EX-99.1 2 d921750dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NUCANA PLC

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

            For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     Notes      2025     2024  
            (in thousands, except per share data)  
            £     £  

Research and development expenses

        (1,725     (6,783

Administrative expenses

        (1,067     (1,581

Net foreign exchange (losses) gains

        (59     95  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

        (2,851     (8,269

Finance income

        25       126  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before tax

        (2,826     (8,143

Income tax credit

     3        353       1,305  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss for the period

        (2,473     (6,838
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per ordinary share

     4        (0.02     (0.13

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


NUCANA PLC

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

 

     For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2025     2024  
     (in thousands)  
     £     £  

Loss for the period

     (2,473     (6,838

Other comprehensive (expense) income:

    

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:

    

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations

     (27     7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive (expense) income for the period

     (27     7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

     (2,500     (6,831
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Attributable to:

    

Equity holders of the Company

     (2,500     (6,831
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


NUCANA PLC

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AS AT

 

            March 31,
2025
    December 31,
2024
 
            (in thousands)  
     Notes      £     £  

Assets

       

Non-current assets

       

Intangible assets

     5        2,191       2,199  

Property, plant and equipment

        177       197  

Deferred tax asset

     3        116       113  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
            2,484     2,509  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current assets

       

Prepayments, accrued income and other receivables

        1,223       922  

Current income tax receivable

     3        3,941       4,594  

Cash and cash equivalents

     6        3,953       6,749  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        9,117       12,265  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

        11,601       14,774  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity and liabilities

       

Capital and reserves

       

Share capital and share premium

     8        152,289       151,827  

Other reserves

        78,609       78,421  

Accumulated deficit

         (226,724     (224,294
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity attributable to equity holders of the Company

        4,174       5,954  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

       

Provisions

        37       37  

Lease liabilities

        99       117  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
            136     154  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities

       

Trade payables

        2,403       2,705  

Payroll taxes and social security

        142       134  

Accrued expenditure

        4,632       5,714  

Lease liabilities

        74       73  

Provisions

        40       40  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        7,291       8,666  

Total liabilities

        7,427       8,820  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity and liabilities

        11,601       14,774  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


NUCANA PLC

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,  
     Share
capital
     Share
premium
    Own
share
reserve
    Share
option
reserve
    Foreign
currency
translation
reserve
    Capital
reserve
     Accumulated
deficit
    Total
equity
attributable
to equity
holders
 
     (in thousands)  
     £      £     £     £     £     £      £     £  

Balance at January 1, 2024

     2,114        141,306       (339     37,043       3       42,466        (207,706     14,887  

Loss for the period

     —         —        —        —        —        —         (6,838     (6,838

Other comprehensive income for the period

     —         —        —        —        7       —         —        7  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

     —         —        —        —        7       —         (6,838     (6,831

Share-based payments

     —         —        —        626       —        —         —        626  

Exercise of share options

     2        1       —        (151     —        —         148       —   

Lapse of share options

     —         —        —        (22     —        —         22       —   

Issue of share capital

     150        1,342       —        —        —        —         —        1,492  

Share issue expenses

     —         (45     —        —        —        —         —        (45
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2024

     2,266        142,604       (339     37,496       10       42,466        (214,374     10,129  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2025

     5,681        146,146       (339     36,276       18       42,466        (224,294     5,954  

Loss for the period

     —         —        —        —        —        —         (2,473     (2,473

Other comprehensive expense for the period

     —         —        —        —        (27     —         —        (27
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

     —         —        —        —        (27     —         (2,473     (2,500

Share-based payments

     —         —        —        258       —        —         —        258  

Exercise of share options

     1        —        —        (43     —        —         43       1  

Issue of share capital

     394        81       —        —        —        —         —        475  

Share issue expenses

     —         (14     —        —        —        —         —        (14
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2025

     6,076        146,213       (339     36,491       (9     42,466        (226,724     4,174  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


NUCANA PLC

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

     For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2025     2024  
     (in thousands)  
     £     £  

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Loss for the period

     (2,473     (6,838

Adjustments for:

    

Income tax credit

     (353     (1,305

Amortization and depreciation

     67       136  

Finance income

     (25     (126

Interest expense on lease liabilities

     3       5  

Share-based payments

     258       626  

Net foreign exchange losses (gains)

     101       (98
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,422     (7,600

Movements in working capital:

    

Increase in prepayments, accrued income and other receivables

     (309     (87

(Decrease) increase in trade payables

     (302     2,390  

Decrease in payroll taxes, social security and accrued expenditure

     (1,075     (586
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Movements in working capital

     (1,686     1,717  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash used in operations

     (4,108     (5,883
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income tax received

     999       —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

     (3,109     (5,883
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Interest received

     28       124  

Payments for intangible assets

     (39     (81
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) from investing activities

     (11     43  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Payments for lease liabilities

     (20     (64

Proceeds from issue of share capital – exercise of share options

     1       3  

Proceeds from issue of share capital

     475       1,492  

Share issue expenses

     (14     (45
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash from financing activities

     442       1,386  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (2,678     (4,454

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     6,749       17,225  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (118     97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

     3,953       12,868  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


NUCANA PLC

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. General information

NuCana plc (“NuCana” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of new medicines to treat patients with cancer. NuCana is harnessing the power of phosphoramidate chemistry to generate new medicines called ProTides. These compounds have the potential to improve cancer treatment by enhancing the efficacy and safety of several current standards of care.

The Company has had American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and has been listed on Nasdaq since October 2, 2017. From November 9, 2023 the Company transferred its listing to The Nasdaq Capital Market. On April 16, 2024, the Company effected a ratio change of its ADSs to its ordinary shares from one ADS representing one ordinary share, to one ADS representing 25 ordinary shares.

The Company is incorporated in England and Wales and domiciled in the United Kingdom. The Company’s registered office is located at 77/78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AF, United Kingdom and its principal place of business is located at 3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh, EH12 9DT, United Kingdom.

The Company has three wholly owned subsidiaries, NuCana, Inc., NuCana Limited and NuCana BioMed Trustee Company Limited (together referred to as the “Group”).

The financial information presented in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements does not constitute the Group’s statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 of the U.K. Companies Act 2006.

The Group’s statutory accounts for the year ended December 31, 2024 have not yet been reported on by the Company’s auditor or delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The Company filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024 with the SEC on March 20, 2025, which included the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Those financial statements have been reported on by the Company’s auditor. The report of the auditor was unqualified.

2. Material accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (the “financial statements”) for the three months ended March 31, 2025 have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34, “Interim Financial Reporting” (“IAS 34”). The material accounting policies and methods of computation applied in the preparation of the financial statements are consistent with those applied in the Company’s annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024. No new standards, amendments or interpretations have had an impact on the financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The financial statements comprise the financial statements of the Group at March 31, 2025. The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling, which is also the Company’s functional currency. All values are rounded to the nearest thousand, except where otherwise indicated.

The financial statements do not include all the information and disclosures required in the annual financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results of operations, financial position and cash flows. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that can be expected for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

Going concern

The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been presented on the basis that it is a going concern. The Company has not generated any revenues from operations to date and does not expect to in the foreseeable future. As such, the Company has incurred recurring losses, has an accumulated deficit totaling £226.7 million and cash flows used in operating activities of £3.1 million as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Company had £4.0 million of cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2025.


In reviewing the going concern assessment the Company’s board of directors have considered a going concern period of 12-months from the issuance of these financial statements. Based on our current operating plan, our cash and cash equivalents on hand together with the gross cash proceeds raised in May 2025 from the registered direct offering of £8.8 million disclosed in note 9, will be sufficient to fund our anticipated operations for the entirety of the going concern assessment period. The board of directors is therefore satisfied that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

As the Company continues to incur losses, the transition to profitability is dependent upon the successful development, approval and commercialization of its product candidates and achieving a level of revenues adequate to support its cost structure. The Company may never achieve profitability, and unless and until it does, it will continue to need additional capital. There can be no assurances, however, that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms.

Judgements and estimates

The accounting estimates and judgements made by management in applying the Group’s accounting policies that have the most material effect on the amounts included within these financial statements were the same as those that applied to the annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

3. Income tax

 

     For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2025      2024  
     (in thousands)  
     £      £  

Current tax:

     

In respect of current period U.K.

     347        1,272  

In respect of prior period U.K.

     —         22  

In respect of current period U.S.

     —         (1
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     347        1,293  

Deferred tax:

     

In respect of current period U.S.

     6        12  

In respect of prior period U.S.

     —         —   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax credit

        353        1,305  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The income tax credit recognized primarily represents the U.K. research and development tax credits. In the United Kingdom, the Company is able to surrender some of its losses for a cash rebate of up to 26.97% of expenditure related to eligible research and development projects incurred on or after April 1, 2023.

 

     March 31,
2025
     December 31,
2024
 
     (in thousands)  
     £      £  

Current income tax receivable

     

U.K. tax

     3,938        4,591  

U.S. tax

     3        3  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
        3,941        4,594  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax asset

     

U.S. deferred tax asset

     116        113  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


4. Basic and diluted loss per ordinary share

 

     For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2025        2024  
     (in thousands, except per
share data)
 
     £        £  

Loss for the period

     (2,473        (6,838
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Basic and diluted weighted average number of ordinary shares

      151,802            53,577  

Basic and diluted loss per ordinary share

     (0.02        (0.13
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Basic loss per ordinary share is calculated by dividing the loss for the period attributable to the equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.

The potential ordinary shares issued through equity settled transactions were considered to be anti-dilutive as they would have decreased the loss per ordinary share and were therefore excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per ordinary share.

5. Intangible assets

Intangible assets comprise patents with a carrying value of £2.2 million as of March 31, 2025 (as of December 31, 2024: £2.2 million).

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company acquired intangible assets with a cost of £39,000 in relation to patents.

6. Cash and cash equivalents

 

     March 31,
2025
     December 31,
2024
 
     (in thousands)  
     £      £  

Cash and cash equivalents

        3,953        6,749  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at banks with deposit maturity terms of three months or less. Cash at banks earns interest at fixed or variable rates based on the terms agreed for each account.

7. Share-based payments

The Company has six share-based payment plans for employees, directors and consultants. The share options granted will be settled in equity. If the Company determines, and at its discretion, an arrangement may be made under the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan to substitute the right to acquire shares with a cash alternative of equivalent value. Options granted under each of the six plans have a maximum life of 10 years.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, no share options were granted under the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (three months ended March 31, 2024: 6,273,782 share options granted).

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized £0.3 million of share-based payment expense in the statement of operations (three months ended March 31, 2024: £0.6 million).


8. Share capital and share premium

 

     March 31,
2025
     December 31,
2024
 
     (in thousands)  
     £      £  

Share capital

     6,076        5,681  

Share premium

     146,213        146,146  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
       152,289        151,827  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

    

Number

(in thousands)

 
Issued share capital comprises:                

Ordinary shares of £0.04 each

       151,924           142,037  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

     Number of
shares
     Share
capital
     Share
premium
 
     (in thousands)  
Fully paid shares:           £      £  

Balance at December 31, 2024

     142,037        5,681        146,146  

Exercise of share options

     29        1        —   

Issue of share capital

     9,858        394        67  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2025

     151,924        6,076        146,213  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

9. Events after the reporting period

On April 23, 2025, the Company subdivided and redesignated the issued share capital of 151,923,897 ordinary shares of £0.04 each into 151,923,897 ordinary shares and 15,040,465,803 deferred shares, in each case, of £0.0004 each. The deferred shares have no economic value, dividend or voting rights.

On May 7, 2025, under a registered direct offering, the Group sold and issued 2,452,935 ADSs, representing 61,323,375 ordinary shares, and Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 8,393,050 ADSs, representing 209,826,250 ordinary shares in lieu of ADSs, which were subsequently exercised in full, and accompanying Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants. The offering raised gross proceeds of £5.3 million.

Subsequent to May 7, 2025, the Series B Warrants have been exercised in full and the Group has issued 356,412,705 ADSs, representing 8,910,317,625 ordinary shares, raising gross proceeds of £3.5 million.