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 "markdown": "The page is the record's research on the issuer — no analyst, no rating, no view.\n\n# BLACKFINCH SPRING VCT PLC (LSE Main Market: BFSP) — research page\n\nAs of 2026-11-06 · uk-cm-kg · record version 1\n\n## Identity and listing\n\nThe issuer is BLACKFINCH SPRING VCT PLC, listed on the LSE Main Market under ticker BFSP, ISIN GB00BKV46W45, LEI 254900F3ZHVS78UV6D89. Its security type is Fund (FUND), segment SSQ3, sector Closed End Investments [302040], jurisdiction England and Wales (Companies House jurisdiction field). The record holds its status as listed, not halted.\n\n## The disclosure read\n\nThe record holds 0 filings in the window 2025-11-06 to 2026-11-06, across 0 filing days. The median gap between filing days is not on the record, and the days from latest filing to record date are not on the record, as there is no latest filing; the latest filing date and type are not on the record. The exchange peers (892 issuers) have a median cadence gap of 4 days, a median of 29.0 filings and a median latency of 3 days. The sector peers (269 issuers) have a median cadence gap of 5.5 days, a median of 0 filings and a median latency of 4.5 days.\n\n## Auditor\n\nThe auditor is not on the record, as the record was not searched for this security type (fund, receipt or debt security). The auditor location is not on the record, and auditor changes are not on the record, as no lifecycle type map exists for this register yet.\n\n## Events and halts\n\nListing, delisting, name change, domicile change and segment move are not on the record, as no lifecycle type map exists for this register yet. The halt flag is listed, not halted.\n\n## Orderability\n\nFor the elective professional client category the signal is ACM-200, and the outcome is determinable. For the eligible counterparty category the signal is ACM-200, and the outcome is determinable. The rule version is acm-68000/uk/product-governance-fca-prod-sourcebook/r1, with the chapter as of 2026-11-04.\n\n## Coverage\n\nNo research houses were found on the issuer's own investor-relations page, count 0.\n\n## Open research\n\nOne openly published research note is on the record: publisher Hardman & Co Research, dated 2025-11-21.\n\n## Licensed\n\nLicensed research: none loaded. A licensed row is served only to an agent whose firm holds that licence (licensor, entitlement). No licensed row is loaded.\n\n## As-of depth\n\nThe issuer has no sealed years on the record, and the market's vintage is not sealed; the market's earliest sealed date is not on the record. The live record began 2026-09-11. Years 2021 through 2026 are sealed in the store but not served as of a date, and the as-of door answers not_sealed.\n\n## Sources\n\n10 source pages are named on this page; every value above carries its own source page and read date in the numbers.\n\n- https://www.londonstockexchange.com/live-markets/market-data-dashboard/price-explorer (identity.exchange)\n- https://api.londonstockexchange.com/api/gw/lse/instruments/alldata/BFSP (identity.isin)\n- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12166417 (identity.jurisdiction)\n- https://mapping.gleif.org/api/v2/isin-lei/latest/download (identity.lei)\n- https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/BFSP/blackfinch-spring-vct-plc/company-page (identity.sector)\n- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/events/LSE/BFSP (the disclosure lines)\n- https://marketsecurities.fca.org.uk/officiallist (the halt flag)\n- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/book/aio.json (the orderability chapter)\n- https://blackfinch.com/assets/Blackfinch_Spring_VCT_Hardman_Review_November_2025_49b3c52461.pdf (open research)\n- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/record/LSE/BFSP (the record)\n",
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