Interim Management Statement

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Gresham House Income & Growth 2 VCT plc reported a decrease in net assets to £169.6 million and net asset value per share to 51.73p as of 31 December 2025, primarily due to a 2.00 pence per share dividend payment and a decline in the portfolio's unrealised valuation. During the quarter, the company made new investments totalling £4.15 million in Tembo Money Limited and Arkk Consulting Limited. Post-period, further investments of £3.14 million were made into Veremark Limited, FocalPoint Positioning Limited, and Mobility Mojo UK Limited, alongside a share buyback of 4,667,133 ordinary shares at 49.68 pence each. The company also launched a joint offer for subscription seeking to raise up to £32.5 million, with an option for an additional £15 million. An interim dividend of 2.00 pence per share was declared on 2 March 2026.

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Gresham House Income & Growth 2VCT
02 March 2026
 

GRESHAM HOUSE INCOME & GROWTH 2 VCT PLC

("the Company")

 

LEI: 213800HKOSEVWS7YPH79

 

INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

For the quarter ended 31 December 2025

 

Gresham House Income & Growth 2 VCT plc presents an Interim Management Statement for the quarter ended 31 December 2025. The statement also includes relevant financial information between the end of the period and the date of this statement.

 

NET ASSET VALUE AND TOTAL RETURN PER SHARE

                                            

At 31 December

2025

(unaudited)

At 30 September

2025

(audited)

Net assets attributable to shareholders 

£169.6 million

£177.7 million

Shares in issue

327,815,205

327,297,948

 

Net asset value (NAV)

per share 

51.73p

54.29p

Cumulative dividends paid

174.30p

172.30p

Cumulative Total return (net asset value basis) per share since inception

226.03p

226.59p

 

The NAV per share decreased by 2.56 pence during the quarter. This decrease was principally due to a dividend payment of 2.00 pence per share paid on 30 October 2025 as well as a decrease in the unrealised valuation of the portfolio. Adjusting for the dividend payment, on a total return basis, the NAV per share decreased by 0.56 pence, or 1.0% during the quarter.

 

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY DURING THE PERIOD

 

New Investments during the period

 

On 29 December 2025, a new investment of £2.05 million was made into Tembo Money Limited, an FCA registered digital mortgage and savings platform.

 

Further investments during the period

 

On 31 December 2025, the Company completed a follow on investment of £2.10 million into Arkk Consulting Limited, a regulatory and tax reporting software provider.  

 

DIVIDENDS PAID DURING THE PERIOD

 

On 10 September 2025, an interim dividend of 2.00 pence per share in respect of the year ending 30 September 2025 was declared. This dividend was paid on 30 October 2025 to all Shareholders whose names were on the register on 19 September 2025.

 

DIVIDEND INVESTMENT SCHEME ("DIS")

 

Following the dividend paid in October, as detailed above, the Company subsequently allotted 517,257 new Ordinary Shares of 1.00 pence each under the Company's DIS at a price of 51.79 pence per share.

 

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY AFTER THE PERIOD END

 

Further investments after the period end

 

On 8 January 2026, a new investment of £2.53 million was made into Veremark Limited, a provider of background screening and verification checks.  

 

On 29 January 2026, the Company completed a follow on investment of £0.21 million into FocalPoint Positioning Limited, a GPS enhancement software provider.

 

On 5 February 2026, the Company completed a follow on investment of £0.40 million into Mobility Mojo UK Limited, a disability access assessment platform.

 

SHARE BUYBACK AFTER THE PERIOD END

 

On 30 January 2026, the Company purchased 4,667,133 of its own ordinary shares at a price of 49.68 pence per share. All shares bought back by the Company were subsequently cancelled.

 

OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION AND ISSUE OF PROSPECTUS

 

On 2 February 2026, the Company launched a Joint Offer for Subscription alongside Gresham House Income & Growth VCT plc (GHV1) ("Offers"). Under the Offers each Company is seeking to raise up to £32.5 million, being an aggregate £65 million. Each Board will also have the option to utilise an over-allotment facility to raise up to a further £15 million each, being an aggregate of £30 million. For further details, please visit the Gresham House VCTs' websites.

 

DIVIDEND DECLARED AFTER THE PERIOD END

 

On 2 March 2026, an interim dividend of 2.00 pence per share in respect of the year ending 30 September 2026 was declared and will be paid on 10 April 2026 to all Shareholders whose names were on the register on 13 March 2026. Payment of this interim dividend will reduce NAV per share (shown above) to 49.73 pence and increase cumulative dividends paid to 176.30 pence per share.

 

Shareholders can register for the Dividend Investment Scheme ("DIS") which will allow Shareholders to receive additional shares in the Company by re-investing their total dividend payment into new shares at the latest published NAV.

 

See the Company's website https://greshamhouse.com/gresham-house-income-growth-2-vct-plc/ for further details.

 

The dividend declared above is eligible for the DIS. Elections to join the DIS must be received by City Partnership by 27 March 2026.

 

 

Please note that all of the above information is unaudited.

 

Other than as described above, there were no material events during the period and to the date of this announcement.

 

For further information, please contact:

Gresham House Asset Management Limited

Company Secretary

020 7382 0999

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