ORTHOX HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3M
+283.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£1.6M
-50.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
3
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-02-28
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-06-26.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw your attention to Note 1.3 in the financial statements, which indicates that due to adverse results on recent clinical trials, the company's ability to continue as a going concern is reliant upon the results of the ongoing investigation and cost restructuring. These conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £277 | £349,825 | £1,340,178 | +283.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,797,323 | £2,244,152 | £1,708,164 | -23.9% | |
| Net assets | -£506,245 | -£1,059,416 | -£1,595,404 | -50.6% | |
| Equity | -£506,245 | -£1,059,416 | -£1,595,404 | -50.6% | |
| Average employees | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 144.4% | 186.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 13.69x | 10.23x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Richardsons
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw your attention to Note 1.3 in the financial statements, which indicates that due to adverse results on recent clinical trials, the company's ability to continue as a going concern is reliant upon the results of the ongoing investigation and cost restructuring. These conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- ORTHOX HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Bounce Biomedical Limited (formerly Orthox Limited) 100%
Significant events
- “Following adverse clinical results on the FFLEX trial in 2023, the subsequent cost rationalisation process has continued to reduce company expenditure significantly and with the award of a new £100k NMIP grant to Orthox from Innovate UK in 2026, a revised cashflow forecast projects funds will run to at least the end of Q3 2027. In addition, following the licensing of IP related to cartilage repair material from Imperial College London and the award of a KTP grant from Innovate UK to Imperial and Orthox then the Wellcome Trust have provided a letter of comfort confirming that they will not call in their loan until June 2028 at the earliest.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAUT, Donald David | Director | 2022-10-17 | Sep 1965 | American |
| KESSLER, Oliver Christoph, Prof | Director | 2014-11-17 | Feb 1962 | German,Swiss |
| MALLINSON, James Hugh Charteris | Director | 2014-11-17 | Mar 1961 | British |
| RITCHIE, Allan | Director | 2020-07-06 | Jan 1956 | British |
| SKAER, Nicholas James Vavasour | Director | 2014-11-17 | Oct 1973 | British |
| VOLLRATH, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Paul, Dr | Director | 2015-03-31 | Aug 1948 | German |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURSE, Sarah | Secretary | 2014-11-17 | 2023-11-15 |
| BENELLO, Davide Giacomo Federico | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2017-12-31 |
| KNIGHT, David Philip, Dr | Director | 2014-11-17 | 2021-12-31 |
| SYKES, Henry Daniel | Director | 2018-08-06 | 2023-06-27 |
| PARKWALK ADVISORS LTD | Corporate Director | 2022-02-25 | 2024-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas James Vavasour Skaer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-01-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-30 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-02 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-20 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.