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CGW Chelverton Growth Trust Plc

26.50
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18 Apr 2024 - Closed
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Chelverton Growth Trust Plc LSE:CGW London Ordinary Share GB0002621349 ORD 1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 26.50 0.00 01:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
0 0 N/A 0

Chelverton Growth Trust PLC Half-year Report (7680M)

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Chelverton Growth Trust PLC

01 May 2018

Chelverton Growth Trust PLC

LEI: 213800I86P8BAE6UVI83

Half Yearly Report

For the six months ended 28 February 2018

The Directors announce the unaudited Half Yearly Report for the period 1 September 2017 to 28 February 2018.

Investment objective and policy

The Company's objective is to provide capital growth through investment in companies listed on the Official List and traded on the Alternative Investment Market ("AIM") with a market capitalisation at the time of investment of up to GBP50 million, which the Manager believes to be at a "point of change". The Company will invest in unquoted investments where it is believed that there is a likelihood of the shares becoming listed or traded on AIM or the investee company being sold. Its investment objective is to increase the net asset value per share at a higher rate than other quoted smaller company trusts and the MCSI Small Cap UK Index.

It is the Company's policy not to invest in any listed investment companies (including listed investment trusts).

Investment strategy

Investments are selected for the portfolio only after extensive research which the Investment Manager believes to be key. The whole process through which equity must pass in order to be included in the portfolio is very rigorous. Only a security where the Investment Manager believes that the price will be significantly higher in the future will pass the selection process. The Investment Manager believes the key to successful stock selection is to identify the long-term value of a company's shares and to have the patience to hold the shares until that value is appreciated by other investors. Identifying long-term value involves detailed analysis of a company's earnings prospects over a five-year time horizon.

The Company's Investment Manager is Chelverton Asset Management Limited, an investment manager focusing exclusively on achieving returns for investors based on UK investment analysis of the highest quality. The founder and employee owners of Chelverton include experienced investment professionals with strong investment performance records who believe rigorous fundamental research allied to patience is the basis of long-term investment success.

Chairman's Report

Your Company has seen a decline in the net asset value per share for the first time in many years. In the first six months of the current year the net asset value per share fell from 85.63p to 80.82p, a decrease of 5.6%.

Over the same period, the AIM All-share index rose by 2.7% whilst the Company's comparative index, the MSCI Small Cap UK index rose by 1.1%. Over the same period the share price has increased marginally from 63p to 63.5p and the shares were therefore trading at a discount of some 21.4% at the period end.

Whilst the Brexit negotiations loom large in the UK political orbit, the reality is that there are many other areas of great concern in the World. These would include the proposed tariffs which might be introduced by the United States and any subsequent retaliatory actions by China and the European Union. The imminent curtailment and then ending of Quantitative Easing by the ECB is anticipated to cause severe problems in some European countries, particularly in Italy. The ongoing conflict in Syria and the actions of Russia around the World and of course close at home in the UK are causing great concern.

In the past six months the fund received a recommended cash offer of 13p per share for Lombard Risk Management which produced a very healthy profit. No other shares have been sold in any other companies during the period.

Part of these cash proceeds were used to re-acquire shares in Petards, taking the shareholding back to the level we had previously held. These purchases were however at much lower prices than the previous shares had been sold at. The company has just produced a very positive statement and the future prospects look good and the share price has started to recover strongly.

Touchstar raised GBP1m of new equity capital for its development and the fund took up its share of the issue. These funds will be used to increase and accelerate the marketing efforts of the company.

A large investment has been made in CEPS plc which, is a diversified holding company for a number of niche, cash generative businesses. The development of this business is such that once sufficient scale has been reached its growth will become self-funded and consequently equity issuance will then be limited, which with expected future profits growth should logically lead to gains in its share price.

Plutus Powergen and MTI Wireless Edge both made good progress with little change in their share prices. Holders of the fund will be aware that very often the companies that we invest in make strong advances on an operational basis and that this is only recognised in the share prices some time later.

A very modest investment of GBP72,000 was made via a small fundraising for Zenith Energy. This business has existing onshore oilfields in Azerbaijan and the funds will be used to enhance the output from existing wells. The recent increase in the oil price will of course produce a highly operationally geared result.

On the unquoted side Chelverton Asset Management, the manager of this fund, had a very good six months and has tendered to buy back shares from investors. The fund has tendered its holding of 2,000 shares in an oversubscribed tender at GBP160 per share after the period end.

An additional GBP100,000 was invested in Pedalling Forth to provide working capital to develop its own branded range.

The members' voluntary liquidation of Security Research took place on the sale of all but one of the subsidiary companies and 63p was received in cash. An additional small sum will be received at some point in the future.

Whilst Shareholders are aware that it is the Board's ongoing intention to return funds to Shareholders by way of annual tenders these can only be carried out in a meaningful and cost-effective manner when the fund has significant cash resources. At the present time, the Company is largely fully invested and therefore the ninth tender offer will be delayed until significant sums have been realised from one or more investments.

Looking to the second half of the year, and onwards, the economic and political agenda is going to be dominated by the daily reporting of the negotiations to leave the European Union. For investors in this fund, the state of the UK economy is in fact far more relevant. All of the "experts" believe that the UK economy will continue to grow steadily into the future and, as the European Union itself continues to exhibit signs of growth this will only go to help. The Board therefore feel that the portfolio will continue to make good progress.

In the future, the Board anticipates investing further sums in those companies in the portfolio that the Board feels are significantly undervalued.

Kevin Allen

Chairman

1 May 2018

Interim management report

The important events that have occurred during the period under review and the key factors influencing the financial statements are set out in the Chairman's Report. The Board considers that the principal risks and uncertainties facing the Company remain the same as those disclosed in the Annual Report for the year ended 31 August 2017 on pages 11 and 12 and pages 49 to 51. These risks include, but are not limited to, market risk, discount volatility risk, regulatory risk, financial risk and liquidity risk.

Responsibility statement

The Directors are responsible for preparing the unaudited Half Yearly Report in accordance with applicable law and regulations. The Directors confirm that to the best of their knowledge:

The condensed set of financial statements for the six months to 28 February 2018, has been prepared in accordance with FRS 104 "Interim Financial Reporting", gives a fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and (loss)/profit of the Company; and

this Half Yearly Report includes a fair review of the information required by;

rule 4.2.7R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules being an indication of important events that have occurred during the first six months of the financial year and their impact on the condensed set of financial statements; and a description of the principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the year; and

rule 4.2.8R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, being related party transactions that have taken place in the first six months of the current financial year and that have materially affected the financial position or performance of the Company during that period; and any changes in the related party transactions described in the last Annual Report that could do so.

This Half Yearly Report was approved by the Board of Directors on 1 May 2018 and the above responsibility statement was signed on its behalf by Kevin Allen, Chairman.

Portfolio review

as at 28 February 2018

The Company's portfolio is set out below.

 
 Investment                 Sector                       Valuation        % of 
                                                           GBP'000       total 
                                                                     portfolio 
 AIM traded 
 
 CEPS                       Support Services                 1,292        33.1 
 Trading holding company for a number of 
  companies supplying services and products 
 
                            Technology Hardware & 
 MTI Wireless Edge           Equipment                         219         5.6 
 Developer and manufacturer of sophisticated 
  antennas and antenna systems 
 
 Petards Group              Support Services                   460        11.8 
 Development, provision and maintenance 
  of advance security systems and related 
  services 
 
 Plutus Powergen            Flexible Energy Supply             583        15.0 
 Providers of management infrastructure 
  and expertise to operate power plants and 
  provide flexible electricity generation 
 
                            Technology Hardware & 
 Touchstar                   Equipment                         508        13.0 
 Software systems for warehousing and distribution 
 
 Universe Group             Support Services                    41         1.1 
 Provision of credit fraud prevention, loyalty 
  and retail systems 
 
 Fully listed 
 
 Zenith Energy              Oil & Gas Producers                 66         1.7 
 International energy production and exploration 
  company 
 
 Nasdaq Traded 
 
 One Horizon Group          Support Services                    22         0.6 
 Provider of mobile satellite communications 
  equipment and airtime 
 
 Unquoted 
 
 Airways Engineering        Support Services 
 Ordinary B Shares                                               -           - 
 Loan Stock                                                      -           - 
 Commercial aviation maintenance 
 
 Anaxsys Technology         Healthcare Equipment 
                             & Services                          -           - 
 A medical device company for patient monitoring 
  and screening 
 
 Chelverton Asset 
  Management Holdings       Support Services                   320         8.2 
 Investment management, including providing 
  services to Chelverton Growth Trust Plc 
 
 La Salle Education         Support Services                     -           - 
 A UK based company dedicated to improving 
  mathematics education. 
 
 Main Dental                Support Services 
 Ordinary B Shares                                             138         3.5 
 Loan Stock                                                      -           - 
 Operator of dental surgeries 
 
 Pedaling Forth             General Retailers                  250         6.4 
 Internet retailer of cycling clothing for 
  women 
 
 Security Research          Support Services 
  Group                                                          1           - 
 Leading provider of Local Authority residential 
  property searches; provision of packaging 
  solutions 
 
 Portfolio valuation                                         3,900       100.0 
                                                        ----------  ---------- 
 

Portfolio holdings

 
                                     28 February           31 August 2017 
                                         2018 
                                Valuation        % of   Valuation        % of 
                                                total                   total 
 Investment                       GBP'000   portfolio     GBP'000   portfolio 
 
 
 CEPS                               1,292        33.1       1,292        30.7 
 Plutus Powergen                      583        15.0         700        16.6 
 Touchstar                            508        13.0         621        14.7 
 Petards Group                        460        11.8         434        10.3 
 Chelverton Asset Management 
  Holdings                            320         8.2         200         4.7 
 Pedalling Forth                      250         6.4         150         3.6 
 MTI Wireless Edge                    219         5.6         210         5.0 
 Main Dental Partners                 138         3.5         138         3.3 
 Zenith Energy                         66         1.7           -           - 
 Universe Group                        41         1.1          61         1.4 
 One Horizon Group                     22         0.6          22         0.5 
 Security Research Group*               1           -          62         1.5 
 Anaxsys Technology                     -           -           -           - 
 Airways Engineering                    -           -           -           - 
 La Salle Education                     -           -           -           - 
 Lombard Risk Management**              -           -         323         7.7 
 
 
   Total                            3,900       100.0       4,213       100.0 
                               ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 
 * Return of capital 
  during the period 
 ** Sold during the period 
 

Portfolio breakdown by sector and by index

 
Sector distribution               % of total 
Support Services                        58.3 
Technology Hardware & Equipment         18.6 
Flexible Energy Supply                  15.0 
General Retailers                        6.4 
Oil & Gas Producers                      1.7 
 
Index distribution                % of total 
AIM                                     79.6 
Unquoted                                18.1 
Fully listed                             1.7 
Nasdaq                                   0.6 
 

Income statement (unaudited) for the six months to 28 February 2018

 
                                 Six months to                      Year to                     Six months to 
                                28 February 2018                 31 August 2017                28 February 2017 
                          Revenue    Capital      Total    Revenue   Capital     Total    Revenue   Capital     Total 
                          GBP'000    GBP'000    GBP'000    GBP'000   GBP'000   GBP'000    GBP'000   GBP'000   GBP'000 
 (Losses)gains 
  on investments 
  at fair value 
  (note 4)                      -      (228)      (228)          -     1,086     1,086          -       630       630 
 Income (note 
  2)                            -          -          -          5       574       579          1       250       251 
 Investment 
  management 
  fee                         (6)       (17)       (23)       (12)      (38)      (50)        (6)      (18)      (24) 
 Other expenses              (70)        (1)       (71)      (129)      (13)     (142)       (64)       (4)      (68) 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 Net return 
  on ordinary 
  activities 
  before taxation            (76)      (246)      (322)      (136)     1,609     1,473       (69)       858       789 
 Taxation on 
  ordinary activities           -          -          -          -         -         -          -         -         - 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 Net return 
  on ordinary 
  activities 
  after taxation             (76)      (246)      (322)      (136)     1,609     1,473       (69)       858       789 
                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------  --------  ---------  --------  -------- 
 
                          Revenue    Capital      Total    Revenue   Capital     Total    Revenue   Capital     Total 
                            pence      pence      pence      pence     pence     pence      pence     pence     pence 
 Return per 
  Ordinary share*          (1.34)     (4.34)     (5.68)     (2.13)     25.23     23.10     (1.08)     13.45     12.37 
 

The total column of this statement is the profit and loss account of the Company prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standards ("FRS"). The supplementary revenue return and capital return columns are prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice issued in November 2014 and updated in February 2018 with consequential amendments by the Association of Investment Companies ("AIC SORP").

All revenue and capital items in the above statement derive from continuing operations.

A separate Statement of Other Comprehensive Income has not been prepared as all such gains and losses are included in the Income Statement.

The revenue column of the Income Statement includes all income and expenses. The capital column accounts for the realised and unrealised profit or loss on investments and 75% of the management fee and finance costs charged to capital.

* The return per Ordinary share is based on 5,667,890 (31 August 2017: 6,377,088; 28 February 2017: 6,377,088) shares, being the weighted average number of shares in issue during the period.

Statement of changes in equity (unaudited)

for the six months to 28 February 2018

 
                                   Called                                Capital 
                                 up share      Special     Capital    redemption     Revenue 
                                  capital     reserve*     reserve       reserve     reserve        Total 
                                  GBP'000      GBP'000     GBP'000       GBP'000     GBP'000      GBP'000 
 Six months to 28 February 2018 
   1 September 2017                    64        1,506       3,145           125         620        5,460 
   Cost of shares purchased 
    for cancellation under 
    tender offer                      (7)        (606)           -             7           -        (606) 
   Cost of shares bought 
    back for cancellation             (2)        (119)           -             2           -        (119) 
   Net return after taxation 
    for the period                      -            -       (246)             -        (76)        (322) 
                               ----------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
   28 February 2018                    55          781       2,899           134         544        4,413 
                               ----------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
 
 Year to 31 August 2017 
   1 September 2016                    64        1,506       1,536           125         756        3,987 
   Net return after taxation 
    for the year                        -            -       1,609             -       (136)        1,473 
                               ----------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
   31 August 2017                      64        1,506       3,145           125         620        5,460 
                               ----------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
 
 Six months to 28 February 2017 
   1 September 2016                    64        1,506       1,536           125         756        3,987 
   Net return after taxation 
    for the period                      -            -         858             -        (69)          789 
                               ----------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
   28 February 2017                    64        1,506       2,394           125         687        4,776 
                               ----------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ----------  ----------- 
 
 
 
 *The special reserve was created by the cancellation of 
  the share premium account by order of the High Court on 
  20 January 2016. 
  The special reserve can be used for the purchase of the 
  Company's Ordinary shares. 
 

On 4 October 2017, the Company purchased 749,765 Ordinary shares as part of a tender offer for a total consideration of GBP606,000 including tender offer costs.

On 26 October 2017, the Company purchased 73,969 Ordinary shares and on 9 November 2017 a further 93,053 Ordinary shares for cancellation for a total consideration of GBP119,000.

Statement of financial position (unaudited)

as at 28 February 2018

 
                                              As at 28                    As at 31                    As at 28 
                                              February                      August                    February 
                                                  2018                        2017                        2017 
                                               GBP'000                     GBP'000                     GBP'000 
    Fixed assets 
    Investments at fair 
     value 
     (note 4)                                    3,900                       4,213                       4,596 
    Current assets 
    Debtors                                          3                         683                         353 
    Cash at bank                                   538                         847                         103 
                            --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
                                                   541                       1,530                         456 
                            --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
 
      Creditors - amounts falling due within one year 
    Creditors                                     (28)                        (33)                        (26) 
    Short-term loans (note 
     5)                                              -                       (250)                       (250) 
                            --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
                                                  (28)                       (283)                       (276) 
                            --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
 
    Net current assets                             513                       1,247                         180 
                            --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
 
   Net assets                                    4,413                       5,460                       4,776 
                            --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
 
 
      Share capital and reserves 
    Called up share 
     capital                                        55                          64                          64 
    Special reserve                                781                       1,506                       1,506 
    Capital reserve                              2,899                       3,145                       2,394 
    Capital redemption 
     reserve                                       134                         125                         125 
    Revenue reserve                                544                         620                         687 
                            --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
    Equity shareholders' 
     funds                                       4,413                       5,460                       4,776 
                            --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
 
 
      Net asset value per 
      Ordinary 
      share (note 6)                         80.82p                       85.63p                      74.89p 
                            --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
 

Statement of cash flows (unaudited)

for the six months to 28 February 2018

 
                                             Six months        Year to       Six months 
                                                     to             31               to 
                                            28 February         August      28 February 
                                                   2018           2017             2017 
                                                GBP'000        GBP'000          GBP'000 
   Cash flows from operating activities 
    Net return on ordinary activities             (322)          1,473              789 
    Adjustment for: 
    Net capital return                              246        (1,609)            (858) 
    Income credited to capital                        -            574              250 
    Expenses charged to capital                    (18)           (51)             (22) 
    Interest paid                                     3             11                5 
    Decrease in creditors                          (11)           (22)             (29) 
    Decrease/(increase) in debtors                  680          (577)            (247) 
    Cash from/(used in) operations                  578          (201)            (112) 
                                        ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
 
      Cash flows from investing activities 
    Purchase of investments                       (486)          (535)            (444) 
    Sales of investments                            571          1,333              403 
                                        ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
    Net cash from/(used in) 
     investing activities                            85            798             (41) 
                                        ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
 
      Cash flows from financing activities 
    Cost of shares purchased                                         - 
     for cancellation under tender                (600)                               - 
     offer 
    Cost of shares purchased                      (119)                               - 
     for cancellation                                                - 
    Capital repayment of loans                    (250)              -                - 
    Interest paid                                   (3)           (11)              (5) 
                                        ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
 
      Net cash used in financing 
      activities                                  (972)           (11)              (5) 
                                        ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
 
 
      Net (decrease)/increase 
      in cash                                     (309)            586            (158) 
                                        ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
    Cash at the beginning of 
     the period                                     847            261              261 
                                        ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
 
    Cash at the end of the period                   538            847              103 
                                        ---------------  -------------  --------------- 
 

1 Accounting Policies

Statement of compliance

The Company's Financial Statements for the period ended 28 February 2018 have been prepared under UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (UK GAAP) and the 2014 Statement of Recommended Practice, 'Financial Statements of Investment Trust Companies and Venture Capital Trusts' issued in November 2014 and updated in February 2018 with consequential amendments ('the SORP') issued by the Association of Investment Companies.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the statutory accounts for the year ended 31 August 2017.

Financial information

The financial information contained in this report does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The financial information for the period ended 28 February 2018 and 28 February 2017 have not been audited or reviewed by the Company's Auditor pursuant to the Auditing Practices Board guidance on such reviews. The information for the year to 31 August 2017 has been extracted from the latest published Annual Report and Financial Statements, which have been lodged with the Registrar of Companies, contained an unqualified auditors' report and did not contain a statement required under Section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

Going concern

The Company's assets consist mainly of equity shares in companies which, in most circumstances are realisable within a short timescale. The Directors believe that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.

2 Income

 
                                       Six months          Year to         Six months 
                                               to                                  to 
                                      28 February        31 August        28 February 
                                             2018             2017               2017 
                                          GBP'000          GBP'000            GBP'000 
 
      Income from investments 
      Income from LLP investments               -              574                250 
      UK net dividend income                    -                5                  1 
 
      Total income                              -              579                251 
                                    -------------  ---------------  ----------------- 
 

3 Taxation

The tax charge for the six months to 28 February 2018 is nil (year to 31 August 2017: nil; six months to 28 February 2017: nil).

The Company has an effective tax rate of 0% for the year ending 31 August 2018. The estimated effective tax rate is 0% as investment gains are exempt from tax owing to the Company's status as an Investment Trust and there is expected to be an excess of management expenses over taxable income.

4 Investments

 
                                                                                               28        31 August                28 
                                                                                         February                           February 
                              Fully           AIM                                            2018             2017              2017 
                             Listed        quoted        Unquoted        NASDAQ             Total            Total             Total 
                            GBP'000       GBP'000         GBP'000       GBP'000           GBP'000          GBP'000           GBP'000 
      Opening book 
       cost                       -         3,500           1,287           166             4,953            4,933             4,933 
      Opening 
       investment 
       holding 
       gains/(losses)             -           141           (737)         (144)             (740)          (1,008)           (1,008) 
                       ------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  ----------------  ---------------  ---------------- 
                                  -         3,641             550            22             4,213            3,925             3,925 
 
      Movements in 
       the period: 
      Purchases at 
       cost                      72           314             100             -               486              535               444 
      Sales proceeds              -         (505)            (66)             -             (571)          (1,333)             (403) 
      Gains on sales              -           142              14             -               156              818               213 
      Movement in 
       investment 
       holding 
       gains/(losses)           (6)         (489)             111             -             (384)              268               417 
                       ------------ 
      Closing 
       valuation                 66         3,103             709            22             3,900            4,213             4,596 
                       ------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  ----------------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 
      Closing book 
       cost                      72         3,451           1,335           166             5,024            4,953             5,187 
      Closing 
       investment 
       holding losses           (6)         (348)           (626)         (144)           (1,124)            (740)             (591) 
                       ------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  ----------------  ---------------  ---------------- 
      Closing 
       valuation                 66         3,103             709            22             3,900            4,213             4,596 
                       ------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  ----------------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 
 
      Analysis of capital gains 
       and losses 
      Realised gains 
       on sales                   -           142              14             -               156              818               213 
      Movement in 
       fair value 
       of investments           (6)         (489)             111             -             (384)              268               417 
                       ------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  ----------------  ---------------  ---------------- 
                                (6)         (347)             125             -             (228)            1,086               630 
                       ------------  ------------  --------------  ------------  ----------------  ---------------  ---------------- 
 
 

Fair value hierarchy

In accordance with FRS 102 and FRS 104 the Company must disclose the fair value hierarchy of financial instruments.

The fair value hierarchy consists of the following three classifications:

Level 1 - Valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. This is usually the bid price.

Level 2 - Valued by reference to valuation techniques using observable inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1.

Level 3 - Valued by reference to valuation techniques using inputs that are not based on observable market data.

Details of the Company's financial instruments are shown in the Portfolio Review including financial instruments which fall into Level 3 shown under the section heading "Unquoted". A summary reconciliation of the fair value movements of Level 3 investments is shown in the table above.

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss;

 
                       Level 1   Level 2   Level 3     Total 
                       GBP'000   GBP'000   GBP'000   GBP'000 
 At 28 February 
  2018 
 Equity investments      3,191         -       709     3,900 
 Total                   3,191         -       709     3,900 
                      --------  --------  --------  -------- 
 At 31 August 2017 
 Equity investments      3,663         -       550     4,213 
 Total                   3,663         -       550     4,213 
                      --------  --------  --------  -------- 
 At 28 February 
  2017 
 Equity investments      3,195         -     1,401     4,596 
 Total                   3,195         -     1,401     4,596 
                      --------  --------  --------  -------- 
 

5 Short term loans

On 17 June 2016 the Company entered in to a GBP250,000 loan agreement with Jarvis Investment Management Limited. Interest was payable monthly in arrears at the rate of 4.5% above the Bank of England base rate.

The loan was repaid in full on 25 October 2017. As at the date of this report there are no borrowings outstanding.

6 Net asset value

The basic net asset value per Ordinary share is based on net assets of GBP4,413,000 (31 August 2017: GBP5,460,000; 28 February 2017: GBP4,776,000) and on 5,460,301 Ordinary shares (31 August 2017: 6,377,088; 28 February 2017: 6,377,088) being the number of Ordinary shares in issue at the period end. No shares are held in Treasury.

7 Related party transactions

Under the terms of the agreement dated 28 June 2001, the Company has appointed Chelverton Asset Management Limited to be the Investment Manager. Mr Horner, a Director of the Company, is also a director of Chelverton Asset Management Limited and chairman of CEPS PLC, in which the Company holds an investment as set out above. Mr Martin is the Chairman of Touchstar in which the Company holds an investment as set out above.

At 28 February 2018 there was GBP3,700 (31 August 2017: GBP4,800; 28 February 2017: GBP4,200) payable to the Investment Manager.

The three Directors also have individual holdings in Chelverton Asset Management Holdings, a company which has Mr Horner as a director and which the Company also has a direct holding. The Directors' holdings are detailed below.

 
                            Percentage                            Percentage of 
               Loan stock           of    Ordinary shares       Ordinary shares 
                     held   Loan stock               held                  held 
                                  held 
                  GBP'000            %            GBP'000                     % 
K J Allen               -            -                  1                     1 
D A Horner          1,000           93                 56                    56 
I P Martin              -            -                  2                     2 
 
 
 Directors and Advisers 
 Directors                         Auditors 
 Kevin Allen (Chairman)            Hazlewoods LLP 
 David Horner                      Windsor House 
 Ian Martin                        Bayshill Road 
                                   Cheltenham 
 Investment Manager                GL50 3AT 
 Chelverton Asset Management 
  Limited 
 11 Laura Place                    Custodians 
 Bath                              Jarvis Investment Management 
                                    Limited 
 BA2 4BL                           78 Mount Ephraim 
 Tel: 01225 483 030                Royal Tunbridge Wells 
                                   TN4 8BS 
 Secretary and Registered Office   Tel: 01892 510 515 
 ISCA Administration Services 
  Limited 
 Suite 8, Bridge House             Bankers 
 Courtenay Street                  HSBC 
 Newton Abbot                      46 Market Street 
 TQ12 2QS                          Falmouth 
 Tel: 01392 487 056                TR11 3AA 
 Email: cgw@iscaadmin.co.uk 
 
 Registrar and Transfer Office 
 Share Registrars Limited 
 The Courtyard 
 17 West Street 
 Farnham 
 GU9 7DR 
 Tel: 01252 821 390 
 www.shareregistrars.uk.com 
 

Information about the Company can be obtained at the Investment Manager's website at www.chelvertonam.com. Neither the contents of the manager's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on this announcement (or any other website incorporated into, or forms part of this announcement.

An investment company as defined under Section 833 of the Companies Act 2006.

REGISTERED IN ENGLAND No 2989519

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