The Vanguard Sterling Short-Term Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide stability in the value of investments, liquidity and exposure to a variety of investments that typically perform differently from one another while maximising income earned from distributions such as interest (as opposed to that derived from an increase in the value of investments).
The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing in short-term money market instruments including but not limited to bank certificates of deposits, commercial paper, corporate and sovereign variable and fixed rate bonds, UK Government bills, short term agreements to purchase / sell securities with an obligation to sell / repurchase the securities back at a later date (referred to as ’repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements’) and cash deposits.
The Fund is an active fund. The Fund is not recommended for investors seeking an increase in the value of investments over the long-term (more than 5 years).
These types of instruments may be issued by both UK and non-UK issuers.
The Fund may invest up to 100% of its investments in money market instruments issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the UK government, its agencies or instrumentalities.
Fund facts
Share class inception
06 Feb 2024
Minimum initial investment
£100,000.00
Investment structure
UK OEIC
Share Class Assets'
Total Assets
Strategy
Active
Asset Class
Money Market
Domicile
United Kingdom
Dividend schedule
—
Currency
GBP
Investment manager
Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd.
Europe Bond Index Team
Benchmark
Performance
Portfolio data
Characteristics
Fundamentals
Fund
As at
Number of issuers
23
28 Nov 2025
44.4 Days
05 Dec 2025
44.4 Days
05 Dec 2025
Net yield
4.29%
05 Dec 2025
Yield to maturity
3.60%
28 Nov 2025
Distribution by credit quality (% of funds)
As at 28 Nov 2025
Credit Rating
Fund
A-1
34.16%
A-1+
56.25%
Cash
9.60%
Total
100.00%
Distribution by credit issuer (% of funds)
As at 28 Nov 2025
Issuers
Fund
U.K. Treasury Bills
33.50%
Time Deposit
29.54%
U.K. Commercial Paper
21.37%
Cash
9.60%
Other
5.52%
Covered Bonds
0.48%
Total
100.00%
Distribution by credit maturity (% of funds)
As at 28 Nov 2025
Maturity
Fund
Under 1 Week
33.43%
1 Week - 1 Month
16.54%
1 - 3 Months
35.98%
3 - 6 Months
12.24%
6 Months - 1 Year
1.81%
Total
100.00%
Top 10 holdings
As at 11 Dec 2025
Rank
Holding
Country
Maturity
Asset type
% Market Value
1
DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK FRANKFURT AM MAIN
DE
12/12/25
Money Market
9.86%
2
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK SA
FR
12/12/25
Money Market
9.86%
3
COOPERATIEVE RABOBANK UA
NL
12/12/25
Money Market
8.21%
4
United Kingdom Treasury Bill
GB
05/01/26
Government Bond
4.41%
5
BANK OF MONTREAL
CA
12/12/25
Money Market
4.32%
6
United Kingdom Treasury Bill
GB
15/12/25
Government Bond
3.46%
7
United Kingdom Treasury Bill
GB
22/12/25
Government Bond
3.39%
8
British Pound Sterling
GB
—
Currency
3.13%
9
United Kingdom Treasury Bill
GB
12/01/26
Government Bond
2.89%
10
United Kingdom Treasury Bill
GB
26/01/26
Government Bond
2.37%
The 10 main holdings represent 51.90% of the market value
Prices and distribution
Prices
NAV Price (GBP)
£1.09
Change
+£0.000.03%
At closure 12 Dec 2025
NAV 52-week high
£1.09
At closure 14 Dec 2025
NAV 52-week low
£1.04
At closure 14 Dec 2025
NAV 52-week difference
£0.04
Change
+4.06%
At closure 14 Dec 2025
Historical Prices
-
Inception date
06 Feb 2024
Date
NAV (GBP)
12 Dec 2025
£1.0877
11 Dec 2025
£1.0874
10 Dec 2025
£1.0873
09 Dec 2025
£1.0871
08 Dec 2025
£1.0870
05 Dec 2025
£1.0869
04 Dec 2025
£1.0866
03 Dec 2025
£1.0864
02 Dec 2025
£1.0863
01 Dec 2025
£1.0862
Distribution history
Distribution frequency
—
Historical performance 30 Nov 2025
4.18%
All dividends are reinvested for the "Accumulation" shares.
Purchase information
Currency
Base currency: GBP
Fund codes
Bloomberg: VASTMGA
Citi: AXOZV
ISIN: GB00BFYDWM59
MEX ID: VVWDA
SEDOL: BFYDWM5
The sum of investment management fees (the fees paid to the portfolio manager to invest your money and manage the fund) and administrative and other expenses (which cover all costs and expenses connected with the operation of the fund, which includes administrative fees, shareholder's registration and transfer agency fees, custody fees and all other operating expenses).
As at 30 Nov 2025
Sterling Overnight Index Average
Weighted average life (WAL) of an amortizing loan or amortising bond, also called average life, is the weighted average of the times of the principal repayments: it's the average time until a dollar of principal is repaid.
Weighted average maturity (WAM) is the weighted average amount of time until the maturities on mortgages in a mortgage-backed security (MBS). This term is used more broadly to describe maturities in a portfolio of debt securities, including corporate debt and municipal bonds.