OriginaveWhat if you invested £10,000 in VHYL?
Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield UCITS ETF (Dist): what £10,000 — or any amount — actually became, on real price history with dividends reinvested.
Every figure here is in pounds — what you'd actually pocket buying on the London Stock Exchange. Fund fact sheets usually headline returns in US dollars, which can look very different in years when the pound moves against the dollar. Here's the full story, year by year.
The short answer
£10,000 put into VHYL 10 years ago would be worth about £25,109 today — +151.09% in total, or +9.64% per year with dividends reinvested.
VHYL is the Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield UCITS ETF (Dist), tracking the FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield Index. Prices run to Jul 2026.
If you had invested £10,000 in VHYL…
| Invested | Worth today | Total return | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year ago (Jul 2025) | £12,503 | +25.03% | +25.12% |
| 3 years ago (Jul 2023) | £15,545 | +55.45% | +15.84% |
| 5 years ago (Jul 2021) | £17,684 | +76.84% | +12.08% |
| 10 years ago (Jul 2016) | £25,109 | +151.09% | +9.64% |
| At launch (May 2013) | £31,590 | +215.90% | +9.13% |
Dividends reinvested, no fees or taxes. "Per year" is the compound annual growth rate over each window.
Try your own numbers
Frequently asked
What if I invested £10,000 in VHYL 10 years ago?
£10,000 put into VHYL 10 years ago would be worth about £25,109 today — +151.09% in total, or +9.64% per year with dividends reinvested.
What if I invested £1,000 in VHYL 10 years ago?
£1,000 is one tenth of the example above: it would have grown to about £2,511 over the same 10 years — returns scale linearly, only the number of shares differs.
What would £10,000 in VHYL 5 years ago be worth today?
£10,000 put into VHYL 5 years ago would be worth about £17,684 today — +76.84% in total, or +12.08% per year with dividends reinvested.
How much would £10,000 invested in VHYL at launch be worth?
£10,000 put into VHYL at its launch in May 2013 would be worth about £31,590 today — +215.90% in total, or +9.13% per year with dividends reinvested.
How are these numbers calculated?
The figures use VHYL's real daily price history with dividends reinvested, up to Jul 2026. They ignore broker fees and taxes, and past returns don't promise future ones.
Keep digging
The full VHYL story — TER, fund facts and yearly returns — lives on the VHYL fund page.