| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 5Developing evidence | 100.0% (5/5) | 20.0% (1/5) | -1.8% | -1.4% | -4.6% |
| 20D | 5Developing evidence | 100.0% (5/5) | 40.0% (2/5) | -2.8% | -2.8% | -13.0% |
| 60D | 5Developing evidence | 100.0% (5/5) | 20.0% (1/5) | -11.3% | -9.7% | -19.9% |
| 120D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 0.0% (0/3) | -3.1% | -4.4% | -8.8% |
COMPANY RESEARCH
Venture Life Group plc
VLG.L · United Kingdom · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
INSIDER SIGNAL
Insider activity score：43.4 / 100
2 insiders · 4 purchase events · €178k net purchases
Europe #969 · United Kingdom #274
WHY THIS SIGNAL?
Score anatomy
Each bar shows the contribution to the current score; the weights and formula stay unchanged.
Cluster+10.5 / 35
How many distinct insiders bought in the cluster
Purchase size+19.6 / 25
Purchase value relative to company size and liquidity
Role+20.0 / 20
The seniority and relevance of participating insiders
Recency+3.3 / 10
How recently the purchases occurred
Conviction+10.0 / 10
How clearly buying stands out from other activity
What is holding the score back?
- ⚠ Buyer breadth is moderate · fewer than 4 distinct filers
- ⚠ Purchase activity is becoming less recent
- ✓ Strong insider role · ceo/chair involved
The role contribution uses the inverted role input of the current European model.
Buying concentration
77%
Largest buyer：Paul McGreevy · 115k GBP
Gross qualified purchase transaction-line value：150k GBP
The headline € total is net buying for the screen; this module uses gross qualified purchase transaction-line values in the filing currency, so the amounts can differ. The current 15-day buyer-breadth input counts distinct buyers; value concentration is disclosed separately here.
This is a ranking under the current European screening rules—not a probability of gain, return forecast, or buy recommendation.
Key purchase quotes (filing currency)
| Filer | Price per unit | Trade date |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Wells | 0.677 GBP | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Daniel Wells | 0.64548 GBP | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Paul McGreevy | 0.6385–0.6388 GBP | Jun 30, 2026 |
Model details
Cluster breakdown (does not change the score)
- 15-day buyer breadth (count)
- 1 distinct reported filers
- Peak time window
- 2026-06-04 to 2026-06-04
- Current breadth input
- 0.300 (capped at 4+ buyers)
- Buyer independence
- Not yet measured; related-party fields are not cross-market comparable
What the filings show
- 🟢 Recent eligible purchase
Daniel Wells · 10k GBP · Price 0.677 GBP · Oct 1, 2026 - 🟢 PDMR purchase
Daniel Wells · 25k GBP · Price 0.64548 GBP · Sep 30, 2026 - 🟢 PDMR purchase
Paul McGreevy · 60k GBP · Price 0.6385–0.6388 GBP · Jun 30, 2026 - 🟡 5 remaining qualified transaction line(s) across 5 disclosure(s)
Insider vs stock price
4 purchase day(s), 11 purchase line(s) in the 180-day window.
Daily close (GBp)Day with an insider purchase
Markers sit on the closing price of the transaction day. They show when insiders traded, not the price they paid or received. "Since" compares that day's close with the last close shown; it is what happened at this company, not a forecast.
If you had followed the purchase
Each row starts on the first close on or after the day a purchase was made public, the earliest a reader could have acted, and ends on the last close shown above.
| Made public | Insiders | In this stock, now | In the median peer stock, now | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | 1 | 1,045 +4.5% | 1,011 +1.1% | +35 +3.5 pts |
| 2026-06-30 | 1 | 1,045 +4.5% | 1,002 +0.2% | +44 +4.4 pts |
| 2026-09-30 | 1 | 1,053 +5.3% | 991 −0.9% | +63 +6.3 pts |
| 2026-10-01 | 1 | 1,007 +0.7% | 1,000 +0.0% | +7 +0.7 pts |
4 of 4 disclosure day(s) ended ahead of the median peer stock.
Close to close, before costs, taxes, dividends and currency moves. The peer is the median of the other stocks on the same exchange for which this site holds prices (454 here), not an index. This is what happened, not a forecast: across all purchases on this site the typical gap is close to zero.
Insider timeline
2 insiders bought in the last 180 days, 2 of them more than once.
Tap an item for what it means.
●A purchase: the bigger the dot, the more was bought
Each dot is one insider's purchases on one day. The dot's area follows the amount: the largest purchase here gets the largest dot. Hold the pointer over a dot to see the date and the amount.
Blue line: this share's price, +6.2% over these six months
The closing price of each day, from 65.00 on 2026-04-21 to 69.00 on 2026-10-07. The line has no scale; read it for high and low: a dot on a low stretch was bought cheaply, a dot on a high stretch was not.
Dashed line: the typical stock on the same exchange, +2.3%
Taken from the 491 other stocks on the same exchange that this site holds prices for. Each is measured from the first day of the window, and every day the middle one is drawn. It starts where the blue line starts, so the gap between the two is the difference: this share +6.2%, the typical one +2.3%, 3.8 points ahead. It is not an index and not a comparison within one industry.
▂Grey bars: companies across Europe disclosing purchases each week
A taller bar is a week in which more companies disclosed insider purchases.
This company: insiders buying per month, last 12 months
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Darker bars are inside the 180-day window above.
Who traded
| Insider | Role | Purchases | Sales | Bought | First purchase | Share price since | Earlier purchases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul McGreevy | CEO / chair | 2 | — | 114.9k GBP | 2026-06-04 | +4.5% | 5 completed, median −11.3% against peers after 60 sessions |
| Daniel Wells | CFO | 2 | — | 35.0k GBP | 2026-09-30 | +5.3% | fewer than 5 completed |
Why this score? · Model details
Priority = 100 × Σ(fixed weight × 0–1 rule-based input)
| Factor | Weight | This company input | Point contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-day buyer breadth (count) | 35% | 0.300 | 10.5 |
| Qualified-buy size | 25% | 0.784 | 19.6 |
| Role informativeness (inverted) | 20% | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| Recency | 10% | 0.330 | 3.3 |
| Buy/sell conviction | 10% | 1.000 | 10.0 |
This is a heuristic ordering under the current rules, not a calibrated return forecast. It explains why candidates rank differently; the public-filing evidence and data limits are shown below.
BULL VS BEAR
Two readings of this buying
The same filings, read two ways. Each line is a fact stored for this company with the number behind it, and appears only when that number crosses a fixed threshold. Neither side is a forecast and no winner is declared.
Since 2026-10-13: no longer on the bull side: bought in the last two weeks. All bull and bear lists, and what followed each line in the past →
Where the evidence comes from
Independent evidence agrees: the purchases themselves carry bull lines (senior executive buying), company actions point the same way (company is buying back shares), and no other source argues against. No data is held for: company results.
- The insider purchases themselvesBullsenior executive buying Bearbuyer's past purchases trailed the benchmark7 checked, under the threshold · 2 missing
- Share price and trading2 checked, under the threshold
- Short sellers1 checked, under the threshold
- Company results2 missing
- Company actionsBullcompany is buying back shares
Bull case · the buying is informative
- Company actionsThe company announced 7 transactions in its own shares in the last 30 days (latest 2026-09-30); the 5 read are all purchases. The company is buying its own shares while its insiders buy.
- The buyers include the CEO or chair, who sees more of the business than most filers. This site's score gives little or no credit for that: in its backtests purchases by senior executives did no better than other insiders' purchases.Record: after 8,797 earlier disclosures like this, the median 60-session excess return was −3.1%, within 1 percentage point of all comparable disclosures (−3.2%).
Bear case · discount it
- The 5 earlier purchases by Paul McGreevy trailed FTSE 100 by a median 11% over the following 60 trading days.
Evidence still missing
- The company's market value is not captured, so the purchases cannot be stated as a share of the business or of its trading volume.
- No earnings, margin or cash-flow figures are captured for this company. The latest annual and interim reports are where to check whether the business is improving or deteriorating.
- European notifications have no field saying whether a purchase was pre-arranged; there is no counterpart to the US 10b5-1 box. None of the 11 purchase lines mentions a plan, but a bare “Purchase of Ordinary Shares” does not rule one out.
- The filings give the size of each trade, not what the buyer already held. Whether a purchase added 1% to a personal stake or doubled it is not known.
Checked and under the threshold: 10, 2 close to it
- BearThe largest buyer accounts for 77% of the value bought. Counted for the bear side from 80%. close to the threshold
- EitherThe latest purchase is 16 days old. Bull up to 14 days, bear from 90. close to the threshold
- BullAt most 1 insider bought within any 15 days. Counted for the bull side from 3.
- Either2 insiders bought in the last 180 days and 1 in the 180 days before. Bull when the number at least doubles and rises by two; bear when at least two bought before and no more buy now.
- Bear0 of 2 buyers filed as a person closely associated with a manager. Counted for the bear side from half.
- EitherNet purchases of €178k in 180 days. Bull from €1.0M, bear when all purchases total under €25k.
- BearNo insider sale is recorded in the same 180 days.
- BearThe share price changed +9.4% over six months (three months +5.3%, one month +5.0%) and stands 3.5% below its 52-week high. Counted for the bear side from a fall of 20%.
- BearOver three months the share price changed +5.3% and the median of 120 Consumer Defensive companies changed −0.78%: ahead by 6 points. Counted for the bear side from 20 points behind.
- BearThe register of FCA shows no published net short position in this company.
Both columns arrange stored facts only. They do not change the insider score or the ranking and are not investment advice.
Signal history
43.4 / 100
Latest recorded score
↑ +3.7 ptsversus the comparable snapshot on 2026-09-14 (34 calendar days apart)
- Recorded snapshots
- 35
- First snapshot
- 2026-08-26
Only scores captured when the scoring run completed are compared. These are raw signal scores saved when each full scoring run completed. They describe changes in research ranking, not price performance or returns.
Why did it change?
Decomposition across the five score factors between comparable snapshots; historical scores are not recalculated.
- Purchase size+0.5 pts
- Recency+3.2 pts
Signal score history
Fixed 0–100 scale; dates are spaced by calendar time.
Recent recorded points
- 40.2
- 39.7
- 39.7
- 46.7
- 43.4
View all recorded scores
| Snapshot date | Signal score |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | 40.2 |
| 2026-08-27 | 40.2 |
| 2026-08-28 | 39.8 |
| 2026-08-31 | 39.8 |
| 2026-09-01 | 39.8 |
| 2026-09-02 | 39.8 |
| 2026-09-03 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-04 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-07 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-08 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-09 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-10 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-11 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-14 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-23 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-24 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-25 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-28 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-29 | 39.7 |
| 2026-09-30 | 50.0 |
| 2026-10-01 | 50.1 |
| 2026-10-02 | 49.4 |
| 2026-10-03 | 49.4 |
| 2026-10-04 | 49.4 |
| 2026-10-05 | 47.7 |
| 2026-10-06 | 47.2 |
| 2026-10-07 | 46.7 |
| 2026-10-08 | 46.2 |
| 2026-10-09 | 45.8 |
| 2026-10-12 | 44.8 |
| 2026-10-13 | 44.4 |
| 2026-10-14 | 44.2 |
| 2026-10-15 | 43.9 |
| 2026-10-16 | 43.6 |
| 2026-10-18 | 43.4 |
Sector context
- Buying breadth
- 11.6% (29 / 249 issuers)
- Sector rank
- #2 / 12
- 7D breadth change
- -1.2 pp · vs 2026-10-12 (6d)
- 30D breadth change
- History building
This is sector-level research context. It does not affect the Insider Signal or ranking.
Insider profile outcomes
Historical performance following insider filings. The company role is translated below each name while preserving the original title.
- Excess return = stock return − FTSE 100 return over the same period.
- Hit rate = completed events with positive excess return ÷ total completed events.
- Price coverage = valid point-in-time prices ÷ events mature enough for that period.
- Returns start on the first shared trading session on or after publication.
- Small-sample rule: n<5 is shown for transparency and is not scored.
Events are disclosure-level observations; related disclosures published on the same date may share a return path and may not be statistically independent. This research enrichment does not affect the insider score or ranking.
| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 0.0% (0/3) | -1.8% | -2.2% | -4.6% |
| 20D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 0.0% (0/3) | -4.7% | -6.7% | -13.0% |
| 60D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 33.3% (1/3) | -14.7% | -7.0% | -19.9% |
| 120D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 33.3% (1/3) | -3.1% | +1.2% | -8.8% |
| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -4.6% | -4.6% | -4.6% |
| 20D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -4.7% | -4.7% | -4.7% |
| 60D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -14.7% | -14.7% | -14.7% |
| 120D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -3.1% | -3.1% | -3.1% |
Market context
PRICE PERFORMANCE
VOLATILITY & LIQUIDITY
- Volatility
- 27.0%
- Beta
- —
- Avg daily volume
- —
VALUATION
- Market cap
- —
- P/E
- —
FUNDAMENTALS
- Profit margin
- —
- ROE
- —
- Industry
- —
Prices to 04 Oct 2026: OpenBB/yfinance; volume from price cache (Eulerpool). It does not affect the insider score or rank.
Disclosed net short positions
The FCA register, read 18 Oct 2026, publishes no aggregate net short position for this issuer.
Short-position disclosures are external context; they do not affect the insider score, ranking, or filing eligibility.
Insiders' buying price vs the latest close
The latest close in the price history is more than a week old.
Buying size vs market trading
Market history is too old for this snapshot; ratios are withheld.
Market-data coverage: 245 verified sessions · Latest session: 2026-10-07 · Ratio status: Unavailable
Traded value is estimated as close × shares traded, in major currency units. Includes disclosed qualifying purchases; disclosures may lag. Contractual or planned acquisitions are not necessarily discretionary. Ratios describe relative trading size, not market participation or score contributions.
Latest news
No news has been captured for this company.
Regulatory filings
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-10-01 · trade date 2026-10-01
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-30 · trade date 2026-09-30
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-06-30 · trade date 2026-06-30
Unfold all 7 filings
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-10-01 · trade date 2026-10-01
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-30 · trade date 2026-09-30
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-06-30 · trade date 2026-06-30
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-06-04 · trade date 2026-06-04
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-03-12 · trade date 2026-03-12
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-12 · trade date 2026-02-12
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-01-09 · trade date 2026-01-09
Filing evidence
These are underlying national-feed records from the 365-day window ending on the saved ranking snapshot. The score uses only the latest 180 days; older qualifying equity purchases remain visible for audit but do not enter the current score. The original filer, role, transaction classification, instrument, price, volume, value and source fields are retained. The first three rows are shown; remaining records can be unfolded for audit. Other transaction types are retained but excluded from the score.
Excluded transactions & classification
12 qualifying purchase disclosure(s) · 12 transaction line(s)
Oct 1, 2026Purchase of Ordinary Shares
Daniel Wells · Chief Financial Officer
Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 · 14760 shares × 0.677 GBP · —
Open filingSep 30, 2026Purchase of Ordinary Shares
Daniel Wells · Chief Financial Officer
Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 · 38717 shares × 0.64548 GBP · —
Open filingJun 30, 2026Purchase of Ordinary Shares
Paul McGreevy · Non-Executive Chairman
Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 · 31297 shares × 0.63875 GBP · —
Open filingUnfold all 9 remaining filing row(s)
| Transaction date | Published | Filer | Role | Transaction | Instrument | Price (local currency) | Quote currency | Volume | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 2026-06-30 | Paul McGreevy | Non-Executive Chairman | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.63875 GBP | GBP | 31297 | Open filing |
| 2026-06-30 | 2026-06-30 | Paul McGreevy | Non-Executive Chairman | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.6385 GBP | GBP | 15650 | Open filing |
| 2026-06-30 | 2026-06-30 | Paul McGreevy | Non-Executive Chairman | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.6388 GBP | GBP | 15643 | Open filing |
| 2026-06-04 | 2026-06-04 | Paul McGreevy | Non-Executive Chairman | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.616 GBP | GBP | 8105 | Open filing |
| 2026-06-04 | 2026-06-04 | Paul McGreevy | Non-Executive Chairman | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.619 GBP | GBP | 8066 | Open filing |
| 2026-06-04 | 2026-06-04 | Paul McGreevy | Non-Executive Chairman | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.619 GBP | GBP | 8066 | Open filing |
| 2026-06-04 | 2026-06-04 | Paul McGreevy | Non-Executive Chairman | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.638 GBP | GBP | 15663 | Open filing |
| 2026-06-04 | 2026-06-04 | Paul McGreevy | Non-Executive Chairman | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.62 GBP | GBP | 48373 | Open filing |
| 2026-02-12 | 2026-02-12 | Lewis Arthur | PCA of Sarah Arthur, Interim Commercial Director | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.6738 GBP | GBP | 2959 | Open filing |
Showing 12 of 12 matching raw-feed row(s) from the current 365-day research window. Prices and reported values remain in the filing currency and its major unit (for example, UK pence are parsed as GBP). The screen-level € aggregate is separately FX-normalised for research ranking, not a trade-date conversion.
Other disclosed transactions · excluded from score
View 6 other transaction(s)
Mar 12, 2026Grant of share options
Peter Jackson · Chief Digital and Technology Officer
Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 · 1000000 shares × 0.5876 GBP · —
Open filingJan 9, 2026Sale of Ordinary Shares
Jerry Randall · Chief Executive Officer
Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 · 100000 shares × 0.665 GBP · —
Open filingJan 9, 2026Sale of Ordinary Shares
Jerry Randall · Chief Executive Officer
Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 · 54690 shares × 0.665 GBP · —
Open filingUnfold all 3 remaining filing row(s)
| Transaction date | Published | Filer | Role | Transaction | Instrument | Price (local currency) | Quote currency | Volume | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | 2026-01-09 | Jerry Randall | Chief Executive Officer | Sale of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.669 GBP | GBP | 10000 | Open filing |
| 2026-01-09 | 2026-01-09 | Jerry Randall | Chief Executive Officer | Sale of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.66 GBP | GBP | 50000 | Open filing |
| 2026-01-09 | 2026-01-09 | Jerry Randall | Chief Executive Officer | Sale of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary Shares of 0.3p each in Venture Life Group plc GB00BFPM8908 | 0.66 GBP | GBP | 173015 | Open filing |
Showing 6 of 6 matching raw-feed row(s) from the current 365-day research window. Prices and reported values remain in the filing currency and its major unit (for example, UK pence are parsed as GBP). The screen-level € aggregate is separately FX-normalised for research ranking, not a trade-date conversion.
Snapshot & identity
- Snapshot date
- 2026-10-18
- Ticker
- VLG.L
- ISIN
- GB00BFPM8908
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Household & Personal Products
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