MOLTEN VENTURES VCT PLC

1. MOLTEN VENTURES VCT PLC 2022-02-04 → present
2. DRAPER ESPRIT VCT PLC 2019-01-10 → 2022-02-04
3. ELDERSTREET DRAPER ESPRIT VCT PLC 2017-12-07 → 2019-01-10
4. ELDERSTREET VCT PLC 2005-01-26 → 2017-12-07
5. ELDERSTREET DOWNING VCT PLC 1997-10-20 → 2005-01-26
6. DOWNING STREET VCT PLC 1997-08-26 → 1997-10-20

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Board is satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in business for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. For this reason, they believe that the Company continues to be a going concern and that it is appropriate to apply the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. MOLTEN VENTURES VCT PLC · parent
   1. Fords Packaging Topco Limited 59.4% · England and Wales · leading supplier of capping presses and also manufactures Rotary Sealers

Significant events

• “Significant geopolitical uncertainty at present with ongoing conflicts and political changes impacting legislation, economies and stock markets.”
• “On 1 April 2025, the Company received proceeds of £1,142,000 from the sale of Freetrade Limited to IG Group Holdings plc, an online trading provider.”
• “On 4 April 2025, the Company allotted 15,292,988 Ordinary Shares of 5p each at an average price of 43.0p per Ordinary Share under the terms of the Offer for Subscription dated 11 October 2024.”
• “On 16 April 2025, the Company allotted 278,213 Ordinary Shares of 5p each at an average price of 42.6p per Ordinary Share under the terms of the Offer for Subscription dated 11 October 2024.”
• “On 29 April 2025, the Company bought back 9,344,254 of its own Ordinary Shares at a price 39.8p per share. These shares were subsequently cancelled.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +69.9%

  £980,000 → £1,665,000

• Cash

  +28.2%

  £25,102,000 → £32,188,000

• Net assets

  +1%

  £117,054,000 → £118,232,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  +337.5%

  -£168,000 → £399,000

• Profit before tax

  +6.8%

  -£8,054,000 → -£7,508,000

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