VCT reviews

Review: Downing ONE VCT

17 October 2019

Downing ONE is Downing’s longest-established and largest VCT, with net assets of £104 million (Mar 2019). Downing ONE VCT invests both in unquoted and listed (mainly AIM) companies.Under the current offer, the VCT seeks to raise ...

Review: Triple Point 2011 VCT

23 September 2019

Triple Point 2011 VCT has launched a Venture Share class, known as the Triple Point Venture Fund. The first share offer raised around £7 million. The 2019/20 share offer aims to raise up to £10 million ...

Review: Octopus Titan VCT

18 September 2019

Who hasn’t heard of Zoopla Property Group, the £2.2 billion company behind the property website? Octopus Titan VCT, then a minnow in the venture capital world, invested in 2009, two years after Zoopla’s launch.Ten years on, ...

Review: Pembroke VCT

17 September 2019

Since its launch in 2013, the Pembroke VCT has focused on growth investing, typically backing consumer brands with premium pricing potential. It invests mainly in five sectors: wellness, hospitality, education, apparel & accessories and media & ...

Review: Puma Alpha VCT

5 July 2019

The Puma Alpha VCT plc is the fourteenth Puma VCT, raising up to £50 million (£30 million plus £20 million over allotment). HighlightsTargets an average dividend of 5p per annum from April 2023 (not guaranteed)Puma’s fourteenth ...

Review: Octopus Apollo VCT

20 May 2019

Octopus Apollo VCT seeks to raise up to £20 million (with a £10 million overallotment facility).Highlights Large and diverse portfolio of over 50 companiesManaged by the largest VCT managerAims to invest in proven businesses, not startupsMixture ...

Review: Foresight 4 VCT

8 March 2019

If there was an accolade for the most dramatic VCT makeover, the Foresight 4 VCT could surely be a strong contender.It started its life as an amalgamation of several previously underperforming VCTs run by other providers, ...

Review: ProVen VCTs

13 February 2019

The two ProVen VCTs – ProVen VCT and ProVen Growth & Income VCT – had a bumper year in 2018. In the six months to December alone, they have successfully exited four long-term investments.The most high-profile ...

Review: Unicorn AIM VCT

12 February 2019

There is one thing that strikes you when you listen to Chris Hutchinson, the lead fund manager of the Unicorn AIM VCT. He has a gift for “telling it how it is”.The way he describes his ...

Review: Maven VCTs

8 February 2019

So far this tax year Wealth Club clients have invested more money into the Maven VCTs – Maven Income & Growth (Maven VCT 1) and Maven Income & Growth 5 (Maven VCT 5) – than into ...