VC & Development capital funds
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
6668
Active companies
4467
Formed in latest 12 months
518
Median active-company age
5.4 years
Revenue known
61
Importers
15
Exporters
9
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 6,668 |
| Active companies | 4,467 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 518 |
| Importers | 15 |
| Exporters | 9 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 61 known, 4406 unknown (1.4%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 41 | 67 |
| 2026-01 | 35 | 56 |
| 2026-02 | 36 | 55 |
| 2026-03 | 44 | 90 |
| 2026-04 | 28 | 96 |
| 2026-05 | 40 | 58 |
| 2026-06 | 51 | 44 |
| 2026-07 | 48 | 111 |
| 2026-08 | 45 | 63 |
| 2026-09 | 32 | 92 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 3,515 |
| Dissolved | 2,115 |
| Dormant | 952 |
| Liquidation | 74 |
| In Administration | 11 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 1 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 1,340 |
| Inner London - East | 613 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 236 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 184 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 174 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 145 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 120 |
| Greater Manchester | 118 |
| West Midlands | 108 |
| Outer London - South | 107 |
Geography coverage: 4439 known, 28 unknown (99.4%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 1,659 |
| 1m-15m | 767 |
| 15m-54m | 47 |
| 54m+ | 143 |
Revenue-range coverage: 2616 known, 1851 unknown (58.6%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 1,079 |
| Small | 1,219 |
| Medium | 10 |
| Large | 163 |
| Holding | 58 |
| Dormant | 952 |
Company-size coverage: 3481 known, 986 unknown (77.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1,086 |
| 1–9 | 1,050 |
| 10–49 | 37 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
| 250+ | 7 |
Employee coverage: 2181 known, 2286 unknown (48.8%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 506 |
| 1–3 years | 945 |
| 3–5 years | 648 |
| 5–10 years | 1,397 |
| 10–20 years | 741 |
| 20+ years | 230 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 4467 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 4,467 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 13 |
| Exporter only | 7 |
| Both | 2 |
| Neither | 4,445 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 6 | £1,220,036,868 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 6 | £2,686,183,099 | 2017-04-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 5 | £403,906,907 | 2021-10-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 4 | £288,038,511 | 2016-08-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £500,834,552 | 2017-11-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 65 — Headgear and accessories | 3 | £22,083,691 | 2023-11-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 3 | £377,452,506 | 2016-02-01 – 2024-07-01 |
| 30 — Pharmaceutical Products | 2 | £370,035,966 | 2023-05-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 2 | £215,649,567 | 2023-06-01 – 2025-07-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 2 | £16,684,982 | 2018-05-01 – 2025-10-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 4 | £421,105,259 | 2016-08-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 4 | £608,574,260 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £28,306,669 | 2016-12-01 – 2022-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 2 | £997,009 | 2024-12-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 2 | £31,654,801 | 2022-06-01 – 2023-11-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 1 | £35,100,234 | 2025-10-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 1 | £17,089,358 | 2023-10-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 1 | £3,721,915 | 2023-12-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 1 | £307,047 | 2021-02-01 – 2023-11-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 1 | £4,259,242 | 2016-02-01 – 2017-12-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 222 | 3,276 | 1,191 | 73.3% |
| Holding company | 2 | 3,276 | 1,191 | 73.3% |
| Solo founder | 1,854 | 3,276 | 1,191 | 73.3% |
| Ecommerce | 2 | 17 | 4,450 | 0.4% |
| Website | 20 | 22 | 4,445 | 0.5% |
| 16 | 22 | 4,445 | 0.5% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Horatio Investments Limited | £26,515,363 |
| Rock Compliance Holdings Limited | £19,781,663 |
| Expedition Growth Capital Ltd | £9,228,554 |
| Plural Uk Management Limited | £6,836,166 |
| Amadeus Capital Partners Limited | £5,692,763 |
| Stafford Infrastructure Limited | £5,251,389 |
| Qc Private Equity Services Limited | £5,026,550 |
| Amadeus General Partner Limited | £5,015,504 |
| Resonance Impact Investment Limited | £3,798,914 |
| Ftv Management International Ltd | £3,649,000 |
Revenue coverage: 61 known, 4406 unknown (1.4%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other intermediaries | 35,288 |
| Other finance n.e.c. | 10,396 |
| Open-ended investment funds | 6,355 |
| Principal Trading | 5,989 |
| Fund management | 5,759 |
| Mortgage finance | 5,480 |
| Investment trusts | 2,968 |
| REIT | 2,872 |
| Broker-dealers | 2,617 |
| Other lenders | 2,262 |
| Exchanges | 1,845 |
| Non-bank lending | 1,347 |
| Financial leasing | 1,221 |
| Pension funds | 1,170 |
| Property unit trusts | 932 |
| Banks | 709 |
| Factoring | 362 |
| Unit trusts | 167 |
| Building societies | 96 |
| Central banking | 28 |
SIC classification
SIC 64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies
Includes
activities of venture and development capital companies and funds
Excludes
activities of venture capital investment trusts, see ##64.30/1, activities of authorised and unauthorised unit trusts, see ##64.30/2, activities of open-ended investment companies, see ##64.30/4