What are VCTs?

Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) were introduced by the Government in 1995 as a means of boosting investment in the UK’s enterprise market, and the attractive tax-related benefits have generated significant investment in this area. Tax-related benefits include:

  • 30% income tax relief which reduces the effective cost of investment from 100p to 70p per share
  • Tax free dividends
  • Exemption from capital gains tax on the sale of VCT shares by an investor

Ingenious’ experience in VCTs

Ingenious is the largest VCT operator in the media and entertainment sector.

We have proven experience of successfully structuring, promoting and managing investment opportunities across the media and entertainment industry. In the past three years, we have successfully launched six Venture Capital Trusts, Ingenious Music VCT and Ingenious Music VCT 2 which focus on the music sector, Ingenious Live VCT 1 & 2 which focus on the live events sector, and Ingenious Entertainment VCT 1 & 2 which invest in the production and exploitation of live events and entertainment content.