A Venture Capital Trust or VCT is a highly tax efficient UK closed-end collective investment scheme designed to provide private equity capital for small expanding companies and capital gains for investors
A Venture Capital Trust is a company whose shares trade on the London stock market. A VCT aims to make money by investing in other companies. These are typically very small companies which are looking for further investment to help develop their business.
There are very strict rules on how Venture Capital Trusts can invest your pooled money in order to qualify as VCT
Investments in Venture Capital Trusts carry tax relief to encourage you to invest in these smaller, higher risk companies. By pooling your investments with those of other customers, VCTs allow you to spread the risk over a number of small companies.
The tax relief on Venture Capital Trusts comes in a number of different forms and with varying risks.
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