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Venture Capital Trusts statistics

Statistics on the amount of funds raised by VCTs, the number of VCTs raising and managing funds and the number of investors claiming tax relief on their VCT investments.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 26 September 2014
• Last updated: 23 May 2024 — See all updates

Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) are a tax-based venture capital scheme designed to help smaller higher-risk trading companies to raise finance.

VCT Official and National Statistics publications provide information on the number of trusts and the amount of funds raised. They also provide information on the number of investors and the amounts invested as reported on investors’ Self Assessment tax returns.

Background information and detailed guidance can be found in the Venture Capital Schemes Manual.

National Statistics

Publications from 2024 onwards are available on this page. Pre-2024 versions of statistics releases are available on the National Archives website.

• Venture Capital Trusts: 2024
  • 23 May 2024
  • Accredited official statistics

Other statistics information

• Quality report: Venture Capital Trusts statistics
  • 23 May 2024
  • Official Statistics

Published 26 September 2014
Last updated 23 May 2024 + show all updates

1. 23 May 2024

   Added 'Venture Capital Trusts: 2024' document to include the latest statistics.

2. 24 January 2024

   Updated for 2023 publication

3. 21 December 2023

   Added a note to highlight a delay to a part of the 2023 edition of the statistics.

4. 26 January 2023

   Addition of 2022 statistics.

5. 20 January 2022

   Removed pre-2021 publications and added a link to the National Archives.

6. 17 December 2020

   New published statistics - Venture Capital Trusts: December 2020

7. 10 December 2019

   Addition of 2019 statistics

8. 11 December 2018

   Addition of December 2018 publication. This combines both Table 8.6 and Table 8.9 for the first time.

9. 14 December 2017

   Addition of December 2017 publication.

10. 19 October 2017

    Addition of October 2017 Official Statistics.

11. 10 June 2016

    Added a link to the Venture Policy Schemes Manual for detailed information and policy guidance.

12. 10 December 2015

    Addition of December 2015 publication.

13. 12 December 2014

    Updated to include an annual VCT Table 8.9 release covering investors data for the financial year ending 2013. In this release the number of investors and the amount claimed through Self-Assessment are published in value terms as opposed to percentages published in previous National Statistics VCT Tables 8.9.

14. 26 September 2014

    First published.