VERONA PHARMA PLC

ONE, CENTRAL SQUARE, CARDIFF, CF10 1FS

Previous name: ISIS RESOURCES PLC (changed on 18-Sep-2006)

Company Number: 05375156
Incorporation date: 24-Feb-2005
Status: Active
Entity type: Public Limited Company

SIC codes:
72110 Research and experimental development on biotechnology





SUMMARY

This company is 19.1 years old and is currently active. The company has positive equity (net assets) of USD 181.9 million which has increased from USD 34.2 million in the previous year. Retained earnings is negative (USD -208.7 million), which means the company has aggregate losses since it's inception or it has paid more dividends than it can afford; given the company's age, this is a sign of serious financial problems. The company has 12 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 1 other company. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Jun-2024
Accounts Filed: GROUP (31-Dec-2022)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-Dec-2020 USD
31-Dec-2019 GBP -41,083,000 2,351,000 474,000 -31,941,000
31-Dec-2018 GBP -25,591,000 2,783,000 1,325,000 -19,901,000


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-Dec-2020 USD 187,200,000 202,824,000 17,196,000 31,794,000 330,107,000 -208,677,000 181,886,000
31-Dec-2019 GBP 22,823,000 40,988,000 40,488,000 5,266,000 118,862,000 34,233,000
31-Dec-2018 GBP 19,784,000 71,665,000 10,225,000 5,266,000 118,862,000 -69,117,000 62,934,000

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
31-Dec-2020 USD 83.44% 237,773,000 47,199,661 284,972,661 61,074,661
* Average valuation during the period
** Estimated based on average Cash and Debt levels during period

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active Ben HARBER 01 Apr 2014 28 Mar 2024 1 - 0
Resigned John Michael BOTTOMLEY 01 Oct 2006 01 Apr 2014 British 10 - 285
Resigned Katie MCDONALD KEEN 24 Feb 2005 01 Oct 2006 0 - 1

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Michael AUSTWICK 01 Feb 2024 Director British 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Christina ACKERMANN 01 Sep 2023 Director American 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active James Aloysius BRADY 14 Mar 2022 Company Director American 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Lisa DESCHAMPS 01 Mar 2021 Company Director American 2 - 00 (0.0%)
Active David Scott ZACCARDELLI 01 Feb 2020 Director American 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Martin William EDWARDS 01 Apr 2019 Company Director British 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Vikas SINHA 12 Sep 2016 Ceo American 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Andrew, Dr SINCLAIR 29 Jul 2016 27 Apr 2022 Partner And Portfolio Manager British 2 - 10 (0.0%)
Active Mahendra SHAH 29 Jul 2016 Investment American 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Rishi GUPTA 29 Jul 2016 Venture Capitalist American 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Sven Anders, Dr ULLMAN 10 Sep 2015 Company Director Swedish 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Kenneth Thomas, Dr CUNNINGHAM 10 Sep 2015 Company Director British 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active David Raymond EBSWORTH 01 Dec 2014 Company Dierctor British 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Biresh ROY 30 Sep 2014 07 Jan 2016 Company Director British 7 - 42 (18.2%)
Resigned Sven Jan-Anders KARLSSON 01 Jun 2012 03 Feb 2020 None Swedish 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Patrick Paul Anthony, Dr HUMPHREY 11 Sep 2009 15 Apr 2017 Consultant British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Trevor Mervin, Dr JONES 18 Sep 2006 10 Sep 2015 Director British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Clive, Professor PAGE 18 Sep 2006 01 Dec 2014 Professor British 0 - 30 (0.0%)
Resigned Claire Louise POLL 18 Sep 2006 10 Sep 2015 Director British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Michael John Alfred, Professor WALKER 18 Sep 2006 01 Jun 2012 Ceo British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED 24 Feb 2005 24 Feb 2005 0 - 759304 (40.1%)
Resigned SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED 24 Feb 2005 24 Feb 2005 3 - 8019634080 (42.5%)
Resigned Josef EL-RAGHY 24 Feb 2005 18 Sep 2006 Company Director Australian 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Craig Ian BURTON 24 Feb 2005 18 Sep 2006 Investor Australian 1 - 31 (25.0%)
Resigned Herbert Stuart BOTTOMLEY 24 Feb 2005 10 Sep 2015 Investment Person British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Number of active directors: 12
Average tenure of active directors: 5.4 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 5.2 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 0.0%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
VERONA PHARMA PLC (05375156) - Active
AVIADOBIO LTD (12373955) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

No shareholder data available

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



no controlling companies

VERONA PHARMA PLC

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


Title Date filed Status Publication number
Treating cough and tussive attacks 2012-09-06 Ceased GB2499559

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
VERONA PHARMA PLC 1.5% 2.3% 3.9% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector 1.2% 3.5% 7.4% Medium
Expanded sample1.3%2.3%3.9%Medium
Age 0.4% 1.7% 3.3% Medium
Company Type 1.7% 4.0% 5.9% Medium
Accounts category 0.6% 1.5% 2.5% Medium
Accounting Month 0.6% 2.4% 5.5% Medium
Sic code count 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% Medium
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