Northern Venture Trust PLC is a venture capital trust. The firm principal activity includes making long-term equity and loan investments, Primarily it invests in unquoted companies in the United Kingdom manufacturing and service businesses. Its objective is to provide high long-term tax-free returns to investors through a combination of dividend yield and capital growth. The portfolio of investment includes various sectors such as Technology, media, and telecommunications, Business services, Healthcare, Oil and gas, Leisure, Consumer, and Industrials. The company was founded on August 11, 1995 and headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, the United Kingdom.