Interim Results
RNS Number : 1221U
Immupharma PLC
06 August 2025
RNS: RELEASE | 6th August 2025
ImmuPharma PLC
("ImmuPharma", the "Group" or the "Company")
INTERIM RESULTS
for the six months ended 30 June 2025
ImmuPharma PLC (LSE:IMM), ("ImmuPharma", the Group or the "Company"), the specialist drug discovery and development company, is pleased to announce its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2025 (the "Period").
Key Highlights (including post Period review)
Financials
For the period ended 30 June 2025, the Group reported a loss of £1.8 million, compared to a loss of £0.4 million for the same period in 2024. This increase is attributable to higher operational costs, in research and development, which rose to £0.7 million from £0.5 million in the previous year. Administrative expenses amounted to £0.4 million, a small increase from £0.3 million in 2024 and in addition to a loss on revaluation of the derivative financial asset of £0.7 million compared to a gain of £0.2 million in the same period for 2024. Share-based payments for the period were £0.05 million, compared with £0.03 million in the prior period.
As at 30 June 2025, the Group held a cash balance of £0.4 million, representing a decrease from £1.1 million at 30 June 2024. The derivative financial asset was valued at £0.6 million, up from £0.5 million a year earlier. The basic and diluted loss per share for the period was 0.38 pence, compared to 0.09 pence in the previous year.
Portfolio
P140 technology platform
· In January 2025, innovative groundbreaking advancements announced in our preclinical research program focused on our P140 technology platform and the pathogenesis (the process by which diseases develop) of autoimmune diseases. These findings pave the way for earlier and more accurate diagnostics; identifying patients most likely to respond to P140 therapy; and improved monitoring of the patient's response to treatment with P140
· In March 2025 a significant milestone announced in evidencing for the first time key hypotheses in the unique mechanism of action ("MOA") of our P140 autoimmune technology platform. Importantly, these new discoveries highlight that: P140 has a unique MOA, is non‐immunosuppressive, and is effective and safe
· The favourable impact of P140 on immune system homeostasis (creating a stable internal environment) also supports P140 as a new potential standard of care for patients suffering from a multitude of autoimmune diseases, that are caused by the same underlying immune system malfunction. This also agrees with many preclinical models of autoimmune diseases where P140 has clearly demonstrated efficacy.
· These findings will allow ImmuPharma to further expand its intellectual property portfolio, with additional new patents, strengthening the commercial viability of the P140 technology platform
Partnering opportunities
· Based on recent progress and insights into the P140's MOA and autoimmune disease, active discussions continue with potential global commercial partners
Preclinical Portfolio
· The core anti-infective program with antifungal (BioAMB) and antibacterial (BioCIN) candidates are progressing through pre-clinical studies
Incanthera
· As confirmed on 1 April 2025, the warrants of 7,272,740 held in Incanthera, have been further extended to 30 September 2025, alongside a profit share agreement, if the warrant shares are exercised
Commenting on the statement and outlook Tim McCarthy, CEO and Chairman, said:
"We have made significant scientific progress over 2024 and into 2025, most importantly, announcing innovative groundbreaking advancements in our P140 technology platform and the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. This paves the way for earlier and more accurate diagnostics; identifying patients most likely to respond to P140 therapy; and improved monitoring of the patient's response to treatment with P140.
In addition, we also announced a significant milestone in evidencing for the first time, key hypotheses in the unique mechanism of action ("MOA") of our P140 autoimmune technology platform. These new discoveries highlight that: P140 has a unique MOA, is non‐immunosuppressive, and is effective and safe.
As a Board, we remain focused on bringing our two key late-stage clinical assets, P140 for SLE and CIDP, closer to the market, and securing additional global partnering deals for P140 together with our earlier stage assets.
In closing, we would like to thank our shareholders for their support as well as our staff, corporate and scientific advisers and our partners including CNRS and Avion."
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| Note | Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2025 | Audited Year ended 31 December 2024 | Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Continuing operations | ||||||
| Research and development expenses | (690,021) | (1,161,545) | (473,521) | |||
| Administrative expenses | (490,676) | (1,031,188) | (258,023) | |||
| Share based expense | (55,023) | (87,707) | (32,683) | |||
| Other operating income | 5,889 | 9,231 | - | |||
| Other operating expenses | - | (404,095) | - | |||
| Operating loss | (1,229,831) | (2,675,304) | (764,227) | |||
| Finance costs | (743,435) | (149,242) | (3,150) | |||
| Finance income | 23,988 | 45,176 | 172,610 | |||
| Loss before taxation | (1,949,279) | (2,779,370) | (594,767) | |||
| Tax | 110,403 | 295,871 | 206,915 | |||
| Loss for the period | (1,838,875) | (2,483,499) | (387,852) | |||
| Attributable to: | ||||||
| Equity holders of the parent company | (1,838,875) | (2,483,499) | (387,852) | |||
| Loss per ordinary share | ||||||
| Basic and diluted | 2 | (0.38)p | (0.60)p | (0.09)p | ||
| Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2025 | Audited Year ended 31 December 2024 | Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Loss for the financial period | (1,838,875) | (2,921,795) | (387,852) | ||
| Other comprehensive income | |||||
| Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: | |||||
| Fair value gain/(loss) on investment | - | (44,569) | 730,266 | ||
| Fair value gain/(loss) on warrants | - | (1,228) | 1,240,831 | ||
| Total items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss | - | (45,797) | 1,971,097 | ||
| Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: | |||||
| Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations | (35,147) | 857 | 19,008 | ||
| Total items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss | (35,147) | 857 | 19,008 | ||
| Other comprehensive gain/(loss) for the period | (35,147) | (44,940) | 1,990,105 | ||
| Total comprehensive gain/(loss) for the period | (1,874,022) | (2,966,735) | 1,602,253 | ||
| Note | Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2025 | Audited Year ended 31 December 2024 | Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2024 | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | |||||
| Non-current assets | |||||||
| Intangible assets | 5,003 | 9,822 | 460,182 | ||||
| Property, plant and equipment Financial asset | 74,284 - | 82,321 - | 87,580 1,240,826 | ||||
| Derivative financial asset | 4 | - | - | 83,561 | |||
| Total non-current assets | 79,287 | 92,143 | 1,872,149 | ||||
| Current assets | |||||||
| Trade and other receivables | 155,365 | 253,964 | 348,718 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 396,648 | 236,902 | 1,084,440 | ||||
| Current tax asset | 358,750 | 239,483 | 345,942 | ||||
| Derivative financial asset | 4 | 590,729 | 154,519 | 411,414 | |||
| Total current assets | 1,501,492 | 884,868 | 2,190,514 | ||||
| Current liabilities | |||||||
| Trade and other payables | (1,244,080) | (1,519,870) | (1,371,438) | ||||
| Total current liabilities | (1,244,080) | (1,519,870) | (1,371,438) | ||||
| Net current assets | 257,412 | (635,002) | 819,076 | ||||
| Net assets | 336,699 | (542,859) | 2,691,225 | ||||
| EQUITY | |||||||
| Ordinary shares | 5 | 30,645,884 | 29,813,018 | 29,813,018 | |||
| Share premium | 31,183,135 | 29,317,444 | 29,317,444 | ||||
| Merger reserve | 106,148 | 106,148 | 106,148 | ||||
| Other reserves | 6,151,550 | 6,131,674 | 5,954,282 | ||||
| Retained earnings | (67,750,018) | (65,911,143) | (62,499,667) | ||||
| Total equity | 336,699 | (542,859) | 2,691,225 | ||||
| Ordinary shares £ | Share premium £ | Merger Reserve £ | Other reserves - Acquisition Reserve £ | Other reserves - Translation Reserve £ | Other reserves -Share based payment reserve £ | Other reserves - Warrant reserve £ | Retained Earning £s | Total Equity £ | ||||||||||
| At 1 January 2024 | 29,813,018 | 29,317,444 | 106,148 | (3,541,203) | (1,264,696) | 8,990,131 | 1,718,359 | (64,082,912) | 1,056,289 | |||||||||
| Loss for the financial period | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (387,852) | (387,852) | |||||||||
| Exchange differences | - | - | - | - | 19,008 | - | - | 19,008 | ||||||||||
| Share based payments | - | - | - | - | - | 32,683 | - | - | 32,683 | |||||||||
| Fair value loss on investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 730,266 | 730,266 | |||||||||
| Fair value gainonwarrants | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,240,831 | 1,240,831 | |||||||||
| At 30 June 2024 unaudited | 29,813,018 | 29,317,444 | 106,148 | (3,541,203) | (1,245,688) | 9,022,814 | 1,718,359 | (62,499,667) | 2,691,225 | |||||||||
| At 1 January 2024 | 29,813,018 | 29,317,444 | 106,148 | (3,541,203) | (1,264,696) | 8,990,131 | 1,718,359 | (64,082,912) | 1,056,289 | |||||||||
| Loss for the financial year | - | - | - | - | - | - | (2,483,499) | (2,483,499) | ||||||||||
| Exchange differences | - | - | - | 141,376 | - | - | - | 141,376 | ||||||||||
| Share based payments | - | - | - | - | - | 87,707 | - | - | 87,707 | |||||||||
| Fair value gainon investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 730,269 | 730,269 | |||||||||
| Fair value loss on warrants | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (75,001) | (75,001) | |||||||||
| At 31 December 2024 & 1 January 2025 audited | 29,813,018 | 29,317,444 | 106,148 | (3,541,203) | (1,123,320) | 9,077,838 | 1,718,359 | (65,911,143) | (542,859) | |||||||||
| Loss for the financial period | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (1,838,875) | (1,838,875) | |||||||||
| Exchange differences | - | - | - | - | (35,147) | - | - | (35,147) | ||||||||||
| Share based payments | - | - | - | - | - | 55,023 | - | - | 55,023 | |||||||||
| New issue of equity capital | 832,867 | 2,159,133 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,992,000 | |||||||||
| Cost of new issue of equity capital | - | (293,442) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (293,442) | |||||||||
| At 30 June 2025 unaudited | 30,645,884 | 31,183,135 | 106,148 | (3,541,203) | (1,158,467) | 9,132,861 | 1,718,359 | (67,750,018) | 336,699 |
| Note | Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2024 | Audited Year ended 31 December 2023 | Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2024 | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||
| Cash used in operations | 3 | (1,004,244) | (2,043,512) | (1,085,950) | ||||
| Tax received | - | 278,661 | 210,000 | |||||
| Interest paid | (891) | (4,253) | (776) | |||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | (1,005,135) | (1,769,105) | (876,726) | |||||
| Investing activities | ||||||||
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | - | (1,652) | - | |||||
| Proceeds from sale of investment | - | 1,364,050 | 1,477,698 | |||||
| Purchase of investment | - | (75,000) | - | |||||
| Grants received | 5,889 | - | - | |||||
| Interest received | 2,109 | 6,237 | 1,844 | |||||
| Net cash (used in)/generated from investing activities | 7,998 | 1,293,635 | 1,479,542 | |||||
| Financing activities | ||||||||
| Settlements from Sharing Agreement | 399,177 | 502,001 | 293,372 | |||||
| Interest paid | - | (1,984) | - | |||||
| Issue of ordinary share capital | 2,992,000 | - | - | |||||
| Transaction costs on issue of share capital | (328,692) | - | - | |||||
| Funds deferred per sharing agreement | (1,875,000) | - | - | |||||
| Net cash generated from financing activities | 1,187,485 | 500,017 | 293,372 | |||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 190,348 | 24,547 | 896,188 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at start of period | 236,901 | 208,481 | 208,481 | |||||
| Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents | (30,601) | 3,873 | (20,229) | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 396,648 | 236,901 | 1,084,440 | |||||
| Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2025 | Audited Year ended 31 December 2024 | Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Loss | |||||
| Loss for the purposes of basic and diluted loss per share being net loss attributable to equity shareholders | (1,838,875) | (2,483,499) | (387,852) | ||
| Number of shares | |||||
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of basic loss per share | 479,827,673 | 416,437,268 | 416,437,268 | ||
| Basic loss per share | (0.38)p | (0.60)p | (0.09)p | ||
| Diluted loss per share | (0.38)p | (0.60)p | (0.09)p | ||
| 3 | CASH USED IN OPERATIONS | ||||||||||
| Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2025 | Audited Year ended 31 December 2024 | Unaudited 6 months ended 30 June 2024 | |||||||||
| £ | £ | £ | |||||||||
| Loss for the period | (1,838,875) | (2,483,499) | (764,227) | ||||||||
| Depreciation & amortisation | 28,522 | 63,880 | 86,639 | ||||||||
| Impairment of intangible assets | - | 404,095 | |||||||||
| Loss on sale of fixed assets | - | 3,293 | |||||||||
| Share based payments | 55,023 | 87,707 | 288,826 | ||||||||
| Loss/(gain) on derivatives | 742,544 | (38,939) | |||||||||
| (Increase)/decrease in trade & other receivables | 98,599 | 213,816 | (81,938) | ||||||||
| (Decrease) in trade & other payables | (110,154) | (145,253) | (293,684) | ||||||||
| Gain on foreign exchange | 21,879 | 147,258 | 2,374 | ||||||||
| Cash used in operations | (1,004,244) | (2,043,513) | (1,085,950) | ||||||||
| 4 | Derivative Financial Asset In the placement completed in February 2025, the Company issued 50,000,000 new ordinary shares to Lanstead Capital Investors L.P. ("Lanstead") at a price of 3.75p per share to raise £1.875m gross. All Subscription proceeds were pledged under the Sharing Agreement, under which Lanstead made and will continue to make, subject to the terms and conditions of that Sharing Agreement, monthly settlements to the Company that are subject to adjustment upwards or downwards depending on the Company's share price performance. The Company also issued 3,500,000 new ordinary shares consecutively to Lanstead as value payments in connection with the Share Subscription and the Sharing Agreement. The settlements from the remaining Sharing Agreements will continue until November 2025. At the end of the accounting period the amount receivable has been adjusted to fair value based upon the share price of the Company at that date. Any change in the fair value of the derivative financial asset is reflected in the income statement. As at 30 June 2025, the Company completed a calculation of fair value of the derivative financial asset that resulted in a finance loss of £742,544 which was recorded in the income statement. The restatement to fair value will be calculated at the end of each accounting period during the course of the Sharing Agreement and will vary according to the Company's share price performance. |
| Allotted, called up and fully paid | 30 June 2025 No. | 31 December 2024 No. | 30 June 2025 £ | 31 December 2024 £ |
| At start of year: | ||||
| Ordinary shares of £0.01 each | 416,437,265 | 416,437,265 | 4,164,374 | 4,164,374 |
| Deferred shares of £0.09 each | 284,984,933 | 284,984,933 | 25,648,644 | 25,648,644 |
| Movements during period: | ||||
| Ordinary shares issued on 13 February 2025 | 83,286,667 | - | 832,867 | - |
| At end of the period | ||||
| Ordinary shares of £0.01 each | 499,723,932 | 416,437,265 | 4,997,239 | 4,164,374 |
| Deferred shares of £0.09 each | 284,984,933 | 284,984,933 | 25,648,644 | 25,648,644 |