BARONSMEAD VENTURE TRUST PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-12 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+185.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£217M
+2.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
-78.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,566,000 | £4,109,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £11,324,000 | £2,441,000 | |
| Net profit | £11,323,000 | £2,425,000 | |
| Cash | £1,215,000 | £3,471,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £212,646,000 | £219,657,000 | |
| Net assets | £212,183,000 | £216,709,000 | |
| Equity | £212,183,000 | £216,709,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+15.2%
£3,566,000 £4,109,000
-
Cash
+185.7%
£1,215,000 £3,471,000
-
Net assets
+2.1%
£212,183,000 £216,709,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-78.4%
£11,324,000 £2,441,000
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 317.5% | 59.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.8% | 1.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 5.45x |
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. 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 enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the Annual Report and Financial Statements.”
Significant events
- “The 31 October 2025 Net Asset Value of 51.97p was announced on 6 November 2025.”
- “The first interim dividend of 1.75p per share was declared on 4 December 2025.”
- “The Company raised £4.5 million in new equity via the issue of 10,000,000 unquoted companies and one quoted company, totalling £4.5 million.”
- “Allotted 10,000,000 Ordinary shares of 10.0p on 20 November 2025 at an average price of £3.5p per share.”
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 | 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 494 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2025-05-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 13
- 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.