Temple Bar Investment Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company's principal business activity of investment management is sub-contracted to Investec Asset Management Limited (IAM). The Company's investment objective is to provide growth in income and capital to achieve a long-term total return greater than the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange (FTSE) All-Share Index, through investment primarily in United Kingdom securities. The Company invests in a spread of securities with typically the majority of the portfolio selected from the constituents of the FTSE 100 Index. It invests in sectors, such as oil and gas, healthcare, retail, food and beverage, banks, telecommunications, telecommunications, personal and household goods, and industrial goods and services. The Company's investment manager is IAM.