TIDMDEVC 
 

Draper Esprit VCT plc ("the Company")

LEI: 2138003I9Q1QPDSQ9Z97

Net Asset Value and portfolio

11 November 2021

The Company announces that its unaudited Net Asset Value (NAV), as at 30 September 2021, was 61.0p per Ordinary Share.

The unaudited investment portfolio and balance sheet of the Company, as at 30 September 2021, were as follows:

 
                                                                      Valuation 
                                                                       movement 
                                                       Valuation        since       % of 
                                                      30 September     31 March   portfolio 
                                           Cost     2021 (unaudited)     2021     by value 
                                          GBP'000       GBP'000        GBP'000 
Ten largest venture capital investments 
 (by value) 
Access Intelligence plc*                    2,586             12,115      1,326       13.6% 
Back Office Technology Limited              1,420              7,955      5,546        9.0% 
Fords Packaging Topco Limited               2,433              6,878          -        7.7% 
Endomagnetics Limited                       2,147              5,652      1,008        6.4% 
Thought Machine Group Limited               2,400              4,025      1,625        4.5% 
Lyalvale Express Limited                    1,915              3,999      2,571        4.5% 
IESO Digital Health Limited                 1,900              3,302      2,352        3.7% 
StreetTeam Software Limited                 2,820              2,530      2,211        2.9% 
Freetrade Limited                             600              2,367          -        2.7% 
Evonetix Limited                            1,485              1,882          -        2.1% 
                                           19,706             50,705     16,639       57.1% 
Other venture capital investments 
Ravelin Technology Limited                  1,133              1,879        746        2.1% 
Macranet Limited                            1,187              1,187        778        1.3% 
Roomex UK Limited                           1,081              1,104       (70)        1.2% 
Crowdcube Limited                             400              1,013        264        1.1% 
PrimaryBid Limited                            950                950          -        1.1% 
River Lane Research Limited                   901                901          -        1.0% 
United Authors Publishing Limited             542                885         65        1.0% 
Fulcrum Utility Services Limited*             386                691      (370)        0.8% 
Focal Point Positioning Limited               600                600          -        0.7% 
Hadean Supercomputing Limited                 400                583        183        0.7% 
Sweepr Technologies Limited                   515                526          -        0.6% 
Other investments                          12,853              1,767      (660)        2.0% 
                                           20,948             12,086        936       13.6% 
                                          -------  -----------------  ---------  ---------- 
 
                                           40,654             62,791     17,575       70.7% 
 
Cash at bank and in hand                                      26,045                  29.3% 
 
Total investments                                             88,836                 100.0% 
 

* Quoted on AIM

Unaudited Balance Sheet

As at 30 September 2021

 
                                   30 Sep       31 Mar 
                                    2021         2021 
                                 (unaudited)   (audited) 
                                  GBP'000      GBP'000 
Fixed assets 
Investments                           62,791      44,756 
 
Current assets 
Debtors                                    7          78 
Cash at bank and in hand              26,045      10,659 
                                      26,052      10,737 
 
Creditors: amounts falling 
 due within one year                    (99)        (81) 
 
Net current assets                    25,953      10,656 
 
Net assets                            88,744      55,412 
 
Capital and reserves 
Called up share capital                7,275       5,537 
Capital redemption reserve               728         659 
Share premium account                 36,438      18,321 
Merger reserve                         1,828       1,828 
Special reserve                       12,041      15,463 
Capital reserve -- unrealised         31,052      14,159 
Capital reserve -- realised                -           - 
Revenue reserve                        (618)       (555) 
 
Total equity shareholders' 
 funds                                88,744      55,412 
 
Basic and diluted net asset     61.0p         50.0p 
 value per share 
 
 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

November 11, 2021 10:00 ET (15:00 GMT)

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