PUMA AIM VCT PLC
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Cash
£738k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8.3m
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£466k
Period ending 2026-02-28
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£40,000 | £466,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£40,000 | £466,000 | — | |
| Cash | £2,086,000 | £738,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£40,000 | £8,256,000 | — | |
| Equity | -£40,000 | £8,256,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £27,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 8 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 101.8% | 8.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 5.90x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and believe that it is appropriate to continue to apply the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Post year-end, a further 1,933,601 shares were issued for total consideration of £1.9 million.”
- “Following the year end, the Company made one new investment and one follow-on investment. £0.3 million was invested into Light Science Technologies Holdings plc... A further £0.1 million was invested as a follow-on investment into Time To ACT plc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBURN, Amy | Secretary | 2024-09-11 | — | — |
| DI-STEFANO, Jonathan Graham | Director | 2024-09-06 | Sep 1974 | British |
| DRUMMOND, Lynn, Dr | Director | 2024-09-06 | Aug 1959 | British |
| KAYE, Eliot Charles | Director | 2024-09-06 | Oct 1974 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEINEMANN, Stephen | Secretary | 2024-06-25 | 2024-09-06 |
| PUMA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-09-06 | 2024-09-11 |
| HEINEMANN, Stephen | Director | 2024-06-25 | 2024-09-06 |
| PROUDFOOT, Marc Douglas | Director | 2024-06-25 | 2024-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Marc Douglas Proudfoot | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-06-25 | Ceased 2025-04-04 |
| Mr Stephen Heinemann | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-06-25 | Ceased 2025-04-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-12 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-12 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-12 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-07-16 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-07-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 7
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.