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Cash

£24M

+259.3% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£24M

+308.6% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

16

-38.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

-£31M

-35.9% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover
Operating profit -£32,784,000-£22,809,000-£20,110,000 +11.8%
Profit before tax -£32,030,000-£22,451,000-£30,521,000 -35.9%
Net profit -£27,632,000-£18,997,000-£29,353,000 -54.5%
Cash £17,225,000£6,749,000£24,251,000 +259.3%
Total assets less current liabilities £15,135,000£6,108,000£25,041,000 +310%
Net assets £14,887,000£5,954,000£24,327,000 +308.6%
Equity £14,887,000£5,954,000£24,327,000 +308.6%
Average employees 292616 -38.5%
Wages £6,030,000£4,638,000£4,291,000 -7.5%
Directors' remuneration £1,399,205£969,686£4,649,934 +379.5%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show . About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Return on capital employed -216.6%-373.4%-80.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 46.5%59.7%18.5%
Current ratio 1.97x1.42x5.60x
Interest cover -1.59x

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.

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. NUCANA PLC 2017-08-29 → present
  2. NUCANA LIMITED 2017-08-29 → 2017-08-29
  3. NUCANA BIOMED LIMITED 2008-04-28 → 2017-08-29
  4. BIOMED (UK) LIMITED 1997-01-28 → 2008-04-28

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Group's financial statements have been presented on the basis that it is a going concern. Based on the base case forecast, the Group believes that its cash and cash equivalents of £24.3 million at 31 December 2025 will be sufficient to fund the Group's anticipated operations for the entirety of the going concern assessment period. The directors do not consider that a situation where the Group would run out of cash over the going concern assessment period is plausible given the likelihood of such downside scenarios and the Group's ability to implement controllable mitigations.”

Group structure

  1. NUCANA PLC · parent
    1. NuCana, Inc. 100% · U.S. · Development and administrative support
    2. NuCana BioMed Trustee Company Limited 100% · U.K. · Dormant
    3. NuCana BioMed Employee Benefit Trust 100% · U.K. · Employee benefit trust
    4. NuCana Limited 100% · Ireland · Development and administrative support

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 15 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
QUINN, Martin Alexander Secretary 2017-08-29 British
GRIFFITH, Hugh Stephen Director 2008-03-20 Mar 1968 British
KAY, Andrew Martin Director 2020-12-21 May 1955 British
LEPERLIER, Cyrille Raymond Georges Director 2018-05-01 Feb 1954 French
LEVY, Elliott, Dr Director 2021-11-01 Aug 1958 American
MELLISH, Martin Christopher Bagot Director 2009-12-14 Sep 1957 British
Show 15 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ADAMSON, Moira Secretary 2008-03-20 2017-08-23
WOOD, Julie Secretary 1999-03-30 2008-03-20
WOOD, Julie Secretary 1997-01-28 1999-03-30
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1997-01-28 1997-01-28
CHAN, Gerald Lokchung, Dr Director 2014-04-01 2017-05-16
CHENG, Isaac She-Ung Director 2017-05-16 2020-03-11
GEORGE, Adam Director 2018-04-04 2025-03-21
HEALY, James Irvin Director 2014-04-01 2022-04-27
MURALIDHAR, Bali, Dr Director 2020-09-30 2025-10-21
NELSON, Thomas Scott Director 2003-11-01 2014-04-01
PAOLETTI, Paolo Augusto, Dr Director 2014-11-01 2017-09-01
SMITH, Stuart William Gordon, Doctor Director 2008-03-20 2009-10-20
TORDJMAN, Rafaele Director 2011-11-24 2021-09-28
WOOD, Christopher Barry, Prof Director 1997-01-28 2020-06-25
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1997-01-28 1997-01-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Sofinnova Partners Sas Corporate entity Shares 25–50% 2016-06-30 Ceased 2017-10-02

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 324 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2026-06-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-06-23 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2026-06-23 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2026-06-23 SH02 capital Capital alter shares subdivision
2026-06-23 SH02 capital Capital alter shares subdivision
2026-06-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-02-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2026-02-09 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-11-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-01 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-30 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-29 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-28 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-25 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-24 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-22 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-16 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-15 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-14 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-11 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-07-10 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
20

last 12 months

Capital events
15

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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