BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P chart

Last update: 2022-12-23
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 0.20
Dividend & Yield0.11£ (14.01%)
Beta 0.01
Market capitalization 146.93M
Operating cash flow -1.48M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

British Smaller Companies VCT plc is a venture capital trust specializing in investments in early stage, mid and late venture, later stage, recapitalizations, growing capital-consuming businesses, acquisition funding and business development in mature, VCT qualifying and non-qualifying unquoted and quoted companies listed on alternative investment market and ISDX. It is an evergreen fund. It seeks to invest in firms that have business services, manufacturing, industrial, healthcare, software, Information Technology, telecommunications, retail and brands. The fund invests in floatation and some emerging technology. It prefers to invest in the United Kingdom. The fund invests between £1 million ($1.45 million) and £10 million ($14.48 million) in companies with sales value between £5 million ($7.24 million) and £25 million ($36.21 million). It invests between £0.25 million ($0.36 million) and £1 million ($1.45 million) in development capital. It may also invest in preference shares and loan stock. The fund holds its investments for an average period of seven years.

Sector: Financial Services - Industry: Asset Management

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-03-31 2020-03-31 2021-03-31 2022-03-31
Change To Liabilities -514k 36k -19k 601k
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities 14.75M 2.82M -6.36M 3.84M
Net Borrowings
Total Cash From Financing Activities -10.57M 12.03M 60k 20.91M
Change To Operating Activities 613k 613k -848k 387k
Issuance Of Stock 3.39M 23.81M 7.05M 34.63M
Net Income 6.41M -5.09M 21.34M 28.26M
Change In Cash 3.97M 14.42M -5.29M 23.27M
Effect Of Exchange Rate
Total Cash From Operating Activities -204k -427k 1M -1.48M
Depreciation
Change To Account Receivables 635k 613k
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -32k -932k -256k -1.54M
Change To Netincome -6.73M 4.01M -19.47M -30.73M
Capital Expenditures

Income Statement 2019-03-31 2020-03-31 2021-03-31 2022-03-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 6.41M -5.09M 21.34M 28.26M
Net Income 6.41M -5.09M 21.34M 28.26M
Selling General Administrative 2.44M 2.5M 2.11M 3.45M
Gross Profit 8.84M -2.59M 23.45M 31.71M
Ebit 6.41M -5.09M 21.34M 28.26M
Operating Income 6.41M -5.09M 21.34M 28.26M
Interest Expense
Income Tax Expense
Total Revenue 8.84M -2.59M 23.45M 31.71M
Cost Of Revenue
Total Other Income ExpenseNet
Net Income From Continuing Ops 6.41M -5.09M 21.34M 28.26M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 6.41M -5.09M 21.34M 28.26M

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-03-31 2020-03-31 2021-03-31 2022-03-31
Total Liabilities 169k 205k 186k 787k
Total Stockholder Equity 82.02M 88.96M 110.36M 159.53M
Other Current Liabilities
Total Assets 82.19M 89.17M 110.55M 160.32M
Common Stock 11.83M 14.95M 16.13M 20.51M
Other Current Assets
Retained Earnings 17.77M 1.55M 23.13M 76.9M
Treasury Stock 49.56M 49.62M 41.11M
Cash 14.03M 25.95M 20.66M 38.93M
Total Current Liabilities 169k 205k 186k 787k
Other Stockholder Equity 49.56M 49.62M 41.11M
Property, Plant, and Equipment
Total Current Assets 22.02M 35.65M 31.1M 53.55M
Net Tangible Assets 82.02M 88.96M 110.36M 159.53M
Net Receivables 927k 200k 399k 98k
Accounts Payable


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
British Smaller Companies VCT plcD2022-10-17
Cook (Rupert)Bought at price 0.94 per share.D2022-10-03570
YFM Private Equity LimitedBought at price 0.11 per share.D2022-10-032.33k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcBuy Back at price 0.85 per share.D2022-09-27702.21k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcD2022-07-26
Cook (Rupert)Bought at price 1.00 per share.D2022-07-123.58k
Cook (Rupert)Bought at price 1.00 per share.D2022-07-12548
YFM Private Equity LimitedBought at price 0.12 per share.D2022-07-122.25k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcBuy Back at price 1.02 per share.D2022-06-28474.73k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcD2022-06-21
Bastin (Adam)D2022-03-31
Cartwright (Jonathan Harry)D2022-03-31
Cook (Rupert)D2022-03-31
Sinclair (Helen Rachelle)D2022-03-31
British Smaller Companies VCT plcBuy Back at price 1.07 per share.D2022-03-29848.68k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcD2022-01-12
Cook (Rupert)Bought at price 1.15 per share.D2022-01-121k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcD2022-01-07
Cook (Rupert)Bought at price 1.18 per share.D2022-01-07149.91k
Cook (Rupert)Bought at price 1.18 per share.D2022-01-0723k
YFM Private Equity LimitedBought at price 0.14 per share.D2022-01-07209.09k
Cook (Rupert)Bought at price 1.14 per share.D2022-01-051k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcBuy Back at price 1.06 per share.D2021-12-15526.37k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcD2021-11-16
Cook (Rupert)Bought at price 1.09 per share.D2021-11-162.44k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcBuy Back at price 1.12 per share.D2021-09-27991.89k
Bastin (Adam)D2021-09-22
Cartwright (Jonathan Harry)D2021-09-22
Cook (Rupert)D2021-09-22
Sinclair (Helen Rachelle)D2021-09-22
YFM Private Equity LimitedBought at price 0.14 per share.D2021-08-06103
British Smaller Companies VCT plcD2021-08-06
Cook (Rupert)Bought at price 1.03 per share.D2021-08-061.04k
Cook (Rupert)Bought at price 1.02 per share.D2021-07-231.04k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcD2021-06-30
British Smaller Companies VCT plcBuy Back at price 0.99 per share.D2021-06-24781.87k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcD2021-06-15
Bastin (Adam)D2021-03-31
Cartwright (Jonathan Harry)D2021-03-31
Cook (Rupert)D2021-03-31
Sinclair (Helen Rachelle)D2021-03-31
British Smaller Companies VCT plcBuy Back at price 0.96 per share.D2021-03-251.77M
British Smaller Companies VCT plcD2021-03-22
Bastin (Adam)Bought at price 1.05 per share.D2021-03-0813.25k
Cartwright (Jonathan Harry)Bought at price 1.05 per share.D2021-03-0826.49k
British Smaller Companies VCT plcBuy Back at price 0.87 per share.D2020-12-141.09M

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P:

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 11.56% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

11.56 %

Latent gain

260.7 £

Invested capital

2254.5 £

Annualized return

2.63 %
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Momentum strategy results on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P:

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 17.53% of return on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P. That represents 1231.0£ of latent gain with 7022.0£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 14.69% of return on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P. That represents 785.4£ of latent gain with 5345.4£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

17.53 %

Latent gain

1231.0 £

Invested capital

7022.0 £

Annualized return

8.72 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

14.69 %

Latent gain

785.4 £

Invested capital

5345.4 £

Annualized return

3.75 %

Momentum equity curve on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P:

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P since the beginning:

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

Buy the dip entry openings on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P is 20.92%. That represents 54.4$ of latent gain with 260.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

20.92 %

Latent gain

54.4 £

Invested capital

260.0 £

Annualized return

8.72 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P:

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

Note: the dividends potentially given by BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P:

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P.

Equity curve comparison on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P investment comparison

Performance comparison on BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 11.56% 260.7£ 2254.5£ 2.63%
Momentum 1 quarter 17.53% 1231.0£ 7022.0£ 4.21%
Momentum 2 quarters 14.69% 785.4£ 5345.4£ 3.75%
Non-directional 20.92% 54.4£ 260.0£ 8.72%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

2.63 %

Momentum 1Q

3.75 %

Momentum 2Q

3.75 %

Non-directional

8.72 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year


Most correlated stocks last 3 months

Negative correlation

Most negatively correlated stocks this year


Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P
Country United Kingdom
City Leeds
Address 5th Floor
Phone 44 1132 441 000
Website www.yfmep.com/bscvct/
FullTime employees
Industry Asset Management
Sector Financial Services
Exchange XLON
Ticker BSV.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

BRITISH SMALLER COMPANIES VCT PLC ORD 10P ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

Rating Year: unknown

Rating Month: unknown

Max Age: unknown

Percentile: unknown