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Long, strong, indexed property income
VALUE AND INDEXED PROPERTY INCOME TRUST PLC
Annual report and accounts to 31 March 2026
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
100
%
let
No voids and no offices
Leases
Debt
Total property return
EPCs
Annual dividend growth
100
%
rated A-C
13.6
years
weighted average unexpired
lease term (WAULT) to break
26
properties
28
leases
4.5
%
average rate
6.5
%
P.A over 39 years (CPI 2.9%)
+6.5
%
over
1 year (MSCI Index +5.4%)
+4.8
%
P.A. over
5 years (MSCI Index +2.9% P.A.)
7.0
years maturity
36
%
loan to value
+6.4
%
P.A. over
10 years (MSCI Index +3.4% P.A.)
100
%
Index-related rent
+10.8
%
P.A. over
39 years (MSCI Index +7.6% P.A.)
Property yield
6.8
%
net initial
3.5
%
P.A real growth
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
Over the year, Value and Indexed Property Income Trust PLC’s share price increased by 3.8%
to give a share price total return of 11.6%. The NAV total return was 5.6%. The dividend yield
at 31 March 2026 was 7.5%.
Value and Indexed Property Income Trust PLC (VIP or the Company) invests directly in UK
commercial property to deliver long, strong, indexed income. Its performance benchmark
is the MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index, the main benchmark for commercial property
performance. OLIM Property Limited is the Manager.
On 1 April 2025, VIP became a UK Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) listed on the London Stock
Exchange. As at 31 March 2026, VIP’s net asset value (NAV) per share was 212.0p, which is also the
EPRA Net Tangible Asset Value (EPRA NTA). EPRA is the European Public Real Estate Association
and its reporting standards are generally used by UK REITs.
VIP’s dividend per share has risen every year since 1986 when OLIM’s management began. It has
risen by 1,052% (6.5% p.a.) against the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rise of 200% (2.9% p.a.). Three
interim dividends of 3.6p per share each were paid on 31 October 2025, 30 January 2026 and 24
April 2026. The proposed total dividend for the full year is 14.4p per share (+4.3%). VIP’s medium
term dividend policy is for increases at least in line with inflation, underpinned by VIP’s indexed
property income.
Pursuing VIP’s vigorous discount control policy, which targets a share price discount of 0% to 10%
of NAV, the Company bought back 1,932,331 shares over the year for £3,894,675 at an average price
of 201.6p. Since the year end, VIP has also issued 2,554,000 shares from Treasury at an average
price of 213p and bought back 90,000 shares at an average price of 191p.
VIP property portfolio performance record over 39 years to 31 March 2026
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
1 year
3 years
10 years
20 years
39 years
Total Annualised Returns %
VIP property
CPI
MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index
6.5
%
5.4
%
3.3
%
4.5
%
3.0
%
4.8
%
5.2
%
6.4
%
3.4
%
4.3
%
3.5
%
6.8
%
10.8
%
7.6
%
2.9
%
As the chart above shows, VIP’s property portfolio outperformed again last year, delivering a
total return of 6.5% over the year against 5.4% for the MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index. It also
outperformed its benchmark by 1% p.a. over three years and by 2% - 3% p.a. over longer periods
up to 39 years since inception.
In September, Shareholders approved a Tender Offer providing the exit opportunity promised
when the investment policy changed in 2021. Details are given in the Chairman’s Report on
page 9. Only 3.7% (1,495,331 shares) of VIP’s issued share capital was tendered at a price of 204p
per share.
5 years
3.5
%
2.9
%
2.9
%
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
Key dates
31 October 2025
First quarterly dividend of 3.6p per share for the year to 31 March 2026
14 November 2025
Announcement of Half-Yearly Financial Results for the six months to 30 September 2025
30 January 2026
Second quarterly dividend of 3.6p per share for the year to 31 March 2026
24 April 2026
Third quarterly dividend of 3.6p per share for the year to 31 March 2026
12 June 2026
Announcement of Annual Financial Results for the year to 31 March 2026
16 July 2026
Annual General Meeting, Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP, 9 Haymarket Square,
Edinburgh EH3 8FY (12.30pm)
31 July 2026
Proposed final dividend of 3.6p per share payable for the year to 31 March 2026
30 October 2026
First quarterly dividend payable for the year to 31 March 2027
November 2026
Announcement of Half-Yearly Financial Results for the six months to 30 September 2026
29 January 2027
Second quarterly dividend payable for the year to 31 March 2027
Over the year to 31 March 2026, VIP’s portfolio was improved by the sale of five properties at
sale prices totalling £16.0 million (£15.8 million net), at their valuation total at a net initial yield
of 7.6%. These sales comprised a shorter let supermarket in Blandford Forum, two shorter
let industrial properties at Aylesford and Thirsk and two bowling alleys at Doncaster (held
leasehold) and Stafford. One acquisition was made during the year, a Driving Test Centre in
Dundee, at a price of £3.0 million (£3.2 million including costs) at a net initial yield of 8.5%. It is
let with 25 years unexpired (10 years to the first break option) to HM Government on an uncapped
RPI-linked lease.
The intended investor in the Company is a retail investor who is seeking long-term (at least five
years) real growth in dividends and capital value from investing in directly held UK commercial
property, plus cash or near cash securities, pending re-investment. The Company changed its
investment policy and its name from Value and Income Trust PLC in January 2021. The Company
entered the UK REIT regime on 1 April 2025 following Shareholders’ approval of amendments to
the Articles of Association at the General Meeting held on 20 March 2025.
Borrowings
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
31 March 2024
31 March 2023
Average interest rate
4.5%
4.5%
3.9%
3.9%
Total loans (loan to value)
£50 million (36%)
£59 million (39%)
£50 million (35%)
£50 million (32%)
Loan maturity
7.0 years
6.9 years
6.9 years
7.9 years
Borrowings
As the table below shows, the average interest rate on VIP’s borrowings increased from 3.9% in
2023 to 4.5% in 2026 (of which 95% is fixed), the loan to value ratio increased from 32% to 36% and
the average loan length reduced from 7.9 years to 7.0 years. In anticipation of Shareholders taking
up the cash exit offered via the Tender Offer, a new Revolving Credit Facility with Handelsbanken
was agreed with a loan total of £15 million. Post year end, this facility was converted into a fixed
term loan maturing on 31 March 2033 and was drawn down in full on 7 May 2026 at a fixed
interest rate of 5.9%. This brings the average interest rate on the Company’s borrowings to 4.9%
(of which 96% is fixed).
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
CONTENTS
Strategic Report
Chairman’s Statement
8
Manager’s Report
11
Business Review
38
Governance Report
Directors’ Details
50
Directors’ Report
51
Directors’ Remuneration Report
60
Statement of Corporate Governance
64
Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities
72
Report of the Audit and Management Engagement Committee
73
Independent Auditor’s Report
77
Financial Statements
Statement of Comprehensive Income
88
Statement of Financial Position
89
Statement of Cash Flows
90
Statement of Changes in Equity
91
Notes to the Financial Statements
92
Additional Information
Property Record over 39 years
116
List of properties
118
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
120
How to Invest in Value and Indexed Property Income Trust PLC
122
Glossary
123
Notice of Annual General Meeting
124
Contact Information
129
Coventry
Strategic
Report
7
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT
I am pleased to present my first
report to you as Chairman, following
the retirement of my predecessor
Sir John Kay on 10 July 2025.
The Company has once again
delivered long, strong, index-related
income and outperformed its total
return benchmark over the year to
31 March 2026. It has also raised its
dividend for the 39th consecutive
year and by 6.5% a year against
2.9% pa for the Consumer Prices
Index (CPI) since the inception of
OLIM’s management in 1986.
As John said in his Chairman’s
Statement last year
“The economic
outlook has become more uncertain,
and, as I write, the news is filled with
the erratic and bombastic utterances
of President Trump.”
One year on,
it feels as though John was rather
understating the situation and it is
impossible to forecast what impact
international geopolitics will have
on our lives in the UK either in the
short or medium term. The war with
Iran and its impact on oil prices has
pushed the Ukraine war down the
agenda and the political upheavals
in the UK are making an already
precarious situation even more
unpredictable. Against all of this, I am
pleased to confirm that the Company
is proud of its sustained record of
progressive dividend growth, which
it seeks to continue. At the year end,
the yield on the Company’s shares
(at the proposed dividend) was 7.5%.
Rents in the property portfolio are
all indexed, in various ways - some
are linked to the Retail Prices Index
(RPI), others to the Consumer Prices
Index (CPI), the reference measure
for the Bank of England’s target,
which generally rises slightly more
slowly. Most reviews are subject
to caps and collars. As the table
below shows, rental growth on
the Company’s portfolio should
broadly match inflation so long
as the rate does not differ too
much from the official target.
The valuation of the Company’s
property portfolio at 31 March 2026
totalled £133.3 million, at a net initial
yield of 6.8%. This compares with a
portfolio valuation at 31 March 2025
of £146 million (pre net property
sales of £13 million) at a net initial
yield of 6.3%. The Board has now
moved from half-yearly to quarterly
valuations of the property portfolio.
The portfolio is diversified by sector
and geography but the emphasis
on alternatives remains strong.
The property portfolio’s total return,
including both income and capital
growth, has been 6.5% over the year.
This return outperformed the 5.4%
return on its benchmark, the MSCI
UK Quarterly Property Index, as it
has over 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 and 39 years.
The share price total return for the
year is 11.6%, substantially above the
NAV total return, due to a continued
and welcome reduction in the
discount of the share price to NAV.
Impact of inflation on 5 year future rental growth
0
1
2
3
4
5
CPI 0%
CPI 1%
CPI 2%
CPI 3%
CPI 4%
CPI 5%
% p.a.
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
4.0%
4.3%
4.5%
2026
to 2031
2026
to 2031
2026
to 2031
2026
to 2031
2026
to 2031
2026
to 2031
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
Following a commitment by
the Directors to provide an exit
opportunity to Shareholders, on
2 September 2025, the Company
offered Shareholders a cash exit by
way of a Tender Offer, together with
an opportunity to buy more shares
in the Company by way of a Mix
and Match Facility and Treasury
Issuance. The Tender Price was
204p per share, which had been
calculated on the basis of the audited
31 March 2025 NAV per share (being
214.7p per share) less costs.
At the General Meeting of the
Company held on 25 September 2025,
Shareholders approved the Tender
Offer. In addition, Shareholders
also approved the adoption of new
Articles of Association that now
include a clause fixing the life of the
Company, whereby the Directors are
required to propose a resolution to
wind up the Company or propose
another form of exit having the same
effect at a general meeting to be
held on or before 31 March 2033.
In addition, during the year, and
as detailed in the Tender Offer
Circular dated 2 September 2025,
the Board adopted a discount control
policy, which aims to keep the
Company’s share price discount to
NAV between 0% and 10% in normal
circumstances. This discount control
policy is at the absolute discretion
of the Directors taking into account
available cash and prevailing market
conditions at the relevant time.
The Board also announced in the
Tender Offer Circular that it wished
to minimise costs as a percentage
of the Company’s portfolio and
in order to improve the liquidity
and marketability of its shares
the Company would also look to
issue shares in the market if they
trade at a premium to NAV.
The Tender Offer closed on 26
September 2025, and in the year to
31 March 2026, the Company bought
back and held in Treasury 1,932,331
shares, which included the 1,495,331
(net) shares tendered by Shareholders
pursuant to the Tender Offer. Post
the year end, 2,554,000 shares have
been issued out of Treasury at a
premium, at an average price of 213p
and 90,000 were bought back at a
discount, at an average price of 191p.
The Board is recommending a final
dividend of 3.6p per share making
total dividends of 14.4p per share for
the year to 31 March 2026 compared
to 13.8p per share for the previous
year, an increase of 4.3%. Subject to
Shareholder approval at the 2026
AGM, the final dividend, which
will be paid as a Property Income
Distribution (PID), will be paid on
31 July 2026 to Shareholders on
the register on 3 July 2026. The
ex-dividend date is 2 July 2026.
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT
CONTINUED
The Board looks forward to welcoming Shareholders to the AGM to be held at
the offices of Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP, 9 Haymarket Square, Edinburgh,
EH3 8FY at 12.30pm on Thursday, 16 July 2026. The Notice of the Annual
General Meeting can be found on pages 124 to 128 of this Annual Report. The
Board encourages Shareholders to attend or to vote using the proxy form,
which can be submitted to the Company’s registrars, Computershare Investor
Services PLC, The Pavilions, Bridgewater Road, Bristol, BS99 6ZY. Proxy
forms should be completed and returned in accordance with instructions
thereon and the latest time for the receipt of proxy forms is 12.30pm on
14 July 2026. Proxy votes can also be submitted by Crest or online using
the registrar’s Share Portal Service at
investorcentre.co.uk/eproxy
.
Further information on the Company can be found on the Company’s
webpages hosted by the Manager at
www.olimproperty.co.uk/value-and-
indexed-property-income-trust.html
.
David Smith
Chairman
11 June 2026
Alnwick
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
The property market
UK commercial property capital values, as measured by the MSCI UK
Quarterly Property Index, the main benchmark for institutional property
performance, stabilised in mid-2024 after two years of steep declines. Activity
since has been subdued and capital investment more selective. Investment
in offices continues its decline (year-to-date volumes were down over 60%
compared with 2025) in contrast to increased allocation towards more
operational and alternative sectors. Across virtually every sector, the story is
the same: income and rental value growth have been doing the heavy lifting
and driving total returns, but offset by negative valuation yield movement.
MSCI UK
Quarterly
Property Index - 12 months to December 2025
Property’s total return over calendar
2025 was 6%, with an income return
of 5% and anaemic capital growth
of 1%. Growing rental values usually
feed through into growing capital
values, but last year this positive
effect was largely offset by weaker
valuation yields.
Retail and industrial property
outperformed the market over the
past year for different reasons:
retail’s high income yield and re-
based rents remain in good demand
for strong locations, while industrials
offered above average rental growth.
Residential, with significant industry
wide issues, underperformed in the
broadly flat alternatives sector, while
most office capital values remain
under pressure, especially if there
is no alternative use or significant
capital expenditure is required.
MANAGER’S REPORT
Growth %
Capital Value
Rental Value
Total Return %
Retail
2.4
3.1
8.4
Office
-0.8
3.9
3.5
Industrial
2.6
4.5
7.2
Alternatives
-0.9
2.3
4.5
All property
1.0
3.6
6.0
Source: MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index December 2025
The table on the next page analyses
the main sector returns by
subsectors. In 2025 supermarkets
and shopping centres outperformed
standard shops, while retail
warehouses lagged slightly after a
stellar 2024. Industrial performance
remains solid, driven by rental
growth, with London and the South-
East underperforming the rest
of the UK. Offices remain highly
polarised, with Central London
continuing to outperform, while
secondary space across the rest of
the UK is still seriously struggling.
Residential performance, especially
student accommodation, has cooled
over the year while hotels and other
alternative sectors (including leisure
and healthcare) performed better
despite operational challenges.
Funds overweight in the residential
and office sectors generally
underperformed over 2025, while
those with higher weightings in
retail, industrials and well-let
alternatives tended to outperform.
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
MANAGER’S REPORT
CONTINUED
MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index – Average annualised %
growth rates to March 2026
6
months
1
year
3
years
5
years
10
years
Capital values
All property
0.4
0.6
-1.1
-1.5
-1.2
Rental values
All property
3.6
3.3
3.6
3.5
1.7
Total returns
All property
5.4
5.6
3.8
3.1
3.4
Source: MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index March 2026 - Standing Investments
Sector
2025 Total
Return%
2024 Total
Return%
Retail
8.4
8.3
Retail Warehouses
7.7
12.2
Supermarkets
9.8
6.9
Shopping Centres
10.0
8.2
Standard Shops
7.7
3.3
Offices
3.5
0.0
London
4.9
1.5
Other
1.3
-1.7
Industrial
7.2
8.3
Standard Industrial
7.7
9.2
Distribution Warehouses
7.6
8.0
Alternatives
4.5
4.0
Residential
3.1
3.8
Hotel
4.4
4.3
Other
5.9
4.0
All Property
6.0
5.5
MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index - 2024 & 2025 Returns by Sector
and Sub Sector
Source: MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index
Underlying property rental values have been generally rising, by 2%-3% a
year, with most sectors showing some growth. But capital values will not now
grow unless UK 10 year bond yields stabilise clearly below 5% and interest
rates fall further. Both now look unlikely this year so we expect the property
market to remain cautious until the inflationary and recessionary effects of
war in the Middle East have clearly been reflected in valuations and economic
forecasts.
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2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2011
2008
2006
Property
(equivalent yield)
6.6
6.6
6.6
6.5
6.1
5.1
6.9
8.3
5.4
Long
Gilts
Conventional
4.9
4.5
4.6
3.6
3.8
1.0
2.5
3.7
4.6
Index linked
1.4
1.6
1.1
0.2
0.3
-2.6
-0.2
0.8
1.1
UK Equities
3.2
3.2
3.6
3.8
3.6
3.1
3.5
4.5
2.9
CPI (annual rate)
3.3
3.4
2.5
4.0
10.5
5.4
4.2
3.1
3.0
Yield
gaps:
Property less
Conventional
Gilts
1.7
2.1
2.0
2.9
2.3
4.1
4.4
4.6
0.8
Property less
Index Linked
Gilts
5.2
5.0
5.5
6.3
5.8
7.7
7.1
7.5
4.3
Property less
Equities
3.4
3.4
3.0
2.7
2.5
2.0
3.4
3.8
2.5
Comparative investment yields – End December (except 2026 end March)
Yields
Capital values over the last quarter have been broadly flat. The uncertainty
in the market following the start of hostilities in Iran and subsequent
volatile bond yields is forcing buyers and sellers to reassess their appetite
for risk. Valuation yields across the board have weakened, and even the most
optimistic agency firms will have to recognise this soon.
Direct real estate should deliver stable real income with some capital growth
over the long term and UK commercial property, with its high running yield
and growing rental income, offers good value against UK equities (at over
twice their yield) and conventional gilts; it is particularly attractive at a yield
premium around 5% over index-linked gilts. They represent a considerable
capital risk, as shown by their poor performance since 2020 and the UK
Government’s above average issuance of index-linked stock.
Source: MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index and ONS for the CPI
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
MANAGER’S REPORT
CONTINUED
MSCI UK Monthly Property Index vacancy rates %
0
5
10
15
20
25
Mar-26
Jan-26
Feb-24
Feb-22
Feb-20
Feb-18
Feb-16
All Property Types
Retail
Office
Industrial
Residential
Hotel
Other
Source: MSCI UK Monthly Property Index
Vacancy Rates
As the chart below shows, the All-property vacancy rate is still above its long-
term average at 10.4%, but it has slipped from its peak of 12.4% in February
2025. Office vacancy is still much higher than other sectors, with retail
coming down, residential rising and industrial creeping up.
Upwards Only Rent Reviews
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act received Royal
Assent on 29 April 2026 and is expected to come into force in 2027. More
notably, since it was first announced, it now carries a degree of retrospective
effect: the ban will extend to any new leases or lease renewals arising from
options or renewal arrangements entered into on or after 17 March 2026.
The Act abolishes the long-established upwards only rent review clause in
new and renewed commercial leases, though existing leases will remain
unaffected. Going forward, any rent review mechanism must allow for
both upward and downward adjustments in line with prevailing market
conditions. The ban applies wherever the rent at review cannot be known or
pre-determined at the point the lease is granted — meaning stepped or fixed
pre-agreed rental increases will still be permitted.
For owners of property let on long-established leases, the change may prove
beneficial, as such assets will take on a growing scarcity value. High street
retailers are unlikely to feel much impact, given that their leases are already
predominantly short-term. However, in the longer term, the reform has the
potential to weigh on property values and dampen new development across
other sectors — including out-of-town retail, industrials, alternatives and
offices — particularly where properties are being let for the first time or re-let
at lease expiry.
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Jan
2026
Feb
2026
Mar
2026
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Property Valuations - Market
Condition Clause
In accordance with RICS Global
Valuation standards, valuers
may declare ‘Material Valuation
Uncertainty (MVU)’ to flag
heightened uncertainty in valuation
figures. This may arise where there
is a lack of transactional evidence
or if there is exceptional market
volatility or disruption, such that
the level of uncertainty is outside
normal market parameters. The
declaration does not invalidate
the valuation but signals reduced
reliability and the need for caution.
MVU was used extensively during
the COVID-19 market disruption
in 2020 and was progressively
withdrawn through 2020 and 2021
as activity recovered and evidence
improved. In some circumstances
valuers are now including MVU for
residential ground rent investments
due to on-going leasehold reforms
and legislative changes.
Following the start of hostilities
in Iran, valuers have been keeping
the use of MVU under review
but are currently arguing that
assets are still trading and there
is a functioning debt market.
Instead, some valuers have opted
to use a ‘Market Condition Clause’
providing updated commentary
on prevailing market conditions
amid geopolitical tensions.
Outlook
Asset selection is key, funds
with high vacancy and heavy
office and residential exposure
underperformed last year and
will do so again throughout 2026.
Outperformance and high real
returns in UK property will continue
to come from concentrating on
long, strong, preferably indexed or
fixed increase income and recycling
portfolios out of riskier properties
where returns may fall at review or
lease end. Higher, safer, sustainable
yields remain the bedrock of property
outperformance and importantly, no
offices, no residential and no voids.
Business Rates
In the November 2025 Budget, the
Government announced several
business rates reforms effective from
April 2026. The most significant
include a 13.5% reduction in the
standard multiplier for properties
with rateable values between
£51,000 and £500,000, alongside a
permanent 5p discount for Retail,
Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) assets.
A new “large property” multiplier,
set at 5.8% above the standard rate,
will apply to all properties with
rateable values above £500,000.
These changes coincide with the
introduction of a new Rating List,
based on April 2024 rental values
(replacing April 2021).
Following significant backlash
from the hospitality industry, the
Government announced a further
package of support for pubs and live
music venues in England. Those
eligible will receive a 15% reduction
in their business rates bill for 2026-
2027, with bills then frozen in real
terms for the following two years.
Revaluation impacts will vary by
sector. Assets that have seen strong
post-pandemic rental growth (such
as industrials, supermarkets, retail
warehouses and hotels) will face
higher rateable values, while high
street retail and offices are expected
to remain broadly stable or decline. A
transitional cap on increases in rates
payable will apply for three years
from April 2026, starting at 5% for
smaller properties and 15% for larger
assets in year one.
Overall, the reforms are intended to
support the high street and smaller
occupiers, while increasing the
burden on larger assets. In most
cases, increases in rateable values
will be partially offset by the lower
multiplier, although sectors such
as industrials, hotels and some pub
operators are still likely to see net
increases in liability.
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Property prospects by sector
Industrials: Growing cost pressures across a defensive sector
The first quarter of 2026 continued the 2025 pattern of muted levels
of investment and sluggish levels of letting activity. Industrials are
now clearly down to the second best performing main sector on the
MSCI UK Monthly Property Index with a total return of 7.3% v 6.5% for
All Property for the 12 months to March 2026, driven by an income
return of 4.9% (All Property 5.7%) and capital growth of 2.3% v 0.8%.
Industrial total returns should be similar to the wider market this year.
Final figures for 2025 show transaction volumes at £8.7bn, 5% up on 2024,
the year’s transactions were driven by a few large portfolio, corporate and
prime logistics transactions. Opportunities to purchase prime well let
assets were few despite continued investor interest and they remain so in
2026. Q1 2026 has had the lowest number of transactions since Q4 2023 and
there have been no large scale sales. The secondary and multi let markets
are still thin, struggling with the prevailing vendor and purchaser pricing
expectation gap, a weaker occupational market and more cautious rental
growth forecasts. Consequently, prices have barely moved so far in 2026, with
capital values increasing only +0.3% over the first three months of the year.
The main concern for industrial occupiers throughout 2025 was surviving.
2026 started more positive as they began to adjust to significantly higher
costs, labour and material shortages and interest rate sentiment improved.
But recent global political and economic uncertainty has pushed cost
saving right back up the agenda, so we should expect lower average take up
figures and less rental growth than predicted at the beginning of the year.
Take-up figures for 2025 are telling, at 20% below the 10 year average, as
outlined below:
UK 2025 Industrial take-up vs ten year average
-35
-30
-25
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
Source: Lambert Smith Hampton (March 2026)
Total
Extra Large
Large
Mid Box
-20
%
-11
%
-23
%
-32
%
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This downward trend will be
mirrored throughout 2026 and
take up for the year will be below
2025. Demand for brand new built
to suit grade A space will remain
from those better financed tenants
but take up of second hand space,
the more affordable alternative for
most industrial occupiers, fell to
its lowest on record for 2025 and
will continue to fall throughout
2026. Until now, landlords had been
unwilling to spend large amounts of
money on refurbishments or offer
larger incentives and lower rents
to attract tenants. This mentality
has started to change as the market
adjusts to lower take up and property
owners are now spending money, in
the hope that their buildings become
income producing once more.
The new rating revaluation has now
taken effect, with most industrial
property suffering above average
increases and the larger distribution
warehouses, generally the worst
affected, with increases typically
between 25% and 40% including
the new surcharge on properties
with rateable values over £500,000.
This will affect take up figures and
achieved rents going forward for both
larger prime and secondary property.
Rents in London and the South East
have grown so much over the past
few years that they are not expected
to grow over 2026. Headline achieved
rents for prime property in the rest
of the UK may grow modestly but
at a much more sustainable rate
of between 2% to 3% for the year.
Secondary assets may see no rental
growth, and coupled with the more
generous incentive packages that
will need to be offered, their net
effective rents will actually fall.
Despite these cyclical pressures,
the sector still has strong long-
term defensive fundamentals.
Through 2026, performance
will be modest, based only on
income return, with capital values
generally under pressure.
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Offices: Still overvalued - avoid
Investment and occupational
demand remain focused on
top quality up to date space
with excellent wellbeing and
sustainability credentials and
ample “collaboration” space in a
few popular locations, but these
properties only offer very low
yields. Due to this polarisation,
offices are still underperforming
the wider property market with any
performance still driven solely by
Central London.
Over the twelve months to March
2026, offices were again the worst
performing sector on the MSCI
UK Monthly Property Index with
a total return of 2.6% v 6.5% for
All Property, comprising a steady
income return at 5.4% (All Property
5.7%) and a further decline in
capital value of -2.7% v +0.8%.
The investment market remained
quiet. Investment in Central London
offices in 2025 totalled £9.5 billion*,
which, despite being 52% up on last
year, was still 19% below the 10 year
average. This data was buoyed by
several “trophy” buildings and larger
lot sizes being sold at the end of 2025;
however, this excitement was clearly
fuelled by lower costs of borrowing.
Now the lending backdrop has
reversed, purchasers are much
more bearish on their underwriting
of these larger buildings, and
the number of sales has reduced
significantly with sales volumes for
Q1 2026 down 50% on the previous
quarter. Prices will fall as vendors
need to readjust their expectations.
In times of uncertainty, opportunistic
office buyers must now build in
longer hold periods and unfavourable
yield movements, so cannot make
current asking prices work.
The occupational market is also
quiet. Central London take up
figures remain low and were 24%
below the long term ten year
average in Q1 2026. Political and
economic uncertainty has caused
occupiers to pause and consider
their premises’ expenditure and
those with requirements remain
firmly concentrated on high quality
and well located space with a focus
on amenities and modernised
common parts to attract the best
talent to their businesses. The South
East office market, with older and
less well-located buildings, had
its slowest year for five years in
2025. The “Big Six” regional cities
also had an uninspiring 2025 with
take up figures level with the five
year average. Defunct office assets
will need to be comprehensively
and expensively redeveloped for
this market sector to function.
With the bulk of the office market
being neither well located nor
comprehensively refurbished in
line with tenant requirements,
the “rest” will continue to suffer.
Investors holding secondary offices
should be worried, particularly if
they are currently short let or worse,
vacant. They now need to invest
significant capital for refurbishment
to attract occupiers, adding desirable
amenities and modernising common
parts. Otherwise, they will need to
sell at a rock bottom price and cut
their losses.
Rental growth will be subdued
again this year with enhanced
rents only being paid for those
scarce trophy assets that tick all an
occupier’s requirements. Owners in
the rest of the market will need to
accept lower rents and offer longer
incentives and refurbishment
packages to attract a tenant.
In the backdrop of economic malaise
and geopolitical uncertainty, the
office market will remain weak and
continue to underperform the Index.
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Retail: Income driven
outperformance
The first three months of 2026
have seen a cautious improvement
in UK retail, however the sharp oil
price spike following the escalation
of the Iran conflict in early March
has reintroduced uncertainty for
both retailers and consumers.
Retailers’ margins remain under
sustained pressure from rising
labour, operating and energy
costs alongside the April business
rates revaluations. Sharp rises in
fuel and utility bills are cutting
consumers’ disposable incomes and
are likely to temper discretionary
spending in the near term.
On the investment side, 2026 has
been subdued. Overall commercial
property volumes so far are below
long run averages, with investors
still selective and stock limited.
However, retail continues to attract
a growing share of capital and
was the best performing sector
in 2025 with positive rental and
capital growth. Prime yields for
retail convenience property have
generally held firm and in some
cases edged in, supported by strong
demand and limited supply, although
there may now be a pause until the
implications of the Iran conflict
and interest rates become clearer.
Occupationally pre-Iran, the retail
market appeared to have started
2026 in its strongest position for
over a decade. Footfall and sales
have improved compared with
the same period last year, and the
number of active brands taking
space continues to rise, with both
established multiples and newer
concepts expanding, with focus
on affordability. National vacancy
rates are moving closer to pre
Covid levels, and rental growth,
already evident in 2025, is now
broadening out, particularly in better
quality locations and formats.
Newport, Isle of Wight
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High Street and Shopping Centres
:
High streets and shopping centres
remain the most polarised part of
the retail property market. Cost
pressures and structural change
continue to weigh on weaker
retailers, and failures are still
occurring: 150 of the 480 TG Jones
(formerly WH Smith) high street
stores will be closing soon. In the
first quarter of 2026, demand has
been focused on prime and dominant
locations where footfall is resilient
and where there is clear alternative
use or asset management initiatives.
Many smaller towns and suburbs
are showing signs of renewed
vitality, where rents have adjusted to
sustainable levels, but others are still
struggling because rent and rates are
still too high, with increased vacancy
rates and the need for significant
incentives to secure strong tenants.
Investment activity in shopping
centres has picked up from the
lows of recent years, with several
large transactions completing or
progressing in early 2026. Pricing for
good quality centres has started to
stabilise and, in some cases, increase
slightly as investors reassess income
resilience and asset management
opportunities. On the high street,
private investors and property
companies are selectively targeting
well located assets with rebased
rents and realistic business rates,
often with an eye on mixed use or
residential conversion potential. It
is too early to say whether the Iran
conflict and rising interest rates will
derail this gradual repricing and
re-engagement with the sector.
Gloucester
Supermarkets
: Food retail remains
one of the most defensive and sought
after retail sub sectors. Consumers
remain highly price sensitive with
ongoing trading down to Aldi and Lidl
and own label and value ranges. Most
major operators are reporting stable
or modestly improving trading, with
discounters maintaining their gains
of market share and stronger full
line grocers focusing on efficiency,
loyalty schemes and convenience
formats. Marks and Spencer, Tesco
and Sainsbury’s continue to outpace
their weaker competitors such as
Asda and more recently, the Co-op.
Investor demand for supermarkets
and convenience stores remains
strong, particularly for long dated,
index-linked income. However
limited availability of stock continues
to constrain activity. Sale and
leaseback activity continued early
in 2026 as leveraged operators
and private equity owned chains
look to recycle capital and manage
balance sheets, but the pace has
slowed from the peak as some of the
largest portfolios have already been
transacted. Yields for the best stock
are broadly stable, reflecting the
sector’s perceived safety in a world
of geopolitical shocks and energy
price volatility. Occupational markets
are steady, with selective new store
openings and some further evidence
of open market rental growth after
many years of flat or falling rents.
Gloucester
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Out of Town Retail
: Retail warehousing occupancy entered 2026 in a
relatively strong position. Vacancy remains low, the development pipeline
is limited, and retailer demand for out of town formats particularly
in bulky goods, value, discount and hybrid “click and collect” models
continue albeit with increased cost sensitivity. Footfall at retail parks
continues to outperform other retail formats, helped by convenience,
ease of access, free parking and the ability to combine shopping trips
with supermarkets, clothing, leisure, food & beverage and DIY uses.
Investment demand for retail parks has remained steady in Q1 2026,
despite the lack of stock and an absence of deals. Yields, having already
moved in significantly over the last two years, have now stabilised.
Vendors with aggressive pricing expectations have struggled to sell,
while realistically priced assets with strong tenant line ups and long
WAULTs continue to attract interest. The changes to business rates in
April will not benefit retail warehousing in the way they do some high
street and shopping centre locations, but the subsector’s operational
performance and income profile remain comparatively attractive.
Outlook
: Looking ahead to the remainder of 2026, retail is expected to
perform relatively well compared with the wider UK commercial property
market, although risks have increased. Rents have fallen and capital values
had previously not fallen far enough. Rental growth, which returned in
2025, is likely to continue, albeit with a clear divergence between prime
and secondary stock. Total returns for retail are expected to remain ahead
of All Property, driven by above average income returns and modest
capital growth, against declines in the office and residential sectors.
Alternatives: Careful asset selection remains crucial for
sustained performance
Alternatives accounted for the second largest share of Q4 2025 investment
volumes at 26% (£4.1 bn), down -8% quarter-on-quarter and -24% down
year-on-year but broadly in line with the longer-term average. Rising
National Insurance, Minimum Wage, and business rates continue to
pressure operators, making careful sub-sector and asset selection critical
for total returns.
UK quarterly investment by sector
Source: Carter Jonas, RCA, CoStar (March 2026)
0
5
10
15
20
25
Retail
Office
Industrial
Alternatives
£bn
Q2
2020
Q4
2020
Q2
2021
Q4
2021
Q2
2022
Q4
2022
Q2
2023
Q4
2023
Q2
2024
Q4
2024
Q2
2025
Q4
2025
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Pubs and Restaurants
: The sector
remains under pressure from
weaker consumer spending, rising
operating costs, taxation and
labour inflation, driving continued
closures and restructuring. Capital
values are under pressure with
yields moving out generally and
market sentiment weak. TGI
Fridays closed 16 UK restaurants
and entered administration again,
while BrewDog was sold via a pre-
pack administration process for
c.£33m to Tilray Brands of the USA,
resulting in 38 UK bar closures.
Greene King announced a pro-
active strategic repositioning of
its estate, potentially disposing of
150 managed pubs and converting
another 150 to leased or franchise.
The largest pub owner, Stonegate is
trying to cut the rents it pays as it
struggles under a mountain of debt.
Shepherd Neame saw flat H1 2026
revenue (£85m) with modest profit
growth, while JD Wetherspoon’s
revenue rose +5.7% (£1.09bn) but
operating profit fell -18.4%. There
is good news on the horizon for
the hospitality industry with the
2026 FIFA World Cup expected to
boost sales by some 30-35% during
major England matches. Even the
Government is on board, extending
licensing hours to 1am for matches
in the knock-out rounds, or 2am
for any 10pm kick-offs. Pubs can
apply for an even later licence if
England have to start a game later
than 10pm in the knock-out rounds.
This six-week long tournament will
be a welcome shot in the arm for the
restaurant, pub, bar and club trade.
Bowling
: The dominant market
leaders Hollywood Bowl and Ten
Entertainment (Tenpin) continue
expanding and refurbishing centres,
with strong growth in non-bowling
income from machines and food and
drink. Both benefit from demand
for affordable out-of-home leisure
and maintain positive revenue
growth, with repeat-visit strategies
such as events and parties critical
amid rising costs and competition.
Capital values and yields are stable
for these assets with long, index-
linked leases in strong locations. In
this operator-driven niche market,
the performance of individual assets
will depend on trading figures and a
careful eye on local oversupply risks.
Hotels
: UK hotel single asset
investments, particularly in
London and key regional markets,
let to strong operators on long
unexpired terms, have remained
in demand with yields remaining
stable (transaction volumes up
+37% year-on-year). But hotels with
weak covenants, shorter leases
or oversupplied locations have
struggled and yields have softened.
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Premier Inn remains active and is
investing in their sites, partly funded
by sale and leasebacks and lease
extension deals, while Travelodge
assets continue to trade at a discount
and are particularly vulnerable to
rising business rates bills. Labour
inflation and business rates will
continue to pressure operational
margins and investors are
increasingly selective, particularly in
relation to cladding and fire safety.
Garden Centres
: 2025 was a record
year for garden centre transactions,
with Christie & Co reporting a +29%
increase in sales versus 2024. The
large corporate operators Blue
Diamond and British Garden Centres
dominated activity, while strong
regional players like Hilliers and
Notcutts also expanded. Rising
costs and weather volatility remain
challenges, but savvy operators are
diversifying, increasing revenue
through concessions, and focusing
on local demand. Garden Centres
let to strong operators on long
leases in prosperous areas should
weather the current market squalls.
Student Accommodation
: Q4
2025 PBSA (Purpose Built Student
Accommodation) investment
reached £880m (£575m in 2024), but
rental growth is slowing and capital
growth is flat. Affordability pressures
and localised oversupply have led
to falling occupancy. Unite, the UK’s
biggest student housing provider,
has cut rents and is raising cash
amid weaker bookings for 2026/2027
(only 68% of rooms have been sold),
partly due to reduced international
enrolment and more UK students
living at home. No student
accommodation sales were reported
in Q1 2026, with reports of buyers
being unwilling to proceed due to
cladding and other due diligence
concerns. Capital values have further,
possibly much further, to fall in this
previously fashionable sector.
Other Residential
: Investment
volumes for 2025 Build-to-Rent
assets were down over 2025
(£4.7bn versus £5.1bn in 2024)
but still significantly above the
long-term average. Investors have
predominantly focused on Single
Family Rentals rather than larger
Multi-Family deals but higher
borrowing costs following the war
in Iran will see investors demanding
higher yields. Development projects
that were viable at lower rates may
see delays or cancelling and those
operators with variable-rate debt
may face significantly reduced cash
flow unless rents increase. A tighter
supply pipeline could support rents
over time, but tenants will now be
bearing the cost of increased cost-
of-living pressures which may
limit rental growth potential.
Capital values will be under pressure
and rental growth moderated by
tenant affordability. Remedial works,
particularly in relation to cladding,
fire evacuation strategies and mould
and damp issues have significantly
increased capital expenditure and
according to MSCI, Funds which hold
a higher weighting of residential
assets, were in the bottom quartile
of performance over 2025. The party
is over for residential investors.
The small residential ground rent
sub-sector is highly sensitive to
bond yield movements and has been
hit hard by policy reforms with the
UK Government proposing a cap
of £250 per year on ground rents
with a transition to peppercorn
after 40 years. These reforms
have already reduced the long-
term income stream from existing
ground rents and led to slashed
valuations, with most valuers
applying a Material Valuation
Uncertainty health warning.
Outlook
: Alternatives remain
a generally defensive sector,
underpinned by long, index-linked
leases and diverse tenants. Rising
costs, taxation, and regulatory
pressures are compressing operating
margins and interest rate rises
are putting pressure on capital
values, but high-quality assets
continue to attract investment.
Selectivity, income security, and
operational performance will be
essential for sustaining returns,
creating opportunities for long term
investors as yields move outward.
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The economy
The war in the Middle East casts
a dark and almost impenetrable
cloud over the prospects for the UK
and world economies. The aims
of Iran, Israel, Russia and China
in this conflict are pretty clear.
Western Europe, Japan and other
long standing US allies are standing
awkwardly on the sidelines in
damage limitation mode. But the
strategy and actions of the United
States under President Trump
are inherently unpredictable.
Erratic U.S. leadership aside, there
are three main differences between
the last serious Middle Eastern oil
price and supply shock in the mid
1970’s. Then, the oil price quadrupled
from $3 to $12 a barrel and oil
producers imposed an embargo
on exports to countries, mainly in
Europe, seen as supporters of Israel.
Retail price inflation in the UK hit
25.9% in August 1975 after a vicious
wage-price spiral. Now oil and energy
represent a far lower proportion of a
typical Western developed economy’s
GDP. Trade union membership and
power, in the UK and EU at least, is
effectively now limited to the public
sector. But public sector finances
and debt levels are more stretched,
and with exchange controls long
gone and vast pools of international
capital sloshing around the world,
individual countries are very clearly
at the mercy of the bond markets.
So, fifty years on, Western economies
are less dependent on imported oil
and gas, but they have much thinner
public financial cushions in a crisis.
There will not be another runaway
consumer price explosion in the UK,
but the effective cut in real incomes
imposed by the oil price rise will be
felt widely across the workforce,
with those in low paid and less
secure jobs suffering the most.
In another echo of the mid 1970s,
we then had a secondary banking
crisis, we now have a private credit
crunch. The UK’s main conventional
banks are generally stable and well-
regulated – the rest of the credit
system is not, with an explosion of
lending by the US private equity
and hedge fund giants now going
into reverse as investors try to
get their money out. Banking is a
simple business if you don’t get
greedy, remember that you are
essentially borrowing short and
lending long and your decision
makers have lived through several
interest rate and credit cycles. That
does not apply to the new kids on
the banking block like Apollo, Ares,
Blackrock, Blackstone, Blue Owl and
KKR, as well as countless less well
known names from far and wide.
Asset-backed lending has been too
loose for too long and MFS will not
be the last casualty in the UK.
Oil prices have already risen by half
since the start of the War between
Israel, the USA and Iran at the end
of February, with natural gas price
rises much higher and developing
shortages as well as price rises for
fertilisers and other oil by-products.
Even if the partial ceasefire agreed
on 8 April holds and the Strait of
Hormuz is reopened soon, those
price rises and supply shortages will
persist for some time and put upward
pressure on inflation rates at least
for the rest of 2026. Higher food, fuel
and utility bills, in Britain and across
the world, will hit poorer consumers
struggling to survive as price rises
on essentials leave little room for
expenditure on anything else.
So the benign backdrop to the
Chancellor’s Spring Statement on
3 March now seems like a distant
memory. Then the Office for Budget
Responsibility (OBR) forecast UK
GDP growth rising from 1% in 2026
to 1½% a year for 2027 to 2030,
productivity growth picking up and
inflation and interest rates coming
down. The unemployment rate
would rise from 4½% to 5½% in 2026
but then peak and fall slowly. Most
reassuringly for the international
bond investors, consumer price
inflation was forecast to slow to an
annual rate of 2.3% in 2026 and 2%
thereafter, with public sector net
borrowing down from 5.2% of GDP in
2024-2025 to 4.3% of GDP this year.
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All these forecasts now look far too optimistic, but no-one can know by how
much at this stage. Consumer price inflation looks likely to rise to an annual
rate at around 4% by the autumn; but would then fall back, depending on
lasting peace in the Middle East and genuinely free and safe passage through
the Strait of Hormuz.
UK interest rate expectations have also deteriorated, with the current 3.75%
short term Bank Rate now seen by the futures market as more likely to rise
than fall this year. The Bank of England will, in our view, try hard to keep it
unchanged for as long as possible on the grounds of extreme uncertainty
and interest rate rises not being an appropriate response to an external
price and supply shock, when the home economy and domestic demand
and jobs need to be supported not undermined. The benchmark 10-year gilt
yield, having traded in a range of 4.25% to 4.75% for most of 2025 and early
2026, has been around 5% in May and early June as political risk piles up.
Housing
Housebuilding is still in decline with house prices especially weak in
the higher price ranges. The major homebuilders are cutting back their
building and land buying programmes in response to weakening consumer
confidence and rising mortgage rates in the popular 1 to 5 year fixed rate
bands. The Government’s target of 300,000 home completions a year
over this Parliament is dead and buried, and only more vigorous action
to increase, improve and motivate planning and building control staff,
combined with massive extra investment in genuinely affordable social
housing (including buying unsold stock from private housebuilders) offers
any chance of approaching an annual rate of 300,000 homes a year in the
next Parliament. A rehashed Help to Buy Scheme, as under the previous
Government, is definitely not the right answer as it just pushes up prices, not
housing supply, and makes affordability for first time buyers even worse.
Political Risk
The UK Government, with its unprecedently poor opinion poll ratings,
suffered electoral disaster in the May elections; Scottish and Welsh
Nationalists now lead their parliaments, with Reform and the Greens gaining
strongly in English local elections. The Prime Minister’s position is perilous
with the Makerfield by-election on 18 June.
Interest Rates in G7 Countries
Source: Bloomberg (6 May 2026)
0
1
2
3
4
5
Policy rate (Bank)
2 year
10 year
%
Japan
Germany
Canada
France
Italy
US
UK
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The Government’s need to be seen to be pro-growth is also now driving
closer alignment and less trade friction with the European Union, whether
by bespoke sectoral deals or maybe even rejoining the customs union
or single market. The costs of Brexit are now widely recognised and the
United States looks an ever less reliable ally and trading partner.
In the USA, President Trump’s peak power is already past as price rises
and tariffs cut into the real income of many poorer voters in particular, the
Strait of Hormuz stays closed and the mid term Congressional elections on
3 November draw nearer. The Republican Party is widely expected to lose
control of the House of Representatives, with control of the Senate on a
knife edge.
International
Two great threats to the world economy are further geopolitical upheaval,
with the Middle East crisis undermining attempts to end the four year
old Russian attack on Ukraine, and the threat to international economic
stability if the US Federal Reserve loses credibility, undermining the
dollar’s deficit-financing role as the world’s reserve currency. Either is
possible, and prudent international investors will continue to de-risk
by diversifying out of the dollar and US investments into other markets
including the EU and UK. As with COVID, international disruption and price
rises hurt the world’s poor hardest of all. With overseas aid cancelled in
the USA and cut by other rich countries, the safety net against famine or
other humanitarian disasters around the world is now agonisingly thin.
International investors should also look through short-term swings in
US policy, in particular, on climate change; the UK, for example, has just
recorded its warmest and sunniest year on record and 2025, 2023 and
2022 were the three warmest years recorded since the UK series started
in 1884. One of the few possible positive aspects of the Iran War is a wake
up call to the West on the extreme danger of relying on fossil fuel imports
from unstable parts of the world instead of developing safe, sustainable
alternative ways to keep ourselves warm and our economies growing.
Net Approval by issue for President Trump
Source: YouGov/The Economist, Berenberg
-35
-30
-25
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
Feb 2025
Mar 2026
%
Inflation/prices
Jobs and
the economy
Healthcare
Immigration
Education
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Annual portfolio summary
VIP specialises in direct investment in UK commercial properties with long,
strong, index-related income streams to deliver above average long term
real returns.
The portfolio comprises 26 properties across seven well diversified sub-
sectors, fully let on 28 full repairing and insuring leases (WAULT 13.6 years
to the tenants’ option to break) to 17 different tenant covenants across
England and Scotland, with 82% of rents coming from the top ten tenants.
Following the sale of the long leasehold Doncaster property on 24 April
2025, all properties are freehold.
Index-related rent reviews
The current contracted rental income on the whole portfolio stands at £9.6
million per annum. 100% has either index-linked or fixed increases.
Over the financial year, 16 rent reviews completed representing 74% of the
rent roll, with an average annual increase of 3.4% on their rents passing.
This added £0.8 million (9.7%) to all held properties. Six were RPI-linked
annual reviews, six had five yearly RPI-linked reviews, three had five yearly
CPI-linked reviews and one had an annual fixed increase of 2.0%.
There are 28 leases, which are reviewed with either RPI-linked (87%), CPI-
linked (10%) or fixed increases (3%). There are no properties with open
market rent reviews. Seven tenancies representing 28% (year ended 31
March 2026) of the rental income have annual rent reviews and 21 (72%)
have five yearly reviews. Over the next five years, the following percentage
of rental income will be reviewed in each financial year, based on the
portfolio as at 31 March 2026, and over the next 12 months, 10 tenancies,
representing 34% of the total rent, will undergo a rent review.
Year ending 31 March
Annual
5 yearly
Total
2027
28%
6%
34%
2028
28%
8%
36%
2029
28%
6%
34%
2030
28%
3%
31%
2031
28%
49%
77%
Of the index-related rents within the portfolio; 80% of the RPI-linked and
CPI-linked rents are subject to collared uplifts, which average 1.6% per
annum and 89% are subject to capped uplifts, which average 3.9% per
annum. 11% of the total indexed income has uncapped RPI increases. Fixed
rent review uplifts average 2.3% per annum.
Rent Review Pattern
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MANAGER’S REPORT
CONTINUED
Purchases and sales
One purchase for £3.0 million and five sales for £16.0 million completed over the year.
88%
Rent collection
100% of all contracted rents were collected
during the year to 31 March 2026.
The top ten tenants have 19 leases: Blue
Diamond, Marks & Spencer, Premier Inn, HM
Government, Sainsbury’s, Parkdean Resorts,
Virgin Active, Co-operative Group, Ten
Entertainment Group, and Hollywood Bowl.
One of the smaller tenants within the Bowling
complex in Coventry, Pizza Hut, entered
administration in January 2025 and was
subsequently acquired by DC London Pie Ltd,
to whom the lease was assigned. DC London
Pie Ltd (trading as Pizza Hut) itself entered
administration in October 2025 and was
acquired by Yum! Europe Ltd, to whom the
lease has since been assigned. Yum! Europe
Ltd is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands Inc., the
global restaurant group behind KFC and Taco
Bell, among other brands, who operate a
system of over 60,000 restaurants around the
world. The unit continues to trade as a Pizza
Hut restaurant and no rent has been lost.
Fully let
The portfolio is fully let, with no voids (MSCI
UK Monthly Property Index void rate: 10.4%).
Purchases completed
Industrials – Driving Test Centre, Dundee.
VIP bought a heritable (Scottish equivalent
of English freehold) Driving Test Centre in
Dundee in December for £3 million at a net
purchase yield of 8.5%. The 2.9-acre purpose-
built property is let to HM Government on a
full repairing and insuring lease to November
2050, with tenant options to break in 2035,
2040 and 2045 with five yearly rental increases
in line with the Retail Prices Index (RPI) with
no cap or collar.
Sales completed
The sales of five properties completed during
the year for £16.0 million (£15.8 million net), at
valuation at an average net yield of 7.6%. These
were three shorter let properties at Aylesford,
Blandford Forum and Thirsk as well as the
portfolio’s last leasehold property at Doncaster.
Stafford was sold after the tenant refurbished
it because the upside was limited.
Lease extensions completed
Two substantial defensive lease extensions
were achieved over the year, at the hotel in
Catterick and the industrial property in Milton
Keynes. The tenant’s options to break in both
leases were removed and the leases extended
in return for rent free periods. As a result,
the portfolio’s weighted average unexpired
lease term rose from 13.3 years to 13.6 years to
earliest break options and from 15.2 years to
15.8 years at lease expiry.
Index-related rent review pattern by contracted rent
Fixed increases
(2 tenancies)
Retail Prices Index
(22 tenancies)
Consumer Prices Index
(4 tenancies)
87
%
10
%
3
%
14%
14%
8%
8%
8%
7%
6%
6%
6%
5%
5%
4%
3%
2%
2%
1%
1%
Contracted income by tenant %
29
Newport, Isle of Wight
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MANAGER’S REPORT
CONTINUED
Responsible impact based ESG management
OLIM Property has always taken a cautious and responsible approach to
managing VIP’s property portfolio, with environmental impact, social
responsibility and governance, (ESG) taken fully into account in selecting
high quality properties and suitable tenants for acquisition, long term
management and disposal. Occupier relationships are crucial. We engage
with our tenants to understand and establish sustainable rental levels and
grow future income streams, working closely with them to address value
add energy performance targets.
All VIP’s properties are regularly reviewed, ESG improvements
implemented at appropriate asset management stages and properties sold
where performance may be negatively impacted by ESG factors.
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
100% of the properties now have an EPC rating A-C (up from 64% in 2022).
We continue to work with our tenants to upgrade properties and improve
EPC ratings.
Property
Tenant
Sector
% of portfolio
by capital value
Nantwich
Blue Diamond
Garden Centre
13%
Newport,
Isle of Wight
Marks and Spencer
Supermarket
8%
Rayleigh
Marks and Spencer
Supermarket
7%
Dover
Parkdean Resorts
Caravan Park
6%
Garstang
Sainsbury's
Supermarket
6%
Coventry
Tenpin, Pizza Hut
and Starbucks
Bowling
6%
Brentwood
Virgin Active
Health Club
5%
Catterick
Premier Inn
Hotel
5%
Alnwick
Premier Inn
Hotel
4%
Milton Keynes
Pork Farms
Industrial/
Warehouse
4%
Total
64%
Top 10 properties by capital value
Sector
Mar
2026
Mar
2025
Mar
2024
Mar
2023
Mar
2022
Mar
2021
Mar
2014
Supermarkets
29%
29%
29%
31%
30%
16%
5%
Industrial / Warehouse
22%
23%
28%
29%
33%
35%
8%
Bowling and Health Club
17%
18%
19%
9%
5%
8%
0%
Garden Centre
13%
12%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Hotels
10%
8%
9%
9%
6%
0%
0%
Other Leisure
6%
7%
9%
9%
9%
14%
15%
Pubs / Restaurants
3%
3%
6%
9%
13%
24%
17%
Offices
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Shops
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
39%
Roadside
0%
0%
0%
4%
4%
3%
16%
Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Number of Properties
26
30
35
39
43
31
29
VIP property portfolio - sector weightings since 2014
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Capital value % by sector
29%
10%
12%
22%
13%
11%
Capital value % by region
36%
9%
2%
9%
22%
17%
5%
3%
Income % by sector
28%
13%
3%
13%
21%
14%
8%
Supermarkets -
29%
(8 properties)
Industrial / Warehouse -
22%
(8 properties)
Garden Centre -
13%
(1 property)
Health Club
and Caravan Park -
12%
(2 properties)
Bowling -
11%
(3 properties)
Hotels -
10%
(2 properties)
Pubs -
3%
(2 properties)
North -
36%
(7 properties)
South East -
22%
(5 properties)
East Anglia -
17%
(4 properties)
Midlands -
9%
(2 properties)
Scotland -
9%
(5 properties)
South West -
5%
(2 properties)
London -
2%
(1 property)
Supermarkets -
28%
Industrial / Warehouse -
21%
Garden Centre -
14%
Health Club
and Caravan Park -
13%
Bowling -
13%
Hotels -
8%
Pubs -
3%
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
MANAGER’S REPORT
CONTINUED
Lease expiry % by contracted rent (if all break options are exercised)
25+ years
20-25 years
15-20 years
10-15 years
5-10 years
Less than 5 years
4%
23%
4%
25%
41%
3%
WAULT* 13.6 years if all tenants
exercise their break options
* Weighted Average Unexpired Lease Term
Aberfoyle
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
Performance and
independent revaluation
Savills’ and CBRE’s independent
valuation at 31 March 2026 on all 26
properties totalled £133,300,000, as
detailed in Note 9 to the Financial
Statements on pages 100 to 102
of this Annual Report, reflecting
a net initial yield of 6.8% after
deducting notional purchase
costs (31 March 2025: 6.3%, 30
September 2025: 6.5%). The valuation
totals at 31 March 2025 were
£146,000,000 and at 30 September
2025 (half-year) £132,300,000.
On a like for like basis, excluding
purchases and sales, the portfolio’s
capital value decreased slightly by
0.4% in the first half of the year and
increased by 0.8% in the second. The
hotel sector increased by 8.7% overall
following the agreed lease extension,
the garden centre increased in value
by 5.9% following the five yearly rent
review and the bowling alleys gained
by 2.1% over the 12 months. The
properties held within the industrial
and supermarket sectors increased
marginally by 0.2% and 0.4% over
the year. Following the required
change of independent valuer for
some of the portfolio’s properties,
the pubs decreased in value by 9.8%
and the capital value of the caravan
park and health club declined by
9.5% overall. The new valuer, CBRE,
took a more cautious approach to
these operational properties.
Over the financial year, 16 rent
reviews completed representing
74% of the rent roll, with an average
annual increase of 3.4% on their
rents passing. This added £0.8
million (9.7%) to all held properties.
There are no empty properties.
The property portfolio has been
further upgraded and its weighted
average unexpired lease term
improved with the sale of five
properties, which completed for
£16.0 million (two industrials, two
bowling alleys and a supermarket)
with the net sale proceeds partly
reinvested into the purchase of
the Driving Test Centre, Dundee.
The portfolio produced a total return
of 3.9% over the past six months and
6.5% over the past year to March,
against 2.6% and 5.4% respectively
for the MSCI UK Quarterly Property
Index, the main benchmark for
commercial property performance.
The portfolio’s main drivers of out
performance continue to be an
above average income yield and,
on the capital front, no offices,
high street shops or residential.
The returns on VIP’s property
portfolio have been above the MSCI
averages by between 1.0% and 3.2% a
year over 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 and 39 years.
The real returns were also well
ahead of the Consumer Prices Index
over all periods except five years
where it was slightly below (-0.4%).
The real total return of the property
portfolio over 39 years since the
inception of OLIM’s management
has been over 7.7% a year.
Sarah Martin, Matthew Oakeshott
and Louise Cleary
OLIM Property Limited
11 June 2026
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MANAGER’S REPORT
CONTINUED
Property portfolio at 31 March 2026
1. Supermarkets
8
properties
28
%
of rent
9.0
years WAULT
2. Industrial / Warehouse
8
properties
21
%
of rent
8.9
years WAULT
Westbury
Rayleigh
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
3. Bowling
3
properties
13
%
of rent
18.0
years WAULT
4. Health Club and Caravan Park
2
properties
13
%
of rent
9.2
years WAULT
Brentwood
Ashford
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
MANAGER’S REPORT
CONTINUED
5. Garden Centre
1
property
14
%
of rent
23.5
years WAULT
Nantwich
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
6. Hotels
2
properties
8
%
of rent
21.4
years WAULT
Catterick
7. Pubs
2
properties
3
%
of rent
22.8
years WAULT
Canterbury
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Value and Indexed Property Income Trust PLC
• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
BUSINESS REVIEW
This Business Review is intended to
provide an overview of the strategy
and business model of the Company,
as well as the key measures used
by the Directors in overseeing its
management. During the year to 31
March 2026, the Company operated
as a real estate investment trust
that invested in accordance with the
investment objective and investment
policy outlined on page 40 of this
Business Review.
VIP’s Ordinary Shares are listed
on the Official List and traded on
the Main Market of the London
Stock Exchange. The Company
is registered as a public limited
company in Scotland under
company number SC050366 and
is an investment company within
the meaning of Section 833 of
the Companies Act 2006. The
Company has one class of share.
VIP is a member of the Association
of Investment Companies (AIC).
Capital structure
As at 31 March 2026, VIP’s issued
share capital comprised 45,549,975
(2025: 45,549,975) Ordinary Shares
of 10p each of which 5,469,270 (2025:
3,536,939) Ordinary Shares of 10p
were held in Treasury. Each Ordinary
Share in issue entitles the holder to
one vote on a show of hands and, on
a poll, to one vote for every share
held and, therefore, the total number
of voting rights in the Company as
at 31 March 2026 was 40,080,705
(2025: 42,013,036). As at the date
of this Annual Report, VIP’s issued
share capital comprised 45,549,975
Ordinary Shares of 10p each of which
3,005,270 were held in Treasury.
The total number of voting rights in
the Company as at the date of this
Annual Report is 42,544,705.
Share dealing
Shares in VIP can be purchased
and sold in the market through a
stockbroker or regulated investment
platform, or indirectly through
a lawyer, accountant or other
professional adviser. Further
information on how to invest in VIP
is detailed on page 122.
Recommendation of
non-mainstream
investment products
VIP currently conducts its affairs
so that the shares issued by it can
be recommended by independent
financial advisers to ordinary
retail investors in accordance with
the rules of the FCA in relation
to non-mainstream investment
products and intends to do so for the
foreseeable future. VIP’s shares are
excluded from the FCA’s restrictions,
which apply to non-mainstream
investment products, because they
are shares in an investment trust
company. The returns to investors
are based on investments in directly
held property.
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• Annual Report and Financial Statements 2026
30
Sep
1986
31
Mar
1987
31
Mar
2017
31
Mar
2018
31
Mar
2019
31
Mar
2020
31
Mar
2021
31 Mar
2022
Restated
**
31 Mar
2023
Restated
**
31
Mar
2024
31
Mar
2025
31
Mar
2026
NAV (p)
44.0
55.1
345.5
330.5
332.5
253.1
271.1
310.9
244.4
213.5
214.7
212.0
Share price
(p)
42.0
52.0
255.0
262.0
251.0
165.0
218.0
239.0
204.5
171.3
183.0
190.0
Discount of
share price
to NAV* (%)
4.6
5.6
26.2
20.7
24.5
34.8
19.6
23.1
16.3
19.8
14.8
10.4
Dividend
per share (p)
N/A
1.25
11.0
11.4
11.8
12.1
12.3
12.6
12.9
13.2
13.8
14.4
Total assets
less current
liabilities
(£m)
17.4
24.8
207.3
200.4
205.6
176.2
177.6
195.0
157.0
143.1
139.2
134.0
Financial record
Summary of the year
NAV total return* of 5.6% (2025: 7.1%) over one year and 3.1% (2025: -16.8%) over three years.
Share Price total return* of 11.6% (2025: 15.0%) over one year and 15.2% (2025: -6.3%) over three
years.
MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index total return of 5.4% over one year (2025: 6.3%) and 3.5%
(2025: -2.9%) over three years.
Dividends for the year up 4.3% - the 39th consecutive year of dividend increases.
Dividend yield at 31 March 2026 of 7.5% (2025: 7.5%).
* This is an Alternative Performance Measure (APM) which has been explained in the Glossary on page 123.
** The 2022 and 2023 Financial Statements were restated to correct an error in the calculation of the operating lease asset
brought forward.
Dover
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BUSINESS REVIEW
CONTINUED
Investment objective and investment policy
Investment objective
The Company invests directly in UK commercial property to deliver long,
strong, index-related income. The Company aims to achieve long-term, real
growth in dividends and capital value without undue risk.
Investment policy
The Company’s policy is to invest in directly held UK commercial property
and cash or near cash securities. UK directly held commercial property will
usually account for at least 80% of the total portfolio but it may fall below that
level if relative market levels and investment value, or a desired increase in
cash or near cash securities, make it appropriate. The Company will not use
derivatives.
The Company is permitted to invest cash held for working capital purposes
pending re-investment in cash deposits, gilts and money market funds.
The UK commercial property portfolio
The Company will target secure income and capital returns linked to
inflation, mainly through its diversified portfolio of UK property assets,
let or pre-let to a broad range of strong tenants on long leases with rental
growth subject to index-related or fixed increases. The Company has not set
any geographical limits, except that it may invest in all four nations of the
United Kingdom. It has also set no structural limits and expects the portfolio
to be focused on (but not limited to), the industrial/warehouse, supermarket,
roadside and leisure sectors (including for example, caravan parks, pubs,
hotels, garden and bowling centres) income strips and ground rents. Offices
and high street retail properties would not be priority sectors for investment.
In order to manage risk in the portfolio, at the time of purchase, no single
property asset will exceed in value 25% of the Company’s gross asset value
and no single tenant (except UK Government and public sector) will account
for more than 30% of the Company’s total rental income.
Borrowing policy
The Company has a longstanding policy of funding most of the increases
in its property portfolio through the judicious use of borrowings. Gearing
will normally be within a range of 25% and 50% of the total portfolio. The
Company will not raise new borrowings if total net borrowings would then
represent more than 50% of the total assets.
Detail of the Company’s borrowings as at the year end, comprising one fixed
term secured loan facility for £50 million and one Revolving Credit Facility
for £15 million can be found in Notes 11 and 12 to the Financial Statements on
pages 103 and 104 of this Annual Report. Please note the post balance sheet
event outlined in Note 24 on page 113.
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Performance, results
and dividend
As at 31 March 2026, the NAV total
return over one year was 5.6% and
the Share Price total return over one
year was 11.6%. This compares to the
MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index
total return of 5.4%. Total assets
less current liabilities were £134.0
million. A review of the performance
of the property portfolio is detailed
in the Chairman’s Statement
on page 8 and in the Manager’s
Report on pages 11 to 37.
For the year to 31 March 2026,
quarterly dividends of 3.6p per share
were paid on 31 October 2025, 30
January 2026 and 24 April 2026,
respectively. The 31 October 2025
and 30 January 2026 dividends
were paid as Property Income
Distributions (PIDs) and the 24
April 2026 dividend was paid as an
Ordinary Dividend. The Directors
have declared a final dividend of
3.6p per Ordinary Share (2025: 3.6p)
which, if approved by Shareholders
at the 2026 AGM, will be paid on 31
July 2026 to Shareholders on the
register on 3 July 2026. The ex-
dividend date is 2 July 2026. This
final dividend will be paid as a PID.
This represents an annual increase
in dividends of 4.3% as compared
with the 3.3% and 3.4% annual
increases in the Consumer Prices
and Consumer Prices (including
Housing) Indices, respectively,
as at the end of March 2026.
Principal and emerging
risks and uncertainties
The Board has an ongoing process
for identifying, evaluating and
monitoring the principal and
emerging risks and uncertainties
facing the Company. The risk register
forms a key part of the Company’s
risk management framework used to
carry out a robust assessment of the
risks, including a significant focus
on the controls in place to mitigate
them. The principal and emerging
risks and uncertainties which affect
the Company’s business are:
Property risk
The Company’s property portfolio
is subject to both market and
specific property risk. Since the
UK commercial property market
has been markedly cyclical
for many years, it is prudent
to expect that to continue.
The price and availability of
credit, real economic growth,
and the constraints on the
development of new property, are
the main influences on the property
investment market.
Against that background, the
specific risks to the income from
the portfolio are tenants being
unable to pay their rents and other
charges or leaving their properties
at the end of their leases.
All investment properties held by the
Company are commercial properties
located in the UK, mainly with long-
term, index-related income streams.
All leases are on full repairing and
insuring terms, with upwards only
rent reviews, and the WAULT to the
break option is 13.6 years. Details
of the tenant and geographical
spread of the portfolio are set out
on pages 30 and 31. The long-term
performance record through the
varying property cycles since 1987
is set out on pages 116 and 117. OLIM
Property is responsible for property
investment management, with
surveyors, solicitors and managing
agents acting on the portfolio under
OLIM Property’s supervision.
Market risk
The fair value of, or future cash flows
from, a financial instrument held by
the Company may fluctuate because
of changes in market prices. This
market risk comprises two elements
- price risk and interest rate risk.
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Price risk
Changes in market prices (other than
those arising from interest rate or
currency risk) may affect the value of
the Company’s investments.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate movements may affect:
the fair value of the investments
in property;
the level of income receivable on
cash deposits; and
the fair value of borrowings.
The possible effects on fair value
and cash flows that could arise as
a result of changes in interest rates
are taken into account when making
investment and borrowing decisions.
The Board imposes borrowing limits
to ensure that gearing levels are
appropriate to market conditions
and reviews these limits on a regular
basis. Borrowings as at the year
end comprised a secured term loan,
with a seven year term remaining,
providing secure long-term funding.
A new £15 million Revolving Credit
Facility was arranged with
Handelsbanken and as at the year
end remained undrawn. This facility
was converted post the year end
to a fixed rate loan (see Note 24 on
page 113). It is the Board’s policy to
maintain a gearing level, measured
on the most stringent basis of
calculation after netting off cash
equivalents, of between 25% and 50%.
Liquidity risk
This is the risk that the Company
will encounter difficulty in meeting
obligations associated with its
financial liabilities.
The Company’s assets comprise
investment properties which, by their
nature, are not readily realisable.
The long maturity of the Company’s
mainly fixed rate borrowings helps
mitigate this risk and is detailed
on page 4 of this Annual Report
and in the interest rate risk profile
section of Note 21 to the Financial
Statements on pages 108 to 112.
Political risk
Political changes that result in
parties with extreme political
or social agendas having power
or influence over policies
could lead to instability and
uncertainty in the markets,
legislation and the economy.
The Board reviews regularly
the political situation, together
with any associated changes to
the economic, regulatory and
legislative environment, to ensure
that any risks arising are mitigated
as effectively as possible.
An explanation of certain economic
and financial risks and how they are
managed is contained in Note 21 to
the Financial Statements on pages
108 to 112.
Climate change and social
responsibility risk
The Board recognises that climate
change is an important risk that
all companies should take into
consideration within their strategic
planning. As referred to elsewhere
in this Strategic Report on pages
30 and 42 and in the Governance
Report on pages 53 and 70 in this
Annual Report, the Company has
little direct impact on environmental
issues. All of the Company’s
properties are let on full repairing
and insuring leases, with the tenants
responsible for complying with
statutory obligations. The Board is
aware that the Manager continues
to take into account environmental,
social and governance (ESG)
matters, and, in particular, Energy
Performance Certificates and flood
risks, in managing the portfolio.
In accordance with the RICS
Professional Standard ‘Sustainability
and ESG in commercial property
valuation and strategic advice’,
the valuation of the Company’s
properties takes into consideration
sustainability and ESG factors.
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Economic risk
The valuation of the Company’s
investments may be affected by
underlying economic conditions,
such as fluctuating interest rates,
rising inflation, increased fuel and
energy costs, and the availability of
bank finance. These factors can be
impacted during times of geopolitical
uncertainty and volatile markets,
including pandemics and the ongoing
wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The Board monitors the economic
and market environment closely,
and believes that the diverse, well-
spread, long let indexed portfolio
should prove resilient.
Other key risks
Additional risks and uncertainties
include:
Discount volatility
: The
Company’s shares may trade at a
price which represents a discount
to its underlying net asset value.
During the year under review,
the Directors adopted a discount
control policy. See page 45 of this
Annual Report for further details.
Regulatory risk
: The Directors
maintain a good understanding of
the changing regulatory agenda
and consider emerging issues
so that appropriate changes can
be implemented and developed
in good time. The Company
operates in a complex regulatory
environment and, therefore, faces
a number of regulatory risks. As
an investment trust, a breach of
Section 1158 of the Corporation
Tax Act 2010 would result in
the Company being subject to
capital gains tax on portfolio
investments. Breaches of other
regulations, including but not
limited to, the Companies Act
2006, the FCA Listing Rules,
the FCA Disclosure, Guidance
and Transparency Rules, the
Market Abuse Regulation, the
Packaged Retail and Insurance-
based Investment Products
(PRIIPs) Regulation, the
Second Markets in Financial
Instruments Directive (MiFID II)
and the General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR), could lead to a
number of detrimental outcomes
and reputational damage. From
1 April 2025, in order to operate
as a UK REIT, the Company is
required to comply with the
legislation contained in Part 12 of
the Corporation Tax Act 2010.
The Company is also required
to comply with tax legislation
under the Foreign Account
Tax Compliance Act and the
Common Reporting Standard.
The Company has appointed its
registrar, Computershare, to act
on its behalf to report annually to
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
The Company’s privacy policy is
available to view on the Company’s
webpages hosted by the Manager at
www.olimproperty.co.uk/value-
and-indexed-property-income-
trust.html
.
Breaches of controls by service
providers to the Company could
also lead to reputational damage or
loss. The Audit and Management
Engagement Committee monitors
compliance with regulations
by reviewing internal control
reports from the Administrator
and from the Manager.
Alternative investment
fund managers directive
The Alternative Investment Fund
Managers Directive (AIFMD)
introduced an authorisation and
supervisory regime for all managers
of authorised investment funds in
the EU.
In accordance with the requirements
of the AIFMD, the Company has
appointed OLIM Property Limited
as its Alternative Investment Fund
Manager (AIFM) and BNP Paribas,
London Branch as its Depositary.
The Board has controls in place,
in the form of regular reporting
from the AIFM and the Depositary,
to ensure that both are meeting
their regulatory responsibilities
in relation to the Company.
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Key performance
indicators
At each Board Meeting, the Directors
consider a number of performance
measures to assess the Company’s
success in achieving its objectives,
which also enable Shareholders and
prospective investors to gain an
understanding of its business.
A historical record of these
performance measures, with
comparatives, together with the
Alternative Performance Measures
(APMs) are shown in the Summary of
the year and Financial record section
on page 39 of this Business Review.
Definitions of the APMs can be found
in the Glossary on page 123.
The Directors have identified the
following as key performance
indicators:
NAV and Share Price total
returns relative to the MSCI
UK Quarterly Property
Index (total returns); and
Dividend growth relative to
consumer price inflation.
The NAV total return is considered
to be an appropriate measure of
Shareholder value as it includes
the current NAV per share and the
sum of dividends paid to date.
The medium-term dividend policy
is for increases at least in line with
inflation.
The Board reviews the Company’s
rental income and operational
expenses on a quarterly basis, as
the Directors consider that both
of these elements are important
components in the generation
of Shareholder returns. Further
information can be found in
Notes 2 and 4 to the Financial
Statements on pages 95 and 96.
In addition, the Directors will
consider economic, regulatory, and
political trends and factors that may
impact on the Company’s future
development and performance.
Share buy-backs
and issuances
1,932,331 Ordinary Shares were
bought back in the year to 31 March
2026, which included 1,495,331
shares tendered by Shareholders
(net) under the 2025 Tender Offer
and bought back by the Company
(2025: 651,514 Ordinary Shares
bought back). As at 31 March 2026,
5,469,270 Ordinary Shares of 10p
each were held in Treasury. As at
the date of this Annual Report,
post the year end, 90,000 Ordinary
Shares had been bought back
and 2,554,000 had been issued
and, therefore, the number of
Ordinary Shares held in Treasury
is 3,005,270. Further information
can be found in Note 14 to the
Financial Statements on page 105.
At the forthcoming AGM, the Board
will seek the necessary Shareholder
authority to continue to conduct
share buy-backs and issue shares.
Statement of compliance
with investment policy
The Company is adhering to its
stated investment policy and
managing the risks arising from it.
This can be seen in various tables
and charts throughout this Annual
Report, and from the information
provided in the Chairman’s
Statement (pages 8 to 10) and in the
Manager’s Report (pages 11 to 37).
The Board’s Section 172
duty and stakeholder
engagement
The Directors recognise the
importance of an effective Board
and its ability to discuss, review
and make decisions to promote the
long-term success of the Company
and protect the interests of its
key stakeholders. As required by
Provision 5 of The AIC Corporate
Governance Code (the AIC Code)
and, in line with The UK Corporate
Governance Code (the Code), the
Board has discussed the Directors’
duty under Section 172 of the
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Companies Act and how the interests of key stakeholders have been considered in the Board
discussions and decision making during the year.
Due to the nature of the Company, its day-to-day management and administration is outsourced
to third party service providers, the most material being the Manager. The Company does not
have any customers in the traditional sense, neither does it appoint executive directors nor
have any other employees. The Board, therefore, identifies the Company’s key stakeholders as:
its Shareholders, the Manager, and its service providers. In discharging the Section 172 duty
and aligned to Provision 5 of the AIC Corporate Governance Code, the Directors acknowledge
the importance of achieving positive outcomes for, and engaging effectively with each of these
stakeholder groups as an integral part of the Board’s decision making processes, aligned to the
Company’s purpose and investment policy and in the promotion of the long-term success of the
Company. An illustration of how the Board approaches stakeholder engagement and looks to
achieve positive outcomes for its stakeholders can be seen in the table below.
Form of Engagement
Influence on Board decision making
Stakeholder: Shareholders
Shareholders are encouraged to attend the
AGM and are provided with the opportunity
to ask questions and engage with the
Directors and the Manager. Shareholders
are also encouraged to exercise
their right to vote on the resolutions
proposed at the AGM (please refer to the
further information on the AGM in the
Directors’ Report on pages 58 and 59).
The Company reports formally to
Shareholders by publishing Annual
and Interim Reports, normally in
June and November each year.
Significant matters or reporting
obligations, including portfolio updates
and quarterly valuations, are disseminated
to Shareholders by way of announcement
to the London Stock Exchange.
The Company Secretary acts as a key
point of contact for the Board, and
all communications received from
Shareholders are circulated to the Board.
Other Shareholder events may include
investor and wealth manager lunches
and roadshows organised by the
Company’s Corporate Brokers at which
the Manager is invited to present.
The Company has also subscribed to the
Investor Meet Company platform and
investors can sign up to Investor Meet
Company for free and add to meet Value
and Indexed Property Income Trust PLC
via:
https://www.investormeetcompany.
com/value-and-indexed-property-
income-trust-plc/register-investor.
The Board recognises the importance of
dividends to Shareholders and takes this into
consideration when making decisions to pay
quarterly and propose final dividends for
each year. Further details regarding dividends
for the year under review can be found in
the Chairman’s Statement on page 9.
During the year, the Board recognised its
commitment to offer an exit to Shareholders in
2026. Due to the economic uncertainty at the
time, the Directors decided that it would be in the
best interests of Shareholders to bring forward
an opportunity for Shareholders to exit at NAV
less costs. On 2 September 2025, the Company
published a tender cash offer (the Tender Offer
Circular) of up to 30% of the Company’s shares,
excluding those shares held by the Directors
and their close associates, together with a mix
and match facility and treasury issuance to
enable Shareholders to buy additional shares.
The Tender Offer Circular also included a
proposed fixed life and discount control policy.
The Directors recognise the importance to
Shareholders of the Company maintaining a
share buy-back policy and considered this when
establishing the current programme. As referred
to in the Tender Offer Circular, the Board adopted
a vigorous discount control policy, which aims to
keep the Company’s share price discount to NAV
between 0% and 10%, in normal circumstances.
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Form of Engagement
Influence on Board decision making
Stakeholder: Manager
The Manager attends every Board Meeting
and presents a detailed portfolio analysis
and reports on key issues, including the
performance of the property portfolio.
The Directors challenge the Manager where
they feel it is appropriate.
The Directors and the Manager are cognisant of
the Company’s investment policy and the strategy
agreed by the Board, which the Manager has been
tasked with implementing.
The Board engages constructively with the
Manager to ensure investments are consistent
with the agreed strategy and investment policy and
supported the decision during the year to improve
the portfolio by the sale of five properties, including
a shorter let Marks and Spencer supermarket
in Blandford Forum, two shorter let industrial
properties at Aylesford and Thirsk and two bowling
alleys at Doncaster and Stafford, together with the
acquisition of a Driving Test Centre in Dundee.
Further details can be found in the Manager’s
Report on page 28.
The Board also supported the Manager’s
proposal that the Company enters into a new
£15 million five year Revolving Credit Facility
in August 2025. Further details can be found in
the Highlights of the Year section on page 4 of
this Annual Report and in Notes 12 and 24 to the
Financial Statements on pages 104 and 113.
The Manager works closely with all tenants and, as
a result, 100% of all rents due were collected in the
year to 31 March 2026.
The Company’s property portfolio is now valued
on a quarterly basis.
Stakeholder: Corporate Brokers
The Corporate Brokers attend Board
Meetings regularly to present an update on
the market and the Company’s performance,
in comparison with the performance of the
Company’s peers.
Shareholder communication and feedback from
the Broker directly influences the Board’s review
of strategy, the asset allocation considerations, and
the Manager’s guidance on desirable investment
characteristics.
Stakeholder: Depositary and Custodian
Regular statements and control
reports received, with all holdings
and balances reconciled.
The Directors review the performance of all third
party service providers, including oversight of
securing the Company’s assets.
Stakeholder: Advisers & Registrar
The Company relies on the expert audit,
accounting and legal advice received
from its Auditor, Administrator and Legal
Advisers. The Directors ensure that all
advisers and the registrar are market
leaders in the services they provide
to the Company’s Shareholders.
The Directors review the performance of all
third party service providers and recommend
that Shareholders vote in favour of the re-
appointment of RSM UK Audit LLP as Auditors
to the Company at the 2026 AGM.
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There were no other key decisions made in the year to 31 March 2026 that
require to be disclosed.
Future strategy
The Board and the Manager intend to
maintain the strategic policies set out
above for the year to 31 March 2027
as it is believed that these are in the
best interests of Shareholders.
The Company’s Viability Statement
is included in the Directors’ Report
on page 52.
Approval
This Business Review, and the
Strategic Report as a whole, was
approved by the Board of Directors
and signed on its behalf by:
David Smith
Chairman
11 June 2026
Employee, environmental
and human rights policy
As an investment trust company, the
Company has no direct employee
or environmental responsibilities,
nor is it responsible for the emission
of greenhouse gases. Its principal
responsibility to Shareholders
is to ensure that the investment
portfolio is properly managed and
invested. The Company has no
employees and, accordingly, has no
requirement to report separately
on employment matters.
Management of the investment
portfolio is undertaken by the
Manager through members of
its portfolio management team.
In light of the nature of the
Company’s business, there are
no relevant human rights issues
and, therefore, the Company does
not have a human rights policy.
Independent auditor
The Company’s Independent Auditor
is required to report if there are any
material inconsistencies between
the content of the Strategic Report
and the Financial Statements. The
Independent Auditor’s Report can be
found on pages 77 to 85.
Brentwood
Governance
Report
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DIRECTORS’ DETAILS
David Smith
Chairman
David Smith retired from the legal
firm Shepherd and Wedderburn
LLP in 2008, where he was a
partner for 34 years, specialising
in commercial property. He was
appointed as a Director on 10
July 2009 and as Chairman at the
conclusion of the 2025 AGM. He
currently chairs the Nomination
Committee and is a member of the
Audit and Management Engagement
Committee.
Matthew Oakeshott
Matthew Oakeshott, after studying
economics at Oxford University and
following a period as special adviser
to Mr Roy Jenkins as Home Secretary,
joined S.G.Warburg & Co in 1976
and became a director of Warburg
Investment Management (now
Blackrock) in 1978. Matthew was
Investment Manager of Courtaulds
Pension Fund from 1981 to 1985. He is
chairman of OLIM Property Limited,
which manages the Company’s
property portfolio. Matthew is one of
the original founders of VIP having
served previously on the Board from
1 April 2007 to 1 April 2019. He was
re-appointed as a Director on 10
September 2020.
Lorraine Reader
Lorraine Reader was appointed
as a Director on 1 August 2024.
She is a Partner and Head of Real
Estate at legal firm DLA Piper UK
LLP. After graduating from Cardiff
University, Lorraine joined Freeths
in 1997 as a trainee, qualifying as
an associate solicitor in the real
estate team in May 2000. Lorraine
is a member of the Company’s Audit
and Management Engagement
and Nomination Committees.
Jo Valentine
Baroness Josephine Valentine
was appointed as a Director on
13 November 2020 and is the
Company’s Senior Independent
Director and a member of the Audit
and Management Engagement and
Nomination Committees. She is a
crossbench member of the House of
Lords and other current roles include
chair of Heathrow Southern Railway
and an executive at Business in the
Community. Previous roles have
included chief executive of London
First; investment banker at Barings
Bank; head of corporate finance
and planning at The BOC Group;
National Lottery commissioner;
member of the Board of Governors
for The Peabody Trust, a London
housing association; a non-executive
director of HS2 and Crossrail; and
board member of a Triple Point VCT.
Lucy Winterburn
Lucy Winterburn was appointed
as a Director on 1 August 2022 and
is Chair of the Company’s Audit
and Management Engagement
Committee and a member of the
Nomination Committee. She was
formerly a Director at Savills
Investment Management where
she was the discretionary Fund
Manager for a FTSE 100 Corporate
Pension Fund for over 15 years. Lucy
took the decision to leave Savills
Investment Management towards
the end of 2024 and has since
launched an Asset and Development
Management business trading as
Mortimer RE Limited alongside
two other founding partners. She
is a Chartered Surveyor and a
graduate of Aberdeen University.
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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
The Directors submit their report together with the Financial Statements
of the Company for the year to 31 March 2026. A summary of the financial
results for the year can be found in the Summary of the year and Financial
record in the Business Review on page 39. Details of the final dividend for
the year are set out in the Chairman’s Statement and in the Business Review
within the Strategic Report. The Statement of Corporate Governance, which
forms part of this Directors’ Report, is shown on pages 64 to 71.
Going concern
The Company’s business activities,
together with the factors likely to
affect its future development and
performance, are set out in the
Chairman’s Statement on pages 8 to
10, the Manager’s Report on pages
11 to 37, and in the Business Review
on pages 38 to 47, and the financial
position of the Company is described
in the Chairman’s Statement within
the Strategic Report. In addition,
Note 21 to the Financial Statements
includes: the policies and processes
for managing the financial risks;
details of the financial instruments;
and the exposures to market risk
(price risk and interest rate risk),
liquidity risk, credit risk and property
risk. The Directors believe that the
Company is well placed to manage its
business risks.
Following a detailed review, and
taking into consideration the fixed
term secured loans and the rental
income forecast, the Directors
have a reasonable expectation
that the Company has adequate
financial resources to enable
it to continue in operational
existence for the foreseeable
future, being at least 12 months
from approval of the Financial
Statements, and accordingly, they
have continued to adopt the going
concern basis (as set out in Note
1(b) to the Financial Statements
on page 92) when preparing the
Annual Report and Accounts.
Principal activity
and status
During the year under review,
the Company was an approved
investment trust under Sections
1158 and 1159 of the Corporation Tax
Act 2010 and Part 2, Chapter 1 of
Statutory Instrument 2011/2999. On
1 April 2025, the Company entered
the UK REIT regime. The Company
intends to manage its affairs so that
its Ordinary Shares continue to be a
qualifying investment for inclusion
in the stocks and shares component
of an Individual Savings Account.
The Company is a member of the AIC,
and its Ordinary Shares are listed on
the London Stock Exchange.
Regulatory status
As an investment trust company
pursuant to Section 1158 of the
Corporation Tax Act 2010, the
rules of the FCA in relation to non-
mainstream investment products do
not apply to the Company.
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CONTINUED
Viability statement
In accordance with Provision 31
of the UK Corporate Governance
Code, published in January
2024 and Principle 36 of the AIC
Corporate Governance Code,
published in August 2024 (the
Codes), the Board has considered
the Company’s prospects and
risks for the forthcoming five-year
period to 31 March 2031. The Board
considers that this five-year period is
appropriate for a company of its size
and based on the financial position
of the Company as detailed in the
Chairman’s Statement, the Manager’s
Report and the Business Review of
this Annual Report.
In making this statement, the Board
carried out a robust assessment of
the principal and emerging risks
facing the Company as set out in the
Business Review, including those
that might threaten its business
model, future performance, solvency,
or degree of liquidity within the
portfolio. The Board concentrated
its efforts on the major factors that
affect the economic, regulatory
and political environment and
the current geopolitical unrest.
The Board has considered the
Company’s financial position and
its ability to liquidate its portfolio
and meet its liabilities and draws
attention to the following points,
which the Board took into account
in its assessment of the Company’s
future viability:
a.
The property portfolio was
externally valued at £133.3m as at
31 March 2026, as detailed in Note
9 to the Financial Statements on
pages 100 to 102 of this Annual
Report. The £50m loan facility
expiring in 2033 requires security
of £90.9m.
b.
The Company is closed ended
in nature and, therefore, does
not require to sell investments
when Shareholders wish
to sell their shares.
c.
The Board has considered the
risks faced by the Company as
detailed in the Business Review
and referred to in Note 21 to the
Financial Statements on pages
108 to 112 and has concluded that
the Company would be able to
take appropriate action to protect
the value of the Company.
d.
Due to the nature of the business
of the Company and the nature
of its investments and to the
Company’s long history, the
Board is able to conclude that
expenses are predictable and
modest in relation to asset values.
There is a significant proportion
of expenses on an ad valorem
basis (management fees to 31
March 2026 are 18.0% of total
expenses) which reduces if NAV
declines. Expenses including
interest were covered 1.99 times
by income in the year.
e.
There are no capital
commitments currently foreseen
that would alter the Board’s view.
f.
Details of the financial covenants
which the Company complies
with are detailed in Notes 11 and
12 to the Financial Statements on
pages 103 and 104.
In assessing the Company’s future
viability, the Board has assumed
that investors will wish to continue
to have exposure to the Company’s
activities in the form of a closed
ended entity; performance will
continue to be satisfactory; and
the Company will continue to have
access to sufficient capital.
Accordingly, given the above, the
Board has concluded that there is
a reasonable expectation that the
Company will be able to continue in
operation and meet its liabilities as
they fall due over the five years to 31
March 2031.
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Financial
instruments
The Company’s financial instruments
comprise of its investment portfolio,
cash balances, and payables and
receivables that arise directly from
its operations, including accrued
income and purchases and sales
awaiting settlement. The main risks
that the Company faces arising
from its financial instruments are
disclosed in Note 21 to the Financial
Statements on pages 108 to 112.
Global greenhouse
gas emissions
The Company is a low energy
user and is, therefore, exempt
from the reporting obligations
under the Companies (Director’s
Report) and Limited Liability
Partnerships (Energy and Carbon
Report) Regulations 2018, which
implement the Government’s policy
on Streamlined Energy and Carbon
Reporting (SECR). The Company
has no greenhouse gas emissions
to report from the operations of
the Company, nor does it have
any direct responsibility for any
emissions producing sources,
including those within its underlying
investment portfolio under Part
7 of Schedule 7 to the Large and
Medium-sized Companies and
Groups (Accounts and Reports)
Regulations 2008, as amended.
Share capital
and voting rights
As at 31 March 2026 the Company’s
issued share capital comprised
45,549,975 Ordinary Shares of
10p each of which 5,469,270
shares were held in Treasury (31
March 2025: 45,549,975 Ordinary
Shares of 10p nominal value in
issue of which 3,536,939 shares
were held in Treasury).
Each Ordinary Share entitles the
holder to one vote on a show of
hands and, on a poll, to one vote
for every share held and, therefore,
the total number of voting rights in
the Company as at 31 March 2026
was 40,080,705. As at the date of
this Annual Report, VIP’s issued
share capital comprised 45,549,975
Ordinary Shares of 10p each of which
3,005,270 were held in Treasury.
The total number of voting rights in
the Company as at the date of this
Annual Report is 42,544,705.
Directors
Biographies of the Directors who held
office at the year end and as at the
date of this Annual Report are shown
in the Directors’ Details section on
page 50 of this Annual Report.
The Directors’ interests in the shares
of the Company at the year end are
shown in the table on page 63. The
Directors’ interests were unchanged
as at the date of this Annual Report.
The Company’s Articles of
Association (the Articles) require
that each Director shall retire and
seek re-election at every third
Annual General Meeting (AGM). A
Director appointed during the year
is required, under the provisions of
the Company’s Articles, to retire and
seek election by Shareholders at the
next AGM.
The Board recognises that, according
to the AIC Code, David Smith is not
considered to be independent due
to his tenure as a Director prior
to his appointment as Chairman,
however, takes the view that
independence is not compromised
by length of service on the Board
and that experience can add
significantly to the Board’s strength.
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CONTINUED
Accordingly, all Directors who
served during the year, other
than Matthew Oakeshott, are
considered by the Board to be
independent. Matthew Oakeshott is
not considered to be independent
as he is chairman of OLIM Property,
the Manager, and is a substantial
Shareholder in the Company.
Notwithstanding the provisions in
the Articles, in accordance with the
AIC Code, the Board has agreed that
all Directors should be subject to
annual re-election.
During the year under review, the
Nomination Committee reviewed the
skills, experience and independence
of Matthew Oakeshott, Lorraine
Reader, David Smith, Jo Valentine
and Lucy Winterburn, being the
Directors standing for re-election.
The process was led by the Senior
Independent Director and involved
discussions with each Director on
their performance, the performance
of the Committees of the Board,
and of the Board as a whole. No
individual Director, including
the Chair of the Nomination
Committee, was responsible for
their own appraisal. The appraisal
of the Senior Independent Director
was undertaken by the Chair of
the Nomination Committee. The
Nomination Committee, in the
absence of David Smith, appraised
David Smith as Chairman of the
Company and concluded that he was
an efficient Chairman and performed
his role very well. Following the
review, the Committee has no
hesitation in recommending to the
Board and to Shareholders the re-
election of all Directors at the AGM.
The Board confirms that, following
a formal process of evaluation,
the performance of each
Director standing for re-election
continues to be effective and all
Directors have demonstrated
commitment to their roles.
The Chairman, David Smith was a
partner in the legal firm Shepherd
& Wedderburn LLP for 34 years,
specialising in commercial
property. David also Chairs the
Nomination Committee.
Matthew Oakeshott is one of
the original founders of the
Company and had served on the
Board previously for a number of
years. He has extensive property
experience and is the chairman
of OLIM Property, the Manager.
Lorraine Reader has experience
dealing with all aspects of
commercial property transactions,
including investment, development,
real estate finance and landlord
and tenant matters, which has
significantly enhanced the Board’s
commercial property expertise.
Jo Valentine has extensive corporate
finance experience and has
previously worked as an investment
banker with many years’ experience
in holding senior positions on
other boards. Jo is the Company’s
Senior Independent Director.
Lucy Winterburn is a Chartered
Surveyor and former Director in
Savills Investment Management
UK team where she was a Fund
Manager investing throughout the
UK across all commercial property
sectors. She has recently chosen
to focus her efforts on asset and
development management in her
new role at Mortimer RE, and brings
a wealth of real estate knowledge
and investment experience to
the Board. Lucy is the Chair
of the Audit and Management
Engagement Committee.
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Further information on the qualifications, skills, and experience of the
Directors subject to re-election can be found in the Directors’ Details section
on page 50 of this Annual Report.
The Board believes that, for the above reasons, the contribution of each
Director continues to be important to the continued long-term success of the
Company, as the combined skills and experience ensure a balanced Board
of Directors with a wealth of knowledge and understanding in the key areas
that are relevant to the Company. It is, therefore, believed to be in the best
interests of Shareholders that those Directors standing for re-election be
re-elected and Resolutions to this effect will be proposed at the 2026 AGM.
No external search consultancy was used by the Company during the year to
31 March 2026.
Investment management
The Company complies with the AIFMD, which came into force on 22 July
2014, with OLIM Property Limited appointed as the Company’s AIFM.
On 8 September 2024, VIP and OLIM Property entered into an investment
management agreement, that provides that VIP shall pay to OLIM Property
a management fee of 0.6% per annum of the total value of VIP’s assets (such
assets being valued at quarterly valuation dates on 31 March, 30 June, 30
September, and 31 December in each year). The notice period is 12 months
and there is no performance fee.
Accordingly, during the year ended 31 March 2026, OLIM Property received
an annual investment management fee of £825,000 (2025 - £888,000)
excluding VAT.
The Directors, together with the Audit and Management Engagement
Committee, review the performance of the Manager and review the terms and
conditions of its appointment on a regular basis.
Following this review, the Directors are satisfied that the continuing
appointment of OLIM Property as Manager is in the best interests of
Shareholders as a whole, as the Company benefits from the specialised team
of investment professionals within OLIM Property.
The OLIM Property Investment Management team responsible for VIP are
Sarah Martin, Matthew Oakeshott and Louise Cleary.
Sarah Martin joined OLIM Property in 2019 and has over 24 years’ experience
of commercial property investment and asset management. She previously
spent 15 years as a Director at Jones Lang LaSalle / King Sturge and prior to
that, three years at the Estates Gazette. Sarah graduated BA (Hons) in French
and Hispanic Studies from King’s College London in 2000 and MSc in Real
Estate from The University of Reading in 2009. She also holds the CFA UK
Level 4 Certificate in Investment Management and qualified as a Member of
the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2008.
Louise Cleary joined OLIM Property in 2009 and has over 30 years’
commercial property investment and asset management experience.
Previously she spent seven years as an Investment Manager at Hermes Real
Estate Investment Management, three years at Land Securities and five
years at Asda Property Holdings. Louise graduated BSc (Hons) in Estate
Management from Northumbria University in 1993 and qualified as a Member
of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1996.
An additional fee is payable to the Company Secretary, Maven Capital
Partners UK LLP, in respect of company secretarial and administrative
services.
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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
CONTINUED
As at 9 June 2026, being the last practicable date prior to the publication of
this Annual Report, the only persons known to the Company who, directly or
indirectly, were interested in 3% or more of the Company’s issued ordinary
share capital were as follows:
Substantial interests
As at 31 March 2026, the only persons known to the Company who, directly or
indirectly, were interested in 3% or more of the issued ordinary share capital
of the Company were as follows:
Shareholder
Number of
Ordinary Shares
% held
RATHBONE NOMINEES LIMITED
8,352,699
18.34
P H NOMINEES LIMITED <PECLT>
3,700,000
8.12
INTERACTIVE INVESTOR SERVICES
NOMINEES LIMITED <SMKTISAS>
3,159,267
6.94
RATHBONE NOMINEES LIMITED
<CHARITY>
2,000,000
4.39
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN (NOMINEES)
LIMITED <15942>
1,824,870
4.01
INTERACTIVE INVESTOR SERVICES
NOMINEES LIMITED <SMKTNOMS>
1,549,591
3.40
* Included in the Rathbones Nominees Limited and the Rathbones Nominees Limited (Charity)
holding is 8,415,000 Ordinary Shares (18.47%) indirectly held by Matthew Oakeshott, as detailed
on page 63.
* Included in the Rathbones Nominees Limited and the Rathbones Nominees Limited (Charity)
holding is 8,415,000 Ordinary Shares (18.47%) indirectly held by Matthew Oakeshott, as detailed
on page 63.
Shareholder
Number of
Ordinary Shares
% held
RATHBONE NOMINEES LIMITED
8,446,221
18.54
P H NOMINEES LIMITED <PECLT>
6,250,000
13.72
INTERACTIVE INVESTOR SERVICES
NOMINEES LIMITED <SMKTISAS>
3,195,937
7.01
RATHBONE NOMINEES LIMITED
<CHARITY>
2,000,000
4.39
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN (NOMINEES)
LIMITED <15942>
1,832,791
4.02
INTERACTIVE INVESTOR SERVICES
NOMINEES LIMITED <SMKTNOMS>
1,526,177
3.35
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Independent auditor
RSM UK Audit LLP (RSM) was
appointed as the Company’s
Independent Auditor on
14 November 2023.
The Directors are of the view
that the Company’s Independent
Auditor should continue in office,
and Resolutions 10 and 11 will be
proposed at the 2026 AGM to propose
the re-appointment of RSM and to
authorise the Directors to fix its
remuneration. The Directors have
received assurances from RSM that
it is independent and objective and
the Directors remain satisfied that
objectivity and independence is
being safeguarded by RSM. No non-
audit services were provided by RSM
to the Company and, accordingly,
no non-audit fees were paid to RSM
during the year to 31 March 2026.
The Directors confirm that, as far
as they are each aware, as at the
date of this Annual Report, there
is no relevant audit information of
which the Company’s Independent
Auditor is unaware, and that
each Director has taken all the
steps that they might reasonably
be expected to have taken as a
Director, to make themselves
aware of any relevant audit
information and to establish that
the Company’s Independent Auditor
was aware of that information.
Additional information
Information relating to dividends,
likely future developments and
important events since the year
end, are detailed in the Chairman’s
Statement on pages 8 to 10 and in
the Business Review on pages 38 to
47. Where not provided elsewhere in
the Directors’ Report, the following
additional information is required
to be disclosed by the Large and
Medium-sized Companies and
Groups (Accounts and Reports)
Regulations 2008.
As referred to in the Directors’
Remuneration Report on page 62, the
Company has in place Directors’ and
Officers’ liability insurance.
There are no restrictions on the
transfer of Ordinary Shares in the
Company, or their related voting
rights, other than certain restrictions
which may from time to time be
imposed by law (for example, the
Market Abuse Regulation). The
Company is not aware of any
agreements between Shareholders
that may result in a transfer of
securities and/or voting rights.
The Company’s Articles may only
be amended by the passing of a
Special Resolution at a general
meeting of Shareholders.
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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
CONTINUED
Annual General Meeting
The Notice of the Annual General
Meeting, which will be held on
Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 12.30pm
at the offices of Shepherd &
Wedderburn LLP, 9 Haymarket
Square, Edinburgh, EH3 8FY and
related notes can be found on pages
124 to 128 of this Annual Report.
The Board encourages Shareholders
to vote at the AGM and votes can be
submitted by hard copy proxy form,
via CREST, or electronically using
the Registrar’s share portal service at
www.investorcentre.co.uk/eproxy
.
Please refer to the notes to the Notice
of Annual General Meeting on pages
126 to 128 of this Annual Report.
Among the Resolutions being
put to the AGM, the following is
a more detailed explanation of
Resolutions 12 to 15. Resolutions
1 to 11 are self-explanatory and
require no further explanation.
Issue of Ordinary
Shares by the Company
Resolution 12, which is an Ordinary
Resolution, will, if passed, renew
the Directors’ authority to allot
new Ordinary Shares up to a
nominal value of £455,499. This
will allow the Directors to allot
up to 4,554,990 Ordinary Shares
(being approximately 10% of the
total ordinary issued share capital
of the Company as at the date
of the Notice of Annual General
Meeting set out on pages 124 to
128 of this Annual Report).
During the year ended 31 March
2026, no new Ordinary Shares were
allotted (2025: nil).
Limited disapplication
of pre-emption rights
Resolution 13, which is a Special
Resolution, will, if passed, renew
the Directors’ existing authority to
allot new shares or sell Treasury
shares for cash without the shares
first being offered to existing
Shareholders in proportion to their
existing holdings. This will give the
Directors authority to make limited
allotments or sell shares from
Treasury of up to a nominal value
of £455,499, being up to 4,554,990
Ordinary Shares, representing
approximately 10% of the total
ordinary issued share capital of the
Company as at the date of the Notice
of Annual General Meeting set out
on pages 124 to 128 of this Annual
Report. The authority to issue shares
on a non pre-emptive basis includes
shares held in Treasury (if any) which
the Company sells or transfers,
including pursuant to the authority
conferred by Resolution 12. Since
the introduction of The Companies
(Acquisition of Own Shares)
(Treasury Shares) Regulations
2003 on 1 December 2003, a listed
company is able to hold shares that it
has repurchased in Treasury rather
than cancel them.
New Ordinary Shares will only be
issued at prices representing a
premium to the last published net
asset value per share.
Purchase of the Company’s
Ordinary Shares
During the year ended 31 March
2026, 1,932,331 Ordinary Shares were
bought back by the Company and
held in Treasury, which includes the
1,495,331 shares tendered under the
2025 Tender Offer and bought back
by the Company (2025: 651,514 shares
bought back and held in Treasury).
As at 31 March 2026, 5,469,270
shares were held in Treasury. As
at the date of this Annual Report
there were 3,005,270 Ordinary
Shares held in Treasury.
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The Company’s buy back authority
was last renewed at the AGM held on
10 July 2025. Special Resolution 14
renews the Board’s authority to make
market purchases of the Company’s
Ordinary Shares in accordance
with the provisions contained in
the Companies Act 2006 and the
FCA Listing Rules. Accordingly, the
Company will seek the authority to
purchase up to a maximum of 14.99%
of the issued ordinary share capital
(being approximately 6,827,941
Ordinary Shares as at the date of the
Notice of Annual General Meeting set
out on pages 124 to 128 of this Annual
Report) at a minimum price of not
less than 10 pence per share (being
the nominal value). Under the Listing
Rules of the FCA, the maximum price
that may be paid on the exercise of
this authority must not exceed the
higher of: (i) 105% of the average of
the middle market quotations (as
derived from the Daily Official List
of the London Stock Exchange) for
the shares over the five business
days immediately preceding the
date of purchase; and (ii) the higher
of the last independent trade and
the highest current independent bid
on the trading venue on which the
purchase is carried out.
The authorities being sought under
Resolutions 12, 13 and 14 shall expire
at the conclusion of the AGM in
2027 or, if earlier, on the expiry of 15
months from the date of the passing
of Resolutions 12, 13 and 14 unless
such authority is renewed prior to
such time. The Directors will only
exercise these authorities if they
believe it is advantageous and in the
best interests of Shareholders and
would result in an increase in the
NAV per share. Any Ordinary Shares
purchased shall either be cancelled
or held in Treasury.
Notice of Meeting
Under the Companies Act 2006,
the notice period for the holding of
general meetings of the Company is
21 clear days unless Shareholders
agreed to a shorter notice period and
certain other conditions are met.
Resolution 15, which is a Special
Resolution, will be proposed to
authorise the Directors to call general
meetings of the Company (other
than AGMs) on not less than 14 clear
days’ notice, as permitted by the
Companies Act 2006 amended by the
Companies (Shareholders’ Rights)
Regulations 2009.
It is currently intended that this
flexibility to call general meetings
on shorter notice will only be used
for non-routine business and where
considered to be in the interests of
all Shareholders. If Resolution 15
is passed, the authority to convene
general meetings on not less than
14 clear days’ notice will remain
effective until the conclusion of the
AGM in 2027 or, if earlier, on the
expiry of 15 months from the date
of passing of Resolution 15, unless
renewed prior to such time.
Recommendation
Your Board considers Resolutions 1
to 12 inclusive, which are all Ordinary
Resolutions, and Resolutions 13 to
15 inclusive, which are all Special
Resolutions, to be in the best
interests of the Company and most
likely to promote the success of
the Company for the benefit of its
members as a whole. Accordingly,
your Board unanimously
recommends that Shareholders
vote in favour of Resolutions 1 to 15
inclusive to be proposed at the AGM
to be held on Thursday, 16 July 2026.
By order of the Board
Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
Company Secretary
11 June 2026
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DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION REPORT
This report has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the
Companies Act 2006. An Ordinary Resolution for the approval of this report
will be put to the members of the Company at the forthcoming AGM. The
law requires the Company’s Auditor to audit certain of the disclosures made.
Where disclosures have been audited, they are indicated as such, and the
Auditor’s Opinion is included in their report on pages 77 to 85.
The Nomination Committee of the Board, currently chaired by David Smith,
fulfils the functions of a remuneration committee in relation to setting the
level of Directors’ fees and the Remuneration Policy. As none of the Directors
is an executive director, the Company is not required to comply with the
Principles of the UK Corporate Governance Code in respect of executive
directors’ remuneration.
As at 31 March 2026, and as at the date of this Annual Report, the Company
had five Directors and their biographies are shown in the Directors’ Details
section on page 50 of this Annual Report. The names of the Directors who
served during the year together with the fees paid during the year are shown
in the table on page 61.
Remuneration policy
The Company’s policy is that the remuneration of the Directors should
reflect the experience of the Board as a whole and be fair and comparable
with that of other investment trust companies that are similar in size, have
a similar capital structure and a similar investment objective. Directors
are remunerated in the form of fees, payable monthly in arrears, to the
Director personally or to a third party specified by him/her. The fees for
the Directors are determined within the limits set out in the Company’s
Articles of Association, which limit the aggregate of the fees payable to the
Directors to £200,000 and the approval of Shareholders in general meeting
would be required to change this limit. It is intended that the fees payable
to the Directors should reflect their duties, responsibilities, and the value
and amount of time committed to the Company’s affairs, and should also be
sufficient to enable candidates of a high quality to be recruited and retained.
The Directors do not receive bonuses, pension benefits, share options, long-
term incentive schemes or other benefits, and the fees are not specifically
related to the Directors’ performance, either individually or collectively.
A copy of the Remuneration Policy may be inspected by the members of the
Company at its registered office.
It is the Board’s intention that the above Remuneration Policy be put to a
Shareholders’ vote at least once every three years and, as a resolution to
approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy for the three-year period ending
31 March 2026, was last approved at the AGM held in 2023, an Ordinary
Resolution for its approval for the three years to 31 March 2029 will be
proposed at the 2026 AGM.
At the AGM held on 2 August 2023, the result in respect of the Ordinary
Resolution to approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy for the three years
to 31 March 2026 was as follows:
Percentage of
votes cast for
Percentage of
votes cast against
Number of
votes withheld
Remuneration Policy
99.19
0.81
43,352
During the year to 31 March 2026, the Board was not provided with advice
or services by any person in respect of its consideration of the Directors’
remuneration. However, in the application of the Board’s policy on Directors’
remuneration, as defined above, the Committee expects, from time to time, to
review the fees paid to the directors of other investment trust companies.
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During the year to 31 March 2026, the Nomination Committee carried out a review of the
remuneration policy and the level of Directors’ fees, which had remained unchanged in the years
to 31 March 2025 and 2026, and recommended to the Board that rates should be increased by an
average of approximately 11% for each Director with effect from 1 April 2026 for the year to 31
March 2027 and fixed at that revised rate for the year to 31 March 2028. Accordingly, the rates for
the year to 31 March 2027 will comprise £36,000 for the Chairman (previously £33,000), £30,000
for the Chair of the Audit and Management Engagement Committee (previously £27,000) and
£27,500 for each other Director (previously £24,500).
An Ordinary Resolution to approve this Directors’ Remuneration Report will be put to
Shareholders at the 2026 AGM. At the AGM held on 10 July 2025, the result in respect of the
Ordinary Resolution to approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year to 31 March 2025
was as follows:
Percentage of
votes cast for
Percentage of
votes cast against
Number of
votes withheld
Remuneration Report
98.70
1.30
29,378
Directors’ fees and total remuneration (audited)
The Company does not have any employees and Directors’ remuneration comprises solely of
Directors’ fees. The Directors’ fees for the years to 31 March 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026
respectively were as follows:
Directors'
fees
Year to
31 March
2022 £
% change
for the
year to
31 March
2023
Directors'
fees
Year to
31 March
2023 £
% change
for the
year to
31 March
2024
Directors'
fees
Year to
31 March
2024 £
% change
for the
year to
31 March
2025
Directors'
fees
Year to
31 March
2025 £
% change
for the
year to
31 March
2026
Directors'
fees
Year to
31 March
2026 £
John Kay
1
22,000
26.5
27,828
18.6
33,000
-
33,000
9,132
Matthew Oakeshott
2
-
Lorraine Reader
3
16,333
24,500
David Smith
(Chairman)
4
24,500
24,500
10.2
27,000
27,000
16.1
31,340
Jo Valentine
22,000
22,000
11.4
24,500
24,500
24,500
Lucy Winterburn
(Chair of the Audit
and Management
Engagement
Committee)
5
14,667
11.4
24,500
24,500
7.4
26,308
Total
68,500
88,995
109,000
125,333
115,780
1. John Kay was appointed as Chairman at the 2022 AGM and the percentage increase in the year to 31 March 2023 reflects
the higher fee paid in respect of that role. John Kay retired as Chairman and from the Board following the conclusion of the
2025 AGM.
2. No fees are payable to Matthew Oakeshott for his services as a Director.
3. Lorraine Reader was appointed as a Director on 1 August 2024.
4. David Smith was appointed as Chairman following the conclusion of the 2025 AGM and the percentage increase in the
year to 31 March 2026 reflects the higher fee paid in respect of that role.
5. Lucy Winterburn was appointed as a Director on 1 August 2022 and was appointed as Chair of the Audit and Management
Engagement Committee following the conclusion of the 2025 AGM. The percentage increase in the year to 31 March 2026
reflects the higher fee paid in respect of that role.
The percentage changes are calculated based on the annualised amount payable to each individual Director.
The above amounts exclude any employers’ national insurance contributions, if applicable.
No other form of remuneration was received by the Directors and no Director has received any
taxable expenses, compensation for loss of office or non-cash benefit for the year to 31 March
2026 (2025: £nil).
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DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION REPORT
CONTINUED
Directors do not have service contracts, but new Directors are provided
with a letter of appointment. The terms of appointment provide that
Directors should retire and be subject to election at the first AGM after
their appointment. The Company’s Articles require all Directors to retire
by rotation at least every three years. As noted in the Directors’ Report, the
Board has decided that, in accordance with the AIC Code, all Directors should
stand for annual re-election. There is no notice period and no provision for
compensation upon early termination of appointment, save for any arrears of
fees which may be due.
During the year to 31 March 2026, no communication had been received from
Shareholders regarding Directors’ remuneration.
Relative cost of Directors’ remuneration
The chart below shows, for the years to 31 March 2026 and 31 March 2025, the
cost of Directors’ fees compared with the level of dividend distribution.
Relative Cost of Directors’ Remuneration
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
Directors’
fees 2026
£’000
Dividends
2026
Directors’
fees 2025
Dividends
2025
As noted in the Strategic Report, none of the Directors is executive and,
therefore, the Company does not have a chief executive officer, nor does it
have any employees. In the absence of a chief executive officer or employees,
there is no related information to disclose.
Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance
The Company purchases and maintains liability insurance covering the
Directors and Officers of the Company. This insurance is not a benefit in kind,
nor does it form part of the Directors’ remuneration.
Company performance
The Board is responsible for the Company’s investment strategy and
performance, although the management of the Company’s investment
portfolio is delegated to the Manager through the investment management
agreement, as referred to in the Directors’ Report.
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The graph below compares the total returns on an investment of £100 in the
Ordinary Shares of the Company, for each annual accounting period for the
ten years to 31 March 2026, assuming all dividends are reinvested, with the
total shareholder return on a notional investment of £100 in the MSCI UK
Quarterly Property Index. This index was chosen for comparison purposes
as it was the most relevant to the Company’s investment portfolio for the ten
year period under review.
Cumulative total return for the ten year period ended 31 March 2026
(figures rebased to 100)
Directors’ interests (audited)
The Directors’ interests in the share capital of the Company as at 31 March
2026 (which were unchanged as at the date of this Annual Report), and as at
31 March 2025 are shown below. There is no requirement for Directors to hold
shares in the Company.
Approval
The Directors’ Remuneration Report was approved by the Board of Directors
and signed on its behalf by:
David Smith
Director
11 June 2026
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
VIP share price total return
MSCI UK Quarterly Index Total Return
Total return
31 March 2026 Ordinary
Shares of 10p each
31 March 2025 Ordinary
Shares of 10p each
Matthew Oakeshott – the AIL
Pension Scheme
6,415,000
6,415,000
Matthew Oakeshott - The
Coltstaple Charitable Trust
2,000,000
4,500,000
Lorraine Reader
1,300
1,300
David Smith
19,320
19,320
Jo Valentine
27,000
27,000
Lucy Winterburn
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
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STATEMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company is committed to, and
is accountable to the Company’s
Shareholders for, a high standard
of corporate governance. The Board
has put in place a framework for
corporate governance that it believes
is appropriate for an investment
trust company and enables it to
comply with the 2024 UK Corporate
Governance Code (the Code), which is
available from the website of the FRC
at
www.frc.org.uk
.
During the year under review,
the Company was a member of
the Association of Investment
Companies (AIC), which published
a revised version of its own AIC
Corporate Governance Code (the AIC
Code) in August 2024. The Board
has adopted the principles of the
AIC Code and reports on compliance
with these below. The AIC Code
provides a comprehensive guide
to best practice in certain areas
of governance where the specific
characteristics of investment trusts
suggest alternative approaches
to those set out in the Code.
The key requirements of the AIC
Code include:
a requirement for the annual
re-election of all directors of all
investment companies;
a requirement that a board
should understand the views of
its company’s key stakeholders
and describe in the annual
report how their interests and
the matters set out in Section
172 of the Companies Act 2006
(the duty to promote the success
of the company) have been
considered in board discussions
and decision making;
that the chairman of an
investment company may now
remain in post beyond nine years
from the date of first appointment
by the board. Notwithstanding
this more flexible approach, the
board is required to determine
and disclose a policy on the
tenure of the chairman.
The AIC Code is available from the
AIC website at
www.theaic.co.uk
.
This Statement of Corporate
Governance forms part of the
Directors’ Report.
Application of the main
principles of the AIC code
This statement describes how
the main principles identified in
the AIC Code have been applied
by the Company throughout
the year, as required by the
Listing Rules of the FCA.
The Board has considered the
Principles and Provisions of the
AIC Code, which address the
Principles and Provisions set out
in the Code, as well as setting out
additional Provisions on issues
that are of specific relevance to the
Company. The Board considers that
reporting against the Principles and
Provisions of the AIC Code, which
has been endorsed by the FRC,
provides more relevant information
to Shareholders. The endorsement
by the FRC means that by reporting
against the AIC Code, the Company
is meeting its obligations under the
Code and the associated disclosure
requirements of the Listing Rules,
and as such does not need to report
further on issues contained in the
Code which are irrelevant to them.
These include:
Provision 9 (dual role of chairman
and chief executive);
Provision 19 (tenure of the chair);
Provision 25 (internal audit
function); and
Provision 33 (executive
remuneration).
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The Board acknowledges that Provision 11 of the AIC Code provides
that the Chairman should be independent on appointment and that a
Director having served on the Board for more than nine years from the
date of their first appointment could impair their independence. David
Smith was independent on his appointment as a Director on 10 July
2009 and the Board do not consider that his previous tenure prior to
being appointed as Chairman following the conclusion of the AGM on 10
July 2025, has impaired his independence. The Board is of the view that
long serving Directors should not be prevented from forming part of an
independent majority. The Board’s policy on the tenure of the Chair is
outlined on page 67 of this Annual Report. The Board is of the opinion
that, other than the tenure of David Smith prior to his appointment
as Chairman in 2025, being more than nine years, the Company has
complied fully with the Principles and Provisions of the AIC Code.
The Board
As at the date of this Annual Report, the Board consists of three
female and two male Directors. Biographies of the current Directors
are shown on page 50 and indicate their high level and range of
investment, industrial, commercial and professional experience.
Other than Matthew Oakeshott, who is chairman of OLIM Property
and a substantial Shareholder, all other Directors who served during
the year are considered by the Board to be independent of the Manager
and free of any material relationship with the Manager. The Board sets
the Company’s values and objectives and ensures that its obligations
to Shareholders are met. It has formally adopted a schedule of matters
which are required to be brought to it for decision, thus ensuring
that it maintains full and effective control over appropriate strategic,
financial, operational and compliance issues. These matters include:
the maintenance of clear investment objectives and risk management
policies;
the monitoring of the business activities of the Company including
investment performance and revenue budgets;
Companies Act requirements such as the approval of the periodic
financial statements and approval and recommendation of any dividends;
major changes relating to the Company’s structure, including any share
buy backs and share issues;
succession planning including Board appointments and removals and the
related terms;
the appointment and removal of the AIFM, the Manager and the terms and
conditions of the investment management agreement relating thereto;
terms of reference and membership of Board Committees; and
London Stock Exchange/Financial Conduct Authority matters, including
responsibility for approval of all circulars, listing particulars and approval
of all releases concerning matters decided by the Board.
The Board has a procedure in place to deal with a situation where a Director
has a conflict of interest, as required by the Companies Act 2006.
There is an agreed procedure for Directors to take independent professional
advice, if necessary, at the Company’s expense.
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STATEMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CONTINUED
The Directors have access to the advice and services of the Company
Secretary, Maven Capital Partners UK LLP, through its appointed
representatives who are responsible to the Board:
for ensuring that Board procedures are complied with;
under the direction of the Chairman, for ensuring good information flows
within the Board and its Committees; and
for advising on corporate governance matters.
An induction meeting will be arranged on the appointment of any
new Director, covering details about the Company, the Manager, legal
responsibilities, and investment trust industry matters. Directors are
provided, on a regular basis, with key information on the Company’s policies,
regulatory and statutory requirements and internal controls. Changes
affecting Directors’ responsibilities are advised to the Board as they arise.
David Smith is Chairman of the Company.
Jo Valentine is the Company’s Senior Independent Director.
David Smith is Chair of the Nomination Committee as the other Directors
consider that he has the skills and experience relevant to that role. There is
no Remuneration Committee as the Nomination Committee is responsible for
considering appointments to the Board and reviewing the level of Directors’
fees. Lucy Winterburn chairs the Audit and Management Engagement
Committee as the other Directors consider that she has the skills and
experience relevant to that role.
The Board meets at least four times each year.
The primary focus of quarterly Board Meetings is a review of investment
performance and related matters including asset allocation, peer group
information and industry issues. Between meetings, the Board maintains
contact with the Manager and has access to senior members of the
management team and to the company secretarial team.
During the year to 31 March 2026, the Board held nine meetings, which
included four quarterly Board Meetings, and five Committee Meetings
comprising two meetings to consider providing an exit for Shareholders
and then approving the Tender Offer, one meeting to approve the new
Revolving Credit Facility, and two meetings to approve the release of the
annual and interim financial results. In addition, there were two meetings of
the Nomination Committee and two meetings of the Audit and Management
Engagement Committee.
Accordingly, Directors have attended Board and Committee Meetings during
the year ended 31 March 2026
1
as follows:
1. The number of meetings which the Directors were eligible to attend is in brackets.
2. John Kay retired as a Director following the conclusion of the AGM on 10 July 2025.
Board
Board
Committee
Audit and
Management
Engagement
Committee
Nomination
Committee
John Kay
2
2 (2)
1 (1)
1 (1)
1 (1)
Matthew Oakeshott
4 (4)
5 (5)
N/A
N/A
Lorraine Reader
4 (4)
2 (2)
2 (2)
2 (2)
David Smith
4 (4)
5 (5)
2 (2)
2 (2)
Jo Valentine
4 (4)
2 (2)
2 (2)
2 (2)
Lucy Winterburn
4 (4)
5 (5)
2 (2)
2 (2)
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To enable the Board to function effectively and allow Directors to
discharge their responsibilities, full and timely access is given to all
relevant information. In the case of Board Meetings, this consists of
a comprehensive set of papers, including the Manager’s review, and
discussion documents regarding specific matters. The Directors make
further enquiries when necessary.
As detailed in the Directors’ Report on pages 54 and 55, the Nomination
Committee, led by the Senior Independent Director, undertook a
performance evaluation of the Directors and as the Board as a whole. The
performance evaluation of the Senior Independent Director was completed
by the Chair of the Nomination Committee. The Committee considered
having an externally facilitated board evaluation, but after discussion,
agreed that the current process worked well based on the size of the Board.
Directors’ terms of appointment and policy on tenure
All Directors are appointed for an initial period of three years, subject to
re-election and Companies Act provisions and, in accordance with the
Articles, stand for election at the first AGM following their appointment.
The Articles state that Directors must offer themselves for re-election at
least once every three years. Notwithstanding the Articles, the Board has
determined that in accordance with the AIC Code, all Directors should be
subject to annual re-election.
The Board is of the view that long-serving Directors should not be
prevented from forming part of an independent majority. It does not
consider that a Director’s tenure necessarily reduces his or her ability to act
independently and, following a formal performance evaluation, believes
that each Director is independent in character and judgement and that
there are no relationships or circumstances which are likely to affect the
judgement of any Director. The Board’s policy on tenure is that continuity
and experience are considered to add significantly to the strength of the
Board and, as such, no limit on the overall length of service of any of the
Company’s Directors, including the Chairman, has been imposed. The
policy on tenure and the independence of each Director is reviewed on an
annual basis, before the re-election of any Director is recommended. The
Company has no executive Directors or employees.
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STATEMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CONTINUED
Committees
Each of the Committees has been established with written terms of reference.
The terms of reference of each of the Committees, which are available
on request from the Registered Office of the Company, are reviewed and
reassessed for their adequacy at least annually.
Audit and Management Engagement Committee
Information regarding the composition, responsibilities and activities of the
Audit and Management Engagement Committee is detailed in the Report of
the Audit and Management Engagement Committee on pages 73 to 76.
Nomination Committee
The Nomination Committee comprises all of the independent Directors and
is currently chaired by David Smith. Matthew Oakeshott is not a member
of the Nomination Committee as he is not considered by the Board to be
independent. The Board has not established a Remuneration Committee and
the Nomination Committee fulfils the functions of a remuneration committee
in relation to setting the level of Directors’ fees and the remuneration policy.
The Board considers this to be the most effective way of operating due to
the nature and size of the Company. The Nomination Committee met twice
during the year. The Committee makes recommendations to the Board on the
following matters:
the evaluation of the performance of the Board and its Committees;
reviewing the Board structure, size, composition and age profile
(including the skills, knowledge, experience and diversity, including
gender);
succession planning;
the identification and nomination of candidates to fill Board vacancies, as
and when they arise, for the approval of the Board;
the tenure and re-appointment of any non-executive Director on an
annual basis;
proposals for the re-election by Shareholders of any Director on an annual
basis, having due regard to the provisions of the AIC Code, the Director’s
performance and ability to contribute to the Board and long-term success
of the Company;
the continuation in office of any Director at any time;
the appointment of any Director to another office, such as Chair of
the Audit and Management Engagement Committee, other than to the
position of Chairman; and
reviewing the level of Directors’ fees.
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Board diversity policy
The Board recognises the importance of having a range of skilled,
experienced individuals with the right knowledge represented on the Board
(and the Committees of the Board) in order to allow it to fulfil its obligations.
The Board also recognises the benefits and is supportive of the principle
of diversity in its recruitment of new Board members. The Board will not
display any bias for age, gender, education, professional background,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and socio-economic backgrounds in
considering the appointment of its Directors. In view of its size, the Board
will continue to ensure that all appointments are made on the basis of merit
against the specification prepared for each appointment and the Board does
not, therefore, consider it appropriate to set measurable objectives in relation
to its diversity.
At 31 March 2026, there were two male and three female Directors on the
Board. One of the male Directors is Chairman of the Company and Chair of
the Nomination Committee; one of the female Directors is Chair of the Audit
and Management Engagement Committee; and one of the female directors is
the Company’s Senior Independent Director. None of the Directors is from a
minority ethnic background.
In accordance with the FCA’s Listing Rule 9.8.6R (9)(a), the table below reports
on gender identity or sex and ethnic background within the Board as at 31
March 2026.
Number
of Board
Members
% of the
Board
Number
of senior
positions on
the Board
(CEO, CFO, SID
and Chair)
Number in
Executive
Management
% of
Executive
Management
Men
2
40
1
N/A
N/A
Women
3
60
1
N/A
N/A
White British
or other White
(including
minority-white
groups)
5
100
2
N/A
N/A
Minority ethnic
background
0
0
0
N/A
N/A
1.
The Company complies with the FCA’s diversity target that 40% of individuals on the Board are
to be women.
2.
The Company complies with the FCA’s diversity target that one of the senior positions on the
Board is to be held by a woman.
3.
The Company does not comply currently with the FCA’s diversity target that requires one
individual on the Board to be from a minority ethnic background. As referred to above, in view
of its size, the Board will continue to ensure that all appointments are made on the basis of
merit against the specification prepared for each appointment and, in doing so, the Board will
seek to meet the FCA’s diversity targets.
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STATEMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CONTINUED
External agencies
The Board has contractually
delegated to external agencies,
certain services: the depositary and
custodial services (which include
the safeguarding of assets); the
registration services; and the day-
to-day accounting and company
secretarial requirements. Each of
these contracts was entered into
after full and proper consideration
by the Board of the quality and
cost of services offered. The Board
receives and considers reports from
the external agencies on a regular
basis. In addition, ad hoc reports
and information are supplied to the
Board as requested.
During the year under review,
OLIM Property, as the AIFM, had
responsibility for the overall
investment management and
risk management of the assets
of the Company. The Manager is
responsible to the Company in regard
to the management of the investment
of the assets of the Company in
accordance with the Company’s
investment objective and policy. The
Company’s Audit and Management
Engagement Committee keeps
under review the effectiveness of
the Company’s internal control
and risk management systems
and procedures to identify,
measure, manage and monitor
the risks identified as affecting
the Company’s business.
Corporate governance
and stewardship
The UK Stewardship Code 2020
sets high stewardship standards for
those investing money on behalf of
UK savers and pensioners, such as
asset owners and asset managers
(and those that support them).
Stewardship is the responsible
allocation, management and
oversight of capital to create
long-term value for clients and
beneficiaries, leading to sustainable
benefits for the economy, the
environment and society.
Socially responsible
investment policy
The Directors and the Manager are
aware of their duty to act in the
best interests of the Company and
acknowledge that there are risks
associated with investment in
properties with tenants who fail to
conduct their business in a socially
responsible manner. Therefore,
the Directors and the Manager take
account of the social, environmental
and ethical factors that may affect
the performance or value of the
Company’s investments. The
Directors and the Manager believe
that a business run in the long-term
interests of its shareholders should
manage its relationships with its
employees, suppliers and customers
and behave responsibly towards the
environment and society as a whole.
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Communication with shareholders
The Company places a great deal of importance on communication with its
Shareholders, all of whom are encouraged to attend and participate in the
AGM, as this is the key forum for communication with Shareholders. The
AGM is an event that all Shareholders are welcome to attend and participate
in. The Notice of Annual General Meeting sets out the business of the AGM
and the Resolutions are explained more fully in the Directors’ Report and
in the Directors’ Remuneration Report. Separate Resolutions are proposed
for each substantive issue and Shareholders have the opportunity to put
questions to the Board and Manager. The results of proxy voting are relayed
to the Market following conclusion of the AGM. Nominated persons, often
the beneficial owners of shares held for them by nominee companies,
may attend shareholder meetings and are usually invited to contact the
registered shareholder, normally a nominee company, in the first instance
in order to be nominated to attend the meeting and to vote in respect of the
shares held for them.
In addition, both the Chairman and Senior Independent Director are
available to meet major shareholders. Shareholders may contact the
Directors by writing to the Chairman at the Registered Office. The address
for the Registered Office can be found on page 129.
The Board aims to post the Annual Report to Shareholders at least twenty
business days before the AGM. Annual and Interim Reports and Financial
Statements are distributed to Shareholders and other parties who have an
interest in the Company’s performance.
Shareholders and potential investors may obtain up-to-date information
on the Company through the Manager and the Company Secretary. In
order to ensure that the Directors develop an understanding of the views of
Shareholders, correspondence between Shareholders and the Manager or
the Chairman is copied to the Board.
The Company’s webpages are hosted on the Manager’s website, and can
be visited at
www.olimproperty.co.uk/value-and-indexed-property-
income-trust.html
from where Annual and Interim Reports, Company
Announcements and other information on the Company can be viewed,
printed or downloaded.
Accountability and audit
The Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities in respect of the Financial
Statements is on page 72 and the Statement of Going Concern and the
Viability Statement are included in the Directors’ Report on pages 51 and 52.
The Independent Auditor’s Report is on pages 77 to 85.
By order of the Board
Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
Company Secretary
11 June 2026
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STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
of the Company and, hence, for taking
reasonable steps for the prevention and
detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Directors are responsible for ensuring
the Annual Report and Financial Statements
are made available on a website. Financial
Statements are published on the Company’s
webpages hosted by the Manager in
accordance with legislation in the United
Kingdom governing the preparation and
dissemination of financial statements,
which may vary from legislation in other
jurisdictions. The maintenance and
integrity of the Company’s webpages is
the responsibility of the Directors. The
Directors’ responsibility also extends
to the ongoing integrity of the Financial
Statements contained therein.
Directors’ responsibility
statement
Each Director confirms, to the best of his or
her knowledge, that:
the Financial Statements have been
prepared in accordance with the applicable
set of accounting standards and give a
true and fair view of the assets, liabilities,
financial position and profit or loss of the
Company; and that
the Annual Report includes a fair review of
the development and performance of the
business and the financial position of the
Company, together with a description of
the principal risks and uncertainties that
they face.
The Directors confirm that the Annual
Report and Financial Statements
taken as a whole is fair, balanced and
understandable and provides the
information necessary for Shareholders
to assess the Company’s position and
performance, business model and strategy.
For and on behalf of the Board of Value
and Indexed Property Income Trust PLC
David Smith
Chairman
11 June 2026
The Directors are responsible for preparing
the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report,
the Directors’ Remuneration Report, the
Statement of Corporate Governance, and the
Financial Statements in accordance with UK-
adopted International Accounting Standards
and applicable laws and regulations.
Company law requires the Directors to prepare
Financial Statements for each financial year.
Under that law, the Directors are required to
prepare the Financial Statements, and have
elected to prepare the Financial Statements,
in accordance with UK-adopted International
Accounting Standards.
The Financial Statements are required by law
and UK-adopted International Accounting
Standards to present fairly the financial
position of the Company and the financial
performance of the Company; the Companies
Act 2006 provides in relation to such financial
statements that references in the relevant part
of that Act to financial statements giving a true
and fair view are references to their achieving a
fair presentation.
Under company law, the Directors must not
approve the Financial Statements unless they
are satisfied that they give a true and fair view
of the state of affairs of the Company and of the
profit or loss for Company for that period.
In preparing these Financial Statements, the
Directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then
apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates
that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether they have been prepared in
accordance with UK-adopted International
Accounting Standards, subject to any
material departures disclosed and
explained in the Financial Statements; and
prepare the Financial Statements on
the going concern basis unless it is
inappropriate to presume that the
Company will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping
adequate accounting records that are
sufficient to show and explain the Company’s
transactions and disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial position
of the Company and enable them to ensure
that the Financial Statements comply with
the Companies Act 2006. They are also
responsible for safeguarding the assets
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REPORT OF THE AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Audit and Management Engagement Committee is chaired by Lucy
Winterburn. The Committee comprises all of the independent Directors,
including the Chairman, David Smith, as the other Directors value his
property, finance and business expertise. Matthew Oakeshott is not a member
of the Committee as he is not considered by the Directors to be independent.
The Board is satisfied that at least one member of the Committee has recent
and relevant financial experience, and that the Committee as a whole has
competence relevant to the sector in which the Company operates.
Responsibilities
The principal responsibilities of the Committee include:
the review of the effectiveness of the internal control environment of
the Company, including the receipt of reports from the Manager and the
Administrator on a regular basis;
the integrity of the Interim and Annual Reports and Financial Statements
and reviewing any significant financial reporting judgements contained
therein;
the review of the terms of appointment of the Auditor, together with its
remuneration;
the review of the scope and results of the audit and the independence and
objectivity of the Auditor;
the review of the Auditor’s Report and any required response;
meetings with representatives of the Manager;
the review of the AIFM/investment management agreement;
providing advice on whether the Annual Report and Financial Statements,
taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable and provides the
information necessary for Shareholders to assess the Company’s position
and performance, business model and strategy; and
making appropriate recommendations to the Board.
Internal controls and risk management
The Directors are ultimately responsible for the Company’s system of internal
controls and risk management and for reviewing its effectiveness. Following
publication by the FRC of “Guidance on Risk Management, Internal Control
and Related Financial and Business Reporting” (the FRC Guidance), the
Directors confirm that there is an ongoing process for identifying, evaluating
and managing the principal and emerging risks faced by the Company.
This process, which has been in place for the year under review and up
to the date of approval of this Annual Report and Financial Statements,
is regularly reviewed by the Board and accords with the FRC Guidance.
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REPORT OF THE AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
CONTINUED
The Directors have reviewed the effectiveness of the system of internal
controls and risk management. In particular, the Directors have reviewed
and updated the process for identifying and evaluating the principal and
emerging risks affecting the Company and the policies by which these risks
are managed. The significant risks faced by the Company are as follows:
Financial;
Operational; and
Compliance.
The key components designed to provide effective internal controls are
outlined below:
Forecasts and management accounts are prepared which allow the
Directors to assess the Company’s activities and review its performance;
the emphasis is on obtaining the relevant degree of assurance and not
merely reporting by exception;
OLIM Property regularly reports to the Directors on the investment
portfolio;
OLIM Property’s Compliance Officer keeps OLIM Property’s operations
under review;
written agreements are in place which specifically define the roles and
responsibilities of OLIM Property and other third party service providers;
and
at its meeting in May 2026, the Audit and Management Engagement
Committee carried out its annual assessment of internal controls and risk
management for the year to 31 March 2026 by considering documentation
from OLIM Property and Maven Capital Partners UK LLP and by taking
account of events since 31 March 2026.
Internal control systems are designed to meet the Company’s particular
needs and the risks to which it is exposed. Accordingly, the internal control
systems are designed to manage rather than eliminate the risk of failure to
achieve business objectives and by their nature can only provide reasonable
and not absolute assurance against misstatement and loss.
Assessment of key risks
The Company’s policy is to invest in directly held UK commercial property
and cash or near cash securities.
As the property portfolio is a significant element of the Financial Statements,
the recognition and valuation of the property portfolio is, therefore, a key risk
that requires the particular attention of the Committee.
Specifically, the risk is that investments are not recognised and measured
in line with the Company’s stated accounting policy on the valuation of the
property portfolio. Similarly, as rental income is a major source of revenue for
the Company and a significant element of the Statement of Comprehensive
Income, the recognition of rental income is a further risk that requires the
particular attention of the Committee.
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Valuation, existence and ownership of the investment
portfolio - How the risk was addressed
The Company uses the services of an independent depositary and custodian,
BNP Paribas, London Branch for the safe keeping of the Company’s assets.
The title deeds for the property portfolio are held by the Company’s lawyers
to the order of the Company. An annual internal control report is received
from the Depositary and Custodian which provides details of the Depositary
and Custodian’s control environment.
The reconciliation of the records held by the Depositary and Custodian
(and by the Company’s lawyers in the case of the title deeds) to the records
maintained by the Company’s administrator is reviewed by the Independent
Auditor. Management accounts are prepared quarterly and considered at the
quarterly meetings of the Board.
The valuation of the property portfolio is undertaken in accordance with the
Company’s stated accounting policy as set out in Note 1(j) to the Financial
Statements on page 93.
The Committee reviews and challenges the valuation of the investment
properties. This includes review of the valuation reports prepared by
independent professional valuers. In addition, the Committee reviews the
Financial Statements disclosures in line with the reporting framework.
The Committee satisfied itself that there were no issues associated with the
existence and ownership of the Company’s investments which required to be
addressed.
Rental income recognition - How the risk was addressed
The recognition of rental income is undertaken in accordance with
accounting policy Note 1(d) to the Financial Statements on page 93. The
management accounts are reviewed by the Board on a quarterly basis and
discussion takes place with the Manager at the quarterly Board Meetings
regarding the revenue generated from rental income. The Directors are
satisfied that the level of income recognised is in line with revenue estimates.
The Committee concluded that there were no further issues associated with
rental income recognition which required to be addressed.
Review of manager and risk reporting
The Committee met twice during the year under review, in May and
November 2025. At the meetings in May and November 2025, the Committee
considered the key risks detailed above and the corresponding control
and risk reports provided by the Manager and the Company Secretary. No
significant weaknesses in the control environment were identified and it was
also noted that there had not been any adverse comment from the Auditor
and that the Auditor had not identified any significant issues in its audit
report. The Committee, therefore, concluded that there were no significant
issues which required to be reported to the Board.
Also, at its meeting in May 2025, the Committee reviewed, for
recommendation to the Board, the Audit Report from the Independent
Auditor and the draft Annual Report and Financial Statements for the
year to 31 March 2025, along with the amount of the final dividend for the
year then ended.
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At its meeting in November 2025,
the Committee reviewed the Half-
Yearly Report for the period to 30
September 2025.
Subsequent to 31 March 2026, the
Committee considered the draft
Annual Report and Financial
Statements for the year to 31 March
2026, and provided advice to the
Board that it considered that the
Annual Report and Financial
Statements, taken as a whole, was
fair, balanced and understandable
and provided the information
necessary for Shareholders to
assess the Company’s position
and performance, business model
and strategy. The Committee
also reviewed the performance of
the Manager and the terms and
conditions of its appointment and
concluded that the performance of
the Manager was satisfactory and
that the continued appointment of
the Manager was in the best interests
of Shareholders as a whole.
REPORT OF THE AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
CONTINUED
Review of effectiveness of
external auditor
As part of its annual review of audit
services, the Committee reviews
the performance, cost effectiveness
and general relationship with the
external Auditor.
In addition, the Committee reviews
the independence and objectivity of
the Auditor. Key elements of these
reviews include separate meetings
with the Auditor and consideration
of the completeness and accuracy of
RSM’s reporting.
The Auditor’s Report is on pages 77
to 85. Alan Aitchison of RSM is the
Senior Statutory Auditor responsible
for the audit and RSM will rotate the
Senior Statutory Auditor every five
years. Alan Aitchison was appointed
as Senior Statutory Auditor for the
Company during the year to 31 March
2024 and will be rotated for the audit
for the year to 31 March 2029. Details
of the amounts paid to the Auditor for
audit services are set out in Note 4 to
the Financial Statements.
Shareholders are asked to
approve the appointment, and the
Directors’ responsibility for the
remuneration, of the Auditor at
each AGM. No non-audit services
were provided to the Company by
RSM during the year under review.
There are currently no contractual
obligations which restrict the
Committee’s choice of Auditor.
The Committee is mindful of the
requirement to conduct an audit
tender at least every 10 years and to
rotate the statutory auditor after a
maximum period of twenty years.
The Committee will continue to keep
the matter of tenure of the Auditor
under review.
The Board has concluded that RSM is
independent of the Company
and that a Resolution for the
re-appointment of RSM as Auditor
should be put to the 2026 AGM.
Lucy Winterburn
Director
11 June 2026
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
Independent auditor’s report to the members of Value
and Indexed Property Income Trust PLC
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Value and Indexed Property
Income Trust PLC (the ‘company’) for the year ended 31 March 2026 which
comprise Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial
Position, Statement of Cash Flows, Statement of Changes in Equity and notes
to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The
financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation
is applicable law and UK-adopted International Accounting Standards.
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company’s affairs as at 31
March 2026 and of its profit for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with UK-adopted
International Accounting Standards; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the
Companies Act 2006.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on
Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under
those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities
for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are
independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements
that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including
the FRC’s Ethical Standard as applied to listed public interest entities
and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance
with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have
obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Summary of our audit approach
Key audit matters
Valuation of Investment Properties
Materiality
Overall materiality: £1,360,000 (2025: £1,519,999)
Performance materiality: £958,000 (2025: £1,060,000)
Scope
Our audit procedures covered 100% of income, 100% of
total assets and 100% of profit before tax.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
CONTINUED
Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment,
were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the
current period and include the most significant assessed risks of material
misstatement (whether or not due to fraud) we identified, including those
which had the greatest effect on the overall audit strategy, the allocation
of resources in the audit and directing the efforts of the engagement team.
These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial
statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not
provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Valuation of investment properties
Key audit
matter
description
Investment property is held in the financial statements
at fair value. There are independent valuations
which are carried out by qualified surveyors.
The company owns a portfolio of investment
properties which include supermarkets,
industrial and retail properties.
The valuations depend on inputs provided by management
and on criteria which are subjective, despite the
involvement of independent valuation experts.
This is a key audit matter because the Directors’
assessment of the value of investment properties
is considered a significant audit risk due to the
magnitude of the total amount, the potential impact
of the movement in value on the reported results
and the subjectivity of the valuation process.
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Valuation of investment properties
How the matter
was addressed
in the audit
We audited the independent valuations of investment
properties to ensure they were prepared on a consistent
basis across the portfolio, were appropriate, and were
correctly recorded in the financial statements in
accordance with applicable accounting standards. We
also verified that any movements in valuation were
appropriately recognised within the Statement of
Comprehensive Income.
We assessed the external valuers’ qualifications, expertise,
and terms of engagement. In addition, we considered their
objectivity, including any existing relationships with the
company, and concluded that there was no evidence to
suggest that their independence or objectivity had been
compromised.
We engaged an auditor’s expert specialising in property
valuations to support our work. With their assistance,
we selected 12 properties for detailed testing. These
were chosen based on either their individual materiality
or where valuation movements or yields in the current
year were outside our expectations based on our overall
portfolio analysis.
We held direct discussions with the valuer in respect
of 6 of these properties, during which we challenged
key assumptions and valuation movements. The valuer
demonstrated detailed knowledge of each asset, including
its geographical location, tenant profile, and overall
desirability. We corroborated the additional information
provided to support the valuation movements and found it
to be consistent with our expectations.
Key
observations
Based on the procedures performed, we found
management’s judgement on the valuation of investment
properties is reasonable and the assumptions used in the
valuations to be appropriate.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
CONTINUED
Our application of materiality
When establishing our overall audit strategy, we set certain thresholds which
help us to determine the nature, timing and extent of our audit procedures.
When evaluating whether the effects of misstatements, both individually
and on the financial statements as a whole, could reasonably influence the
economic decisions of the users we take into account the qualitative nature
and the size of the misstatements. Based on our professional judgement, we
determined materiality as follows:
Overall materiality
£1,360,000 (2025: £1,519,000)
Basis for determining overall
materiality
1% of Total assets
Rationale for benchmark applied
The key users of the financial statements
are primarily focused on the valuation
of the property portfolio which drives
the value of the total assets.
Performance materiality
£958,000 (2025: £1,060,000)
Basis for determining
performance materiality
70% of overall materiality
Reporting of misstatements
to the Audit and Management
Engagement Committee
Misstatements in excess of £68,400 and
misstatements below that threshold that, in our
view, warranted reporting on qualitative grounds.
The statement of comprehensive income has been audited to a lower
specific materiality based on 5% of Operating Profit (before gains and losses
on property assets and other investments) for the financial year to ensure
adequate coverage of these values. This is calculated as £226,000 for the
year ended 31 March 2026 (2025 : £241,000).
An overview of the scope of our audit
The company has been subject to a full scope audit.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors’
use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the
financial statements is appropriate. Our evaluation of the Directors’
assessment of the company’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern
basis of accounting included reviewing and evaluating management’s latest
forecasts and plans, considering the appropriateness and sensitivity of the
key assumptions, and reviewing the key terms of debt facilities.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material
uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or
collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company’s ability to continue
as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the
financial statements are authorised for issue.
In relation to the entity reporting on how they have applied the AIC Code to
meet their obligations under the UK Corporate Governance Code, we have
nothing material to add or draw attention to in relation to the Directors’
statement in the financial statements about whether the Directors
considered it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Directors with respect to
going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual
Report other than the financial statements and our Auditor’s Report thereon.
The Directors are responsible for the other information contained within the
Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the
other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our
report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,
consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the
financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or
otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material
inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to
determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial
statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we
conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we
are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies
Act 2006
In our opinion, the part of the Directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited
has been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report
for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared
is consistent with the financial statements and those reports have been
prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements;
the information about internal control and risk management systems
in relation to financial reporting processes and about share capital
structures, given in compliance with rules 7.2.5 and 7.2.6 in the Disclosure
Rules and Transparency Rules sourcebook made by the Financial Conduct
Authority (the FCA Rules), is consistent with the financial statements and
has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements; and
information about the company’s corporate governance code and
practices and about its administrative, management and supervisory
bodies and their committees complies with rules 7.2.2, 7.2.3 and 7.2.7 of
the FCA Rules.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
CONTINUED
Matters on which we
are required to report
by exception
In the light of the knowledge and
understanding of the company and
its environment obtained in the
course of the audit, we have not
identified material misstatements in:
the Strategic Report or the
Directors’ Report; or
the information about internal
control and risk management
systems in relation to financial
reporting processes and about
share capital structures, given in
compliance with rules 7.2.5 and
7.2.6 of the FCA Rules
We have nothing to report in
respect of the following matters in
relation to which the Companies
Act 2006 requires us to report
to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have
not been kept by the company,
or returns adequate for our audit
have not been received from
branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements and
the part of the Directors’
Remuneration Report to be
audited are not in agreement
with the accounting
records and returns; or
certain disclosures of Directors’
remuneration specified by
law are not made; or
we have not received all the
information and explanations
we require for our audit; or
a corporate governance
statement has not been
prepared by the company.
Corporate governance
statement
We have reviewed the Directors’
statement in relation to going
concern, longer-term viability
and that part of the Corporate
Governance Statement relating to
the company’s compliance with the
provisions of the AIC Code which
meets the requirements of the UK
Corporate Governance Code specified
for our review by the Listing Rules.
Based on the work undertaken as
part of our audit, we have concluded
that each of the following elements
of the Corporate Governance
Statement is materially consistent
with the financial statements and our
knowledge obtained during the audit:
Directors’ statement with
regards the appropriateness
of adopting the going concern
basis of accounting and
any material uncertainties
identified set out on page 51;
Directors’ explanation as
to their assessment of the
company’s prospects, the
period this assessment
covers and why the period is
appropriate set out on page 52;
Directors’ statement on whether
it has a reasonable expectation
that the company will be able to
continue in operation and meets
its liabilities set out on page 52;
Directors’ statement on fair,
balanced and understandable
set out on page 72;
Board’s confirmation that it has
carried out a robust assessment
of the emerging and principal
risks set out on page 41;
Section of the Annual Report
that describes the review of
effectiveness of risk management
and internal control systems set
out on pages 73 and 74; and,
Section describing the work
of the Audit and Management
Engagement Committee set out
on pages 73 to 76.
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Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the
Directors’ Responsibilities Statement
set out on page 72, the Directors
are responsible for the preparation
of the financial statements and for
being satisfied that they give a true
and fair view, and for such internal
control as the Directors determine is
necessary to enable the preparation
of financial statements that are
free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial
statements, the Directors are
responsible for assessing the
company’s ability to continue
as a going concern, disclosing,
as applicable, matters related
to going concern and using the
going concern basis of accounting
unless the Directors either intend
to liquidate the company or to
cease operations, or have no
realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities
for the audit of the
financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements as a whole
are free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error, and
to issue an auditor’s report that
includes our opinion. Reasonable
assurance is a high level of
assurance, but is not a guarantee that
an audit conducted in accordance
with ISAs (UK) will always detect
a material misstatement when it
exists. Misstatements can arise from
fraud or error and are considered
material if, individually or in the
aggregate, they could reasonably be
expected to influence the economic
decisions of users taken on the basis
of these financial statements.
The extent to which the audit
was considered capable of
detecting irregularities,
including fraud
Irregularities are instances of
non-compliance with laws and
regulations. The objectives of
our audit are to obtain sufficient
appropriate audit evidence
regarding compliance with laws and
regulations that have a direct effect
on the determination of material
amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements, to perform
audit procedures to help identify
instances of non-compliance with
other laws and regulations that
may have a material effect on
the financial statements, and to
respond appropriately to identified
or suspected non-compliance
with laws and regulations
identified during the audit.
In relation to fraud, the objectives of
our audit are to identify and assess
the risk of material misstatement of
the financial statements due to fraud,
to obtain sufficient appropriate audit
evidence regarding the assessed
risks of material misstatement
due to fraud through designing
and implementing appropriate
responses and to respond
appropriately to fraud or suspected
fraud identified during the audit.
However, it is the primary
responsibility of management,
with the oversight of those charged
with governance, to ensure that the
entity’s operations are conducted
in accordance with the provisions
of laws and regulations and for the
prevention and detection of fraud.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
CONTINUED
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of
irregularities, including fraud, the audit engagement team:
obtained an understanding of the nature of the industry and sector,
including the legal and regulatory frameworks that the company operates
in and how the company is complying with the legal and regulatory
frameworks;
inquired of management, and those charged with governance, about their
own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, including
any known actual, suspected or alleged instances of fraud;
discussed matters about non-compliance with laws and regulations
and how fraud might occur including assessment of how and where the
financial statements may be susceptible to fraud for regulated entities,
as defined in ISA 250B: having obtained an understanding of the overall
control environment.
The most significant laws and regulations were determined as follows:
Legislation / Regulation
Additional audit procedures performed by the
Group audit engagement team included:
IFRS/UK adopted IAS and
Companies Act 2006
Review of the financial statement disclosures and
testing to supporting documentation;
Completion of disclosure checklists to identify areas of
non-compliance.
Tax compliance regulations
Inspection of advice received from internal / external
tax advisors.
Risk
Audit procedures performed by the audit
engagement team:
Management override
of controls
Test the appropriateness of journal entries recorded in
the general ledger and other adjustments made in the
preparation of the financial statements.
Review accounting estimates for bias and evaluate
whether the circumstances producing the bias, if any,
represent a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.
Consider and evaluate any significant or unusual
transactions that are outside the company’s normal
course of business to assess whether these may have
been entered into to engage in fraudulent financial
reporting or to conceal misappropriation of assets.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial
statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at:
http://
www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities
. This description forms part of
our Auditor’s Report.
In addition to the key audit matters set out above, the other areas that we
identified as being susceptible to material misstatement due to fraud were:
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Other matters which we are
required to address
Following the recommendation of the
Audit and Management Engagement
Committee, we were appointed by
the Directors on 11 November 2023
to audit the financial statements
for the year to 31 March 2024 and
subsequent financial periods.
The period of total uninterrupted
consecutive appointment is 3
years, covering the years to 31
March 2024 to 31 March 2026.
The non-audit services prohibited
by the FRC’s Ethical Standard were
not provided to the company and
we remain independent of the
company in conducting our audit.
Our audit opinion is consistent
with the additional report to
the Audit and Management
Engagement Committee in
accordance with ISAs (UK).
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the
company’s members, as a body, in
accordance with Chapter 3 of Part
16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our
audit work has been undertaken
so that we might state to the
company’s members those matters
we are required to state to them
in an auditor’s report and for no
other purpose. To the fullest extent
permitted by law, we do not accept
or assume responsibility to anyone
other than the company and the
company’s members as a body, for
our audit work, for this report, or for
the opinions we have formed.
Alan Aitchison
(Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of RSM UK Audit
LLP, Statutory Auditor
4th Floor, G1 Building
5 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1DY
11 June 2026
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Dundee
Financial
Statements
87
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STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Year ended 31 March 2026
Year ended 31 March 2025
Note
Revenue
£’000
Capital
£’000
Total
£’000
Revenue
£’000
Capital
£’000
Total
£’000
Income
Rental income
2
8,807
8,807
9,406
9,406
Other income
2
295
295
564
564
9,102
9,102
9,970
9,970
Gains and losses
on investments
Realised (losses)/gains on
held-at-fair-value
investment properties
9
(431)
(431)
455
455
Unrealised (losses)/gains
on held-at-fair-value
investment properties
9
464
464
2,492
2,492
Total income
9,102
33
9,135
9,970
2,947
12,917
Expenses
Investment management fee
3
(825)
(825)
(888)
(888)
Other operating expenses
4
(953)
(254)
(1,207)
(962)
(962)
Finance costs
5
(2,550)
(2,550)
(2,731)
(2,731)
Total expenses
(4,328)
(254)
(4,582)
(4,581)
(4,581)
Profit/(loss) before taxation
4,774
(221)
4,553
5,389
2,947
8,336
Taxation
6
(2,276)
(2,276)
Profit/(loss) attributable to
equity shareholders
4,774
(221)
4,553
3,113
2,947
6,060
Earnings per Ordinary
Share (pence)
7
11.57
(0.54)
11.03
7.35
6.95
14.30
The total column of this statement represents the Statement of Comprehensive Income of
the Company prepared in accordance with UK-adopted International Accounting Standards.
The revenue return and capital return columns are supplementary to this and are prepared
under guidance published by the Association of Investment Companies. All items in the above
statement derive from continuing operations.
The Company does not have any other comprehensive income and so the total profit/(loss), as
disclosed above, is the same as the Company’s total comprehensive income.
The Board is proposing a final dividend of 3.6p per share, making total dividends of 14.4p per
Ordinary Share for the year to 31 March 2026 (2025: 13.8p per Ordinary Share) which, if approved
by Shareholders, will be payable on 31 July 2026 (see Note 8).
The Notes on pages 92 to 113 form part of these Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
As at
31 March 2026
As at
31 March 2025
Note
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
Assets
Non current assets
Investment properties
9
127,719
140,344
Investments
9
200
127,719
140,544
Receivables
10
5,401
5,496
133,120
146,040
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
2,681
4,259
Receivables
10
1,071
924
3,752
5,183
Total assets
136,872
151,223
Current liabilities
Payables
11
(2,828)
(2,979)
Corporation tax
11
(48)
Borrowings
11
(8,961)
(2,828)
(11,988)
Total assets less current liabilities
134,044
139,235
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings
12
(49,087)
(49,024)
(49,087)
(49,024)
Net assets
84,957
90,211
Equity attributable to equity shareholders
Called up share capital
14
4,555
4,555
Share premium
15
18,446
18,446
Retained earnings
16
61,956
67,210
Total equity
84,957
90,211
Net asset value per Ordinary Share (pence)
17
211.96
214.72
These Financial Statements were approved by the Board on 11 June 2026 and were signed on its
behalf by:
David Smith
Chairman
The Notes on pages 92 to 113 form part of these Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Year ended
31 March 2026
Year ended
31 March 2025
Note
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
Cash flows from operating activities
Rental income received
8,812
9,198
Interest and other income received
136
360
Operating expenses paid
(2,177)
(1,758)
Taxation paid
(48)
Net cash inflow from operating activities
18
6,723
7,800
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of investment properties
(3,161)
(17,512)
Sale of investment properties
15,819
11,935
Proceeds from liquidation of subsidiary
200
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from investing activities
12,858
(5,577)
Cash flow from financing activities
Drawdown of loan
15,000
Loan repayment
(9,000)
(6,000)
Fees received
159
204
Interest paid on loans
(2,724)
(2,697)
Finance cost of leases
(8)
Payments of lease liabilities
(9)
Dividends paid
8
(5,703)
(5,775)
Buyback of Ordinary Shares for Treasury
14
(3,891)
(1,174)
Net cash outflow from financing activities
(21,159)
(459)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash
and cash equivalents
(1,578)
1,764
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April
4,259
2,495
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March
2,681
4,259
The Notes on pages 92 to 113 form part of these Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
Year ended 31 March 2026
Note
Share
capital
£’000
Share
premium
£’000
Retained
earnings
£’000
Total
£’000
Net assets at 31 March 2025
4,555
18,446
67,210
90,211
Profit for the year
4,553
4,553
Dividends paid
8
(5,912)
(5,912)
Buyback of Ordinary Shares for Treasury
14
(3,895)
(3,895)
Net assets at 31 March 2026
4,555
18,446
61,956
84,957
The Notes on pages 92 to 113 form part of these Financial Statements.
Year ended 31 March 2025
Note
Share
capital
£’000
Share
premium
£’000
Retained
earnings
£’000
Total
£’000
Net assets at 31 March 2024
4,555
18,446
68,099
91,100
Profit for the year
6,060
6,060
Dividends paid
8
(5,775)
(5,775)
Buyback of Ordinary Shares for Treasury
14
(1,174)
(1,174)
Net assets at 31 March 2025
4,555
18,446
67,210
90,211
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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1. Accounting policies
The Financial Statements have been prepared
in accordance with UK-adopted International
Accounting Standards and the Companies Act
2006.
The presentational and functional currency
of the Company is pounds sterling because
that is the currency of the primary economic
environment in which the Company
operates. The Financial Statements and the
accompanying notes are presented in pounds
sterling and rounded to the nearest thousand
pounds except where otherwise indicated.
Consolidated financial statements are
no longer required, as the subsidiary
was wound up in the year.
(a) Basis of preparation
The Financial Statements have been prepared
on a going concern basis as disclosed on page
51 and on the historical cost basis, except
for the revaluation of investment properties
which are valued at fair value through profit
and loss, and £50 million bank borrowings,
which are initially measured at consideration
received less issue costs. The principal
accounting policies adopted are set out below.
Where presentational guidance set out in the
Statement of Recommended Practice
Financial
Statements of Investment Trust Companies and
Venture Capital Trusts
(the SORP) issued by the
Association of Investment Companies (AIC) in
July 2022 is consistent with the requirements
of IFRSs, the Directors have sought to prepare
the Financial Statements on a basis compliant
with the recommendations of the SORP, except
for the allocation of finance costs to revenue as
explained in Note 1(e).
The Board has considered the requirements
of IFRS 8, ‘Operating Segments’. The Board
is charged with setting the Company’s
investment strategy. The Board has
delegated the day to day implementation of
this strategy to the Manager but the Board
retains responsibility to ensure that adequate
resources of the Company are directed in
accordance with its decisions. The Board is
of the view that the Company is engaged in a
single segment of business, being investments
in UK commercial properties. The view that
the Company is engaged in a single segment
of business is based on the fact that one of the
key financial indicators received and reviewed
by the Board is the total return from the
investment portfolio taken as a whole. A review
of the investment portfolio is included in the
report from the Manager on pages 11 to 37.
(b) Going concern
The Company’s business activities, together
with the factors likely to affect its future
development and performance, are set out in
the Strategic Report as part of the Business
Review on pages 8 to 47. The financial position
of the Company as at 31 March 2026 is shown in
the Statement of Financial Position on page 89.
The cash flows of the Company for the
year ended 31 March 2026 are set out on
page 90. The Company had fixed debt
totalling £49,087,000 as at 31 March
2026, as set out in Note 12 on page 104.
Note 21 on pages 108 to 112 sets out the
Company’s risk management policies and
procedures, including those covering market
price risk, liquidity risk and credit risk.
As at 31 March 2026, the Company’s total
assets less current liabilities exceeded its total
non current liabilities by a factor of 2.73.
The assets of the Company consist mainly
of investment properties that are held in
accordance with the Company’s investment
policy, as set out on page 40. The Directors,
who have reviewed carefully the Company’s
forecasts for the coming year and having
taken into account the liquidity of the
Company’s investment portfolio and the
Company’s financial position in respect
of cash flows, borrowing facilities and
investment commitments (of which there
is none of significance), are not aware of
anything that may cast significant doubt
upon the Company’s ability to continue
as a going concern. Accordingly, the
Directors believe that it is appropriate to
continue to adopt the going concern basis
in preparing the Financial Statements.
(c) Presentation of Statement of
Comprehensive Income
In order to reflect better the activities
of an investment trust company and in
accordance with guidance issued by the AIC,
supplementary information which analyses
the Statement of Comprehensive Income
between items of a revenue and capital nature
has been presented alongside the Statement of
Comprehensive Income. In accordance with the
Company’s Articles, net realised capital returns
may be distributed by way of dividend.
Additionally, the net revenue is the measure
that the Directors believe to be appropriate
in assessing the Company’s compliance with
certain requirements set out in sections 1158-
1160 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010.
continued
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(d) Income
Interest receivable from cash and short
term deposits and interest payable is
accrued to the end of the period.
Rental receivable and lease incentives,
where material, from investment properties
under operating leases are recognised in the
Statement of Comprehensive Income over the
term of the lease on a straight line basis. Other
income is recognised on an accruals basis.
(e) Expenses and Finance Costs
All expenses and finance costs are accounted
for on an accruals basis. Expenses are
presented as capital where a connection with
the maintenance or enhancement of the value
of investments can be demonstrated. In this
respect and in accordance with the SORP,
the investment management fees have been
allocated, 100% to revenue to reflect the Board’s
expectations of long term investment returns.
It is normal practice and in accordance with
the SORP for investment trust companies to
allocate finance costs to capital on the same
basis as the investment management fee
allocation. However, as the Company has a
significant exposure to property, and property
companies allocate finance costs to revenue to
match rental income, the Directors consider
that, contrary to the SORP, it is inappropriate to
allocate finance costs to capital.
(f) Other receivables
Financial assets classified as loans and
receivables are held to collect contractual
cash flows and give rise to cash flows
representing solely payments of principal
and interest. As such they are measured at
amortised cost. Other receivables do not
carry any interest, they have been assessed
for any expected credit losses over their
lifetime due to their short-term nature.
(g) Other payables
Payables are non-interest bearing and are
stated at their discounted cash flow.
(h) Taxation
The Company operates as a REIT and hence
profits and gains from the property rental
business are normally expected to be exempt
from corporation tax. The tax expense
represents the sum of the tax currently payable
and deferred tax relating to the residual (non-
property rental) business. The tax currently
payable is based on taxable profit for the
year. Taxable profits differs from net profit as
reported in the statement of comprehensive
income because it excludes items of income
and expense that are taxable or deductible in
other years and it further excludes items that
are never taxable or deductible. The Company’s
liability for current tax is calculated using tax
rates that have been enacted or substantively
enacted by the date of the Statement of
Financial Position.
(i) Dividends payable
Interim dividends are recognised as a liability
in the period in which they are paid as no
further approval is required in respect of such
dividends. Final dividends are recognised as a
liability only after they have been approved by
Shareholders in general meeting.
( j) Investments
Investment property
Investment properties are initially recognised
at cost, being the fair value of consideration
given, including transaction costs associated
with the investment property. Any subsequent
capital expenditure incurred in improving
investment properties is capitalised in the
period incurred and is included within the book
cost of the property.
After initial recognition, investment properties
are measured at fair value. Gains and losses
arising from changes in fair value are included
in net profit or loss for the period as a capital
item in the Statement of Comprehensive
Income and are ultimately recognised in the
retained earnings.
As disclosed in Note 21 (iv), the Company leases
out all of its properties on operating leases.
A property held under an operating lease is
classified and accounted for as an investment
property where the Company holds it to earn
rental, capital appreciation or both. Any such
property leased under an operating lease is
carried at fair value. Fair value is established
by quarterly professional valuations on an
open market basis by Savills (UK) Limited
and CBRE Ltd, Chartered Surveyors and
Valuers, and in accordance with the RICS
Valuation - Global Standards January 2022
(the ‘RICS Red Book’). The determination of
fair value by Savills and CBRE is supported
by market evidence, excluding prepaid or
accrued operating lease income arising from
the spreading of lease incentives or minimum
lease payments because it has been recognised
as a separate liability or asset. These valuations
are disclosed in Note 9 on pages 100 to 102.
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continued
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(k) Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprises deposits
held with banks and short term investments.
(l) Non - current liabilities
All new loans and borrowings are initially
measured at cost, being the fair value of the
consideration received, less issue costs where
applicable. Thereafter, all interest-bearing
loans and borrowings are subsequently
measured at amortised cost. Amortised cost
is calculated by taking into account any
discount or premium on settlement. The
costs of arranging any interest-bearing loans
are capitalised and amortised over the life of
the loan. When the term of a loan is modified
the amortisation of costs is adjusted.
(m) Leases
The Company leases properties that meet
the definition of investment properties.
Leases for which the Company is a lessor are
reviewed and classified as finance or operating
depending on various factors, including
whether ownership is transferred, the length
of the lease in relation to the economic life of
the property, the rents agreed in relation to fair
value and any option for the lessee to purchase
the property. Given that the risks and rewards
of ownership of the investment properties
remains with the Company throughout and
at the end of the leases, there are no options
for ownership to transfer to the lessees, the
properties are not specialised and a number
of the lessees have the ability to exercise
break dates, all properties are deemed to
have been leased on an operating basis.
Rental income is recognised on a straight line
basis over the expected term of the relevant
lease. Many leases have fixed or minimum
rental uplifts and where lease incentives or
temporary rent reductions have been granted
rental income is recognised on a straight line
basis over the expected term of the lease.
(n) Critical accounting judgements
and key estimates
The preparation of the Financial Statements
requires the Directors to make judgements,
estimates and assumptions that may affect
the application of accounting policies and the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities,
income and expenses. The critical accounting
area involving a higher degree of judgement
or complexity comprises the determination
of fair value of the investment properties. The
Company engages independent professional
qualified valuers to perform the valuation.
Information about the valuation techniques
and inputs used in determining fair value as
at 31 March 2026 is disclosed in Note 9 to the
Financial Statements on pages 100 to 102.
Property transactions can be complex in nature
and material to the financial statements. To
determine when an acquisition or disposal
should be recognised, management considers
whether the Company assumes or relinquishes
control of the property, and the point at which
this is obtained or relinquished.
Consideration is given to the terms of the
acquisition or disposal contracts and any
conditions that must be satisfied before
the contract is fulfilled. In the case of an
acquisition, management must also consider
whether the transaction represents an asset
acquisition or business combination.
continued
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(o) Adoption of new and
revised Accounting Standards
New and revised standards and interpretations
that became effective during the year had
no significant impact on the amounts
reported in these Financial Statements
but may impact accounting for future
transactions and arrangements.
At the date of authorisation of these Financial
Statements, the following Standards and
interpretations, which have not been applied to
these Financial Statements, were in issue but
were not yet effective.
Standards
Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7
Amendments to the Classification and
Measurement of Financial Instruments
(effective for period beginning on or after 1
January 2026).
Annual Improvements Volume 11 (effective for
period beginning on or after 1 January 2026).
Amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7 Contracts
Referencing Nature-dependent Electricity
(effective for period beginning on or after 1
January 2026).
Amendments to IAS 21 - Translation to a
Hyperinflationary Presentation Currency
(effective for period beginning on or after 1
January 2027).
IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosures in
Financial Statements (effective for period
beginning on or after 1 January 2027).
IFRS 19 - Subsidiaries without Public
Accountability: Disclosures (effective for
period beginning on or after 1 January 2027).
The Directors have not yet evaluated these
standards, therefore, the impact is not yet
known.
2. Income
   
 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Income
   
Rental income
8,807
9,406
Interest receivable on short term deposits
89
289
Other income
206
275
Total income
9,102
9,970
3. Investment management fee
   
 
Year ended 31 March 2026
Year ended 31 March 2025
 
Revenue
Capital
Total
Revenue
Capital
Total
 
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
Investment management fee
825
825
888
888
A summary of the terms of the management agreement is given on page 55 of the Directors’
Report.
OLIM Property Limited received an investment management fee of £825,000 (2025 - £888,000),
the basis of calculation of which is given on page 55.
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4. Other operating expenses
 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
Revenue
Capital
Revenue
Capital
 
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
Fee payable to the Company’s auditor for
       
the audit of the Company’s accounts
90
87
Directors' fees
116
125
NIC on Directors' fees
3
6
Fees for company secretarial services
271
292
Other expenses
473
254
452
 
953
254
962
Directors’ fees comprise the Chairman’s fees of £33,000 (2025 - £33,000), the Chair of the Audit
and Management Engagement Committee fees of £27,000 (2025 - £27,000) and fees of £24,500
(2025 - £24,500) per annum paid to each other Director.
Additional information on Directors’ fees is given in the Directors’ Remuneration Report on pages
61 and 62.
EPRA Cost ratios
2026
EPRA Cost ratio (including direct vacancy costs)
19.65%
EPRA Cost ratio (excluding direct vacancy costs)
19.65%
During the year to 31 March 2026 there were no vacant properties and, therefore, no vacancy
costs.
VIP does not capitalise any overhead or operating expenditure.
5. Finance costs
 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Interest payable on:
   
Bank loan interest payable
2,418
2,639
Effective interest
63
45
Amortisation of loan expenses
69
39
Finance costs attributable to lease liabilities
8
 
2,550
2,731
On 28 November 2019, the Company entered into a £22,000,000 fixed term secured loan facility
for a period of up to seven years to 30 November 2026. On 3 March 2021, this facility was extended
until 31 March 2031. During the year ended 31 March 2023, the loan was increased to £35,000,000
and extended for a further two years until 31 March 2033, costs previously incurred on the loan
were extinguished at this point. On 05 July 2024, the Company extended the borrowing on the
2033 fixed term secured loan facility from £35,000,000 to £50,000,000.
continued
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On 28 August 2025, the Company entered into a £15,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) until
29 August 2030 with interest payable at 1.7% per annum over Base Rate on any amounts drawn
down, with 35% of this margin (being 0.595%) paid as a non-utilisation fee on undrawn amounts.
At 31 March 2026 the amount drawn down is nil and the non-utilisation fee is included in bank
loan interest payable.
Included in the above is £189,000 which relates to the £15,000,000 fixed term secured loan facilty,
of which £9,000,000 was drawn down at 4.344% as at 31 March 2025, which the Company repaid
in full during the year to 31 March 2026.
6. Taxation
   
 
Year ended 31 March 2026
Year ended 31 March 2025
 
Revenue
Capital
Total
Revenue
Capital
Total
 
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
a) Analysis of the tax charge for
           
the year:
           
Current tax
(48)
(48)
Deferred tax
(2,228)
(2,228)
 
(2,276)
(2,276)
Factors affecting the total tax
           
charge for year:
           
Profit before taxation
   
4,553
   
8,336
Tax charge thereon at 25% (2025 - 25%)
   
1,138
   
2,084
Effects of:
           
Gains on investments not relievable
   
(116)
   
(737)
Disallowable expenses
   
100
   
18
Finance costs
   
   
(18)
Realised loss/(gain) on disposal of
   
108
   
investment property
           
Taxable (loss) on disposal of
   
(105)
   
investment property
           
PY adjustment for deferred tax asset -
   
   
455
losses b/fwd decreased
           
Deferred tax asset not recognised due
   
(19)
   
474
to REIT conversion
           
REIT tax exempt rental profits and gains
   
(1,106)
   
     
   
2,276
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
continued
6. Taxation
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Year ended 31 March 2026
Year ended 31 March 2025
b) Factors affecting future tax charges
   
Unutilised tax losses
1,972
1,896
Potential tax benefit at 25%
493
474
 
493
474
Recognised as a deferred
tax non-current asset
   
Not recognised as a deferred tax asset
493
474
 
The Company has total accumulated unrelieved non-trade loan relationship tax losses carried
forward of £1,972,000 (2025 - £1,896,000) at 31 March 2026.
The Company has not recognised deferred tax assets of £493,000 on the basis that the Company
entered the UK REIT regime as of 1 April 2025 and will have limited taxable income to utilise
these tax losses in the future.
7. Return per Ordinary Share
   
 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
The return per Ordinary Share is based
   
on the following figures:
   
Revenue return
4,774
3,113
Capital return
(221)
2,947
Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue
41,277,527
42,379,933
Return per share - revenue
11.57p
*
7.35p
Return per share - capital
(0.54p)
6.95p
Total return per share
11.03p
14.30p
The Company holds no dilutive instruments. Diluted earnings per share are equal to earnings
per share.
* This is also the EPRA Earnings per share - as usually reported by REITs. EPRA is the European
Public Real Estate Association.
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8. Dividends
   
 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Dividends on Ordinary Shares:
   
Third quarterly dividend of 3.40p per share
   
(2024 - 3.20p) paid 25 April 2025
1,430
1,365
Final dividend of 3.60p per share
   
(2024 - 3.60p) paid 25 July 2025
1,512
*
1,529
First quarterly dividend of 3.60p per share
   
(2025 - 3.40p) paid 31 October 2025
1,512
*
1,443
Second quarterly dividend of 3.60p per share
   
(2025 - 3.40p) paid 30 January 2026
1,458
*
1,438
Dividends paid in the period
5,912
5,775
* Dividends were paid as a property income distribution (PID).
The third quarterly dividend of 3.60p (2025 - 3.40p), paid on 24 April 2026, has not been
included as a liability in these financial statements.
The final dividend of 3.60p (2025 - 3.60p), being paid on 31 July 2026, has not been included as a
liability in these financial statements.
Set out below is the total dividend paid and proposed in respect of the financial year, which is
the basis upon which the requirements of Sections 1158 - 1159 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010
are considered.
The current year’s revenue available for distribution by way of dividend is £4,774,000 (2025 -
£3,113,000).
   
 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
First quarterly dividend of 3.60p per share
   
(2025 - 3.40p) paid 31 October 2025
1,512
1,443
Second quarterly dividend of 3.60p per share
   
(2025 - 3.40p) paid 30 January 2026
1,458
1,438
Third quarterly dividend of 3.60p per share
   
(2025 - 3.40p) paid 24 April 2026
1,443
1,430
Final quarterly dividend of 3.60p per share
   
(2025 - 3.60p) payable 31 July 2026
1,443
1,512
 
5,856
5,823
The final dividend is based on the issued share capital as at 31 March 2026 of 40,080,705
Ordinary Shares excluding those shares held in Treasury.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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9. Investments
   
 
Investment
Investment
 
 
properties
in subsidiary
Total
 
£’000
£’000
£’000
Cost at 31 March 2025
151,716
200
151,916
Fair value movement brought forward
(11,372)
(11,372)
Valuation at 31 March 2025
140,344
200
140,544
Purchases
3,161
3,161
Sales proceeds
(15,819)
(15,819)
Proceeds from liquidation of subsidiary
(200)
(200)
Realised gains on sales
(431)
(431)
Fair value movement in year
464
464
Valuation at 31 March 2026
127,719
127,719
The fair value valuation given by Savills and CBRE excludes prepaid or accrued operating lease
income arising from the spreading of lease incentives or minimum future uplifts in accordance
with IFRS 16. The valuation has, therefore, been adjusted.
   
 
As at
As at
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Savills and CBRE valuation
133,300
146,000
Adjustment for operating lease assets
(5,581)
(5,656)
Valuation of Investment Properties
127,719
140,344
Transaction costs
During the year expenses were incurred in acquiring and disposing of investments classified
as fair value through profit or loss. These have been expensed through capital and are
included within gains and losses on investments in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
The total costs were as follows:
   
 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Purchases
161
184
Sales
233
134
 
394
318
continued
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The fair values of the investment properties were independently valued by professional valuers
from Savills (UK) Limited and CBRE Ltd, acting in the capacity of External Valuers as defined in
the RICS Red Book (but not for the avoidance of doubt as an External Valuers of the portfolio as
defined by the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013). The valuations were
prepared on the basis of Fair Value as required by the IFRS (International Financial Reporting
Standards). In addition, the valuations have also been prepared in accordance with RICS
Valuation – Professional Standards VPS 3.5 Fair Value and VPS 4.1 Valuations for Inclusion in
Financial Statements. The definition of Fair Value is set out in IFRS 13 and is adopted by the
International Accounting Standards Board as follows:
“The price that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the measurement date”
The RICS Red Book directs us to consider that Fair Value is consistent with the concept of Market
Value, the definition of which is set out in Valuation Practice Statement 4 1.2 of the Red Book, as
follows:
“The estimated amount for which an asset or liability should exchange on the valuation date
between a willing buyer and a willing seller in an arm’s length transaction after proper marketing
and where the parties had each acted knowledgeably, prudently and without compulsion.”
The valuations have been arrived at predominantly by reference to market evidence for
comparable property (Level 3 of the Fair Value Hierarchy). As part of Savills’ and CBRE’s standard
process, the valuations were carried out by specialist valuers, which were peer reviewed and
reviewed again prior to the valuation date. During the review process, the various characteristics
of each property were taken into consideration.
Passing rent
Fair
range
value
Key
Property portfolio
£
£’000
unobservable input
Inputs range
Blended yield
Supermarkets
99,357 - 659,200
39,000
Net Equivalent Yield
5.77% - 7.48%
6.54%
Industrial
150,392 - 379,937
29,100
Net Equivalent Yield
5.49% - 6.96%
6.55%
Bowling
251,829 - 723,052
14,350
Net Equivalent Yield
8.44% - 9.21%
8.89%
Health Club
601,061
7,250
Net Equivalent Yield
8.24%
Garden Centre
1,388,507
18,000
Net Equivalent Yield
7.45%
Hotels
360,000 - 451,013
13,050
Net Equivalent Yield
5.71% - 6.20%
6.15%
120,750
A 25 bps decrease in the equivalent yield applied would have increased the net assets attributable
to the Company’s Shareholders and the total gain for the year by £4,200,000. A 25 bps increase in
the equivalent yield applied would have decreased the net assets attributable to the Company’s
Shareholders and the total gain for the year by £3,900,000.
A 5% decrease in the rental value applied would have decreased the net assets attributable to the
Company’s Shareholders and the total gain for the year by £2,350,000. A 5% increase in the rental
value applied would have increased the net assets attributable to the Company’s Shareholders
and the total gain for the year by £2,750,000.
As valued by Savills
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continued
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As valued by CBRE
   
 
Passing rent
Fair
     
 
range
value
Key
   
Property portfolio
£
£’000
unobservable input
Inputs range
Blended yield
Caravan Park
646,424
8,400
Net Equivalent Yield
5.83%
Public Houses
120,000 - 127,562
4,150
Net Equivalent Yield
5.74% - 7.42%
6.78%
   
12,550
     
A 25 bps decrease in the equivalent yield applied would have increased the net assets attributable
to the Company’s Shareholders and the total gain for the year by £470,000. A 25 bps increase in
the equivalent yield applied would have decreased the net assets attributable to the Company’s
Shareholders and the total gain for the year by £425,000.
A 5% decrease in the rental value applied would have decreased the net assets attributable to the
Company’s Shareholders and the total gain for the year by £255,000. A 5% increase in the rental
value applied would have increased the net assets attributable to the Company’s Shareholders
and the total gain for the year by £270,000.
10. Receivables
   
 
As at
As at
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Amounts falling due within one year:
   
Operating lease asset
180
160
Other receivables
278
454
Prepayments and accrued income
248
21
Rents receivable
365
289
 
1,071
924
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
   
Operating lease asset
5,401
5,496
 
6,472
6,420
Many of the Company’s leases provide for minimum and maximum increases of rental income at
future rent reviews. Minimum increases have been averaged over the life of the lease, generating
an operating lease asset.
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11. Current liabilities
   
 
As at
As at
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Payables
   
Amounts due to OLIM Property Limited
67
69
Accruals and other creditors
2,543
2,673
Value Added Tax payable
218
237
Total payables
2,828
2,979
Corporation tax
48
Bank loans held at amortised cost
   
Bank loan
9,000
Balance of costs incurred
(78)
Add: Debit to income for the year
39
Total bank borrowings
8,961
 
2,828
11,988
The amount due to OLIM Property Limited comprises the monthly management fee for March
2026, subsequently paid in April 2026.
The Company had a £15,000,000 fixed term secured loan facility, of which £9,000,000 was drawn
down at a rate of 4.344% as at 31 March 2025, the Company repaid the loan in full during the year
to 31 March 2026.
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12. Non-current liabilities
   
 
As at
As at
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Bank loans held at amortised cost
   
Bank loan brought forward
49,024
49,151
Borrowing costs
(172)
Effective interest
63
45
Bank loan carried forward
49,087
49,024
Total bank borrowings
49,087
49,024
On 28 November 2019, the Company entered into a £22,000,000 fixed term secured loan facility
for a period of up to seven years to 30 November 2026. On 3 March 2021, this facility was extended
until 31 March 2031. On 27 April 2022, the loan was increased to £30,000,000 and on 22 June
2022, the loan was increased to £35,000,000 and extended for a further two years until 31 March
2033, costs previously incurred on the loan were extinguished at this point.
On 5 July 2024, the Company extended the borrowing to £50,000,000.
As at 31 March 2026, the loan is recorded on an amortising basis. 95% of the loan is at a fixed rate
and 5% at a floating rate of interest. At 31 March 2026, £50,000,000 was drawn down at a net
effective interest rate of 4.54%.
The terms of the loan facility contain financial covenants that require the Company to ensure that:
the total debt ratio does not at any time exceed 50 per cent;
projected interest cover is not less than 200 per cent at all times; and
the Loan to Value shall not exceed 55% of the value of the properties that have been charged.
On 28 August 2025, the Company entered into a £15,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) until
29 August 2030 with interest payable at 1.7% per annum over Base Rate on any amounts drawn
down with 35% of this margin (being 0.595%) paid as a non-utilisation fee on undrawn amounts.
At 31 March 2026 the amount drawn down is nil.
The terms of the loan facility contain financial covenants that require the Company to ensure
that:
the total security cover does not at any time exceed 60 per cent;
Interest cover in respect of any test period shall not be less than 1.75:1; and
total debt to total assets shall at no time exceed 50%.
The fair value of the loans are disclosed in Note 21 on pages 108 to 112 and the net asset value per
share, calculated with the borrowings at fair value, is disclosed in Note 17 on page 106.
13. Deferred tax
Under IAS 12, provision must be made for any potential tax liability on revaluation surpluses. As
an investment trust, the Company does not incur capital gains tax and no provision for deferred
tax is therefore required in this respect.
As disclosed in Note 6 on pages 97 and 98, a deferred tax asset has not been recognised on the
basis that the Company has entered the UK REIT regime as of 1 April 2025 and will have limited
taxable income to utilise these tax losses in the future.
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14. Share capital
   
   
As at
As at
   
31 March
31 March
   
2026
2025
   
£’000
£’000
Authorised:
     
56,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 10p each (2025 - 56,000,000)
5,600
5,600
Called up, issued and fully paid (excluding Treasury shares):
   
Opening balance
42,013,036 Ordinary Shares of 10p each
4,201
4,266
 
(2025 - 42,664,550)
   
Bought back
1,932,331 Ordinary Shares of 10p
(193)
(65)
 
(2025 - 651,514)
   
Balance at 31 March 2026
40,080,705 Ordinary Shares of 10p each
4,008
4,201
 
(2025 - 42,013,036)
   
Treasury shares:
     
Opening balance
3,536,939 Ordinary Shares of 10p each
354
289
 
(2025 - 2,885,425)
   
Bought back
1,932,331 Ordinary Shares of 10p
193
65
 
(2025 - 651,514)
   
Balance at 31 March 2026
5,469,270 Ordinary Shares of 10p each
547
354
 
(2025 - 3,536,939)
   
Total
45,549,975 Ordinary Shares of 10p each
4,555
4,555
The Ordinary Share capital on the Statement of Financial Position represents the nominal value
of shares in issue. Shares repurchased by the Company and held in Treasury are deducted from
equity and are not included in Share Capital. Only when such shares are cancelled, either directly
or from Treasury, is a transfer made to the Capital Redemption Reserve.
During the year, the Company repurchased 1,932,331 (2025 - 651,514) Ordinary Shares at a cost of
£3,895,000 (2025 - £1,174,000) including expenses.
Included in the above is 1,495,331 Ordinary Shares which were bought back as part of a tender
offer in October 2025, at a cost of £3,061,000. A total of 1,666,142 shares were tendered, with
170,811 applied for under the Mix & Match Facility.
Subsequent to the year end, the Company has repurchased 90,000 shares at a cost of £173,000.
The Company issued 2,554,000 from Treasury for £5,435,000.
15. Share premium
   
 
As at
As at
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Opening balance
18,446
18,446
CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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16. Retained earnings
   
 
As at
As at
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Opening balance at 31 March
67,210
68,099
Profit for the year
4,553
6,060
Dividends paid (see Note 8)
(5,912)
(5,775)
Buyback of Ordinary Shares for Treasury (see Note 14)
(3,895)
(1,174)
Closing balance at 31 March
61,956
67,210
The table below shows the movement in retained earnings analysed between revenue and
capital items.
   
 
Year ended 31 March 2026
Year ended 31 March 2025
 
Revenue
Capital
Total
Revenue
Capital
Total
 
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
Opening balance at 31 March
(7,962)
75,172
67,210
(5,300)
73,399
68,099
Profit/(loss) for the year
4,774
(221)
4,553
3,113
2,947
6,060
Dividends paid (see Note 8)
(5,912)
(5,912)
(5,775)
(5,775)
Buyback of Ordinary Shares
           
for Treasury (see Note 14)
(3,895)
(3,895)
(1,174)
(1,174)
Closing balance at 31 March
(9,100)
71,056
61,956
(7,962)
75,172
67,210
Of the Company’s Retained Earnings of £61,956,000 (2025 - £67,210,000), £61,956,000 (2025 -
£67,210,000) is considered to be distributable.
17. Net asset value per equity share
The net asset values per Ordinary Share are based on the Company’s net assets attributable
of £84,957,000 (2025 - £90,211,000) and on 40,080,705 (2025 - 42,013,036) Ordinary Shares in
issue at the year end, excluding shares held in Treasury.
The net asset value per Ordinary Share, based on the net assets of the Company adjusted
for borrowings at fair value (see Note 21) of £88,462,000 (2025 - £97,181,000) is 220.71p
(2025 - 231.31p).
   
 
As at
As at
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Net assets at 31 March
84,957
90,211
Fair value adjustments
3,505
6,970
Net assets with borrowings at fair value
88,462
97,181
Number of shares in issue
40,080,705
42,013,036
Net asset value per share
211.96p
*
214.72p
Net asset value per share with borrowings at fair value
220.71p
231.31p
* This is also the EPRA Net Tangible Asset Value per share - as usually reported by REITs. EPRA is
the European Public Real Estate Association.
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18. Reconciliation of income from operations before tax to
net cash inflow from operating activities
   
 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Profit before taxation
4,553
8,336
Gains on investments
(33)
(2,947)
(Increase)/decrease in receivables
(52)
59
(Decrease) in other payables
(136)
(177)
Finance costs
2,550
2,731
Finance fees received
(159)
(202)
Net cash from operating activities
6,723
7,800
19. Reconciliation of current and non-current liabilities
arising from financing activities
   
 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Cash movements
   
Payment of rental (for leasing)
17
Drawdown of loans (for financing)
(15,000)
Costs associated with drawdown of loan
172
Repayment of loans
9,000
6,000
Non-cash movements
   
Finance costs (for leasing)
(8)
Derecognition of lease on sale of property
2,914
Effective interest
(63)
(45)
Amortisation of loan premium and expenses
(39)
(39)
Change in debt in the year
8,898
(5,989)
Opening debt at 31 March 2025
(57,985)
(51,996)
Closing debt at 31 March 2026
(49,087)
(57,985)
20. Relationship with the Manager and Related Parties
Matthew Oakeshott is a director of OLIM Property Limited, which has an agreement with the
Company to provide investment management services, the terms of which are outlined on page
55 and in Note 3 on page 95.
CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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21. Financial instruments and investment property risks
Risk management
The Company’s financial instruments and investment property comprise property and other
investments, cash balances, loans and payables and receivables that arise directly from its
operations; for example, in respect of sales and purchases awaiting settlement or debtors for
accrued income.
The Manager has dedicated investment management processes which ensures that the
Investment Policy set out on page 40 is achieved. The portfolio is reviewed on a periodic basis by
OLIM Property’s Investment Committee.
Additionally, the Manager’s Compliance Officer continually monitors the Company’s investment
and borrowing powers.
The main risks that the Company faces from its financial instruments are:
(i) market risk (comprising price risk and interest rate risk)
(ii) liquidity risk
(iii) credit risk
The Board regularly reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks. The Manager’s
policies for managing these risks are summarised below and have been applied throughout the
year.
(i) Market risk
The fair value of, or future cash flows from, a financial instrument held by the Company may
fluctuate because of changes in market prices. This market risk comprises two elements - price
risk and interest rate risk.
Price risk
Price risk (i.e. changes in market prices other than those arising from interest rate or currency
risk) may affect the value of the Company’s investments.
All investment properties held by the Company are commercial properties located in the UK with
long, strong income streams.
Price risk sensitivity
If market prices at the date of the Statement of Financial Position had been 10% higher or lower,
while all other variables remained constant, the return attributable to ordinary Shareholders for
the year ended 31 March 2026 would have increased/decreased by £12,772,000 (2025 - increase/
decrease of £14,034,000) and equity reserves would have increased/ decreased by the same
amount.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate movements may affect:
the fair value of the investments in property; and
the level of income receivable on cash deposits.
The possible effects on fair value and cash flows that could arise as a result of changes in interest
rates are taken into account when making investment and borrowing decisions.
The Board imposes borrowing limits to ensure gearing levels are appropriate to market
conditions and reviews these on a regular basis. Borrowings comprise five and ten year bank
loans, providing secure long term funding. It is the Board’s policy to maintain a gearing level,
measured on the most stringent basis of calculation after netting off cash equivalents, of between
25% and 50%.
Details of borrowings at 31 March 2026 are shown in Note 12 on page 104.
continued
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Interest risk profile
The interest rate risk profile of the portfolio of financial assets and liabilities at the statement of
financial position date was as follows:
Weighted average
period for which
Weighted
Fixed
Floating
rate is fixed
average
rate
rate
Years
interest rate %
£’000
£’000
At 31 March 2026
Assets
Sterling
2.75
2,681
Total assets
2.75
2,681
At 31 March 2026
Liabilities
Sterling
7.00
4.54
46,875
2,212
Total liabilities
7.00
4.54
46,875
2,212
At 31 March 2025
Assets
Sterling
3.76
4,459
Total assets
3.76
4,459
At 31 March 2025
Liabilities
Sterling
6.94
4.51
55,777
2,207
Total liabilities
6.94
4.51
55,777
2,207
The weighted average interest rate on borrowings is based on the interest rate payable, weighted
by the total value of the loans. The maturity dates of the Company’s loans are shown in Note 12 on
page 104.
The floating rate assets consist of cash deposits on call, earning interest at prevailing market
rates. The Company’s property portfolios and short term receivables and payables are non
interest bearing and have been excluded from the above tables. All financial liabilities are
measured at amortised cost.
Interest rate sensitivity
The sensitivity analyses below have been determined based on the exposure to interest rates at
the statement of financial position date and the stipulated change taking place at the beginning
of the financial year and held constant throughout the reporting period in the case of instruments
that have floating rates.
If interest rates had been 100 basis points higher or lower and all other variables were held
constant, the Company’s:
profit for the year ended 31 March 2026 would increase/decrease by £23,000 (2025 - increase/
decrease by £24,000). This is mainly attributable to the Company’s exposure to interest rates
on its floating rate cash balances.
the Company holds no financial instruments that will have an equity reserve impact.
CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
continued
21. Financial instruments and investment property risks
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In the opinion of the Directors, the above sensitivity analyses are not representative of the
year as a whole, since the level of exposure changes frequently as part of the interest rate risk
management process used to meet the Company’s objectives.
Currency sensitivity
There is no sensitivity analysis included as the Company has no outstanding foreign currency
denominated monetary items.
(ii) Liquidity risk
This is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with
its financial liabilities.
The Company’s assets are cash or near cash securities and investment properties which, by their
nature, are less readily realisable. The maturity of the Company’s mainly fixed rate borrowings is
set out in the interest risk profile section of this Note.
   
       
Due between
 
 
Carrying
Expected
Due within
3 months
Due after
 
value
cashflows
3 months
and 1 year
1 year
 
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
At 31 March 2026
         
Borrowings
49,087
66,353
568
1,703
64,082
Other payables
2,828
2,828
2,828
Total
51,915
69,181
3,396
1,703
64,082
At 31 March 2025
         
Borrowings
57,985
78,229
670
11,075
66,484
Other payables
2,742
2,742
2,742
Total
60,727
80,971
3,412
11,075
66,484
(iii) Credit risk
This is the failure of a counterparty to a transaction to discharge its obligations under that
transaction that could result in the Company suffering a loss. Cash is held only with reputable
banks with high quality external credit ratings, which are monitored on a regular basis. In the
year to 31 March 2026, only BNP Paribas, Handelsbanken and Santander were used. Cash used for
property transactions passes through the Company’s solicitors’ segregated client accounts.
Credit risk exposure
The maximum exposure to credit risk at the year end 31 March was as follows:
   
 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
Statement
 
Statement
 
 
of Financial
Maximum
of Financial
Maximum
 
Position
exposure
Position
exposure
 
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
Current assets
       
Cash and cash equivalents
2,681
2,681
4,459
4,459
Other receivables
1,071
1,071
924
924
 
3,752
3,752
5,383
5,383
continued
21. Financial instruments and investment property risks
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(iv) Property risk
The Company’s commercial property portfolio is subject to both market and specific property
risk. Since the UK commercial property market has been markedly cyclical for many years, it
is prudent to expect that to continue. The price and availability of credit, real economic growth
and the constraints on the development of new property are the main influences on the property
investment market.
Against that background, the specific risks to the income from the portfolio are tenants being
unable to pay their rents and other charges, or leaving their properties at the end of their leases.
All leases are on full repairing and insuring terms, with upwards only rent reviews and the
average unexpired lease length to the break option is 13.6 years (2025 - 13.3 years).
Details of the tenant and geographical spread of the portfolio are set out on pages 30 and 31.
The long term record of performance through the varying property cycles since 1987 is set
out on pages 116 and 117. OLIM Property is responsible for property investment management,
with surveyors, solicitors and managing agents acting on the portfolio under OLIM Property’s
supervision.
The Company leases out its investment property to its tenants under operating leases. At 31
March 2026, the future minimum lease receipts under non-cancellable leases are as follows:
   
 
As at
As at
 
31 March 2026
31 March 2025
 
£’000
£’000
Due within 1 year
9,910
10,345
Due between 2 and 5 years
38,973
40,704
Due after more than 5 years
89,475
91,073
 
138,358
142,122
This amount comprises the total contracted rent receivable as at 31 March 2026.
None of the Company’s financial assets is past due or impaired.
Fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities
All assets and liabilities of the Company other than receivables and payables and the borrowings
are included in the Statement of Financial Position at fair value.
(i) Fair value hierarchy disclosures
Investment properties are held in the Statement of Financial Position at fair value.
The table below sets out fair value measurements using the IFRS 13 Fair Value hierarchy:
   
 
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
 
£’000
£’000
£’000
£’000
At 31 March 2026
       
Investment properties
127,719
127,719
 
127,719
127,719
At 31 March 2025
       
Investment properties
140,344
140,344
 
140,344
140,344
CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
continued
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Fair value categorisation within the hierarchy has been determined on the basis of the degree to
which the inputs to the fair value measurements are observable and the significance of the inputs
to the fair value measurement in its entirety as follows:
Level 1 - inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets
Level 2 - inputs, not being quoted prices, are observable, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly
(i.e. derived from prices)
Level 3 - inputs are not observable.
There were no transfers between Levels during the year.
(ii) Borrowings
The fair value of borrowings has been calculated at £45,582,000 as at 31 March 2026 (2025 -
£51,015,000) compared to a Statement of Financial Position value in the Financial Statements of
£49,087,000 (2025 - £57,985,000) per Notes 11 and 12.
The fair values of the loans are determined by a discounted cash flow calculation based on the
appropriate inter-bank rate plus the margin per the loan agreement. These instruments are
therefore considered to be Level 2 as defined above. There were no transfers between Levels
during the year.
All other assets and liabilities of the Company are included in the Statement of Financial Position
at fair value.
(iii) Financial instruments by category
Financial assets
   
 
Amortised cost
 
2026
2025
 
£’000
£’000
Cash and cash equivalents
2,681
4,459
Other receivables
6,472
6,420
Total financial assets
9,153
10,879
Financial liabilities
   
 
Amortised cost
 
2026
2025
 
£’000
£’000
Other payables
(2,610)
(2,790)
Loans and other borrowings
(49,087)
(57,985)
Total financial liabilities
(51,697)
(60,775)
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22. Capital management policies and procedures
The Company’s capital management objectives are:
to ensure that the Company will be able to continue as a going concern; and
to maximise the return to its equity shareholders in the form of long term real growth in
dividends and capital value without undue risk.
The capital of the Company consists of equity, comprising issued capital, reserves, borrowings
and retained earnings.
The Board monitors and reviews the broad structure of the Company’s capital. This review
includes:
the planned level of gearing which takes into account the Managers’ views on the market
and the extent to which revenue in excess of that which requires to be distributed should
be retained.
the Company raised liquidity through property sales and taking out a £15 million Revolving
Credit Facility (RCF) during 2025 in order to fund the commitment to offer Shareholders
an exit opportunity at net asset value less costs. In the event, due to the low take up of
that offer, the RCF was undrawn at year end and has since been converted to a seven year
fixed rate loan (see further details on page 4 and in Note 24 below), which is available for
investment in the usual way.
The Company’s long term objectives, policies and processes for managing capital are
unchanged from the preceding accounting period.
Details of the Company’s gearing and financial covenants are disclosed in Note 12 on page 104.
23. Commitments
The Board is recommending the payment of a final dividend of 3.6p per Ordinary Share (2025:
3.6p) and, subject to receiving Shareholder approval at the 2026 AGM, will be paid on 31 July
2026 to all Shareholders on the register on 3 July 2026.
There are no significant subsequent events for the Company, other than those disclosed at Note
24 below.
24. Post balance sheet events
On 1 April 2026, the Company sold from Treasury 2,550,000 of its Ordinary Shares, with a further
4,000 shares being sold on 17 April 2026.
On 7 May 2026, the Company converted its £15 million Revolving Credit Facility into a fixed term
loan maturing on 31 March 2033 and drew it down in full at a fixed interest rate of 5.9%.
On 2 June 2026, the Company completed the purchase of a freehold cinema in Esher at a price of
£4.6 million.
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Additional
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PROPERTY RECORD OVER 39 YEARS
Total return
31 March
Rental income
£’000
Capital value
£’000
Running yield
%
VIP
%
MSCI UK
Quarterly
Property Index* %
2026
9,620
133,300
7.2
6.5
5.4
2025
9,790
146,000
6.7
9.0
6.3
2024
9,665
138,100
7.0
-1.8
-1.1
2023
9,338
150,500
6.2
-7.8
-13.0
2022
8,334
155,478
5.4
20.2
19.6
2021
5,152
80,550
6.4
2
1
2020
4,482
70,200
6.4
6
-1
2019
4,372
68,800
6.4
8
5
2018
4,329
68,700
6.3
11
10
2017
4,480
66,775
6.7
13
5
2016
3,940
55,125
7.2
10
11
2015
4,019
54,500
7.4
13
17
2014
3,552
46,475
7.6
11
14
2013
3,543
46,225
7.7
4
3
2012
3,537
48,250
7.3
7
6
2011
3,552
49,075
7.2
9
11
2010
3,463
48,750
7.1
18
17
2009
3,278
44,850
7.3
-11
-25
2008
3,261
51,000
6.4
0
-9
2007
3,116
54,525
5.7
15
16
2006
3,219
52,250
6.2
21
21
2005
3,124
45,875
6.8
21
17
2004
3,052
40,375
7.5
15
12
2003
3,089
40,550
7.6
12
9
2002
3,013
38,800
7.8
13
7
2001
3,117
39,825
7.8
10
11*
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Total return
31 March
Rental income
£’000
Capital value
£’000
Running yield
%
VIP
%
MSCI UK
Quarterly
Property Index* %
2000
3,054
39,800
7.7
15
15*
1999
3,410
41,055
8.3
25
12*
1998
3,141
34,800
9.0
15
18*
1997
3,111
32,805
9.5
10
11*
1996
2,840
29,440
9.6
9
5*
1995
2,948
31,125
9.5
10
13*
1994
2,806
29,835
9.4
23
19*
1993
2,773
26,415
10.5
12
-3*
1992
2,709
25,880
10.5
10
-5*
1991
2,331
23,800
9.8
2
-9*
1990
2,050
24,390
8.4
15
15*
1989
1,915
23,475
8.2
30
29*
1988
1,329
14,939
8.9
24
27*
1987
1,155
11,375
10.2
N/A
N/A
*MSCI (ex IPD) UK Quarterly Property Index 12 months total returns to 31 March; except 1988 – 2000: IPD Annual Index
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LIST OF PROPERTIES
Industrial / Warehouse
Address
Tenants
Aberdeen – Moss Road, Gateway Business Park
H.M. Government*
Chester – Winsford Way, Sealand Industrial Estate
MKM Building Supplies*
Dundee, Kilspindie Place
H.M. Government*
Gloucester – Falcon Close,
Green Farm Business Park, Quedgeley
H.M. Government*
Milton Keynes – Wimblington Drive
Pork Farms*
Stoke-on-Trent – Stanley Matthews Way
MKM Building Supplies*
Thetford – Units 1 - 4, Baird Way
Sysco*
Westbury – 50 Cory Way, West Wilts Trading Estate
Arla Foods*
Supermarkets
Address
Tenants
Aberfoyle – Main Street
Co-operative Group Food**
Bebington – 152 Kings Road
Sainsbury’s*
Garstang – Park Hill Road
Sainsbury’s*
Invergordon – 110 High Street
Co-operative Group Food**
Kirriemuir – 33 The Roods
Co-operative Group Food*
Newport, Isle of Wight – Litten Park, Church Litten
Marks and Spencer*
Rayleigh – 12 - 24 Eastwood Road
Marks and Spencer*
York – 103 - 104 Hull Road
Co-operative Group Food***
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Pubs
Address
Tenants
Canterbury – The Bishop’s Finger, 13 St. Dunstan Street
Shepherd Neame*
London – The Prince of Wales, 48 Cleaver Square
Shepherd Neame*
Hotels
Address
Tenants
Alnwick – Willowburn Avenue, South Road
Premier Inn**
Catterick - Princes Gate, Richmond Road
Premier Inn**
* RPI-linked rent increases
** CPI-linked rent increases
*** Fixed rent increases
Bowling
Address
Tenants
Ashford – 43-79 Station Road
Hollywood Bowl*
Coventry – Crosspoint, Olivier Way
Ten Entertainment*
Starbucks*
Pizza Hut***
Peterborough – Sturrock Way
Hollywood Bowl*
Health Club and Caravan Park
Address
Tenants
Brentwood – Little Warley Hall Lane
Virgin Active Health Club*
Dover – St. Margaret’s Holiday Park, Reach Road
Parkdean Resorts*
Garden Centre
Address
Tenants
Nantwich – Bridgemere Garden Centre, London Road
Blue Diamond*
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Value and Indexed Property Income Trust PLC
(the Company) is an alternative investment
fund (AIF) for the purposes of the Alternative
Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
During the year under review, OLIM Property
Limited was the Company’s Alternative
Investment Fund Manager (AIFM). OLIM
Property Limited is authorised and regulated
by the FCA.
As the AIFM, OLIM Property Limited has
responsibility for the portfolio management
and risk management of the assets of
the Company.
An additional requirement of the AIFMD is to
appoint a depositary on behalf of the Company
to oversee the custody and cash arrangements
of the Company. The Company has appointed
BNP Paribas, London Branch to act as the
Company’s Depositary.
Disclosures
The Company and the AIFM are required
to make certain disclosures available to
investors in accordance with the AIFMD. Those
disclosures which require to be made prior
to investment are contained in an investor
disclosure document, which can be found
on the Company’s webpages hosted by the
Manager at
www.olimproperty.co.uk/value-
and-indexed-property-income-trust.html
.
The Investor Disclosure Document was
updated in January 2026 to reflect the
Company’s new £15 million Revolving
Credit Facility arranged in August 2025; the
appointment of CBRE Limited as additional
valuers; and to reflect that new Articles of
Association were adopted by Shareholders at
a General Meeting of the Company held on 25
September 2025, which state that the Directors
will convene a general meeting of the Company
to be held on or before 31 March 2033 at which
one or more special resolutions shall be
proposed requiring the Company to be wound
up voluntarily.
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUND MANAGERS DIRECTIVE
The Company and the AIFM also make the
following periodic disclosures to investors
in accordance with the requirements of the
AIFMD:
Investment Management
: Details of the
investment objective, strategy and policy of
the Company are included in the Strategic
Report. A list of the investment properties
is included on pages 118 and 119.
Valuation of illiquid assets
: None of the
Company’s assets is subject to special
arrangements arising from their illiquid
nature.
Liquidity management
: There are no new
arrangements for managing the liquidity
of the Company or any material changes
to the liquidity management systems and
procedures employed by the Company.
Risk Management
: There is an ongoing
process for identifying, evaluating and
managing the principal and emerging risks
faced by the Company. Further details of the
risk profile and risk management systems
of the Company are set out in the Strategic
Report and in Note 21 to the Financial
Statements on pages 108 to 112. There have
been no changes to the risk management
systems in place in the period under review
and no breaches of any of the risk limits set,
with no breach expected.
AIFM Remuneration
: All authorised AIFMs
are required to comply with the AIFMD
Remuneration Code. The AIFM receives
remuneration separately (as set out on
page 55). The AIFM is bound by regulatory
requirements on remuneration under the
AIFMD Remuneration Code.
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Leverage
Circumstances when the Company
may use leverage
Leverage may be used where it is
believed that the assets funded by
borrowed monies will generate a return
in excess of the cost of borrowing.
In a rising market, gearing will tend to enhance
returns because of the increased exposure to
the markets but it will tend to increase losses
in the event of a falling market. Leverage is,
therefore, constantly monitored.
Types and sources of leverage permitted
The Company has a long-standing policy
of funding most of the increases in its
property portfolio through the judicious
use of borrowings. Gearing will normally be
within a range of 25% and 50% of the total
portfolio. The Company will not raise new
borrowings if total net borrowings would then
represent more than 50% of the total assets.
At the year end, the Company’s current
borrowings comprised a £50 million secured
term loan. 95% of the loan is at a fixed rate and
5% at a floating rate of interest. At 31 March
2026, £50 million was drawn down at a net
effective interest rate of 4.54%. The Company
also had a five-year £15 million Revolving
Credit Facility (RCF) at a margin of 1.7% over
Base Rate on any amount drawn down. Post
the year end, this was converted to a fixed
term loan, please see Note 24 on page 113 for
details. Further details can also be found in
Notes 11 and 12 to the Financial Statements
on pages 103 and 104 of this Annual Report.
The maximum level of leverage which
the AIFM is entitled to employ on behalf
of the Company
Under the AIFMD, the Company is required
to calculate leverage under the two
methodologies specified by the AIFMD, the
‘Gross Method’ and the ‘Commitment Method’,
the difference being that the Commitment
Method allows some netting and hedging
arrangements to reduce exposures.
The AIFM has set a maximum leverage limit
of 200% under both the Gross Method and
Commitment Method. As noted above, these
leverage limits are subject to a long-standing
policy not to raise new borrowings if total net
borrowings would represent more than half of
total assets.
The table below sets out the current maximum
permitted range and the actual level of leverage
for the Company, as a percentage of adjusted
Shareholders’ funds:
Gross
method (%)
Commitment
method (%)
Limit
200
200
Actual level at
31 March 2026
157
157
There have been no changes to the maximum
level of leverage that the Company has
employed and no changes to the right of reuse
of collateral or any guarantee granted under
the leveraging arrangements.
The Company’s leveraging arrangements are
collateralised through the granting of charges
over the properties in the property portfolio
to the respective providers of the two secured
term loans.
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Direct
Investors can buy and sell shares in Value
and Indexed Property Income Trust
PLC directly through a stockbroker or
indirectly through a lawyer, accountant
or other professional adviser.
Keeping you informed
The latest Ordinary Share price is displayed on
the London Stock Exchange website, subject to
a delay of 15 minutes. “VIP” is the Code for the
Ordinary Shares which may be found at
www.
londonstockexchange.com
.
Customer services
For enquiries in relation to Ordinary Shares
held in certificated form, please contact the
Company’s registrars:
Computershare Investor Services PLC
The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bristol, BS99 6ZZ
Telephone: 0370 703 0168
www.investorcentre.co.uk/contactus
HOW TO INVEST IN VALUE AND INDEXED PROPERTY INCOME TRUST PLC
Note
Please remember that past performance is
not a guide to the future. Stock market and
currency movements may cause the value of
shares and the income from them to fall as
well as rise and investors may not get back the
amount they originally invested.
As with all equity investments, the value of
investment trusts purchased will immediately
be reduced by the difference between the
buying and selling prices of the shares, the
market maker’s spread.
Investors should further bear in mind that
the value of any tax relief will depend on the
individual circumstances of the investor and
that tax rates and reliefs, may be changed by
future legislation.
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GLOSSARY
Alternative
performance measures
Alternative performance measures (APMs) are
numerical measures of the Company’s current,
historical or future performance, financial
position or cash flows, other than the financial
measures defined or specified in the applicable
financial framework. The Company’s
applicable financial framework includes
IFRS and the AIC SORP. The Directors assess
the Company’s performance against a range
of criteria which are viewed as particularly
relevant for closed-end investment companies.
Total return
Total return is considered to be an APM.
The NAV Total Return is calculated by
reinvesting the dividends in the assets of
the Company from the relevant ex-dividend
date. Dividends are deemed to be reinvested
on the ex-dividend date as this is the
protocol used by the Company’s benchmark
and other indices. The Share Price Total
Return is calculated by reinvesting the
dividends in the shares of the Company from
the relevant ex-dividend date.
Net asset value
Net asset value is the net value of the
Company’s assets, cash and other current
assets less all creditors and provisions. Net
income from the financial year is included. The
calculation of this APM is explained in Note
17 to the Financial Statements on page 106.
Discount
The discount is the amount by which the
market price of a share of an investment trust
is lower than the NAV per share expressed as a
percentage of the NAV per share.
31 March
2026
31 March
2025
Share price
190.0p
183.0p
NAV
212.0p
214.7p
Discount
10.4%
14.8%
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Annual
General Meeting of Value and Indexed
Property Income Trust PLC (the “Company”)
will be held at the offices of Shepherd &
Wedderburn LLP, 9 Haymarket Square,
Edinburgh EH3 8FY on Thursday, 16 July
2026 at 12.30pm, for the following purposes:
To consider and if thought fit, pass the
following Resolutions, of which Resolutions
1 to 12 inclusive will be proposed as Ordinary
Resolutions and Resolutions 13 to 15 inclusive
will be proposed as Special Resolutions:
1.
To receive the Directors’ Report and audited
Financial Statements, together with the
Auditor’s Report thereon for the year to 31
March 2026.
2.
To approve the Directors’ Remuneration
Report for the year to 31 March 2026.
3.
To approve the Directors’ Remuneration
Policy for the three-year period ending 31
March 2029.
4.
To approve a final dividend of 3.6p per
Ordinary Share in respect of the year to
31 March 2026, which will be paid as a
Property Income Distribution (PID).
5.
To re-elect David Smith as a Director of the
Company.
6.
To re-elect Matthew Oakeshott as a Director
of the Company.
7.
To re-elect Lorraine Reader as a Director of
the Company.
8.
To re-elect Josephine Valentine as a
Director of the Company.
9.
To re-elect Lucy Winterburn as a Director of
the Company.
10. To re-appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as
Independent Auditor of the Company to
hold office until the conclusion of the next
Annual General Meeting at which accounts
are laid before the Company.
11.
To authorise the Directors to fix the
remuneration of the Independent Auditor
for the year to 31 March 2027.
12. Authority to Allot Shares
That, in substitution for any existing
authority, but without prejudice to the
exercise of any such authority prior
to the date hereof, the Directors of the
Company be and are hereby generally
and unconditionally authorised pursuant
to and in accordance with Section 551 of
the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”) to
exercise all the powers of the Company
to allot shares in the Company and to
grant rights to subscribe for or to convert
any security into shares in the Company
(“Securities”) provided that such authority
shall be limited to the allotment of shares
and the grant of rights in respect of
shares with an aggregate nominal value
of up to £455,499 (being approximately
10% of the nominal value of the issued
share capital of the Company, as at the
date of this Notice) provided that such
authorisation expires (unless previously
extended or renewed, varied or revoked
by the Company in general meeting) at
the conclusion of the next Annual General
Meeting of the Company in 2027 or on the
expiry of 15 months from the passing of
this Resolution, (whichever is earlier) save
that the Company may, at any time prior to
the expiry of this authority, make offers or
agreements which would or might require
such Securities to be allotted or granted
after such expiry and the Directors may
make such offers or agreements as if such
expiry had not occurred.
13. Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights
That, subject to the passing of Resolution
12 set out above, and in substitution for any
existing power but without prejudice to the
exercise of any such power prior to the date
hereof, the Directors of the Company be and
are hereby generally empowered, pursuant
to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies
Act 2006 (“the Act”), to allot equity
securities (as defined in Section 560 of
the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority
conferred on them by Resolution 12 or by
way of a sale of Treasury shares (within the
meaning of section 560(3) of the Act) as if
Section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any
such allotment provided that this power
shall be limited to the allotment of equity
securities:
(i) (otherwise than pursuant to sub-
paragraph (ii) below) up to an aggregate
nominal value of £455,499 (being 10%
of the nominal value of the issued share
capital as at the date of this Notice); and
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(ii) in connection with an offer of such
equity securities by way of rights issue,
open offer or other pre-emptive offer in
favour of all holders of Ordinary Shares
where the equity securities respectively
attributable to the interests of all such
holders are either proportionate (as nearly
as may be) to the respective number of
Ordinary Shares held by them on a record
date fixed by the Directors (subject to such
exclusions, limitations, restrictions or other
arrangements as the Directors consider
necessary or appropriate to deal with
Treasury shares, fractional entitlements,
record dates, legal, regulatory or practical
problems in or under the laws of, or
requirements of, any regulatory body or any
stock exchange in any territory or otherwise
howsoever); and shall expire (unless
previously renewed, varied or revoked by
the Company in general meeting) at the
conclusion of the Annual General Meeting
of the Company in 2027, or on the expiry
of 15 months from the passing of this
Resolution (whichever is earlier), save that
the Company may, at any time prior to the
expiry of such authority, make offers or
agreements before such expiry which would
or might require equity securities to be
allotted after such expiry and the Directors
may make such offers or agreements as if
such expiry had not occurred.
14. Authority to Make Market
Purchases of Shares.
That, the Directors be and are hereby
generally and unconditionally authorised,
for the purposes of Section 701 of the
Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”), to make
one or more market purchases (within
the meaning of Section 693(4) of the Act)
of fully paid Ordinary Shares of 10p each
in the capital of the Company (“Ordinary
Shares”) on such terms as the Directors of
the Company think fit, either for retention
as Treasury shares for future reissue, resale,
transfer or cancellation, provided that:
(i) the maximum aggregate number of
Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be
purchased shall be 6,827,941 Ordinary
Shares, representing 14.99% of the issued
ordinary share capital of the Company as at
the date this Notice;
(ii) the minimum price which may be
paid for an Ordinary Share shall be 10p
(exclusive of expenses);
(iii) the maximum price (exclusive of
expenses) which may be paid for an
Ordinary Share shall be the higher of:
(a) 105% of the average of the middle
market quotations of the Ordinary Shares
(as derived from the Daily Official List of
the London Stock Exchange) for the five
business days immediately preceding the
date of purchase; and
(b) the higher of the price of the last
independent trade in Ordinary Shares
and the highest current independent bid
for Ordinary Shares on the London Stock
Exchange; and
(iv) unless previously varied, revoked or
renewed, the authority hereby conferred
shall expire at the conclusion of the Annual
General Meeting of the Company to be held
in 2027 or on the expiry of 15 months from
the passing of this Resolution (whichever
is the earlier) save that the Company may
at any time prior to such expiry, enter into
a contract or arrangement to purchase
Ordinary Shares under this authority which
will or might be completed or executed
wholly or partly after the expiration of
this authority and may make a purchase
of shares pursuant to any such contract or
arrangement; and
(v) any Ordinary Shares so purchased
shall be cancelled or, if the Directors so
determine and subject to the provisions of
the Act and any applicable regulations of
the Financial Conduct Authority, be held
or otherwise dealt with as permitted by the
Companies Act 2006 as Treasury Shares.
15. Notice of General Meeting
That, a general meeting other than an
Annual General Meeting may be called on
not less than 14 clear days’ notice.
By order of the Board
Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
Company Secretary
First Floor Kintyre House
205 West George Street
Glasgow G2 2LW
11 June 2026
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
CONTINUED
Notes:
(i) A member entitled to vote at the meeting
may appoint a proxy or proxies to exercise
all or any of his/her rights to attend, speak
and vote on his/her behalf at the meeting. A
proxy need not be a member of the Company.
A member may appoint more than one proxy
provided each proxy is appointed to exercise
rights attached to different shares. A member
may not appoint more than one proxy to
exercise the rights attached to any one share.
If you wish your proxy to speak on your behalf
at the meeting you will need to appoint your
own choice of proxy (not the Chairman of the
meeting) and give your instructions directly to
them. A proxy form which may be used to make
such appointment and give proxy instructions
accompanies this notice. If you do not have a
proxy form and believe that you should have
one, or if you require additional forms or
would like to appoint more than one proxy,
please contact the Company’s Registrars,
Computershare Investor Services PLC on 0370
703 0168. In the case of joint holders, where
more than one of the joint holders purports
to appoint a proxy, only the appointment
submitted by the most senior holder will be
accepted. Seniority is determined by the order
in which the names of the joint holders appear
in the Company’s Register of Members in
respect of the joint holding (the first-named
being the most senior). A member present in
person or by proxy shall have one vote on a
show of hands and on a poll every member
present in person or by proxy shall have one
vote for every Ordinary Share of which they
are the holder. In accordance with the Articles,
the AGM will be a physical meeting. Voting
on the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM
will be conducted on a poll, rather than a
show of hands. Therefore, Shareholders are
encouraged to vote via proxy, where possible,
online at
www.investorcentre.co.uk/eproxy
,
appointing the Chairman of the meeting as
their proxy to ensure their vote is counted.
(ii) A personalised form of proxy, and reply-
paid envelope, is enclosed for Ordinary
Shareholders. To be valid, any proxy form
or other instrument of proxy and any power
of attorney or other authority, if any, under
which they are signed or a notarially certified
copy of that power of attorney or authority
should be sent to the Company’s Registrars,
Computershare Investor Services PLC, The
Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS99 6ZY
so as to arrive not less than forty eight hours
(excluding non-working days) before the time
fixed for the meeting.
(iii) The return of a completed proxy form or
other such instrument of proxy will not
prevent a member attending the Annual
General Meeting and voting in person if they
wish to do so.
(iv) CREST members who wish to appoint
a proxy or proxies through the CREST
electronic proxy appointment service may do
so for the meeting and any adjournment(s)
thereof by using the procedures described in
the CREST Manual and by logging on to the
website
www.euroclear.com/CREST
. CREST
personal members or other CREST sponsored
members, and those CREST members who
have appointed a voting service provider(s),
should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting
service provider(s), who will be able to take the
appropriate action on their behalf.
(v) In order for a proxy appointment or
instruction made using the CREST service to
be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a
“CREST Proxy Instruction”) must be properly
authenticated in accordance with Euroclear
UK & Ireland Limited’s specifications,
and must contain the information required for
such instruction, as described in the CREST
Manual. The message, regardless of whether
it constitutes the appointment of a proxy or
is an amendment to the instruction given to a
previously appointed proxy must, in order to be
valid, be transmitted so as to be received by the
Company’s Registrar (ID 3RA50) no later than
48 hours (excluding non-working days) before
the time of the meeting or any adjournment.
For this purpose, the time of receipt will be
taken to be the time (as determined by the
timestamp applied to the message by the
CREST Application Host) from which the
Company’s Registrar is able to retrieve the
message by enquiry to CREST in the manner
prescribed by CREST. After this time any
change of instructions to proxies appointed
through CREST should be communicated to the
appointee through other means.
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(vi) CREST members and, where applicable,
their CREST sponsors, or voting service
providers should note that Euroclear UK
& Ireland Limited does not make available
special procedures in CREST for any particular
message. Normal system timings and
limitations will, therefore, apply in relation to
the input of CREST Proxy Instructions. It is the
responsibility of the CREST member concerned
to take (or, if the CREST member is a CREST
personal member, or sponsored member, or
has appointed a voting service provider(s),
to procure that his CREST sponsor or voting
service provider(s) take(s)) such action as
shall be necessary to ensure that a message is
transmitted by means of the CREST system
by any particular time. In this connection,
CREST members and, where applicable, their
CREST sponsors or voting system providers
are referred, in particular, to those sections
of the CREST Manual concerning practical
limitations of the CREST system and timings.
(vii) The Company may treat as invalid a CREST
Proxy Instruction in the circumstances set out
in Regulation 35(5) (a) of the Uncertificated
Securities Regulations 2001.
(viii) The “vote withheld” option on the proxy
form is provided to enable a member to abstain
on any particular resolution. It should be
noted that an abstention is not a vote in law
and will not be counted in the calculation of
the proportion of votes “for” or “against” a
particular resolution.
(ix) The right to vote at a meeting is determined
by reference to the Company’s register
of members as at close of business on 14
July 2026 or if this meeting is adjourned,
by close of business on the day two days
(excluding non-working days) prior to the
adjourned meeting. Changes to entries
on that register after that time shall be
disregarded in determining the rights of any
member to attend and vote at the meeting.
(x) As at 9 June 2026 (being the latest
practicable date prior to the publication of this
document) the Company’s issued share capital
comprised 45,549,975 Ordinary Shares of 10p
each of which 3,005,270 Ordinary Shares were
held in Treasury. Each Ordinary Share carries
the right to one vote at a general meeting of
the Company and, therefore, the total number
of voting rights in the Company as at 9 June
2026 was 42,544,705. Following Resolution 14
becoming effective, the maximum aggregate
number of shares hereby authorised to be
purchased shall be 6,827,941 Ordinary Shares
in issue immediately prior to the passing of
Resolution 14.
(xi) Any person holding 3% or more of the total
voting rights of the Company who appoints a
person other than the Chairman of the meeting
as his/her proxy will need to ensure that they
and their proxy complies with their respective
disclosure obligations under the UK Disclosure,
Guidance and Transparency Rules.
(xii) A person to whom this Notice is sent who
is a person nominated under Section 146 of
the Companies Act 2006 to enjoy information
rights (a “Nominated Person”) may, under an
agreement between them and the shareholder
by whom they were nominated, have a
right to be appointed (or to have someone
else appointed) as a proxy for the meeting.
If a Nominated Person has no such proxy
appointment right or does not wish to exercise
it, they may, under any such agreement, have a
right to give instructions to the shareholder as
to the exercise of voting rights. The statements
of the rights of members in relation to the
appointment of proxies in notes (i) to (iii) above
do not apply to a Nominated Person. The rights
described in those notes can only be exercised
by registered members of the Company.
(xiii) Biographical details of the Directors
standing for re-election are set out on page 50
of this Annual Report.
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(xiv) Members who have general queries
about the Annual General Meeting should
contact the Company Secretary in writing.
Members are advised that any telephone
number, website or email address which
may be set out in this Notice of Annual
General Meeting or in any related documents
(including the proxy form) is not to be used
for the purposes of serving information or
documents on, or otherwise communicating
with, the Company for any purposes other
than those expressly stated.
(xv) Members should note that, it is possible
that, pursuant to requests made by members
of the Company under Section 527 of the
Companies Act 2006, the Company may be
required to publish on a website a statement
setting out any matter relating to the audit
of the Company’s accounts (including the
auditors’ report and the conduct of the audit)
that are to be laid before the meeting or any
circumstances connected with an auditor of
the Company ceasing to hold office since the
previous meeting at which annual accounts
and reports were laid in accordance with
section 437 of the Companies Act 2006. The
Company may not require the members
requesting any such website publication to
pay its expenses in complying with sections
527 or 528 of the Companies Act 2006.
Where the Company is required to place a
statement on a website under section 527 of
the Companies Act 2006, it must forward the
statement to the Company’s auditors no later
than the time when it makes the statement
available on the website. The business which
may be dealt with at the meeting includes
any statement that the Company has been
required under section 527 of the Companies
Act 2006 to publish on a website.
(xvi) No Director has a service contract with
the Company. Copies of the Directors’ letters
of appointment are available for inspection on
any day (except Saturdays, Sundays and bank
holidays) from the date of this Notice until
the date of the meeting during usual business
hours at the Company’s registered office and
for 15 minutes prior to, and at, the meeting.
(xvii) Information regarding the Annual
General Meeting is available from the
Company’s webpages, hosted by the Manager,
at
www.olimproperty.co.uk/value-and-
indexed-property-income-trust.html
.
(xviii) Pursuant to Section 319A of the
Companies Act 2006, as a member,
you have the right to put questions
at the meeting relating to business
being dealt with at the meeting.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Directors
David Smith (Chairman)
Matthew Oakeshott
Lorraine Reader
Josephine Valentine
Lucy Winterburn
Secretary
Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
First Floor Kintyre House
205 West George Street
Glasgow G2 2LW
Telephone: 0141 306 7400
Website: www.mavencp.com
(Authorised and regulated by the Financial
Conduct Authority)
Registered Office
c/o Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
First Floor Kintyre House
205 West George Street
Glasgow G2 2LW
Registered Number
Registered in Scotland
Company No: SC050366
Legal Entity Identifier:
213800CU1PIC7GAER820
ISIN: GB0008484718
TIDM: VIP
Registrars
Computershare Investor Services PLC
The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bristol BS99 6ZZ
Telephone: 0370 703 0168
Website: www.investorcentre.co.uk/contactus
Manager
OLIM Property Limited
15 Queen Anne’s Gate
London SW1H 9BU
Telephone: 020 7846 3252
Website: www.olimproperty.co.uk
(Authorised and regulated by the Financial
Conduct Authority)
Matthew.Oakeshott@olimproperty. co.uk
Independent Auditor
RSM UK Audit LLP
Fourth Floor G1 Building
5 George Square
Glasgow G2 1DY
Depositary and Custodian
BNP Paribas, London Branch
10 Harewood Avenue
London NW1 6AA
Legal Advisers
Dickson Minto LLP (Corporate)
6 St. Andrew Square
Edinburgh EH2 2BD
Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP (Property)
1-6 Lombard St
London EC3V 9AA
Corporate Brokers
Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG
60 Threadneedle Street
London EC2R 8HP
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited
Cassini House
57 St James’s Street
London SW1A 1LD
VALUE AND INDEXED PROPERTY INCOME TRUST PLC
Managed by OLIM Property Limited
15 Queen Anne’s Gate
London
SW1H 9BU
020 7846 3252
www.olimproperty.co.uk
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