POOLBEG PHARMA PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-07 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
-35.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
-35.8% vs 2023
Employees
16
+6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
-31.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- POOLBEG PHARMA PLC 2021-06-23 → present
- POOLBEG PHARMA LIMITED 2021-06-08 → 2021-06-23
- ORPH PHARMA LIMITED 2021-03-19 → 2021-06-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£5,039,000 | -£6,372,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,505,000 | -£5,944,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,931,000 | -£5,790,000 | |
| Cash | £12,171,000 | £7,824,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £14,442,000 | £9,273,000 | |
| Equity | £14,442,000 | £9,273,000 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 16 | |
| Wages | £1,798,000 | £2,211,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.4% | 9.5% | |
| Current ratio | 13.69x | 8.79x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider that the Company and the Group has adequate resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- POOLBEG PHARMA PLC · parent
- Poolbeg Pharma (Ireland) Limited 1%
- Poolbeg Pharma (UK) Limited 1%
- OP Holdco 2021 Limited 1%
Significant events
- “On 2 January 2025, the Company announced under rule 2.4 of the city code on takeovers and mergers ("the Code") that Poolbeg had entered into non-binging discussions for an all-share acquisition by Hookipa Pharma Inc. ("Hookipa"). ... on 20 February 2025 Hookipa announced that it does not intend to make an offer for Poolbeg under Rule 2.7 of the Code.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEACH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-05-11 | — | — |
| BUCKLEY, Brendan | Director | 2023-05-24 | May 1950 | Irish |
| FRIEL, Cathal | Director | 2021-03-19 | Nov 1964 | Irish |
| GIBSON, Eddie | Director | 2021-07-19 | Jul 1973 | English |
| O'CONNELL, Ian | Director | 2021-05-20 | Aug 1987 | Irish |
| O'NEILL, Luke | Director | 2021-07-19 | Jun 1964 | Irish |
| SKILLINGTON, Jeremy | Director | 2021-07-19 | Feb 1971 | Irish |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMIR, Salim | Secretary | 2021-06-16 | 2023-05-11 |
| ASHE, Patrick | Director | 2021-07-19 | 2023-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croft Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-06-18 | Ceased 2021-06-19 |
| Mr Cathal Friel | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2021-05-20 | Ceased 2021-06-18 |
| Mr Ian O'Connell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-05-20 | Ceased 2021-06-18 |
| Open Orphan Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-19 | Ceased 2021-05-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-12 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-35.7%
£12,171,000 £7,824,000
-
Net assets
-35.8%
£14,442,000 £9,273,000
-
Employees
+6.7%
15 16
-
Operating profit
-26.5%
-£5,039,000 -£6,372,000
-
Profit before tax
-31.9%
-£4,505,000 -£5,944,000
-
Wages
+23%
£1,798,000 £2,211,000
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