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Foresight Enterprise VCT

FTF.L
39
Asset Management · Financial Services
Price
43.20 GBp
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
£136.7M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
39
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Weak

Share count rising — dilution

+63.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 193.4M (2021) → 315.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Foresight Enterprise VCT Plc is a Venture Capital Trust based in the United Kingdom that invests money into small, privately owned British companies. It focuses on businesses in sectors like technology, manufacturing, and services that are looking to grow. The fund is managed by Foresight Group, an established UK alternative assets manager.

The company makes money by earning management fees and taking a share of investment gains when portfolio companies grow or are sold. It operates exclusively in the UK, which is typical for VCTs since they are a specifically British tax-advantaged investment structure. Investors are attracted to VCTs partly because the UK government offers income tax relief on new shares, meaning demand is closely tied to how attractive those tax benefits remain. The main risk is that small, early-stage private companies often fail, and a change in UK tax policy around VCT incentives could significantly reduce investor appetite for the fund.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+525.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

£0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

£153M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Foresight Enterprise VCT is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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
55.6%
Premium pricing power — 55.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
45.6%
Excellent — 45.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
2.3%
Weak — 2.3% 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
-75.1%
Shrinking sales (-75.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-72.9%
Earnings shrinking (-72.9% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
N/A
Data not available

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
-40%
Weak — only -40% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-36.1%
Burning cash (-36.1%)

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
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
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)
37.2x
Pricey — P/E 37.2

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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