DERMA BIOSCIENCES PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-22 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-08
Watchouts
Cash
£8K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£84K
Equity attributable
Employees
3
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£262K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
However, these events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Consequently, the directors acknowledge that the audit report includes a material uncertainty related to the Company's going concern until adequate long-term funding is obtained.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £0 | |
| Operating profit | -£262,630 | |
| Profit before tax | -£262,475 | |
| Net profit | -£262,475 | |
| Cash | £8,119 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£59,475 | |
| Net assets | -£84,475 | |
| Equity | -£84,475 | |
| Average employees | 3 | |
| Wages | £89,740 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 441.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.47x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“However, these events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Consequently, the directors acknowledge that the audit report includes a material uncertainty related to the Company's going concern until adequate long-term funding is obtained.”
Significant events
- “issued and allotted 946,250 Ordinary shares at £0.1 each on 30 January 2025, the aggregate proceeds from the issue of new shares is amounting to £94,625;”
- “issued and allotted 925,000 Ordinary shares at £0.1 each on 30 May 2025, the aggregate proceeds from the issue of new shares is amounting to £92,000;”
- “issued and allotted 4,200,000 Ordinary shares at £0.04 each on 30 May 2025, the aggregate proceeds from the issue of new shares is amounting to £168,000; and”
- “received a funding of £78,764 from the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, Anthony Christopher, Prof | Director | 2023-08-02 | May 1951 | British |
| ERIKSSON, Patric Tony | Director | 2024-06-14 | Jun 1967 | Swedish |
| MANN, Philip | Director | 2023-08-02 | Jun 1986 | British |
| SAWYER, Timothy Charles | Director | 2025-02-27 | Feb 1962 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALLON, Philip | Secretary | 2023-08-02 | 2025-07-31 |
| FALLON, Philip | Director | 2024-06-14 | 2025-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Philip Mann | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-08-02 | Ceased 2025-05-30 |
| Prof Anthony Christopher Chu | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-08-02 | Ceased 2024-08-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 26 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-04 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-05 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-09-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-23 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-07-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 8
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one