PHYTOME LIFE SCIENCES PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
Cash
£197K
+483.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£58K
-97.7% vs 2023
Employees
12
-33.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
+9% 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
We draw attention to note 1.4 in the financial statements, which indicates that the group will require additional working capital, and they are in advanced discussions with investors and shareholders with respect to receiving further funding, over the next few months. We note that the ability of the group to meet their working capital requirements over the next 12 months is contingent on future funding being received. In addition, we note that the groups Home Office licence which is essential for their operations is due for renewal in late 2025, and should this licence not be renewed the group will not be able to continue their activities.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PHYTOME LIFE SCIENCES PLC 2023-06-22 → present
- PHYTOME RESEARCH PLC 2023-06-06 → 2023-06-22
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 | £245,420 | £29,980 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,485,967 | -£1,888,228 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,797,652 | -£2,545,862 | |
| Net profit | -£2,625,853 | -£2,442,644 | |
| Cash | £33,761 | £196,914 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,646,577 | £2,181,526 | |
| Net assets | £2,500,552 | £57,908 | |
| Equity | £2,500,552 | £57,908 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 12 | |
| Wages | £1,188,062 | £937,797 |
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 | -1012.9% | -6298.3% | |
| Net margin | -1069.9% | -8147.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -93.9% | -86.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.0% | 99.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.13x | 0.15x | |
| Interest cover | -7.93x | -2.87x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 1.4 in the financial statements, which indicates that the group will require additional working capital, and they are in advanced discussions with investors and shareholders with respect to receiving further funding, over the next few months. We note that the ability of the group to meet their working capital requirements over the next 12 months is contingent on future funding being received. In addition, we note that the groups Home Office licence which is essential for their operations is due for renewal in late 2025, and should this licence not be renewed the group will not be able to continue their activities.”
Group structure
- PHYTOME LIFE SCIENCES PLC · parent
- Phytome Research Limited 100%
- Phytome Nutraceuticals Limited 100%
- Ninety3 Biotech Limited 50%
Significant events
- “In July 2025 the Group repaid all of its short term loans. At the same time the Group took out a new loan of £3.8m, including interest and arrangement fees, which will fall due on 25 January 2026. The loan is secured against the Group's freehold land and property.”
- “The Group received the proceeds from the issue of convertible loan notes of £635,000 since the year end. The convertible loan notes issued since 31 December 2024 are convertible into a variable number of shares in the Company on the occurrence of certain specified future events or after 36 months from the closure of the offer. The number of shares to be issued is dependent upon the Company's share price. The convertible loan notes bear interest at 12% per annum which is included in the loan principal on conversion.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SETTERINGTON, Leigh Rebecca | Secretary | 2025-10-06 | — | — |
| BUCKLAND, Nicholas Brian | Director | 2024-09-02 | Feb 1951 | British |
| PARNALL, Robert Mark Braddon | Director | 2023-06-06 | Jun 1959 | British |
| SETTERINGTON, Leigh Rebecca | Director | 2023-11-09 | Mar 1984 | British |
| VAUGHAN, Povl Sebastian Hansen, Dr | Director | 2023-06-06 | May 1982 | British |
| WINHAM, Ian Peter | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1959 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TMF GLOBAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-06-06 | 2025-10-06 |
| COLLIVER, Joseph Tregonning | Director | 2023-06-06 | 2023-10-02 |
| JONES, Andrew Mark | Director | 2023-06-06 | 2023-10-02 |
| RICHARDS, David Pender | Director | 2023-06-06 | 2023-11-03 |
| SCHWARZ, Ronald John | Director | 2023-06-06 | 2023-11-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Mark Braddon Parnall | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-26 | Active |
| Charles Thomas Sampson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-06 | Ceased 2023-06-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-87.8%
£245,420 £29,980
-
Cash
+483.3%
£33,761 £196,914
-
Net assets
-97.7%
£2,500,552 £57,908
-
Employees
-33.3%
18 12
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Operating profit
+24%
-£2,485,967 -£1,888,228
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Profit before tax
+9%
-£2,797,652 -£2,545,862
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Wages
-21.1%
£1,188,062 £937,797
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