LEXICA HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES CONSULTANCY LIMITED

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  On 30 May 2025, the Company was acquired by WSP UK Limited, an entity incorporated under the laws of England and Wales and ultimately owned by WSP Global Inc, a listed entity incorporated in Canada. Following this acquisition by WSP UK Limited, it is the intention of the directors that the Company's trade and assets will be transferred from the Company to WSP UK Limited within 12 months from the reporting end date. Given this planned cessation of trade and the fact that the directors do not intend to seek a replacement trade, accordingly the directors have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

• Turnover

  -24.6%

  £15,059,711 → £11,355,851

• Cash

  +82.7%

  £2,125,177 → £3,882,572

• Net assets

  +9.6%

  £5,058,248 → £5,543,332

• Employees

  -11.9%

  101 → 89

• Operating profit

  -17.5%

  £1,562,074 → £1,288,014

• Profit before tax

  -14.6%

  £1,542,269 → £1,316,982

• Wages

  -9.9%

  £7,182,792 → £6,469,178

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

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.

1. LEXICA HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES CONSULTANCY LIMITED 2022-06-10 → present
2. ESSENTIA TRADING LIMITED 2013-04-17 → 2022-06-10

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“On 30 May 2025, the Company was acquired by WSP UK Limited, an entity incorporated under the laws of England and Wales and ultimately owned by WSP Global Inc, a listed entity incorporated in Canada. Following this acquisition by WSP UK Limited, it is the intention of the directors that the Company's trade and assets will be transferred from the Company to WSP UK Limited within 12 months from the reporting end date. Given this planned cessation of trade and the fact that the directors do not intend to seek a replacement trade, accordingly the directors have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.”

Group structure

1. LEXICA HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES CONSULTANCY LIMITED · parent
   1. Spanswick Ltd 100% · England and Wales

Significant events

• “On 23 May 2025, the Company acquired 100% of the share capital of Spanswick Ltd, a business providing digital design and transformation services to the health sector.”
• “On 30 May 2025, the whole of the issued share capital of the company was acquired by WSP UK Limited. WSP UK Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of WSP Global Inc., incorporated in Canada.”

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

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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