Maven Income and Growth VCT 5

MIG5.L

Asset Management - Income · Financial Services

Exchange

London Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through May 31, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Strong

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Good

Valuation

Weak

Dividends

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Maven Income and Growth VCT 5 PLC is a Venture Capital Trust (VCT) based in the United Kingdom. It pools money from individual investors and uses it to invest in small, privately held British companies that need funding to grow. The fund is managed by Maven Capital Partners, a Scottish investment firm that runs several similar VCT funds.

The company makes money by earning investment returns — dividends, interest, and capital gains — from its portfolio of small business investments. Because it is structured as a VCT, UK investors who buy its shares receive significant tax benefits, which is the main reason people invest in it. Maven operates entirely within the UK, and its competitive position relies on its deal flow network and experience managing early-stage companies. The key risk is that small private companies fail at higher rates than larger businesses, meaning poor portfolio performance could reduce or eliminate the tax-advantaged dividends that attract most of its investors.

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

-377.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

£78M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Maven Income and Growth VCT 5'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.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

124.1%

Premium pricing power — 124.1% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

60.4%

Excellent — 60.4% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

0.2%

Weak — 0.2% 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

-101.1%

Shrinking sales (-101.1% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-91.4%

Earnings shrinking (-91.4% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

-497%

Weak — only -497% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

N/A

Data not available

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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)

226.7x

no trend

Expensive — P/E 226.7

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

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

5.70%

no trend

Healthy income — 5.70% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

-27.3%

no trend

Dividend cut (-27.3% YoY) — warning sign

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