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 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £63,774 |
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
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one
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 |
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.