021: $40.1MQ2 2021: $44.4MQ3 2021: $39.3MQ4 2021: $33.6MQ1 2022: $24.1MQ2 2022: $20.6MQ3 2022: $18.5MQ4 2022: $17.8MQ1 2023: $17.8MQ2 2023: $18.2MQ3 2023: $17.1MQ4 2023: $20.9MQ1 2024: $22.4MQ2 2024: $20.7MQ3 2024: $24.8MQ4 2024: $29.5MQ1 2025: $32.7MQ2 2025: $37.1MQ3 2025: $47.8MQ4 2025: $48.6MQ1 2026: $47.2MQ2 2026: $59.1M
Institutions holding BCV and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 202641$59.1M
Q1 202638$47.2M
Q4 202534$48.6M
Q3 202537$47.8M
Q2 202537$37.1M
Q1 202540$32.7M
Q4 202443$29.5M
Q3 202438$24.8M
Q2 202438$20.7M
Q1 202442$22.4M
Q4 202338$20.9M
Q3 202336$17.1M
Q2 202337$18.2M
Q1 202330$17.8M
Q4 202231$17.8M
Q3 202231$18.5M
Q2 202237$20.6M
Q1 202235$24.1M
Q4 202138$33.6M
Q3 202133$39.3M
Q2 202136$44.4M
Q1 202135$40.1M

Institutions, Q3 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bancroft Fund Ltd; share changes are against Q2 2025.

Institutions holding BCV in Q3 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
CoreCap Advisors, LLC14$3170.00%00.0%Unchanged
LRI Investments, LLC305$6.68K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Ancora Advisors, LLC1,000$21.9K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Noble Wealth Management PBC1,000$21.9K0.01%+1,000New
Allworth Financial LP1,000$21.9K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Wolverine Asset Management LLC3,760$82.3K0.00%−8,889−70.3%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.6,660$145.7K0.00%+500+8.1%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.8,164$177.0K0.00%−251−3.0%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP9,416$206.0K0.00%+9,416New
RMB Capital Management, LLC15,000$328.2K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC15,987$350.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
GWM Advisors LLC17,000$372.0K0.00%−800−4.5%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc19,416$424.9K0.00%−357−1.8%Reduced
Cetera Investment Advisers21,075$461.2K0.00%+2,129+11.2%Added
Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC23,152$506.6K0.31%+856+3.8%Added
Stifel Financial Corp26,295$575.4K0.00%+14,326+119.7%Added
Gabelli & Co Investment Advisers, Inc.28,000$612.7K0.10%00.0%Unchanged
Verition Fund Management LLC31,929$698.7K0.00%+31,929New
Shaker Financial Services, LLC35,042$766.8K0.26%+35,042New
Wells Fargo & Company35,942$786.5K0.00%+15,388+74.9%Added
Mezzasalma Advisors, LLC38,832$849.7K0.22%−2,010−4.9%Reduced
Bulldog Investors, LLP39,448$863.2K0.20%+39,448New
Royal Bank of Canada42,244$924.0K0.00%+551+1.3%Added
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.49,158$1.08M0.00%−409−0.8%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.53,596$1.17M0.00%+21,978+69.5%Added
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.56,498$1.24M0.02%−88,509−61.0%Reduced
UBS Group AG64,856$1.42M0.00%−337−0.5%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC66,531$1.46M0.00%−1,076−1.6%Reduced
Guggenheim Capital LLC74,584$1.63M0.01%−4,226−5.4%Reduced
Beckerman Institutional, LLC74,919$1.64M0.97%−860−1.1%Reduced
Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC80,279$1.76M0.27%+15,029+23.0%Added
Bank of America Corp99,628$2.18M0.00%+99,242+25,710.4%Added
Pathstone Holdings, LLC99,665$2.18M0.01%+70,776+245.0%Added
Morgan Stanley140,233$3.07M0.00%+35,169+33.5%Added
Sit Investment Associates Inc284,438$6.22M0.13%00.0%Unchanged
Ameriprise Financial Inc306,950$6.72M0.00%+21,151+7.4%Added
Saba Capital Management, L.P.314,539$6.88M0.23%+62,394+24.7%Added
John G Ullman & Associates Inc0$00.00%−82,913−100.0%Sold out
Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp0$00.00%−33,898−100.0%Sold out
Koshinski Asset Management, Inc.0$00.00%−12,335−100.0%Sold out
McIlrath & Eck, LLC0$00.00%−7,558−100.0%Sold out
Raymond James Financial Inc0$00.00%−7,174−100.0%Sold out