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 | — | — |
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
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 |
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.
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.
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. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers