SCANCELL HOLDINGS PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-28 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-14
Watchouts
Cash
£17M
+14% vs 2024
Net assets
-£4M
-9.4% vs 2024
Employees
60
-1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£15M
-67.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Excluding potential financing from these sources, the Group's two-year cash flow forecast to 30 April 2027 with cash preservation measures in areas of uncommitted expenditure suggests it could continue to operate with cash currently held until August 2026, which is less than a year from the date of approval of these financial statements... material uncertainties therefore exist which may cast significant doubt on its ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £4,711,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£18,267,000 | -£15,001,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,117,000 | -£15,303,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,859,000 | -£12,272,000 | |
| Cash | £14,817,000 | £16,894,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,187,000 | -£3,712,000 | |
| Net assets | -£3,505,000 | -£3,835,000 | |
| Equity | -£3,505,000 | -£3,835,000 | |
| Average employees | 61 | 60 | |
| Wages | £4,456,000 | £4,856,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -318.4% | |
| Net margin | — | -260.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -106.3% | 404.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 114.9% | 116.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.42x | 0.77x | |
| Interest cover | -16.77x | -8.74x |
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
- UK-adopted International Accounting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Excluding potential financing from these sources, the Group's two-year cash flow forecast to 30 April 2027 with cash preservation measures in areas of uncommitted expenditure suggests it could continue to operate with cash currently held until August 2026, which is less than a year from the date of approval of these financial statements... material uncertainties therefore exist which may cast significant doubt on its ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- SCANCELL HOLDINGS PLC · parent
- GlyMab Therapeutics Limited
Significant events
- “In June 2025, the Company incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary, GlyMab Therapeutics Limited, with the intention to hold and develop an early-stage pipeline of high affinity GlyMab ® antibodies targeting tumour specific glycans, two of which already have been licensed and are being developed by Genmab.”
- “In September 2025, the Company agreed to an early partial redemption of £1.0 million of the 3% unsecured Convertible Loan Notes ("CLNs") held by Redmile. The total amount of the CLNs which remains outstanding following the early partial redemption will be £18.2 million. The redemption will be satisfied from the Group's existing cash resources.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYWARD, Alexander | Secretary | 2026-04-24 | — | — |
| CLEMENT DAVIES, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2020-09-24 | Jul 1962 | British |
| COSSERY, Jean-Michel, Dr | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jun 1959 | French |
| DIGGLE, Martin Henry | Director | 2019-06-18 | May 1962 | British |
| DURRANT, Linda Gillian, Professor | Director | 2008-04-16 | Aug 1957 | British |
| L’HUILLIER, Phillip John, Dr | Director | 2024-11-18 | Feb 1962 | New Zealander |
| NEY, Ursula Mary, Dr | Director | 2019-10-23 | Jan 1952 | British |
| REINAUD, Florian Nicolas Christian, Dr | Director | 2024-07-09 | Oct 1973 | French |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Nigel James Forrester | Secretary | 2008-04-15 | 2013-05-10 |
| GREEN, Keith Charles | Secretary | 2021-02-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| NIRMALANANTHAN, Sathijeevan | Secretary | 2024-04-30 | 2026-04-24 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-09-30 | 2021-02-01 |
| LAYTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-05-10 | 2014-09-30 |
| LAYTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-04-14 | 2008-04-15 |
| ADAMS, Sally Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2024-02-02 |
| ALLEN, Peter Vance | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2014-05-09 |
| CHIPLIN, John, Dr | Director | 2015-10-14 | 2023-02-01 |
| CORNISH-BOWDEN, Kate | Director | 2011-08-18 | 2018-08-31 |
| EVANS, David Eric | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2016-01-07 |
| EVANS, Nigel James Forrester | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2012-12-11 |
| FROHN, Matthew Gerard Winston | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2019-10-31 |
| GOODFELLOW, Richard Morley, Dr | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2022-11-21 |
| HOLLOWAY, Cliff, Dr | Director | 2018-01-10 | 2021-07-28 |
| LEWIS, Alan James, Dr | Director | 2016-08-22 | 2020-09-24 |
| NIRMALANANTHAN, Sathijeevan | Director | 2024-03-14 | 2026-04-24 |
| RIPPON, Thomas Michael | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2013-02-27 |
| LAYTONS MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-04-14 | 2008-04-15 |
| LAYTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-04-14 | 2008-04-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeremy Charles Green | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2020-11-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-02 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-19 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+14%
£14,817,000 £16,894,000
-
Net assets
-9.4%
-£3,505,000 -£3,835,000
-
Employees
-1.6%
61 60
-
Operating profit
+17.9%
-£18,267,000 -£15,001,000
-
Profit before tax
-67.9%
-£9,117,000 -£15,303,000
-
Wages
+9%
£4,456,000 £4,856,000
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