ADAPTIMMUNE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-02 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-18
Watchouts
Cash
£14M
-57.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£661M
-7.4% vs 2023
Employees
236
+1.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£55M
+11% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Based on the above, the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. However, these circumstances indicate the existence of a material uncertainty related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, that the company may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,448,000 | £137,920,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£88,247,000 | -£45,010,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£62,206,000 | -£55,350,000 | |
| Net profit | -£50,034,000 | -£47,812,000 | |
| Cash | £32,344,000 | £13,671,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£488,041,000 | -£574,138,000 | |
| Net assets | -£615,379,000 | -£660,680,000 | |
| Equity | -£615,379,000 | -£660,680,000 | |
| Average employees | 233 | 236 | |
| Wages | £18,151,000 | £19,490,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -178.5% | -32.6% | |
| Net margin | -101.2% | -34.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.1% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 641.8% | 1107.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.13x | 0.06x | |
| Interest cover | -127.34x | -4.35x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Based on the above, the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. However, these circumstances indicate the existence of a material uncertainty related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, that the company may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.”
Group structure
- ADAPTIMMUNE LIMITED · parent
- Adaptimmune LLC 1%
- Adaptimmune B.V. 1%
Significant events
- “During the fourth quarter of 2024 we announced that we were ceasing further investment in all non-core programmes. We are undertaking a reduction in headcount of approximately 29% and a reduction of total operating expenses of approximately 25% (as compared to 2024 operating expenses).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Christopher James | Director | 2025-11-14 | Mar 1980 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY, Margaret | Secretary | 2014-04-30 | 2025-09-30 |
| ALDWYCH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-12-19 | 2014-04-30 |
| BADDELEY, Patrick Charles Morrish | Director | 2007-12-19 | 2008-05-14 |
| BEHBAHANI, Ali, Dr | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2017-01-12 |
| BERTRAND, William Charles | Director | 2025-10-01 | 2025-11-14 |
| CROSS, Nicholas John | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2014-09-23 |
| HENRY, Margaret | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| JAKOBSEN, Bent Karsten, Dr | Director | 2008-05-14 | 2014-09-23 |
| KNOWLES, Jonathan Kenneth Charles, Dr | Director | 2011-07-25 | 2016-12-31 |
| LAING, Ian Michael | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2016-12-31 |
| MOTT, David Morrell | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2017-01-12 |
| NOBLE, James Julian | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2019-09-01 |
| RAWCLIFFE, Adrian George | Director | 2017-01-12 | 2025-12-15 |
| ROBINSON, George Edward Silvanus | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2014-09-23 |
| SIGAL, C Elliott, Dr | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2017-01-12 |
| TAYTON-MARTIN, Helen Katrina, Dr | Director | 2017-01-12 | 2025-03-31 |
| TAYTON-MARTIN, Helen Katrina | Director | 2011-07-25 | 2014-09-23 |
| THOMPSON, Peter Armstrong, Dr | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2017-01-12 |
| WOOD, Gavin | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2025-09-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptimmune Therapeutics Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-05-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 5
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+178.9%
£49,448,000 £137,920,000
-
Cash
-57.7%
£32,344,000 £13,671,000
-
Net assets
-7.4%
-£615,379,000 -£660,680,000
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Employees
+1.3%
233 236
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Operating profit
+49%
-£88,247,000 -£45,010,000
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Profit before tax
+11%
-£62,206,000 -£55,350,000
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Wages
+7.4%
£18,151,000 £19,490,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers