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Statements of Financial Condition
−Removed: March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019
−Removed: March 31, 2020
+Added: June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
+Added: June 30, 2020
December 31, 2019
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Receivable from accrued interest
+Added: Redemptions payable
Accrued Sponsor’s fee
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Redeemable Capital Shares, at redemption value, no par value,
−Removed: 18,000,000 authorized — 1,300,000 issued and outstanding
+Added: 23,000,000 authorized — 950,000 and 1,300,000 issued and
+Added: outstanding, respectively
Shareholders’ Equity:
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Statements of Comprehensive Income
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
−Removed: Three Months Ended March 31,
+Added: For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019
+Added: Three Months Ended June 30,
+Added: Six Months Ended June 30,
Interest Income
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Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Redeemable Capital Shares
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
+Added: For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
Retained Earnings
1 unchanged sentence
Capital Shares
−Removed: Balance at December 31, 2019
+Added: Balance at March 31, 2020
Purchases of Shares
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Redemption Value
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2020
+Added: See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
+Added: Invesco CurrencyShares ® British Pound Sterling Trust
+Added: Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Redeemable Capital Shares
+Added: For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
+Added: Retained Earnings
+Added: Shareholders'
+Added: Capital Shares
Balance at March 31, 2019
+Added: Purchases of Shares
+Added: Redemption of Shares
+Added: Net Increase (Decrease) due to Share Transactions
+Added: Net Comprehensive Income (Loss)
+Added: Adjustment of Redeemable Capital Shares to
+Added: Redemption Value related to Retained Earnings
+Added: Adjustment of Redeemable Capital Shares to
+Added: Redemption Value
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2019
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Redeemable Capital Shares
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
+Added: For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Retained Earnings
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Redemption Value
−Removed: Balance at March 31, 2019
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2020
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Invesco CurrencyShares ® British Pound Sterling Trust
+Added: Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Redeemable Capital Shares
+Added: For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
+Added: Retained Earnings
+Added: Shareholders'
+Added: Capital Shares
+Added: Balance at December 31, 2018
+Added: Purchases of Shares
+Added: Redemption of Shares
+Added: Net Increase (Decrease) due to Share Transactions
+Added: Net Comprehensive Income (Loss)
+Added: Adjustment of Redeemable Capital Shares to
+Added: Redemption Value related to Retained Earnings
+Added: Adjustment of Redeemable Capital Shares to
+Added: Redemption Value
+Added: Balance at June 30, 2019
+Added: See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
+Added: Invesco CurrencyShares ® British Pound Sterling Trust
Statements of Cash Flows
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
−Removed: Three Months Ended March 31,
+Added: For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019
+Added: Six Months Ended June 30,
Cash flows from operating activities
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Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements
−Removed: March 31, 2020
+Added: June 30, 2020
Note 1 – Background
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The secondary account is also used to account for interest earned, if any, on the primary deposit account, pay Trust expenses and distribute any excess interest to holders of Shares (“Shareholders”) on a monthly basis.
−Removed: This Quarterly Report (the “Report”) covers the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.
+Added: This Quarterly Report (the “Report”) covers the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.
The accompanying unaudited financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.
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These exceptions include expenses not assumed by the Sponsor (i.e., expenses other than those identified in the preceding paragraph), expenses resulting from negative interest rates, taxes and governmental charges, expenses and costs of any extraordinary services performed by the Trustee or the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust or action taken by the Trustee or the Sponsor to protect the Trust or the interests of Shareholders, indemnification of the Sponsor under the Depositary Trust Agreement, audit fees and legal expenses in excess of $ 100,000 per year.
−Removed: The only expense of the Trust during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was the Sponsor’s fee.
+Added: The only expense of the Trust during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was the Sponsor’s fee.
Federal Income Taxes
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British Pound Sterling principal deposits are held in a British Pound Sterling-denominated, interest-bearing demand account.
−Removed: The interest rate in effect as of March 31, 2020 was an annual nominal rate of 0.00 %.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2020, there were British Pound Sterling principal deposits of 19,388,364 , British Pound Sterling principal redemptions of 19,389,965 and British Pound Sterling withdrawals (to pay expenses) of 14,730 , resulting in an ending British Pound Sterling principal balance of 126,028,514 .
−Removed: This equates to 156,269,080 USD.
+Added: The interest rate in effect as of June 30, 2020 was an annual nominal rate of 0.00 %.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2020, there were British Pound Sterling principal deposits of 33,913,843 , British Pound Sterling principal redemptions of 67,832,916 and British Pound Sterling withdrawals (to pay expenses) of 111,868 , resulting in an ending British Pound Sterling principal balance of 92,013,904 .
+Added: This equates to 113,692,436 USD (which includes USD redemptions payable and subscriptions receivable).
For the year ended December 31, 2019, there were British Pound Sterling principal deposits of 121,214,247 , British Pound Sterling principal redemptions of 101,821,260 and British Pound Sterling withdrawals (to pay expenses) of 54,267 , resulting in an ending British Pound Sterling principal balance of 126,044,845 .
−Removed: This equates to 141,290,062 USD.
+Added: This equates to 166,977,997 USD (which includes USD subscriptions receivable).
Net interest, if any, associated with creation and redemption activity is held in a British Pound Sterling-denominated non-interest-bearing account, and any balance is distributed in full as part of the monthly income distributions, if any.
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