UK small-cap RNS · 21 Oct 2026
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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SThree STEM £358mExtension of PUSU DeadlineOn 9 September 2026, the Board of SThree announced it had received an approach from Circle8 Group Inc.Takeover target +4.2% on the day
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4basebio 4BB £81mResult of Retail Offer FundraiseConfirms the Placing, Subscription and Retail Offer have conditionally raised about £15m. The new shares dilute holders, and the money depends on General Meeting approval and Admission.Moved: Leadership transition and commercial push: Funding the commercial push; runway extended to H2 2028 → Retail offer closed; raise awaiting shareholder approval
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Directorate Change Board changeCEO Simon Deacon steps down with immediate effect three weeks after the FY2026 guidance cut on PFP delays. No reason is given, which adds uncertainty to a turnaround already under strain.Moved: new: CEO succession – Interim CEO in place from 21 Oct 2026
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Mobico Group MCG £246mStatement re Possible Offer OfferIndependent directors are minded to recommend a 46p cash proposal from AdL, backed by 26% holder CMC and Asterion, and will allow due diligence. It is non-binding, and no firm offer is certain.Moved: Offer for the company: offer → Possible offer at 46p; due diligence granted
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Unaudited Interim Results ResultsInterim loss widened to £83,800 from £46,492 as the new board rebuilt controls; cash rose to £300,014 on the loan notes, but the company remains a revenue-less shell with net liabilities of £511,465.Cash shell / net cash above market value £0.3m · 6% of mcapoutlook mixedfirst since Oct 2023 +0.0% on the dayMoved: Reverse takeover search: Screening RTO candidates; suspension talks with FCA → Seeking suspension lift, then RTO target · Going concern and funding: Material uncertainty; funded by £318k loan notes → Loan notes funding creditors; more equity needed
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Mila Resources MILA £8.4mFinal Results ResultsLoss widened to £6.6m from £0.8m on a £5.36m non-cash Kathleen Valley impairment, and net assets fell to £2.1m from £6.4m, though cash rose to £489k and operating progress at Yarrol continues.Moved: new: Sale of Kathleen Valley interest – Disposal process under way, no buyer named · new: Yarrol initial resource estimate – Resource drilling under way, MRE targeted
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Acuity RM Group ACRM £5.2mServices Contract AwardA services contract of over £90,000 for implementation, workshops and training on the defence programme lifts its total value to Acuity over the next year to above £480,000, large against c.£2.1m revenue. It is one-off services revenue, not recurring.Turnaround plan with targets £0.1m · 2% of mcapoutlook positive7 new orders in 3 months – usually about 2 +0.0% on the dayMoved: Cost-led turnaround to profit: Near breakeven; defence programme orders widening → Defence programme adds services revenue
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Great Portland Estates GPE £1,326mGPE commits to redevelopment of Soho Square EstateGreat Portland Estates plc (GPE) today announces that it has committed to the redevelopment of its Soho Square Estate, W1, which is set to deliver a best-in-class HQ building into a West End market increasingly starved of high-quality supply.Moved: new: Soho Square Estate redevelopment – Committed; demolition expected shortly
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Final Results ResultsYear to June 2026 shows technical progress and cash up to US$12.9m after the £11.1m placing. But the Phalaborwa DFS has slipped to H1 2027, with a Q4 2026 PFS added to bridge the gap.Moved: Phalaborwa DFS and financing: Neo MoU signed; PFS added; DFS now H1 2027 → Neo SX test work underway; PFS due Q4 2026 · Uberaba Economic Assessment: EA published; PFS funded → PFS commenced September 2026 · new: US listing evaluation – Under evaluation
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DP Poland DPP £58mPCA / PDMR Dealing Director dealingFollowing this transaction, the Malaccan Holdings Ltd Concert Party holds in aggregate 281,257,376 Ordinary Shares, representing 29.79% of the issued share capital.
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Cobra Resources COBR £35mDrill Results: New Copper Discoveries - Manna Hill Results32m at 0.7% copper from 52m in strong porphyry-style alterationMoved: Manna Hill Blue Rose drilling: RC drilling ongoing; 23 of up to 58 holes done → First RC assays in; programme extended to 64 holes
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Recommended Offer for Ashtead Technology Holdings OfferBoard now recommends Ember's 615p cash offer (about £505m), an 80.9% premium to the undisturbed price. It gives shareholders an exit after two guidance cuts and Middle East headwinds, subject to 75% votes and court sanction.Moved: Offer for the company: offer → Recommended cash offer agreed; scheme to be published
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Half-year Results ResultsInterim results show a first Group interim profit, with revenue up 80% on higher tin output and price, a gross margin of 40.3% and cash of £15.6m, after the FY2026 loss.Moved: Uis Ore Sorter project: Funded; long-lead crushing equipment ordered → Funded; equipment en route, on schedule · Lithium Ridge exploration with SQM: Drilling complete; fifth batch of assays reported → Drilling complete; remaining assays due this quarter · Brandberg West earn-in partnership: Workplan under way; ore sorting results positive → NaCC approved; evaluation work under way
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Unaudited Interim Results ResultsInterim loss widened to US$1.19m from US$0.73m, but cash rose to US$2.57m from US$0.87m and the first company-led Whistlejacket drilling is under way.Moved: new: Whistlejacket drilling and JV option – Phase 3 drilling under way, funded · new: Tanzania uranium licences acquisition – Conditional agreement signed, post period end · new: Basin East lease renewal – Renewal process initiated, lease expires 2026
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Response re. Share Price: Operational UpdateQuarterly cash revenue of £7.0m is flat on the prior quarter and the interim dividend was covered, but the company flags lower UK recurring revenue in H2, offset by possible exit upside.Turnaround plan with targets £7.0m · 6% of mcapin lineoutlook mixedfirst in 6 months +4.7% on the dayMoved: new: Capital partner exits – Two exits in late-stage processes · new: UK portfolio reorganisation – Substantial progress; two loss-making divisions exited
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Gelion GELN £42mFinal Results ResultsFY26 income, adjusted EBITDA loss and pro forma cash all beat analyst consensus, and the nil-debt balance sheet funds the commercial scale-up. Income and EBITDA loss are still slightly worse than FY25.Moved: Mitsui Kinzoku sulfur battery JDA: JDA signed; staged payments tied to milestones → JDA signed; reported as post-period event in FY26 results · Top-5 OEM co-funded proof of concept: PoC agreement signed 13 Oct 2026 → Agreement signed 13 Oct 2026; OEM funding amount undisclosed
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Market UpdateAgrees to sell the King Financial Planning business and assets for £3m cash, funding the refocus away from higher net worth wealth management. Not yet completed, so 'agreed' rather than 'completed'.Moved: new: Sale of Tavistock Private Client – Exclusivity agreed; due diligence complete · new: Sale of King Financial Planning – Sale agreement entered into · new: Strategic refocus on low-cost advice – Refocus announced, financed by disposals
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Trading update Trading updatePathways 2026/27 student numbers are now guided to 775-900, below 2025/26's 966 and the earlier plan of growth, and FY27 is no longer expected to return to profit, pushing recovery out again.Upgrade / downgrade cycle below expectationsoutlook negative, loweredfirst in 1 year −19.5% on the dayMoved: London Met University partnership: Signed; recruiting staff ahead of September intake → First intake delivered, strong; launched autumn 2026 · new: Pathways recruitment shortfall and reset – 2026/27 numbers guided down; FY27 profit hope withdrawn
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Titon Holdings TON £9.3mFull Year Trading Update Trading updateRevenue of £17.1m matches the roughly £17m guided in August, but gross margin fell to 28.5% from 32.9% and cash dropped to £1.4m. Margin recovery is again pushed to FY27.Moved: Turnaround and 2028 targets: FY26 guidance cut; recovery pushed to FY27 → FY26 revenue as guided; margin recovery expected in FY27
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CelLBxHealth plc CLBX £6.8mQ3 Trading Update and FY 2026 Outlook Trading updateFY2026 revenue guidance is cut to about £1.8m from at least £2.1m, which was only reaffirmed on 15 July. The company blames the operational realignment for slower revenue timing.Moved: Restructuring and turnaround: Costs cut; CEO search under way → Guidance cut; cash runway shortened; CEO search continues · new: Cash runway and funding – Cash £1.4m; runway to Q1 2027
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Hercules Plc HERC £30mTrading Update Trading updateExpects FY26 revenue, underlying EBITDA and statutory PBT all above market expectations after a weak H1 and a dropped interim dividend, though the market's own expectation was a statutory PBT loss of £1.6m.Upgrade / downgrade cycle £130.0m · 430% of mcapahead of expectationsoutlook positive, raisedfirst since Oct 2023 +8.8% on the dayMoved: Power and energy sector expansion: Dedicated division launched 3 Aug 2026 → Division growing; revenue up 11% in FY26 · UK water sector contract wins: Further c.£5m Thames Water-region awards in Q4 FY2026 → Record year expected; revenue up 25%
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Results for the year ended 31 December 2025 ResultsLoss narrowed to £214,713 from £356,589 and cash burn fell, but the company is a non-trading shell with no revenue and net liabilities, so the improvement is cost-driven only.Cash shell / net cash above market value £0.3m · 6% of mcapoutlook mixedfirst since Oct 2023 +0.0% on the dayMoved: new: Reverse takeover search – Screening RTO candidates; suspension talks with FCA · new: Going concern and funding – Material uncertainty; funded by £318k loan notes
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Hardide HDD £94mYear End Trading Update Trading updateFY26 revenue of £13.5m is in line with market revenue expectations, but EBITDA of £5.8m and PBT of £4.9m beat consensus (£5.5m, £4.6m) on cost management. The £13.5m revenue does, however, only just clear the £13.4m the Board set in July.Upgrade / downgrade cycle £13.5m · 14% of mcapahead of expectationsoutlook positivefirst since Oct 2023 +7.2% on the dayMoved: Medium-term revenue doubling target: Doubling now due in FY26; new ambition set → FY26 revenue doubled; FY27 growth targeted · Three new coating reactors: Board approved £4.5m investment on 22 July 2026 → Deposit paid; on stream in H2 FY27 · New North American energy customer: Fourth order covers rest of FY26 → Fifth order; new part generation shipped
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Trading Statement Trading updateNet outflows of £459m were well below last year's £1.2bn and AuMA edged up to £24.1bn. But UK retail still lost £666m, and AuMA had slipped to £24.0bn by 16 October.Moved: Net outflows and return to inflows: Outflows narrowing; retail outflows persist → Outflows narrowing; retail outflows persist
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Serabi Gold SRB £137mReports Q3-2026 Production & Operational HighlightsFY2026 output guidance is cut from over 53,000 oz to roughly FY2025's 44,169 oz because Coringa permits (LO, GUIA extension) have not arrived, so extra Coringa ore cannot reach the expanded Palito plant in Q4.Upgrade / downgrade cycle below expectationsoutlook mixed, loweredfirst since Oct 2023 −11.1% on the dayMoved: new: Coringa operating licence and GUIA – Approvals pending; GUIA expires 29 Jan 2027