FORESIGHT VCT PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£60M
+19.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£223M
+1.7% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£23M
+79% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FORESIGHT VCT PLC 2007-01-16 → present
- FORESIGHT TECHNOLOGY VCT PLC 1997-08-20 → 2007-01-16
- BACKSIGHT TECHNOLOGY VCT PLC 1997-08-19 → 1997-08-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £13,012,000 | £23,287,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,012,000 | £23,287,000 | |
| Net profit | £12,536,000 | £22,708,000 | |
| Cash | £49,710,000 | £59,600,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £219,119,000 | £222,963,000 | |
| Net assets | £219,119,000 | £222,863,000 | |
| Equity | £219,119,000 | £222,863,000 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 5.9% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.4% | 3.0% | |
| Current ratio | 51.22x | 19.10x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue operating as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FORESIGHT VCT PLC · parent
- Hospital Services Group Limited 73.5%
- Spektrix Limited 77%
- Aquasium Technology Limited 33.3%
- Nano Interactive Group Limited 95.2%
- TLS Management Limited 100%
- Fourth Wall Creative Limited 24.1%
- Hexarad Group Limited 49.3%
- Professionals At Play Ltd 6.5%
- Clubpark Group Ltd 57.7%
- Industrial Efficiency II Limited 75.2%
Significant events
- “The Company announced a £20 million Prospectus offer on 10 December 2024 with an over-allotment facility to raise up to a further £5 million.”
- “The offer was closed to new applications on 20 December 2024 and the first allotment was made on 10 April 2025 having raised gross proceeds of £25.0 million, £24.1 million after expenses.”
- “In advance of the allotment of Ordinary Shares on 13 March 2025, the Board announced that the unaudited NAV as at 13 March 2025 was 81.0p per share.”
- “Post year end, the Company completed investments into Looper Limited (£1.5 million), Nano Interactive Group Limited (£0.8 million), Fourth Wall Creative Limited (£1.0 million), Evolve Dynamics Limited (£0.6 million), Biotherapy Services Group Limited, returning £26.2 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORESIGHT GROUP LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2017-11-06 | — | — |
| DIMOND, Patricia | Director | 2021-02-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
| FORD, David Ian | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
| HADGILL, Denise Josephine | Director | 2025-11-01 | Feb 1961 | British |
| LITTLEJOHNS, Margaret | Director | 2017-10-01 | Sep 1959 | British |
| SANDHU, Dharminder Singh | Director | 2023-01-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLEARS, Roger William | Secretary | 1997-08-19 | 2004-12-31 |
| LLP, Foresight Group | Secretary | 2017-11-06 | 2017-11-06 |
| FORESIGHT FUND MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-31 | 2017-11-06 |
| BLEARS, Roger William | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2007-01-16 |
| DICKS, Peter Frederick | Director | 1997-08-22 | 2018-05-22 |
| DIMENT, Anthony Richard | Director | 1997-08-22 | 2011-05-26 |
| ENGLISH, Peter David | Director | 1997-08-22 | 2007-01-16 |
| FAIRMAN, Bernard William | Director | 1997-08-22 | 2010-06-18 |
| GREGORY, John Howard | Director | 2010-07-30 | 2021-05-27 |
| HARRIS, Jocelin Montague St John | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2024-06-04 |
| HORNE, Nigel, Dr | Director | 1997-09-25 | 2008-01-09 |
| HUMPHRIES, Gordon James | Director | 2007-02-20 | 2023-06-15 |
| LYTHALL, John | Director | 1997-08-22 | 1997-09-05 |
| ROYDS, David John George | Director | 1997-09-05 | 2007-01-16 |
| MEAUJO INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-08-19 | 1997-08-22 |
| PHILSEC LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-08-19 | 1997-08-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 444 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-13 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-03-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-19 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-08-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-01 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-07-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 16
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+19.9%
£49,710,000 £59,600,000
-
Net assets
+1.7%
£219,119,000 £222,863,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+79%
£13,012,000 £23,287,000
-
Profit before tax
+79%
£13,012,000 £23,287,000
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