New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Chairman’s Statement

Business Update

It is pleasing to report that your fund has continued to outperform its benchmark for the six months to 31 August 2021.

In the six months to 31 August 2021, the net asset value (NAV) of your fund increased by 18.1% to £9.557m or 121.6p per share (when using bid prices). The FTSE AIM Allshare index increased by 7.9% over the same period. Even more pleasing is to see that the NAV of the fund has increased by 60.6% since 31 August 2020.

Investment Strategy

We made six further investments in the period, investing in Arecor Therapeutics plc, Belluscura plc, Lunglife AI Inc, Sulnox Group plc, Trellus Health plc and Truspine Technologies plc.

We made five sales where we either exited or top-sliced a holding.

We have a wide spread of established companies across a variety of sectors within the fund and whilst we hope your fund will continue to outperform over the rest of the year, we are mindful that we could see further volatility this Autumn / Winter. This will be driven by investors who will try and gauge the potential threat of inflation and the possibility of increases in interest rates, as well as the hope that there will be no further lockdowns and hence no further impact on the economy, following the successful vaccination process in the UK – which has helped offset the more serious effects of COVID-19.

Annual General Meeting/Extraordinary General Meeting

During the period under review the Company held its Annual General Meeting (AGM). Every five years the board is required under the Company’s articles to propose an ordinary resolution asking for shareholders’ permission to continue as a venture capital trust for a further five years. This resolution was not passed at the AGM and so, as per the articles, an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) has to be held within four months of the AGM. Shareholders will be asked to vote at this EGM on whether they wish to wind up the Company. Notice of this meeting and the resolution on which they will vote will be sent to shareholders at the appropriate time.

Geoff Gamble

28 October 2021

New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Unaudited Balance Sheet

New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Unaudited Statement of Comprehensive Income
(incorporating the revenue account)

All revenue and capital items in the above statement derive from continuing operations in the current six month period. No operations were acquired or discontinued in the current period.

Other than that shown above, the company had no recognised gains or losses. Accordingly, the above represents the total comprehensive income for the period. The weighted average number of shares in issue during the period was 7,860,937.

New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity (continued)

New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Unaudited Cash Flow Statement

New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Investment Portfolio

New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Investment Portfolio (continued)

New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Investment Portfolio (continued)

New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Notes to the Accounts

This interim financial information and the unaudited interim accounts for the six months to 31 August 2021 from which it has been extracted, are the responsibility of the directors and were approved by them on 28 October 2021, do not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006 and have not been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

The Company is an investment company as defined in Section 833 of the Companies Act 2006. The unaudited interim accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Financial Reporting Standard 104 Interim Financial Reporting (March 2018) and with the Statement of Recommended Practice for Investment Companies re-issued by the Association of Investment Companies in November 2014 and updated in April 2021.

The unaudited interim accounts have been prepared using accounting policies that the company applied in the accounts for the year ending 28 February 2021, incorporating FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The company considers these accounting policies will be used in the accounts for the year ending 28 February 2022.

Listed, AIM or AQSE Markets-traded investments are stated at market value, which is based upon market bid prices at the balance sheet date. These would all meet tier 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

7,860,937 Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each were in issue throughout the period under review.

The net asset value per share, using bid-prices to value the fund’s investment portfolio, at 31 August 2021 was 121.6p (at 28 February 2021: 103.0p; 31 August 2020: 75.7p).

No dividend was paid in the period.

There have not been any significant events since the balance sheet date.

New Century AIM VCT plc is managed by Oberon Investments Limited (‘OIL’). Under the terms of the management agreement OIL is entitled to a fee (exclusive of VAT) equal to 1% per annum of the net assets of the company. During the period the management fee was £48k (the year ended 28 February 2021: £65k, the period ended 31 August 2020: £27k).

Bearing in mind that the assets of the Company consist mainly of marketable securities, the directors are of the opinion that at the time of approving this interim financial information, the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing this interim financial information.

Copies of the Interim Report to Shareholders have been sent to shareholders and are available at the Company’s Registered Office: Tricor Secretaries Ltd, 4th Floor, 50 Mark Lane, London EC3R 7QR.

New Century AIM VCT plc
For the six months to 31 August 2021

Directors, Investment Managers and Advisors

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