# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001867102
**File Stem:** 0001104659-25-099263
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-25-099263.hdr.sgml**: 20251014

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-25-099263

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: SCHEDULE 13D/A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251014

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251014

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Vertical Aerospace Ltd.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001867102
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** AIRCRAFT [3721]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** E9
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SCHEDULE 13D/A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 005-93177
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251391741

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** UNIT 1 CAMWAL COURT
- **STREET 2:** CHAPEL STREET
- **CITY:** BRISTOL
- **STATE:** X0
- **ZIP:** BS2 0UW
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 44 7799310595

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** UNIT 1 CAMWAL COURT
- **STREET 2:** CHAPEL STREET
- **CITY:** BRISTOL
- **STATE:** X0
- **ZIP:** BS2 0UW
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Fitzpatrick Stephen James
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001911254

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SCHEDULE 13D/A

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O VERTICAL AEROSPACE LTD.
- **STREET 2:** 140-142 KENSINGTON CHURCH STREET
- **CITY:** LONDON
- **STATE:** X0
- **ZIP:** W8 4BN

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## SCHEDULE 13D

### Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

**(Amendment No. 8)**

**Vertical Aerospace Ltd.**

*(Name of Issuer)*

**Ordinary Shares, par value $0.001 per share**

*(Title of Class of Securities)*

**G9471C107**

*(CUSIP Number)*

**Benjamin Nutbeam**<br>Level 4, 9 Pembridge Road, Notting Hill<br>London X0 W11 3JY<br>447802659250

*(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)*

**10/09/2025**

*(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)*

| **CUSIP No.** | **G9471C107** |

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|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| 1 | Name of reporting person<br>**FITZPATRICK STEPHEN JAMES** | Name of reporting person<br>**FITZPATRICK STEPHEN JAMES** | |
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | |
| 3 | SEC use only | SEC use only | |
| 4 | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**PF** | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**PF** | |
| 5 | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**X0** | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**X0** | |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 7 | Sole Voting Power<br>**7490914.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 8 | Shared Voting Power<br>**5200000.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 9 | Sole Dispositive Power<br>**7490914.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 10 | Shared Dispositive Power<br>**5200000.00** |
| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**12690914.00** | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**12690914.00** | |
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | |
| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**12.26%** | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**12.26%** | |
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**IN** | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**IN** | |

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**Comment for Reporting Person:** The amount reported in rows 8 and 10 in the table above represents (i) 5,000,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share ("Ordinary Shares"), issuable to Imagination Aero Investment Ltd. ("Imagination Aero") upon the exercise of outstanding warrants held by Imagination Aero (the "Warrants") and (ii) 200,000 Ordinary Shares held by Imagination Aero.  Stephen Fitzpatrick ("SF") is the sole managing member and beneficial owner of Imagination Aero.  The foregoing gives effect to Vertical Aerospace Ltd.'s (the "Issuer") one-for-ten reverse stock split of the Ordinary Shares effected on September 20, 2024 (the "Reverse Split").

The percentage shown in Row 13 is calculated based on 103,527,721 Ordinary Shares outstanding, which includes (i) 98,527,721 Ordinary Shares outstanding after giving effect to the shares issued in the Issuer's public offering, as described in the Issuer's Prospectus Supplement to the Prospectus dated May 28, 2025, which was filed with the SEC on September 5, 2025 (the "Prospectus Supplement"), and (ii) 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares issuable to Imagination Aero upon the exercise of the Warrants.

| **CUSIP No.** | **G9471C107** |

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|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| 1 | Name of reporting person<br>**IMAGINATION AERO INVESTMENT LTD.** | Name of reporting person<br>**IMAGINATION AERO INVESTMENT LTD.** | |
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | |
| 3 | SEC use only | SEC use only | |
| 4 | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**PF** | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**PF** | |
| 5 | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**X0** | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**X0** | |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 7 | Sole Voting Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 8 | Shared Voting Power<br>**5200000.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 9 | Sole Dispositive Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 10 | Shared Dispositive Power<br>**5200000.00** |
| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**5200000.00** | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**5200000.00** | |
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | |
| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**5.02%** | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**5.02%** | |
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**CO** | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**CO** | |

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**Comment for Reporting Person:** The amount reported in rows 8 and 10 in the table above represents (i) 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares issuable to Imagination Aero upon the exercise of outstanding Warrants and (ii) 200,000 Ordinary Shares held by Imagination Aero. SF is the sole managing member and beneficial owner of Imagination Aero. The foregoing gives effect to the Reverse Split.

The percentage shown in Row 13 is calculated based on 103,527,721 Ordinary Shares outstanding, which includes (i) 98,527,721 Ordinary Shares outstanding after giving effect to the shares issued in the Issuer's public offering, as described in the Issuer's Prospectus Supplement, and (ii) 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares issuable to Imagination Aero upon the exercise of the Warrants.

**Item 1. Security and Issuer**

**(a) Title of Class of Securities:**
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.001 per share

**(b) Name of Issuer:**
Vertical Aerospace Ltd.

**(c) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:**
Unit 1 Camwal Court, Chapel Street, Bristol, X0, BS2 0UW

EXPLANATORY NOTE - This Amendment No. 8 to the statement on Schedule 13D (this "Amendment") amends the Schedule 13D originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2024, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on November 25, 2024, Amendment No. 2 filed on December 17, 2024, Amendment No. 3 filed on December 26, 2024,  Amendment No. 4 filed on January 31, 2025, Amendment No. 5 filed on March 24, 2025, Amendment No. 6 filed on August 25, 2025 and Amendment No. 7 filed on September 29, 2025 (as so amended prior to the date hereof, the "Original Schedule 13D" and, as amended by this Amendment, the "Schedule 13D"), which relates to the ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share (the "Ordinary Shares"), of Vertical Aerospace Ltd., a Cayman islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the "Issuer"). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Original Schedule 13D. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Item of the Original Schedule 13D remains unchanged. All share numbers reported in this Amendment give effect to the Issuer's one-for-ten reverse stock split of its Ordinary Shares effected on September 20, 2024.

**Item 4. Purpose of Transaction**

N/A

**Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer**

**(a)**
N/A

**(b)**
N/A

**(c)**
The Reporting Person effected the following transactions through Winterflood Securities Limited:

Date                                           Number of Shares                Price per Share
September 29, 2025                 100,000                                 $5.33
September 30, 2025                 100,000                                 $5.11
October 1, 2025                        100,000                                 $5.33
October 2, 2025                        100,000                                 $5.71
October 3, 2025                        100,000                                 $5.95
October 6, 2025                        100,000                                 $6.17
October 7, 2025                        200,000                                 $6.13
October 8, 2025                        187,327                                 $5.82
October 9, 2025                        200,000                                 $5.77
October 10, 2025                      200,000                                 $5.57
October 13, 2025                      112,673                                 $5.45

(20,000-character limit, line endings allowed, no formatting permitted)

**Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.**

N/A

### SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

**Reporting Person:** FITZPATRICK STEPHEN JAMES

**Signature:** /s/ Stephen James Fitzpatrick

**Name/Title:** Stephen James Fitzpatrick

**Date:** 10/14/2025

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

**Reporting Person:** IMAGINATION AERO INVESTMENT LTD.

**Signature:** /s/ Stephen James Fitzpatrick

**Name/Title:** Stephen James Fitzpatrick / Director

**Date:** 10/14/2025