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HR1O Hazel Renew 1

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Hazel Ren Egy VCT1 Hazel Renewable Energy Vct1 Plc : Half-Yearly Report

29/06/2018 3:41pm

UK Regulatory


 
TIDMHR1O 
 
 
   Hazel Renewable Energy VCT1 plc 
 
   LEI: 213800IVQHJXUQBAAC06 
 
   Half-Yearly Report for the six months ended 31 March 2018 
 
   Performance summary 
 
 
 
 
                                      28 June   31 Mar  30 Sep  31 Mar 
                                         2018    2018    2017     2017 
                                                Pence   Pence   Pence 
Net asset value per Ordinary Share               114.4   116.0   116.4 
Net asset value per 'A' Share                      0.1     0.1     0.1 
Cumulative dividends *                            39.5    39.5    34.5 
Total Return *                                   154.0   155.6   151.0 
 
Share Price - Ordinary (HR1O)           113.0p  113.0p  106.5p  103.0p 
Share Price - A Shares (HR1A)            5.05p   5.05p   5.05p   5.05p 
 
* for a holding of one Ordinary Share and A Share 
 
   CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT 
 
   I am pleased to present my first report to Shareholders as Chairman of 
Hazel Renewable Energy VCT1 plc. This report covers the six-month period 
ended 31 March 2018. 
 
   Board changes 
 
   As Shareholders may be aware, Stephen Hay, the Company's former Chairman, 
stepped down from the Board on 30 April 2018, in order to focus on his 
other business interests. 
 
   Stephen had been a non-executive director of the Company since its 
launch in 2010, acting as Chairman since July 2017 and overseeing the 
completion of a reorganisation of the Company, which resulted in the 
appointment of Gresham House Asset Management as Investment Adviser in 
October 2017. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Stephen for 
his substantial contribution to the Company throughout its life to date. 
 
   I joined the Board on 1 May 2018 and also took over the role of 
Chairman. The Board currently comprises two non-executive directors. I 
can report that we are close to finalising the appointment of a further 
non-executive director, so that the Company will return to a 
three-person Board, which we believe to be appropriate for a VCT of this 
size. 
 
   Investment portfolio 
 
   At the period end, the Company continued to hold a portfolio of 16 
investments, which were valued at GBP30.0 million. There were no 
additions to, or full disposals from, the portfolio during the period, 
however two loan note investments were partially redeemed, at par, 
during the period. 
 
   The Board has reviewed the investment valuations at the half-year date. 
Adjustments have been made for cash that has been paid to the Company 
from the investee companies, as dividends during the period. The 
adjustments were equivalent to approximately a 2% reduction in fair 
value. Apart from this, no changes to the valuation of the underlying 
projects have been considered necessary at this time. 
 
   A large proportion of the underlying assets owned by the investee 
companies are solar assets. Irradiation levels over the six-month period 
have generally been lower than expected, contributing to net revenues 
from all the assets over the period coming in 11.5% lower than budget. 
However, as irradiation is naturally lower during the winter months and 
these months are only expected to produce a small proportion of the 
annual electricity generation and income, this shortfall is not 
considered significant and could be made up during the summer months. 
Indeed, irradiation levels since the period end have been ahead of 
expectation. 
 
   Further detail on the investments is provided in the Investment 
Advisor's Report. 
 
   Net asset value and results 
 
   At 31 March 2018, the net asset value ("NAV") per Ordinary Share stood 
at 114.4p and the NAV per 'A' Share stood at 0.1p, producing a combined 
total of 114.5p. This represents a decrease of 1.6p since 30 September 
2017. 
 
   The decrease in NAV is to be expected as the running costs of the VCT 
for this period have exceeded income and gains from the portfolio. 
Further detail on the performance of the investee companies is given in 
the Investment Advisers Report. Total Return (total NAV plus cumulative 
dividends paid to date) stands at 154.0p for a holding of one Ordinary 
Share and one 'A' Share, compared to the cost for subscribers in the 
original Share offer, net of income tax relief, of 70.0p. This 
represents an annualised tax-free return (IRR) of 7.0%, or 13.3% when 
taking into account the initial tax relief. 
 
   Share Buybacks 
 
   As part of the reorganisation in 2017, the Board reviewed the Company's 
Share buyback policy. In the last Annual Report, the Board stated that 
it aims to buy-in shares that become available in the market, at a 
discount of approximately 2% to the latest published NAV. This policy is 
subject to market conditions, the Company having sufficient liquidity 
for dividends and other commitments and being able to comply with all 
relevant regulations, in particular those relating to VCT qualifying 
status. 
 
   During the period, the Company purchased a total of 2,361,063 Ordinary 
Shares at an average price of 113.6p per Share, and a total of 2,361,063 
'A' Shares at an average price of 0.1p. 
 
   Fundraising 
 
   In March, the Company identified an opportunity to undertake a small 
Top-up Offer for Subscription. This was launched on 14 March 2018 and 
reached full capacity a few days after launch. A total of GBP2.5m was 
raised by the Company, alongside the GBP1.7m raised by the sister 
company, Hazel Renewable Energy VCT2 plc ("Hazel VCT 2"). 1,955,172 
Ordinary and 'A' Shares were issued during April 2018 in respect of this 
offer. These new funds help to finance the running of the Company, 
support the investee companies and potentially allow the Company to 
consider new opportunities that may arise. 
 
   Dividends 
 
   In recent years, the Company has paid its annual dividend in September. 
This is not well synchronised with the cyclical pattern of income 
generated by the Company's underlying investments. Most income is 
produced in the July to September quarter, and is paid to the investee 
companies in November.  The Board has therefore decided to pay future 
annual dividends in December, when most of the annual income flows have 
been received. 
 
   Accordingly, no dividend is being announced at this point. The Board 
expects to announce the annual dividend in November. The quantum of the 
dividend will depend on the levels of income generated over the summer 
months. The Company continues to target a dividend of at least 5.0p per 
annum. 
 
   Outlook 
 
   Following the successful reorganisation of the Company, alongside Hazel 
VCT 2, the Board and the Investment Adviser are now working together on 
the strategy for the future, that will seek to deliver maximum value for 
Shareholders. 
 
   I am a strong believer in the importance of effective Shareholder 
communications, and will be paying particular attention, going forward, 
to keeping Shareholders informed of the VCT's progress. To date, Downing 
LLP, as administrator, has provided the online information for the VCT. 
Currently Gresham House is working on a new website for the VCT, to be 
contained within their website. This will include all the information 
you will need to keep abreast of developments in the VCT. It is expected 
to be up and running during the course of the summer. In addition, we 
will be sending out, and posting online, updates between the Annual and 
Half-Yearly Reports, to keep you fully informed. 
 
   The task of ensuring that the Company complies with the latest VCT 
regulations is challenging and places significant restrictions on the 
Company, which must continue to meet the VCT rules at all times, so as 
to preserve the tax benefits for Shareholders. 
 
   Despite these restrictions, the Investment Adviser believes that returns 
from the portfolio can continue to be maintained, and potentially 
enhanced, by close monitoring of the assets, to ensure that performance 
is optimised and costs are tightly controlled. 
 
   As mentioned above, the Company expects to announce its annual dividend 
in November, and we will notify Shareholders at that time. 
 
   Gill Nott 
 
   Chairman 
 
   INVESTMENT ADVISER'S REPORT 
 
   The Adviser reports below on the performance of the portfolio of assets 
owned by Hazel Renewable Energy VCT1 ("Company") in the half-year ending 
31 March 2018. This report analyses performance by the various sites in 
which the Company has a stake. 
 
   Performance 
 
   The solar generation assets, that account for circa 93% of the Company's 
NAV, performed 3.6% worse than forecasted during the half-year. 
 
   The entire underperformance can be explained by low irradiation 
conditions and the effect of a grid level outage, covered by business 
interruption insurance, at Wychwood, one of the two smallest 
ground-mounted solar assets. 
 
   Macro Level Factors 
 
   Macro level factors are outside of the Company's control and these were 
unfavourable overall. 
 
   The UK has been going through a period of generally low solar 
irradiation conditions in the last two years, and the last six months 
have also been poor in this regard. There are pyranometers installed on 
all eight ground-mounted solar sites in the portfolio, and their 
readings indicate weighted average (by capacity) irradiation of 2.7% 
below forecast in the period. 
 
   The macro level variable that worked out in the Company's favour was 
inflation. The Feed-in-Tariffs ("FiTs") and Renewable Obligation 
Certificates ("ROCs") earned by the Company are adjusted in line with 
Retail Price Inflation ("RPI") every April. The exact RPI level used is 
that published by the Office of National Statistics in December, which 
this time coincided with the peak of recent RPI releases at 4.1%. The 
portfolio valuation models assume long term inflation of three percent. 
This will add circa GBP100,000 to forecast portfolio revenues if all 
else remains the same. 
 
   The third macro-level variable is power prices. These fluctuated 
significantly during the period, however on average they were lower by 
5% compared to the six-month period ending 31 March 2017. This had 
little negative impact on the portfolio, as over 80% of the NAV is 
concentrated in projects remunerated under the FIT regime, where in 
excess of 90% of revenues are fixed. 
 
   Finally, the ROC recycle price (which has a minor effect on two of the 
eight ground-mounted solar projects) rebounded from zero to the ten 
percent. 
 
   Overall the net effect of the above factors was a shortfall in total 
portfolio revenues of GBP389,893, resulting in total revenue from the 
investee companies of GBP3,001,801 compared with a budget of 
GBP3,391,694. During the period there were no material differences 
between actual and budgeted costs. Solar irradiation in May has been 
above average and it is hoped that over the course of the summer, income 
will be made up by higher levels of irradiation. 
 
   Technical Performance of the Assets 
 
   Performance of the asset base was mixed. A straightforward way of 
measuring technical performance is to adjust the figures for performance 
versus the financial model, by measured irradiation versus forecast. If 
the resulting number is above 100%, the asset has performed better than 
irradiation conditions suggest and if the number is lower than 100%, the 
asset has performed worse than irradiation conditions suggest. 
 
   On a weighted (by generation) basis, and adjusted for irradiation, the 
ground-mounted solar assets performed slightly worse than forecast with 
a 0.9% shortfall. 
 
   The Wychwood site experienced a 2.5-month long outage due to an outage 
at the grid level, and therefore outside of the Company's control. These 
types of outages are covered by business interruption insurance. The 
claim for this was approved by the insurer. 
 
   The Lake Farm site had experienced an outage for the same reason last 
summer. The insurance claim for that was also approved and the proceeds 
were received in April. 
 
   The Lake Farm, South Marston, Priory Farm and Parsonage sites performed 
better than expected given the irradiation conditions. 
 
   The Kingston site suffered an outage due to the HV cables at the site 
short circuiting due to poor original installation. This was repaired 
within eight days and prompted a testing process of HV cables at all 
ground-mounted sites to prevent a repeat of this situation. 
 
   The Beechgrove site suffered from a problem that repeats whenever very 
damp conditions are present - some of the DC connectors on the modules 
are affected by moisture. This is very difficult to address in a cost 
effective (without leading to an outage of long duration) manner. 
 
   Following on from the technical risk management strategy put into action 
last year, the Adviser prepared a comprehensive technical study of the 
asset base and reported to the Board in March. 
 
   An important area of focus was the decision criteria for preventative 
maintenance capital expenditure for all the key components of the sites. 
The ground-mounted sites are of high build quality and inverter failure 
rates are very low, however these are expected to increase as they are 
between four and seven years into the ten-year expected life of the 
inverters. There are reserves in place under the debt facility 
agreements to replace inverters and replacements, however the Company 
seeks to not use up these reserves faster than necessary and to minimise 
downtime. 
 
   Steady progress was made on reducing the number of non-performing solar 
rooftop installations during the six-month period. Repairs were carried 
out on all properties where housing association tenants allowed the 
contractor access. These repairs are expected to increase revenues from 
this group of installations by 2.5%. 
 
   The small wind fleet which accounts for circa seven percent of the Net 
Asset Value continued to perform poorly, with the 95 Huaying HY-5 
turbines offline. The shortfall between actual revenues and revenues 
forecast at the time of the original investments in the 2001 to 2013 
period was GBP192,739. The Adviser commissioned an inspection programme 
to identify those assets that could be safely put back into service at a 
reasonable cost and decided to set the bar at six years in terms of the 
payback period of the additional investment required. With all but 12 of 
the 95 turbines inspected, 60 will be repaired over the summer and 
autumn months, with circa GBP160,000 earmarked for this. The 
contribution to revenues, once all the repairs are completed, is 
expected to be circa GBP40,000 per year. 
 
   Costs 
 
   The Adviser has been working over the past two years to reduce the cost 
base as much as possible with the main area of focus being operations 
and maintenance. In February, Baywa, which was appointed last year, was 
given a five-year contract, thus locking in the rate negotiated last 
year (which was around 60% lower than the rate that applied to the first 
five years of the projects). 
 
   The Adviser also replaced Anesco with Silverstone Green Energy as the 
Operations and Maintenance Contractor for the small Wychwood and 
Parsonage sites. Silverstone emerged from the tender as the best option. 
 
   Recent Developments 
 
   Since the period end, a Top-Up offer was successfully completed at full 
capacity. This has provided the Company with some funds that are 
available for new investment, for which we continue to evaluate 
potential VCT-qualifying investment opportunities.  Meanwhile we will 
monitor the assets vigorously with the purpose of further maximising 
yield. 
 
   Gresham House Asset Management Limited 
 
   UNAUDITED BALANCE SHEET 
 
   as at 31 March 2018 
 
 
 
 
                                                     31 Mar   31 Mar   30 Sep 
                                                       2018     2017     2017 
                                                     GBP'000  GBP'000  GBP'000 
 
Fixed assets 
Investments                                           29,961   30,941   31,390 
 
Current assets 
Debtors                                                  398      480      443 
Cash at bank and in hand                               1,600       21      129 
                                                       1,998      501      572 
 
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year         (610)     (44)     (71) 
 
Net current assets                                     1,388      457      501 
Total assets less net current assets                  31,349   31,398   31,891 
 
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one 
 year                                                (5,365)  (3,872)  (4,426) 
 
Net assets                                            25,984   27,526   27,465 
 
Capital and reserves 
Called up share capital                                   60       60       60 
Share premium                                          3,910    3,910    3,910 
Funds held in respect of shares not yet allotted       1,598        -        - 
Treasury Shares                                      (2,695)        -        - 
Capital redemption reserve                                 2        2        2 
Special reserve                                        9,062   10,244    9,062 
Revaluation reserve                                   14,865   14,466   15,504 
Capital reserve - realised                           (1,237)  (1,184)  (1,195) 
Revenue reserve                                          419       28      122 
 
Equity shareholders' funds                            25,984   27,526   27,465 
 
Net asset value per Ordinary Share                    114.4p   116.4p   116.0p 
Net asset value per 'A' Share                           0.1p     0.1p     0.1p 
                                                      114.5p   116.5p   116.1p 
 
   STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY 
 
   for the six months ended 31 March 2018 
 
 
 
 
                                 Share                             Capital                            Capital 
                  Called up     Premium   Shares not    Treasury  Redemption  Special   Revaluation   Reserve   Revenue 
                 Share capital  account   yet allotted   Shares    reserve     reserve    reserve    -realised   reserve   Total 
                   GBP'000      GBP'000     GBP'000     GBP'000    GBP'000    GBP'000     GBP'000     GBP'000   GBP'000   GBP'000 
 
As at 30 
September 
2016                   60         3,910         -           -          2        10,244     14,466      (1,056)     318      27,944 
Total 
comprehensive 
income                 -            -           -           -          -          -          992        (93)      (196)      703 
Transactions 
with owners 
Dividends paid               -        -              -         -           -   (1,182)            -          -         -   (1,182) 
Transfer 
between 
reserves                     -        -              -         -           -         -           46       (46)         -         - 
As at 30 
September 
2017                        60    3,910              -         -           2     9,062       15,504    (1,195)       122    27,465 
Total 
 comprehensive 
 income                      -        -              -         -           -         -        (639)       (42)       297     (384) 
Fundraising 
proceeds                     -        -          1,598         -           -         -            -                    -     1,598 
Transactions 
with owners 
Repurchase of 
 shares                      -        -              -   (2,695)           -         -            -          -             (2,695) 
As at 31 March 
 2018                       60    3,910          1,598   (2,695)           2     9,062       14,865    (1,237)       419    25,984 
 
   UNAUDITED INCOME STATEMENT 
 
   for the six months ended 31 March 2018 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                Year 
                                                                                                               ended 
                                                            Six months ended           Six months ended       30 Sep 
                                                               31 Mar 2018                31 Mar 2017           2017 
                                                       Revenue  Capital   Total   Revenue  Capital   Total    Total 
                                                       GBP'000  GBP'000  GBP'000  GBP'000  GBP'000  GBP'000  GBP'000 
 
Income                                                     690        -      690        6        -        6      492 
 
(Losses)/gains on investments 
Unrealised                                                   -    (639)    (639)        -        -        -      992 
Realised                                                     -        5        5        -        -        -       46 
                                                           690    (634)       56        6        -        6    1,530 
 
Investment advisory fees                                 (141)     (47)    (188)    (209)     (70)    (279)    (554) 
Other expenses                                           (252)        -    (252)     (87)     (58)    (145)    (273) 
 
 
Return/(loss) on ordinary activities before taxation       297    (681)    (384)    (290)    (128)    (418)      703 
 
Tax on total comprehensive income and ordinary 
activities                                                   -        -        -        -        -        -        - 
 
Return/(loss) for the period and total comprehensive 
 income                                                    297    (681)    (384)    (290)    (128)    (418)      703 
 
Return per Ordinary Share                                 1.3p   (2.9p)   (1.6p)   (1.2p)   (0.5p)   (1.7p)     3.0p 
Return per 'A' Share                                         -        -        -        -        -        -        - 
 
 
   The total column within the Income Statement represents the Statement of 
Total Comprehensive Income of the Company prepared in accordance with 
Financial Reporting Standards ("FRS 102"). The supplementary revenue and 
capital return columns are prepared in accordance with the Statement of 
Recommended Practice issued in November 2014 by the Association of 
Investment Companies ("AIC SORP"). 
 
   A Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses has not been prepared 
as all gains and losses are recognised in the Income Statement as noted 
above. 
 
   UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 
 
   for the six months ended 31 March 2018 
 
 
 
 
                                               31 Mar   31 Mar   30 Sep 
                                                 2018     2017     2017 
                                               GBP'000  GBP'000  GBP'000 
 
Cash flows from investing activities 
(Loss)/return on ordinary activities before 
 taxation                                        (384)    (418)      703 
Losses/(gains) on investments                      634        -  (1,038) 
Decrease/(increase) in other debtors                45     (62)     (27) 
Decrease in other creditors                       (29)    (113)     (86) 
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating 
 activities                                        266    (593)    (448) 
 
Cash flows from investing activities 
Purchase of investments                              -        -        - 
Sale of investments                                795        -      589 
Net cash inflow from investing activities          795        -      589 
 
Net cash inflow before financing                 1,061    (593)      141 
 
Cash flows from financing activities 
Equity dividends paid                                -        -  (1,182) 
Fundraising proceeds                             1,598        -        - 
Long term loans                                    939      608    1,164 
Purchase of own shares                         (2,127)        -        - 
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from financing 
 activities                                        410      608     (18) 
 
Increase in cash                                 1,471       15      123 
Cash and cash equivalents at start of period       129        6        6 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period       1,600       21      129 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO 
 
   as at 31 March 2018 
 
 
 
 
Qualifying and 
partially                                                                                 % of 
qualifying       Operating                                           Unrealised         portfolio 
investments      sites        Sector        Cost    Valuation   gain/(loss) in period   by value 
                                           GBP'000   GBP'000          GBP'000 
                 South 
Lunar 2           Marston,    Ground 
 Limited*         Beechgrove   Solar         2,976     15,360                      38       51.3% 
Ayshford Solar 
 (Holding)                    Ground 
 Limited*        Ayshford      Solar         1,308      2,191                   (343)        7.3% 
                 Kingston 
Lunar 1           Farm, Lake  Ground 
 Limited*         Farm         Solar           125      2,121                       -        7.1% 
                 Wychwood 
New Energy Era    Solar       Ground 
 Limited          Farm         Solar           884      1,390                       -        4.6% 
Hewas Solar 
 Limited         Hewas        Roof Solar     1,000      1,355                       -        4.5% 
Vicarage Solar   Parsonage    Ground 
 Limited          Farm         Solar           871      1,215                       -        4.1% 
Tumblewind                    Small 
 Limited*        Priory Farm   Wind/Solar    1,231      1,043                      69        3.5% 
Gloucester Wind 
 Limited         Gloucester   Roof Solar     1,000        915                    (38)        3.1% 
Minsmere Power                Small 
 Limited         Minsmere      Wind/Solar      975        729                       -        2.4% 
HRE Willow 
 Limited         HRE Willow   Small Wind       875        726                       -        2.4% 
St Columb Solar 
 Limited         St Columb    Roof Solar       650        671                     (2)        2.2% 
                               Vehicle 
Chargepoint Services Limited    charging       500        500                       -        1.7% 
Small Wind 
 Generation      Small Wind 
 Limited          Generation  Small Wind       975        483                       -        1.6% 
Penhale Solar 
 Limited         Penhale      Roof Solar       825        362                   (363)        1.2% 
Sunhazel UK Limited            Roof Solar        1          -                       - 
                                            14,196     29,061                   (639)       97.0% 
Non-qualifying 
investments 
AEE Renewables                Ground 
 UK 3 Limited    Lake Farm     Solar           900        900                       -        3.0% 
                                               900        900                       -        3.0% 
 
Total investments                           15,096     29,961                              100.0% 
 
 
   * Partially qualifying investment 
 
 
 
   NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
   1.General information 
 
   Hazel Renewable Energy VCT1 plc ("the Company") is a Venture Capital 
Trust established under the legislation introduced in the Finance Act 
1995 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom and incorporated in England 
and Wales. 
 
   2.Accounting policies - Basis of accounting 
 
   The unaudited half-yearly results cover the six months to 31 March 2018 
and have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set 
out in the annual accounts for the year ended 30 September 2017 which 
were prepared under FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable 
in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and in accordance with the Statement 
of Recommended Practice ("SORP") "Financial Statements of Investment 
Trust Companies and Venture Capital Trusts" issued by the Association of 
Investment Companies ("AIC") revised November 2014. 
 
   3.All revenue and capital items in the Income Statement derive from 
continuing operations. 
 
   4.The Company has only one class of business and derives its income from 
investments made in shares, securities and bank deposits. 
 
   5.Net asset value per share at the period end has been calculated on 
21,276,995 Ordinary Shares and 33,616,905 'A' Shares, being the number 
of shares in issue at the period end, excluding Treasury Shares. 
 
 
 
   6.Return per share for the period has been calculated on 23,108,109 
Ordinary Shares and 35,447,878 'A' Shares, being the weighted average 
number of shares in issue during the period, excluding Treasury Shares. 
 
 
 
   7.Dividends 
 
 
 
 
                                           Period ended           Year ended 
                                            31 Mar 2018          30 Sep 2017 
                                     Revenue  Capital   Total      Total 
                                     GBP'000  GBP'000  GBP'000    GBP'000 
Dividends paid 
2017 Interim - Ordinary Shares - 
 5.0p                                      -        -        -         1,182 
                                           -        -        -         1,182 
 
 
   8.Reserves 
 
 
 
 
                                                  Period ended   Year ended 
                                                   31 Mar 2018   30 Sep 2017 
                                                    GBP'000       GBP'000 
 
Share premium reserve                                    3,910         3,910 
Special reserve                                          9,062         9,062 
Revaluation reserve                                     14,865        15,504 
Funds held in respect of shares not yet allotted         1,598             - 
Treasury Shares                                        (2,695)             - 
Capital redemption reserve                                   2             2 
Capital reserve-realised                               (1,237)       (1,195) 
Revenue reserve                                            419           122 
                                                        25,924        27,405 
 
   The Revenue reserve, Capital reserve - realised and Special reserve are 
distributable reserves. Distributable reserves are reduced by unrealised 
holding losses of GBP1,625,000 which are includedin the Revaluation 
reserve. Distributable reserves at 31 March 2018 were GBP6,621,000. 
 
 
 
   9.Risks and uncertainties 
 
   Under the Disclosure and Transparency Directive, the Board is required 
in the Company's half-year results to report on principal risks and 
uncertainties facing the Company over the remainder of the financial 
year. 
 
   The Board has concluded that the key risks facing the Company over the 
remainder of the financial period are as follows: 
 
   (i) investment risk associated with investing in small and immature 
businesses; 
 
   (ii) market risk in respect of the various assets held by the investee 
companies; and 
 
   (iii) failure to maintain approval as a VCT. 
 
   In order to make VCT qualifying investments, the Company has to invest 
in small businesses which are often immature. The Investment Adviser 
follows a rigorous process in vetting and careful structuring of new 
investments and, after an investment is made, close monitoring of the 
business. The Adviser also seeks to diversify the portfolio to some 
extent by holding investments which operate in various sectors. The 
Board is satisfied with this approach. 
 
   The Company's compliance with the VCT regulations is continually 
monitored by the Administration Adviser, who reports regularly to the 
Board on the current position. The Company has reappointed Philip Hare & 
Associates LLP, who will work closely with the Investment Adviser and 
provide regular reviews and advice in this area. The Board considers 
that this approach reduces the risk of a breach of the VCT regulations 
to a minimal level. 
 
   10.Going concern 
 
   The Directors have reviewed the Company's financial resources at the 
period end and conclude that the Company is well placed to manage its 
business risks. 
 
   The Board confirms that it is satisfied that the Company has adequate 
resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future. For this 
reason, the Board believes that the Company continues to be a going 
concern and that it is appropriate to apply the going concern basis in 
preparing the financial statements. 
 
   11.The unaudited financial statements set out herein 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. 
 
   12.The Directors confirm that, to the best of their knowledge, the 
half-yearly financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 
the "Statement: Half-Yearly Financial Reports" issued by the UK 
Accounting Standards Board and the Half-Yearly Report includes a fair 
review of the information required by: 
 
   a)DTR 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 
 
   b)DTR 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 entity during that period, and any 
changes in the related party transactions described in the last annual 
report that could do so. 
 
   13.Copies of the Half-Yearly Report will be sent to Shareholders 
shortly. Further copies can be obtained from the Company's registered 
office or can be downloaded from www.downing.co.uk. 
 
   This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf 
of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients. 
 
   The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely 
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information 
contained therein. 
 
   Source: Hazel Renewable Energy VCT 1 plc via Globenewswire 
 
 
  http://www.hazelcapital.com 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 29, 2018 10:41 ET (14:41 GMT)

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