Albion Crown VCT

CRWN.L

Investment - Banking & Investment Services · Financial Services

Exchange

London Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Good

Valuation

Data not available

Dividends

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Albion Crown VCT PLC is a Venture Capital Trust (VCT) based in the United Kingdom. It pools money from individual investors and uses that money to invest in small, early-stage British companies that need funding to grow. VCTs like this one are set up under UK government rules, which means investors who put money in can receive special tax breaks.

The company makes money by charging management fees on the assets it oversees and by earning returns when its portfolio companies grow or are sold. It operates entirely within the UK, focused on smaller private businesses across sectors like technology and healthcare. Its main competitive edge is the tax-advantaged structure that attracts investors, since VCT status is tightly regulated and not easy to replicate. The key risk is that early-stage companies fail at high rates, meaning the value of the portfolio can fall sharply if several investments do not work out as planned.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

-80.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-134.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

0.9%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

£171M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Albion Crown VCT's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

-65.0%

Thin — -65.0% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

300.9%

Excellent — 300.9% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

0.1%

Weak — 0.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

-68.7%

Shrinking sales (-68.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-103.9%

Earnings shrinking (-103.9% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

-1056%

Weak — only -1056% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-52.0%

Burning cash (-52.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

100.00x

—

Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

5.37%

no trend

Healthy income — 5.37% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

-4.3%

no trend

Dividend cut (-4.3% YoY) — warning sign

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