SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15 The corporate venturing scheme
Part III The issuing company
Excluded activities: provision of facilities for another business
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1
Providing services or facilities for a business carried on by another person is an excluded activity if—
a
the business consists to a substantial extent of excluded activities within sub-paragraph 26(1), and
b
a controlling interest in the business is held by a person who also has a controlling interest in the business carried on by the company providing the services or facilities.
2
Sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) define what is meant by a controlling interest in a business for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b).
3
In the case of a business carried on by a company, a person has a controlling interest if—
a
he controls the company,
b
the company is a close company and he or an associate of his, being a director of the company, either—
i
is the beneficial owner of more than 30% of the ordinary share capital of the company, or
ii
is able, directly or through the medium of other companies or by any other indirect means, to control more than 30% of that share capital,
or
4
In any other case, a person has a controlling interest in a business if he is entitled to not less than half of the assets used for, or of the income arising from, the business.
5
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a) the question whether a person controls a company shall be determined in accordance with F3sections 450 and 451 of CTA 2010.
6
For the purposes of this paragraph—
a
there shall be attributed to any person any rights or powers of any other person who is an associate of his, and
b
“business” includes any trade, profession or vocation.