UK small-cap RNS · 23 Oct 2025

Every announcement of UK small & mid caps under £2bn. The ones that started or moved a situation are marked – a click opens it.

Key = all announcements except routine filings (voting rights, buybacks, holdings, director forms), plus the ones that are part of a situation. Not investment advice.

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Redcentric RCN £86m
Disposal of Redcentric Data Centres Limited
Conditional sale of the data centre arm at up to £127m cash lets Redcentric cut RCF debt, likely return capital by tender offer and keep funds to grow the MSP business.

Disposal of a part (break-up) £127.0m · 147% of mcapoutlook positive −6.6% on the day

Moved: new: Data centre disposal – Conditionally agreed; awaiting conditions precedent · new: Focused MSP strategy – Strategy being finalised post-disposal · new: Return of capital and debt reduction – Intended, subject to completion
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Guardian Metal Resources plc GMET £153m
Tempiute Project Operational Update
Drilling at Tempiute is running over three times faster than at Pilot Mountain, and every hole so far has hit scheelite skarn. Technical workstreams are broadening, though no assay results are given yet.

Project milestones outlook positivefirst since Oct 2023 +8.2% on the day

Moved: new: Tempiute drilling and development – Drilling under way, 16th hole in progress · new: Tempiute environmental baseline studies – Appointing contractors
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Gattaca GATC £42m
Final Results Results
Final results for the year ended 31 July 2025

Upgrade / downgrade cycle first since Oct 2023 +9.5% on the day
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Thor Energy THR £5.4m
Binding Agreement Signed with DISA Technologies
Full Binding Agreement Executed to Treat Colorado Project Uranium Waste Dumps and Gross Revenue Sharing Agreement with DISA Technologies to Produce Uranium and other Critical Minerals

Project milestones outlook positive +14.8% on the day

Moved: new: DISA uranium waste treatment, Colorado – Binding agreement signed; evaluation and permitting pending
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Arbuthnot Banking Group ARBB £135m
Third Quarter 2025 Trading Update Trading update
Deposits and funds under management grew strongly, but the loan book is shrinking as the bank declines to match low market pricing, and the Budget has dampened demand.

Segment turn outlook mixed −0.6% on the day

Moved: new: Loan book contraction – Loans down 9% year on year; pricing discipline · new: Asset Alliance vehicle sale losses – Stock reduced; sales showing improvement
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Synthomer SYNT £185m
Trading statement - Autumn 2025 Trading update
Q3 held up through self-help cost savings despite soft end markets; 2025 EBITDA is guided only flat on 2024's £143m, with FCF broadly neutral, so the benefit is resilience and not growth.

Disposal of a part (break-up) outlook mixed +0.2% on the day

Moved: new: Broadened divestment programme – Pipeline progressing after William Blythe sale · new: Cost savings programme – Largely completed; on track
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Wickes Group WIX £506m
Q3 Trading Update Trading update
Q3 shows volume-led growth in Retail and Design & Installation, with Group revenue up 6.9% and full-year adjusted PBT guided to consensus, so the recovery in D&I is carrying on.

Segment turn outlook positive +1.1% on the day

Moved: new: Design & Installation recovery – Fourth quarter of order growth; LFL delivered sales positive · new: Store openings and SaaS investment – Two stores opened in Q3; two more due in Q4
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Hunting HTG £585m
Q3 2025 Trading Update Trading update
YTD EBITDA is up 15% and most segments are in line, but EMEA restructuring disruption pushes 2025 EBITDA to the lower end of the $135-$145m guidance range.

Turnaround plan with targets in lineoutlook mixed +6.1% on the day

Moved: new: EMEA restructuring – Netherlands and Norway closed; Dubai facility opened · new: Share buyback programme – 3,510,198 shares bought for c.$15.6m to 21 October · new: Bolt-on acquisition search – Reviewing opportunities in subsea and well completions
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Newmark Security PLC NWT £9.1m
AGM Statement
The chairman says H1 is on track for strong results with sales growth and better profitability, and the second-half-weighted outlook stays positive. No figures or higher targets are given, so this confirms rather than raises guidance.

Disposal of a part (break-up) outlook positive +2.2% on the day

Moved: Secure first direct-to-end-user (D2E) customers, including Oracle, Workday and S: pending → on_track – Agreements with SAP, Oracle and Workday are signed and the D2E order book is building, but no named end-customer wins beyond the first SAP sale are stated. · Complete SAP integration early and target first SAP sales during FY26: pending → delivered – The first SAP sale has been recorded, which is earlier than the FY26 target. Integration completion is not explicitly confirmed. · Continued significant HCM growth through FY26, particularly in North America: pending → on_track – HCM is described as at the forefront of growth, with new users adopting the products and displacing competitors, and the D2E push in North America is being accelerated.