UK small-cap RNS · 20 Oct 2025

The key announcements of UK small & mid caps under £2bn on 20 Oct 2025 – situations they move are marked, with the share price since.

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

Date	Company	Mcap ↕	Type	Announcement
20 Oct	Crystal Amber Fund Ltd. CRS	£42m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights
20 Oct	Thorpe (F.W.) TFW	£294m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Elementis ELM	£1,023m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Diversified Energy Company DEC	£761m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Oxford Biomedica OXB	£622m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Moneysupermarket.com Group MONY	£1,010m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Funding Circle Holdings FCH	£589m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Foxtons Group FOXT	£110m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Great Portland Estates GPE	£1,326m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Oxford Biomedica OXB	£622m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Fuller Smith & Turner FSTA	£417m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Georgia Capital CGEO	£1,243m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Boku, Inc BOKU	£382m	Routine	Vesting of Restricted Stock Units and TVR
20 Oct	Kier Group KIE	£1,303m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
20 Oct	Kier Group KIE	£1,303m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Foxtons Group FOXT	£110m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Redcentric RCN	£86m	Routine	Result of AGM
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
20 Oct	Optima Health OPT	£265m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Quantum Data Energy PLC QDE	£5.1m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Gelion GELN	£42m	Fundraise	Early Close of WRAP Retail Offer Gelion plc (AIM: GELN) the global energy storage innovator, is pleased to announce that due to the level of demand received, the Company has decided to close the WRAP Retail Offer early.
20 Oct	Fulcrum Metals FMET	£9.0m		Update re. Loyalist Exploration Limited Fulcrum Metals plc / EPIC: FMET / Market: AIM / Sector: Mining
20 Oct	Knights Group Holdings KGH	£142m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	AO World AO.	£511m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Brooks Macdonald Group BRK	£234m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	MJ Gleeson GLE	£167m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Dr. Martens DOCS	£628m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	IQE IQE	£471m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Fevertree Drinks FEVR	£1,035m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Essentra ESNT	£326m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	M&C Saatchi SAA	£137m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
20 Oct	Beeks Financial Cloud Group BKS	£128m		Exercise of Share Options 20 October 2025 --- Beeks Financial Cloud Group plc (AIM: BKS), a cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets, announces that it has issued a total of 226,025 ordinary shares of £0.00125 each ("Ordinary Shares") following the exercise of …
20 Oct	Me Group International MEGP	£417m	Routine	Form 8.3 - ME Group International plc
20 Oct	RWS Holdings RWS	£542m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	GB Group GBG	£354m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC group plc
20 Oct	KEFI Gold and Copper KEFI	£91m	Project milestones	US$240 Million Debt Offering Signed · US$240 million Project debt capital has been formally offered and accepted, having been signed by both co-lenders and by KEFI on behalf of its group of companies.
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
20 Oct	SSP Group SSPG	£1,343m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	IMC Exploration Group (CDI) IMC	£9.0m	Routine	Issue of Equity
20 Oct	eEnergy Group EAAS	£1.1m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Origin Enterprises (CDI) OGN	£362m		Re-issue of Treasury Shares Dublin, London, 20 October 2025: Origin Enterprises plc ('Origin' or 'the Group'), the international group shaping the future of sustainable agriculture and land use, announces that it has transferred 16,054 treasury shares to satisfy the exercise of share …
20 Oct	RM RM.	£96m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Origin Enterprises (CDI) OGN	£362m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Coats Group COA	£1,570m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Anglo-Eastern Plantations AEP	£601m		Interim Dividend Update Further to the announcement on 26 September 2025 in relation to the Interim Dividend of 37.3 cents per ordinary share, the Company confirms that shareholders who have elected to receive their dividend in Pound Sterling will receive 27.8524 pence per ordinary …
20 Oct	Me Group International MEGP	£417m	Routine	Form 8.3 - ME Group International plc
20 Oct	EKF Diagnostics Holdings EKF	£104m		Share Buyback (Replacement) The following amendment has been made to the 'Share Buyback' announcement released today at 11:36 under RNS No 0462E:
20 Oct	Tandem Group TND	£9.7m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
20 Oct	Jupiter Fund Management JUP	£841m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.5 - NCC Group plc
20 Oct	Me Group International MEGP	£417m	Routine	Form 8.5 - ME Group International plc
20 Oct	Wizz Air Holdings WIZZ	£986m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	World Chess CHSS	£6.8m		Two-Year Partnership with Algorand Foundation Ltd. World Chess plc (LSE: CHSS), a leading chess organisation that develops and operates worldchess.com, the official online gaming platform of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), today announces that it has entered into a two-year partnership agreement …
20 Oct	Me Group International MEGP	£417m	Routine	Form 8.3 - ME Group International plc
20 Oct	EKF Diagnostics Holdings EKF	£104m		Share Buyback EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM: EKF), the AIM-listed global diagnostics business, announces that it has purchased a total of 929,169 of its ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a weighted average price of 7.5269 …
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
20 Oct	IQE IQE	£471m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Morgan Sindall Group MGNS	£1,839m	Routine	Block listing Interim Review
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.5 - NCC Group plc
20 Oct	Crystal Amber Fund Ltd. CRS	£42m		Share Buyback Programme ("Crystal Amber Fund", the "Company" or the "Fund")
20 Oct	PayPoint PAY	£418m		Share Consolidation and Total Voting Rights Completion of Share Consolidation, Total Voting Rights and payment of Special Dividend
20 Oct	Me Group International MEGP	£417m	Routine	Form 8.5 - ME Group International plc
20 Oct	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
20 Oct	Me Group International MEGP	£417m	Routine	Form 8.3 - ME Group International plc
20 Oct	DFS Furniture DFS	£329m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Supreme SUP	£155m		Acquisition of SlimFast UK & Europe - Supreme acquires one of the UK's leading meal replacement and weight management brands, further supporting broader portfolio diversification
20 Oct	Thorpe (F.W.) TFW	£294m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Sosandar SOS	£22m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Oxford Biomedica OXB	£622m	Board change	Directorate Change · Robert Ghenchev, Non-Executive Director, has stepped down from the Board following his departure from Novo Holdings US
20 Oct	Morgan Sindall Group MGNS	£1,839m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Yu Group YU.	£296m	Board change	Chief Operating Officer Appointment & LTIP Awards Yü Group (AIM: YU.), the independent supplier of gas and electricity, meter asset owner, and installer of smart meters to the UK SME sector, announces the appointment of Andy Hughes as Chief Operating Officer.
20 Oct	RWS Holdings RWS	£542m		Head of Media & Entertainment appointment RWS appoints industry pioneer Michael Wayne as Head of Media and Entertainment
20 Oct	Acg Acquisition Company Limited Cls A ACG	£417m		Q3 2025 Operations and Capital Structure Update ACG on track for annual production and AISC guidance
20 Oct	Premier Miton Group PMI	£48m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Kodal Minerals KOD	£56m		Export of Bougouni Spodumene Concentrate Update Kodal Minerals Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: KOD / Sector: Mining
20 Oct	First Class Metals FCM	£11m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Great Southern Copper GSCU	£15m		Admission of Shares Further to the release on 14 October 2025, Great Southern Copper plc (LSE: GSCU), the company focused on copper-gold- silver exploration in Chile, announces the Admission of the 4,500,000 new Ordinary Shares in the Company to trading on the Main Market of the …
20 Oct	Rathbones Group RAT	£1,746m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Bytes Technology Group BYIT	£1,042m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Trustpilot Group TRST	£1,030m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Avacta Group AVCT	£277m	Fundraise	Equity fundraise of £16 million The net proceeds of the Placing provide additional working capital to progress the Company's R&D programs into 2H 2026 including progressing the faridoxorubicin Phase 1b trial and planned initiation of the FAP-EXd Phase Ia trial.
20 Oct	Mothercare MTC	£1.1m	Balance-sheet stress / refinancing	Further re pension contributions deferral Mothercare plc ("Mothercare", "the Company" or "the Group"), the highly trusted British heritage brand, that connects with the parents of newborn babies and children across multiple product categories throughout their early life as parents, today announces …
20 Oct	Foresight Group Holdings Limited FSG	£506m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	MediaZest MDZ	£1.5m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Oxford Instruments OXIG	£1,365m		Change of Auditor Oxford Instruments plc (the "Company"), a leading provider of high technology products and systems for industry and research, announces that, following a formal tender process, it has appointed Deloitte LLP ("Deloitte") as its auditor for the financial year …
20 Oct	Moonpig Group MOON	£850m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Bodycote BOY	£1,541m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Malibu Life Holdings Limited MLHL	£249m	Director dealing	PDMR/PCA Announcement Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
20 Oct	Defence Holdings PLC ALRT	£16m		Operational Update: Defence Holdings Strengthens Position at the Centre of Allied Defence Innovation Defence Holdings PLC (LSE: ALRT), the UK-listed defence technology group, today issues a business update highlighting material progress across product development and partner collaboration, marking rapid delivery against its five-year plan and strong …
20 Oct	Oxford Instruments OXIG	£1,365m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Capital Limited CAPD	£265m		Investor Presentation via Investor Meet Company Capital Limited (LSE: CAPD), a leading mining services company, will provide a live presentation via the Investor Meet Company platform on 23rd October 2025 at 9:00am BST.
20 Oct	Frontier IP Group FIPP	£13m		Amprologix raises £740,000 in Pre-Series A round Portfolio news - Amprologix raises £740,000 in pre-Series A funding round to accelerate development of novel antibiotics
20 Oct	Aura Energy Limited AURA	£39m	Routine	Notice of AGM
20 Oct	AO World AO.	£511m		Notice Of Half Year Results AO World plc ("the Group" or "AO"), the UK's most trusted electricals retailer, expects to announce its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2025 on the morning of Tuesday, 25 November 2025.
20 Oct	Zinc Media Group ZIN	£13m		Change of Auditor Zinc Media Group plc (AIM: ZIN), the award-winning television, brand and audio production group, announces that the Board has approved the appointment of HaysMac LLP ("HaysMac") as the Company's auditor, succeeding RSM UK Audit LLP ("RSM").
20 Oct	Power Metal Resources POW	£13m	Routine	Notice of General Meeting
20 Oct	Volex VLX	£973m	Routine	Notice of Results
20 Oct	Fiinu BANK	£9.9m	Board change	Directorate Change Fiinu Plc (AIM: BANK), the fintech group and creator of the Plugin Overdraft®, announces the appointment of two new directors and the resignation of one Independent Non Executive Director.
20 Oct	Aura Energy Limited AURA	£39m	Project milestones	Resignation of Managing Director Aura Energy Limited (ASX: AEE, AIM: AURA) ('Aura' or the 'Company') advises that Mr Andrew Grove has tendered his resignation as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
20 Oct	EDX Medical Group Plc EDX	£37m		EDX Medical secures up to £4million funding · The issue of 14,285,713 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company (the "Subscription Shares") at a price of 14p per share (the "Placing Shares") to raise £2.0 million; and
20 Oct	Windar Photonics WPHO	£8.5m	Board change	Directorate Change Appointment of Søren Karles Belmar as Chief Financial Officer
20 Oct	The Smarter Web Company Plc SWC	£191m	Fundraise	Subscription Agreement Update - £1.2m Proceeds The gross proceeds from the placing of the Subscription Shares will be £1,185,771.81 (before expenses), equivalent to approximately £0.89 per share, and the Company will receive approximately 97% of the proceeds as settlement early this week.
20 Oct	Judges Scientific JDG	£228m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Cropper (James) CRPR	£76m	Director dealing	PDMR and PCA Shareholdings The name of a PCA of Mark Cropper was misstated.
20 Oct	Active Energy Group AEG	£6.0m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Somero Enterprises Inc. SOM	£152m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
20 Oct	Feedback FDBK	£2.9m	Board change	Directorate Change Feedback plc (AIM: FDBK, "Feedback" or the "Company"), the clinical infrastructure specialist, announces that Anesh Patel, Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Board of his intention to step down from his role to pursue another opportunity.
20 Oct	Solid State SOLI	£94m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
20 Oct	Mercia Asset Management MERC	£128m	Board change	Board Appointment Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM: MERC), the regionally focused, private capital asset manager with c.£2.0billion of assets under management, is pleased to announce the appointment of Janine Nicholls as a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from …
20 Oct	Cobra Resources COBR	£35m		Metallurgical Optimisation Update Metallurgical Optimisation Update - Highly Favourable Acid Generation Results
20 Oct	Wellnex Life Limited WNX	£3.7m	Disposal of a part (break-up)	Q1 FY26 Quarterly Report and Appendix 4C Wellnex Life Limited (ASX/AIM: WNX) ("Wellnex Life" or the "Company") is pleased to provide the following operational and business update along with its Appendix 4C for the quarter ended 30 September 2025 (unaudited).
20 Oct	Wellnex Life Limited WNX	£3.7m	Turnaround plan with targets	Chairman’s letter - Shareholder Update Wellnex Life Limited (ASX/AIM:WNX) ("Wellnex Life" or the "Company") announces that Executive Chairman, Ash Vesali, is today providing the following update to shareholders, and has separately announced the Company's Q1 FY26 Quarterly Report and Appendix 4C …
20 Oct	GreenX Metals Limited GRX	£175m		GreenX Uncovers Historical Estimate at Tannenberg · 1940 Historical Estimate of Significant Scale: Historical Estimate from 1940 identifies 728,000 tonnes contained copper (1,605 Mlbs) at an average grade of 2.6% copper in part of Tannenberg Project licence area discovered from original project data archives
20 Oct	Atlantic Lithium Limited ALL	£111m		Pronounced Lithium-in-soil Anomalies New spodumene pegmatite occurrences also discovered in the Rubino licence
20 Oct	Prospex Energy PXEN	£26m	Project milestones	Production Restarts at Viura Field Prospex Energy plc / Index: AIM / Epic: PXEN / Sector: Oil and Gas
20 Oct	Zenith Energy LTD.Com Shs ZEN	£29m	Disposal of a part (break-up)	98.5 MWp in Solar Development Projects ("Zenith" or the "Company") (LSE: ZEN; OSE: ZENA; XSAT: ZENA SDR), the listed international energy production and development company, is pleased to announce that is fully owned Italian solar energy subsidiary, WESOLAR S.R.L.
20 Oct	Tertiary Minerals TYM	£4.1m	Fundraise	Placing to raise £100,000 Tertiary Minerals plc (AIM: TYM), the explorer focussed on energy transition and precious metals in Zambia and Nevada, is pleased to announce it has raised, via its joint broker Peterhouse Capital limited, £100,000 before expenses through a placing (the …
20 Oct	Globaldata DATA	£422m	Turnaround plan with targets	Trading Update and Capital Markets Event GlobalData Plc, the leading data, insight, and technology company, today provides an update on its trading performance for the current financial year ending 31 December 2025 ("FY25").
20 Oct	EnergyPathways plc EPP	£15m		MESH storage licence applications to be submitted EnergyPathways to Submit New Hydrogen and Natural Gas Storage Licence Applications for the MESH Project
20 Oct	Petrotal Corporation PTAL	£288m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Supply@Me Capital SYME	£1.9m		Funding update As set out in the announcement dated 18 September 2025, SYME was due to receive the final tranche under the Amended On-Demand Facility of US$2,198,000 on or before 31 October 2025.
20 Oct	Sosandar SOS	£22m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Avacta Group AVCT	£277m		Avacta Presents Phase 1a Data for Faridoxorubicin Median progression free survival (PFS) has not been reached in the cohort of patients with salivary gland cancer with PFS follow up suggesting a more than doubling of the benchmark PFS and a disease control rate of 91%
20 Oct	CleanTech Lithium CTL	£26m		Update to Certain Laguna Verde Licence Payments CleanTech Lithium PLC ("CleanTech Lithium", "CTL" or the "Company")
20 Oct	Pets at Home Group PETS	£1,029m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Vaalco Energy, Inc EGY	£494m		Q3'25 Earnings Release & Conference Call The Company will issue its third quarter 2025 earnings release on Monday, November 10, 2025 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange and host a conference call to discuss its financial and operational results on Tuesday morning, November 11, …
20 Oct	Chill Brands Group CHLL	£0.9m		Business and strategy update Chill Brands Group plc (LSE: CHLL), the consumer packaged-goods distribution company, is pleased to provide the following update on its business operations following the start of its new financial year on 1 October 2025.
20 Oct	Strategic Minerals SML	£135m		Redmoor Drilling & Programme Updates Further 3 drill holes completed with all intersecting the logged full thickness of the sheeted vein system; new programme activities initiated
20 Oct	Secure Trust Bank STB	£248m		FCA Consultation on Motor Finance Redress · FCA consultation paper on its proposed redress scheme is towards the extreme end of outcomes previously expected from the Supreme Court judgment
20 Oct	Michelmersh Brick Holdings MBH	£66m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Arc Minerals Limited ARCM	£14m		Cessation Of Anglo American / Arc Joint Venture Arc Minerals (LSE: ARCM), an exploration company focused on developing Tier 1 copper deposits, announces that the joint venture agreement in respect of the Zambian mining tenements between its subsidiary Unico Minerals Limited1 with a subsidiary of Anglo …
20 Oct	Primorus Investments PRIM	£4.2m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Gaming Realms GMR	£79m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Tap Global Group Plc TAP	£7.6m		Launch of Institutional Bitcoin Treasury Service Tap launches institutional Bitcoin Treasury as a Service offering for publicly listed companies
20 Oct	Kainos Group KNOS	£1,520m		Capital Markets Event Kainos, a UK-headquartered IT provider with expertise across three divisions, Digital Services, Workday Services and Workday Products, today confirms it will host a Capital Markets Event in London on 22 October 2025.
20 Oct	First Development Resources Plc FDR	£2.0m		Selta Project - Gold exploration strategy First Development Resources plc (AIM: FDR) the UK based, Australia focused exploration company with mineral interests in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, is pleased to provide an update in respect of its gold ("Au") exploration strategy at its …
20 Oct	Mila Resources MILA	£8.4m		Exercise of Option with EMX Mila Resources Plc (LSE: MILA), the post-discovery gold exploration accelerator, is pleased to announce that it will exercise its option to acquire a one hundred percent interest in the portfolio of exploration licenses from EMX.
20 Oct	Coppa Collective plc COPC	£21m	Trading update	Full-Year Trading Update ("Various Eateries" or "the Company" and with its subsidiaries "the Group")
20 Oct	Sirius Real Estate Ltd. SRE	£1,508m		Sirius to acquire business park for €43.7 million ("Sirius Real Estate", "Sirius", the "Company" or the "Group")
20 Oct	Vertu Motors VTU	£264m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Glenveagh Properties (CDI) GLV	£978m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
20 Oct	Genflow Biosciences GENF	£11m		Recognition of Patentability of Claims European Patent Office 2025 Recognizes the Patentability of Claims of SIRT 6 Variant Patent
20 Oct	Fiske FKE	£7.4m	Results	Final Results, Annual Report and Notice of AGM Fiske (AIM:FKE) sets out below its announcement of final audited results for the year ended 30 June 2025.
20 Oct	Vistry Group VTY	£806m		Management of share buyback programme Vistry Group PLC (the "Group" or the "Company") refers to the announcement published on 12 September 2024, in which the Board of the Group confirmed the launch of a £130million share buyback programme (the "Programme"), in line with the Group's capital …
20 Oct	GB Group GBG	£354m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares