NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-26 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£25M
-19.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£121M
+5.6% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8M
+163.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £3,216,000 | £8,481,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,216,000 | £8,481,000 | |
| Cash | £31,497,000 | £25,439,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £114,831,000 | £121,251,000 | |
| Net assets | £114,831,000 | £121,251,000 | |
| Equity | £114,831,000 | £121,251,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £144,000 | £144,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-19.2%
£31,497,000 £25,439,000
-
Net assets
+5.6%
£114,831,000 £121,251,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+163.7%
£3,216,000 £8,481,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 169.88x | 45.70x |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- NORTHERN VENTURE TRUST PLC · parent
- Biological Preparations Group
- Volumatic Holdings
Significant events
- “After the year end, on 3 April 2025, the Company issued 24,216,029 ordinary shares for a net consideration of £14,554,000, as a result of a prospectus share offer launched during the year ended 31 March 2025.”
- “On 4 April 2025, the Company invested £398,000 in existing portfolio company Axis Spine Technologies, by way of a follow-on funding round.”
- “On 17 April 2025, the Company invested £340,000 in existing portfolio company Broker Insights, by way of a follow-on funding round.”
- “On 24 April 2025, the Company sold part of its investment in Project Glow Topco (t/a The Beauty Tech Group) for proceeds of £337,000.”
- “On 6 May 2025, the Company invested £643,000 in existing portfolio company Warwick Acoustics, by way of a follow-on funding round.”
- “On 7 May 2025, the Company invested £205,000 in existing portfolio company Synthesized, by way of a follow-on funding round.”
- “On 13 June 2025, the Company invested £264,000 in existing portfolio company Newcells Biotech, by way of a follow-on round.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERCIA COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-09-30 | — | — |
| HUDSON, Deborah Nichole | Director | 2022-01-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| MILAD, John Eric | Director | 2024-08-21 | Jul 1972 | British |
| SUTCLIFFE, Brigid Ann | Director | 2024-04-02 | Jul 1959 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRYCE, James Kirk | Secretary | 2018-03-31 | 2022-01-01 |
| MELLOR, Christopher David | Secretary | 1995-08-21 | 2018-03-31 |
| VENABLES, Graham | Secretary | 2022-01-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| DICKINSON DEES | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-08-11 | 1995-08-21 |
| BEER, Nigel Jonathan | Director | 2009-07-07 | 2022-01-07 |
| CONSTANTINE, Simon John | Director | 2012-10-31 | 2024-07-30 |
| DENNY, Edward Michael Patrick | Director | 1995-08-11 | 2012-12-14 |
| GREEN, Richard James | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2024-07-30 |
| HOLLIDAY, Frederick George Thomas, Professor Sir | Director | 1995-09-22 | 2009-01-14 |
| HUSTLER, John Randolph | Director | 1995-09-22 | 2014-12-18 |
| LEVETT, Timothy Roland | Director | 2013-02-13 | 2023-07-21 |
| LEVETT, Timothy Roland | Director | 1995-08-11 | 2005-12-14 |
| MAYES, David Andrew | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2025-08-05 |
| MCKECHNIE, Roger Antony Nigel | Director | 1995-09-22 | 1997-07-10 |
| PETERS, Ross Stevenson | Director | 2001-09-05 | 2012-12-14 |
| RITCHIE, Ian Cleland | Director | 1995-09-22 | 2001-05-11 |
| SCOTT, Primrose Smith | Director | 1995-09-22 | 2010-12-16 |
| WILLIAMS, Clive Robert | Director | 2005-09-20 | 2008-05-20 |
| YOUNGER, Hugh Patrick | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2022-01-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 652 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-20 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-01-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-26 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-11-26 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-09-26 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-09-26 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-09-17 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-09-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-08-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 14
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.