Octopus Aim VCT PLC

Active03477519 Public limited company

Incorporated: 8 December 1997 (28 years)
Previously known as: Octapus Aim VCT PLC (until 4 September 2008)
Close Brothers Aim VCT PLC (until 3 September 2008)
Ypcs 61 PLC (until 21 January 1998)
Industry: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (64999)
Security and commodity contracts dealing activities (66120)
Directors: David John Docherty
Louise Catherine Nash
Andrew Norman Boteler
all 4 directors
Accounts type: Full
Region: Greater London
Address: 6th Floor 33 Holborn
London
EC1N 2HT

Website & contact details

Group website: octopusgroup.com
The site of this company’s group or brand.

Filing status

Accounts due: 31 August 2027
Last accounts: 28 February 2026
Conf. stmt due: 25 January 2027
Last conf. stmt: 11 January 2026

Officers 5 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Docherty, David John

Director · Appointed 23 July 2025

Also at Jpmorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income PLC

British

Born December 1965 (60)

Nash, Louise Catherine

Director · Appointed 1 July 2024

Also at Blackrock Smaller Companies Trust PLC

British

Born February 1976 (50)

Boteler, Andrew Norman

Director · Appointed 19 March 2020

Also at Cake Box Holdings PLC, Surgical Innovations Group PLC · more companies

British

Born April 1966 (60)

Octopus Company Secretarial Services Limited

Corporate Secretary · Appointed 11 October 2019

Also at Octopus Money Holdings Limited, Octopus Money Unit Trust Managers Limited, Octopus Investments Limited · more companies

Parfrey, Joanne

Director · Appointed 6 October 2016

Also at Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC · more companies

British

Born October 1972 (54)

Officer history (19 former)

23 July 2025

Resigned Ransome, Neal as Director

23 July 2025

Appointed Docherty, David John as Director

18 July 2024

Resigned Hazell-Smith, Stephen John as Director

1 July 2024

Appointed Nash, Louise Catherine as Director

22 July 2021

Resigned Smith, Roger John as Director

19 March 2020

Appointed Boteler, Andrew Norman as Director

11 October 2019

Appointed Octopus Company Secretarial Services Limited as Corporate Secretary

11 October 2019

Resigned Waterhouse, Suzanna Eloise Lauren as Secretary

1 March 2018

Resigned Board, Nicola as Secretary

1 March 2018

Appointed Waterhouse, Suzanna Eloise Lauren as Secretary

6 October 2016

Appointed Parfrey, Joanne as Director

6 October 2016

Appointed Ransome, Neal as Director

6 October 2016

Resigned Sears, Marion Jane as Director

7 July 2016

Resigned Reeve, Michael Arthur Ferard as Director

1 May 2015

Resigned Standaloft, Patricia as Secretary

1 May 2015

Appointed Board, Nicola as Secretary

31 August 2012

Appointed Standaloft, Patricia as Secretary

31 August 2012

Resigned Whitten, Celia Linda as Secretary

1 October 2011

Appointed Sears, Marion Jane as Director

1 August 2008

Appointed Whitten, Celia Linda as Secretary

1 August 2008

Resigned Close Ventures Limited as Corporate Secretary

10 March 2007

Resigned Malcolm, Francis Kyles as Director

31 July 2005

Appointed Close Ventures Limited as Corporate Secretary

31 July 2005

Resigned Kinnear, Catherine as Secretary

30 March 2004

Resigned Gain, Jonathan Mark as Secretary

30 March 2004

Appointed Kinnear, Catherine as Secretary

10 May 2000

Resigned Davis, William Edward as Secretary

13 December 1999

Appointed Gain, Jonathan Mark as Secretary

2 February 1998

Appointed Reeve, Michael Arthur Ferard as Director

2 February 1998

Appointed Hazell-Smith, Stephen John as Director

2 February 1998

Appointed Smith, Roger John as Director

2 February 1998

Appointed Malcolm, Francis Kyles as Director

2 February 1998

Resigned Pinsent Masons Secretarial Limited as Corporate Director

20 January 1998

Appointed Davis, William Edward as Secretary

20 January 1998

Resigned Pinsent Masons Secretarial Limited as Corporate Secretary

7 January 1998

Appointed Pinsent Masons Secretarial Limited as Corporate Director

7 January 1998

Appointed Pinsent Masons Secretarial Limited as Corporate Secretary

7 January 1998

Resigned York Place Company Secretaries Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary

7 January 1998

Resigned York Place Company Nominees Limited as Corporate Nominee Director

7 January 1998

Resigned York Place Company Secretaries Limited as Corporate Director

8 December 1997

Appointed York Place Company Secretaries Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary

8 December 1997

Appointed York Place Company Nominees Limited as Corporate Nominee Director

8 December 1997

Appointed York Place Company Secretaries Limited as Corporate Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Filings 774

Date	Description	Made Up To	Pages	PDF
2 November 2026	Cancellation of shares by a PLC
2 November 2026	Purchase of own shares
29 October 2026	Share capital filing
29 October 2026	Certificate of cancellation of share premium account
29 October 2026	Statement of capital