Venture Capital Trusts (VCT)

Venture Capital Trusts (VCT)

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Invest in a Venture Capital Trust today

  • Receive tax-free dividends
  • Recieve up to 30% tax relief
  • Up to £200,000 annual allowance
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Looking For A Tax-Efficient Addition To Your Investment Portfolio?

Invest in growing UK companies and receive tax-free dividends while receiving up to 30% income tax relief on up to £200,000 worth of shares per annum.

We can support your investment portfolio with a range of handpicked VCT providers /solutions across a variety of sectors.

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What Is A VCT?

What Is A VCT?

A Venture Capital Trust (VCT) is a publicly listed company which invests in young, entrepreneurial  companies. Run by an experienced fund manager, a VCT offers generous tax reliefs, offered as an incentive by the government, which wants to see these new companies thrive and support economic growth.

As a private investor buying shares in a VCT you will gain access to a range of small companies. Your investment will help these businesses grow with potential for you to achieve high returns, but investing in new businesses is riskier than buying shares in bigger, more established companies.
A Venture Capital Trust (VCT) is a publicly listed company which invests in young, entrepreneurial  companies. Run by an experienced fund manager, a VCT offers generous tax reliefs, offered as an incentive by the government, which wants to see these new companies thrive and support economic growth.

As a private investor buying shares in a VCT you will gain access to a range of small companies. Your investment will help these businesses grow with potential for you to achieve high returns, but investing in new businesses is riskier than buying shares in bigger, more established companies.

What Are The Tax Benefits Of VCTs?

What Are The Tax Benefits Of VCTs?

To help compensate for the higher level of risk involved, the government generous tax benefits.

These include:
To help compensate for the higher level of risk involved, the government generous tax benefits.

These include:
  • A high annual allowance of up to £200,000 per tax year
  • Up to 30% income tax relief on newly invested VCT shares held for at least five years
  • Tax-free dividends on ordinary shares in VCTs
  • No Capital Gains Tax on gains from disposal of ordinary shares in VCTs
These benefits are designed to encourage investors who have been looking to alternate tax-efficient asset classes for returns in recent years, against a backdrop of annual pension contribution limit restrictions, Capital Gains Tax limits reducing, a struggle to find portfolio income elsewhere and a reliable source of tax relief in an otherwise uncertain tax landscape.
These benefits are designed to encourage investors who have been looking to alternate tax-efficient asset classes for returns in recent years, against a backdrop of annual pension contribution limit restrictions, Capital Gains Tax limits reducing, a struggle to find portfolio income elsewhere and a reliable source of tax relief in an otherwise uncertain tax landscape.
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Understanding The Risks And How We Can Help You

VCTs are high risk investments which invest in small, unlisted, or AIM companies. There may be no market for the shares should you wish to dispose of them, and you may lose your capital.

Consequently, VCT providers encourage investors to take advice from a regulated professional advisor to ensure suitability of their investment. At Best Price, we offer VCT investments on an advised basis, so this is where we can help.

Lowest Advice Fees

We are confident that our fees for providing advice on these types of investment are the lowest that you will find anywhere in the UK. Our fees are just 1% of the amount invested, with a minimum of £300 in addition to provider fees which vary across fund managers and are typically 3% upfront.

We offer expert advice on tax planning solutions that meet your needs. We are able to arrange VCTs through all of the main recognised UK providers.

How It Works

Call our expert team for a discussion

Decide how much to invest

Choose from our current VCT offers

Sit back and watch your investment develop

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We are able to recognise VCT through all of the main UK recognised providers, including:

  • Puma
  • Time
  • Downing
  • Forsight
  • Triple Point
  • Octopus
  • Albion
  • Pembroke
  • Maven
  • Mobeus
  • Blackfinch
  • Focus

Your Perfect Partner For VCT Investments

We provide expert advice on a range of products and solutions, and we will look at your personal tax circumstances, previous investment experience, attitude to risk and capacity for loss to ensure that the product is suitable for your needs.

We are fully regulated and authorised by the FCA to provide advice on tax planning products, which means that in the event that the product was not suitable to meet an individuals needs, the investor has recourse to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to independently assess the merits of the advice provided.

We are required to seek to deliver the best outcomes for our clients and are obliged to carry professional indemnity insurance in this regard. If you were to purchase a VCT from a regulated distributor on a non-advised basis, you would not receive the same level of service or the reassurance of FOS protection.

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We are confident that our fees for providing advice on this type of investment are the lowest that you will find anywhere. Our fees are 1% of the amount invested, subject to a minimum of £300 

We invite you to get in touch for a no-obligation discussion to explore how we can help. 

We are confident that our fees for providing advice on this type of investment are the lowest that you will find anywhere. Our fees are 1% of the amount invested, subject to a minimum of £300 

We invite you to get in touch for a no-obligation discussion to explore how we can help. 

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