NUCANA PLC
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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
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | 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 | 29 | 26 | 16 | -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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -216.6% | -373.4% | -80.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.5% | 59.7% | 18.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.97x | 1.42x | 5.60x | |
| 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
- NUCANA PLC 2017-08-29 → present
- NUCANA LIMITED 2017-08-29 → 2017-08-29
- NUCANA BIOMED LIMITED 2008-04-28 → 2017-08-29
- 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
- NUCANA PLC · parent
- NuCana, Inc. 100%
- NuCana BioMed Trustee Company Limited 100%
- NuCana BioMed Employee Benefit Trust 100%
- NuCana Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In June 2025, we initiated an expansion of the Phase 2 part of the NuTide:701 study evaluating NUC-7738 in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic melanoma and expect to report final data from this expansion study in 2026.”
- “In May 2025, we completed a registered direct offering, raising £9.6 million in gross proceeds, £5.2 million upfront and £4.4 million from the exercise of warrants.”
- “In June 2025, we entered into an "at-the-market" (ATM) sales agreement with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, or A.G.P., and Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd., or Laidlaw, pursuant to which we may periodically sell ADSs having an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million.”
- “During the year ended 31 December 2025 we sold and issued 394,303 ADSs, representing 9,857,575 ordinary shares, under the ATM program with Jefferies, raising gross proceeds of £0.5 million, and we sold and issued 450,758,552 ADSs, representing 11,268,963,800 ordinary shares, under the ATM program with A.G.P. and Laidlaw, raising gross proceeds of £19.0 million.”
- “On April 23, 2025, the Group subdivided and redesignated the issued share capital of 151,923,897 ordinary shares of £0.04 each into 151,923,897 ordinary shares and 15,040,465,803 deferred shares, in each case, of £0.0004 each.”
- “On 14 January 2026, the Group and the Company granted 3,851,136,696 share options to employees, consultants and directors pursuant to its existing share-based payment plans.”
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 | |
| 2026-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 15
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.