BARONSMEAD VENTURE TRUST PLC
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Cash
£523k
-30.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£217m
+2.1% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3.2m
-75.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,572,000 | £4,100,000 | +14.8% | |
| Operating profit | £13,295,000 | £3,217,000 | -75.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £13,295,000 | £3,217,000 | -75.8% | |
| Net profit | £13,295,000 | £3,217,000 | -75.8% | |
| Cash | £752,000 | £523,000 | -30.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £212,183,000 | £216,709,000 | +2.1% | |
| Net assets | £212,183,000 | £216,709,000 | +2.1% | |
| Equity | £212,183,000 | £216,709,000 | +2.1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £129,655 | £124,673 | -3.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £37,345 | £38,200 | +2.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 78.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 78.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.3% | 1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.6% | 0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 2.95x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BARONSMEAD VENTURE TRUST PLC 2016-02-08 → present
- BARONSMEAD VCT 2 PLC 1998-01-29 → 2016-02-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making the necessary enquiries, including those made during the preparation of the viability statement in the Strategic Report, the Directors believe that it is reasonable to expect that the Company will continue to be able to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due”
Significant events
- “Completed four follow-on investments, into three unquoted companies and one quoted company, totalling £4.5 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRESHAM HOUSE ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-11-30 | — | — |
| MELVIN, David Logan | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jul 1960 | British |
| MILLER SMITH, Fiona Margaret | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
| PROBIN, Michael | Director | 2021-06-14 | Mar 1963 | British |
| SINGH, Mandeep Gorst | Director | 2025-04-01 | Dec 1983 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORSTER, Paul Martin | Secretary | 2008-07-01 | 2009-12-14 |
| JOHANSEN, Piers Charles Christian | Secretary | 1998-01-29 | 1998-02-18 |
| F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC | Corporate Secretary | 1998-02-18 | 2008-07-01 |
| ISIS EP LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-24 | 2014-06-01 |
| LIVINGBRIDGE VC LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2014-06-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-01-29 | 1998-01-29 |
| DOLAN, Isabel Ann | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2025-01-21 |
| GABB, Leslie Ian | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2023-12-31 |
| GOLDRING, Howard David | Director | 2009-11-11 | 2016-02-08 |
| JILLINGS, Godfrey Frank | Director | 1998-02-18 | 2010-09-28 |
| JOHANSEN, Piers Charles Christian | Director | 1998-01-29 | 1998-02-18 |
| LAWRENCE, Peter Anthony | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2022-03-31 |
| MARSHALL, Valerie Margaret | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2021-10-31 |
| MCCOMB, Christina Margaret | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2017-12-05 |
| NICKLIN, Susannah Elizabeth Mckean | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2024-06-30 |
| NOTT, Gillian | Director | 1998-02-18 | 2016-02-08 |
| ODONOGHUE, Brian William | Director | 1998-01-29 | 1998-02-18 |
| PARRITT, Clive Anthony | Director | 1998-02-18 | 2016-05-31 |
| TIMPSON, Nicholas George Lawrence | Director | 1998-02-18 | 2009-12-14 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-01-29 | 1998-01-29 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-01-29 | 1998-01-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 496 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2026-05-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-08-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2025-06-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-25 | MISC | miscellaneous | Miscellaneous | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 14
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.