COMPASS Pathways plc
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 24, 2026.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
- Nature of Business
Compass Pathways plc, or the Company, is a biotechnology company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health. The Company is developing its investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment through late-stage clinical trials in Europe and North America for patients with treatment-resistant depression.
The Company is subject to risks and uncertainties common to clinical stage companies in the biotechnology industry, including, but not limited to, development by competitors of new technological innovations, dependence on key personnel, protection of proprietary intellectual property and technology, compliance with government regulations and the ability to secure additional capital to fund operations. The therapeutic candidate currently under development will require significant additional research and development efforts, including preclinical and clinical testing and regulatory approval, prior to commercialization. These efforts require significant amounts of capital, adequate personnel and infrastructure and extensive compliance-reporting capabilities. Even if the Company’s therapeutic development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will realize revenue from sales.
The Company has funded its operations with proceeds from the sale of its ordinary shares, American Depository Shares, or ADSs, including in its offerings pursuant to its at-the-market, or ATM, offering program, proceeds from a loan agreement with Hercules Capital, Inc., and proceeds from a private placement transaction, or the PIPE. The Company was party to a Sales Agreement for its ATM offering program, dated October 8, 2021, with TD Securities (USA) LLC, or TD Cowen, under which the Company was able to issue and sell from time to time up to $150.0 million of its ADSs, each representingone ordinary share, through TD Cowen as the sales agent. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement dated October 8, 2021, through February 27, 2025, the Company sold 5,491,836 ADSs under the Company's ATM offering program, resulting in $54.8 million in net proceeds. On February 27, 2025, the Company entered into a new Sales Agreement to govern the Company’s ATM offering program with TD Cowen, or the Sales Agreement, under which the Company may issue and sell from time to time up to $150.0 million of our ADSs, subject to the terms of the Sales Agreement. Sales of its ADSs, if any, will generally be made at market prices. To date, the Company has not sold any ADSs under this Sales Agreement.
On June 30, 2023, the Company entered into a Loan Agreement with Hercules, which provided for aggregate maximum borrowings of up to $50.0 million, including a term loan of $30.0 million, which was funded on June 30, 2023. On August 16, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue in a private placement transaction (i)16,076,750 ADSs and (ii) PIPE Warrants to purchase up to 16,076,750 ADSs, at a purchase price of approximately $7.78 per ADS and accompanying PIPE Warrant to purchaseone ADS. Each PIPE Warrant has an exercise price of $9.93 per ADS and is exercisable for athree year period beginning in February 2024. The PIPE Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis if there is no effective registration statement registering the shares underlying the PIPE Warrants. During December 31, 2024, PIPE Warrants were exercised for 3,752,050 ADS, resulting in $37.3 million in exercise proceeds. During the year ended December 31, 2025 no PIPE warrants were exercised. The Company will receive up to an additional approximately $122.4 million in gross proceeds if the PIPE Warrants are fully exercised for cash.
In January 2025, the Company issued and sold (i)24,014,728 American Depositary Shares, each representingone ordinary share, nominal value £0.008 each, of the Company and accompanying warrants to purchase up to 24,014,728 ADSs, and (ii) in lieu of ADSs, to certain investors, pre-funded warrants, or Pre-funded Warrants, to purchase up to 11,044,720 ADSs and accompanying ADS warrants, or 2025 ADS Warrants, to purchase up to 11,044,720 ADSs. The offering price was $4.2750 per ADS and accompanying 2025 ADS Warrant, and $4.2649 per Pre-funded Warrant and accompanying 2025 ADS Warrant. The Pre-funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.0001 per ADS and are exercisable immediately. The Pre-funded Warrants expire when exercised in full. The 2025 ADS Warrants have an exercise price of $5.7960 per ADS and are exercisable following a specified data milestone. The 2025 ADS Warrants will expire three years after such warrants become exercisable. Once the ADS Warrants become exercisable, the Company may force the exercise of the 2025 ADS Warrants (by way of cash or cashless exercise, at the Company’s option), in whole or in part, by delivering a notice of forced exercise to the holders, provided that the closing price for the Company’s ADSs on Nasdaq exceeded the warrant exercise price of $5.7960 for thethree consecutive trading days prior to the date on which the notice of forced exercise is delivered. During the year ended December 31, 2025,2,344,720 Pre-funded Warrants were exercised.
The Company has incurred recurring losses since its inception, including net losses of $287.9 million and $155.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. In addition, as of December 31, 2025, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $822.6 million. The Company expects to continue to generate operating losses for the foreseeable future. The Company believes the cash and cash equivalents on hand as of December 31, 2025 of $149.6 million, together with the $140.5 million net proceeds from the February 2026 Offering and the $203.2 million net proceeds from the exercise of all of our outstanding 2025 ADS Warrants, will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements forat least the next twelve months from the date of issuance of these consolidated financial statements. The future viability of the Company is dependent on its ability to raise additional capital to finance its operations. The Company’s inability to raise capital as and when needed could have a negative impact on its financial condition and ability to pursue its business strategies. There can be no assurance that the current operating plan will be achieved or that additional funding will be available on terms acceptable to the Company, or at all. The Company may raise additional capital through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, and other strategic transactions, including marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements. The failure of the Company to obtain sufficient funds on acceptable terms when needed could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, and financial conditions.
Market volatility, geopolitical tensions or instability (including from the effects of announced or future tariff increases), geopolitical conflict (such as the war between Ukraine and Russia and conflict in the Middle East), fluctuating inflation and interest rates and the related impact on U.S., UK and global economies, instability in the banking system, the risk of an economic slowdown or recession in the U.S., significant changes in U.S. policies or regulatory environment or the disruption to U.S. government agencies or other factors could adversely impact the Company’s operations, financial results and ability to raise additional funding.
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or U.S. GAAP.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting periods. Estimates are periodically reviewed in light of changes in circumstances, facts and experience. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments that have maturities of three months or less when acquired to be cash equivalents.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash represents a collateral deposit for employee credit cards.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are to be classified and disclosed in one of the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy, of which the inputs for the first two are considered observable and the inputs for the last are considered unobservable:
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2—Observable inputs (other than Level 1 quoted prices), such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity that are significant to determining the fair value of the assets or liabilities, including pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques
The carrying amounts reflected in the consolidated balance sheets for the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The carrying value of the Company’s outstanding debt approximates fair value, reflecting interest rates currently available to the Company.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that subject the Company to credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. The Company places cash and cash equivalents in diversified and established financial institutions. Accounts at each institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000. The Company has cash and cash equivalents in excess of the FDIC insured limit. The Company has no significant off-balance-sheet risk or concentration of credit risk, such as foreign exchange contracts, options contracts, or other foreign hedging arrangements.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company evaluates assets for potential impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability is measured by comparing the book values of the assets to the expected future net undiscounted cash flows that the assets are expected to generate. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the book values of the assets exceed their fair value. The Company has not recognized any impairment losses or had triggering events related to its underlying assets for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Segment Information
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07 - Segment Reporting (Topic 280) - Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which improved segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosure requirements for significant segment expenses. The improved disclosure requirements apply to all public entities that are required to report segment information, including those with only one reportable segment.
Operating segments are identified as components of an entity that meet all of the following criteria: i) engage in business activities from which it may incur expenses; ii) operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker, to allocate resources and assess performance; iii) discrete financial information is available. The Company’s chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), is the Chief Executive Officer. The Company views its operations and manages its business asone operating segment. The CODM uses ‘total operating expenses,’ research and development and general and administrative ‘expenses by category,’ ‘loss before income taxes’ and ‘total assets’ to assess performance and decide how to allocate resources. The CODM also uses ‘total operating expenses’ ‘expenses by category’ and ‘loss before income taxes’ to monitor budget versus actual results to assess performance. Loss before income taxes is reported on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The measure of assets is reported on the consolidated balance sheets as total assets. As the Company operates inone operating segment, all required financial segment information can be found in these consolidated financial statements. All additional disclosures can be found in Note 15 below.
Research and Development Costs
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenses consist of costs incurred in performing research and development activities, including salaries, share-based compensation and benefits, travel, and external costs of outside vendors engaged to conduct clinical development activities, clinical trials and the cost to manufacture clinical trial materials.
Research Contract Costs, Prepayments and Accruals
The Company has entered into various research and development-related contracts with research institutions and other companies. These agreements are generally cancellable, and related payments are recorded as research and development expenses as incurred. The Company records prepayments and accruals for estimated ongoing research costs and receives updated estimates of costs and amounts owed on a monthly basis from its third-party service providers. When evaluating the adequacy of the prepayments and accrued liabilities, the Company analyzes progress of the studies or clinical trials, including the phase or completion of events, invoices received and contracted cost estimates from third-party service providers. Estimates are made in determining the prepaid and accrued balances at the end of any reporting period. The Company considers any prepayment that is more than 12 months in advance of the associated expense to be long-term. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates. The Company’s historical prepayments and accrual estimates have not been materially different from the actual costs.
Share-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for all share-based payment awards granted to employees and non-employees as share-based compensation expense at fair value. The Company grants equity awards under its share-based compensation programs, which may include share options and restricted share units. The measurement date for employee and non-employee awards is the date of grant, and share-based compensation costs are recognized as an expense over the requisite service period, which is the vesting period, on a straight-line basis. Share-based compensation expense is classified in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the function to which the related services are provided. The Company recognizes share-based compensation expense for the portion of awards that have vested. Forfeitures are recorded as they occur.
On October 1, 2021, the Company launched the Share Incentive Plan, or the SIP, and Employee Share Purchase Plan, or the ESPP, through which employees can purchase shares at a discounted price. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options and shares to be issued under the SIP and ESPP using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. The fair value of shares to be issued under these plans are recognized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the purchase period, which is generally six months.
There have been no performance or market conditions attached to the share options granted by the Company to date. The fair value of each share option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. See Note 10 for the Company’s assumptions used in connection with option grants made during the periods covered by these consolidated financial statements. Assumptions used in the option pricing model include the following:
Expected volatility. The Company lacks sufficient company-specific historical and implied volatility information for its ordinary shares. Therefore, it estimates its expected share volatility using a blended rate of: (1) historical volatility of publicly traded peer companies and (2) the Company’s historical volatility since being publicly traded since September 2020. The Company expects to continue to do so until such time as it has adequate historical data regarding the volatility of its own traded share price.
Expected term. The expected term of the Company’s share options has been determined utilizing the “simplified” method for awards that qualify as “plain-vanilla” options. The Company utilizes this method due to the lack of historical exercise data and the plain nature of its share-based awards.
Risk-free interest rate. The risk-free interest rate is determined by reference to the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant of the award for time periods that are approximately equal to the expected term of the award.
Expected dividend. Expected dividend yield ofzero is based on the fact that the Company has never paid cash dividends on ordinary shares and does not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, the Loan Agreement with Hercules currently prohibits dividends that may be declared or paid on our ordinary shares.
Fair value of ordinary shares. The fair value of ordinary shares is determined by reference to the closing price of ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the day prior to or day of the grant.
Leases
At the inception of an arrangement, the Company determines whether the arrangement is or contains a lease based on the unique facts and circumstances present in the arrangement. Leases with a term greater than one year are recognized on the balance sheets as right-of-use assets and current and non-current lease liabilities, as applicable. The Company has elected to account for lease and non-lease components together as a single lease component for all underlying assets and to allocate all the contract consideration to the lease component only. All the Company’s leases are classified as operating leases.
Lease liabilities and their corresponding right-of-use assets are initially recorded based on the present value of lease payments over the expected remaining lease term. Certain adjustments to the right-of-use asset may be required for items such as incentives received. When readily determinable, the discount rate used to calculate the lease liability is the rate implicit in the lease. As the Company’s leases do not typically provide an implicit rate, the Company utilizes its incremental borrowing rate to discount lease payments, which reflects the fixed rate at which the Company could borrow on a collateralized basis the amount of the lease payments in the same currency, for a similar term, in a similar economic environment. As the Company does not have a rating agency-based credit rating, quotes were obtained from lenders to establish an estimated secured rate to borrow based on Company and market-based factors as of the respective lease measurement dates. The Company has elected not to recognize leases with an original term of one year or less on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company typically only includes the non-cancelable lease term in its assessment of a lease arrangement unless there is an option to extend the lease that is reasonably certain of exercise. Prospectively, the Company will adjust the right-of-use assets for straight-line rent expense or any incentives received and remeasure the lease liability at the net present value using the same incremental borrowing rate that was in effect as of the lease commencement or transition date.
Operating lease costs are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term, and they are categorized within research and development and general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The operating lease cash flows are categorized under net cash used in operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
Foreign Currency Translation
The functional currency is the currency of the primary economic environment in which an entity’s operations are conducted. The functional currency of Compass Pathways plc and its wholly owned subsidiary Compass Pathfinder Holdings Limited is the U.S. Dollar (“USD”). The functional currency of Compass Pathfinder Holdings Limited’s wholly owned non-U.S. subsidiary, Compass Pathfinder Limited, is British Pound Sterling and the functional currency of its U.S. subsidiary, Compass Pathways Inc. is USD. The functional currency of these subsidiaries is the same as the local currency.
The translated balances of monetary and non-monetary assets and liabilities recorded in the reporting entity’s consolidated financial statements as of the end of the prior reporting period become the new accounting basis for those assets and liabilities in the period of the change. To the extent that the distinct and separable operation has monetary assets and liabilities denominated in the old functional currency, such balances will create transaction gains and losses subsequent to the change in functional currency. The balance recorded in the cumulative translation reserve, included within accumulated other comprehensive loss, in the consolidated balance sheets for prior periods is not reversed upon the change in functional currency.
The Company translates the assets and liabilities of Compass Pathfinder Limited into USD at the exchange rate in effect on the balance sheet date. Income and expenses are translated at the average exchange rate in effect during the period. Unrealized translation gains and losses are recorded as a cumulative translation adjustment, which is included in the consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Corporate Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the consolidated financial statements or in its tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded in the provision for income taxes. The Company assesses the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be recovered in the future to the extent management believes, based upon the weight of available evidence, that it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance is established through a charge to income tax expense. Potential for recovery of deferred tax assets is evaluated by estimating the future taxable profits expected and considering prudent and feasible tax planning strategies.
The Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes in the consolidated financial statements by applying a two-step process to determine the amount of tax benefit to be recognized. First, the tax position must be evaluated to determine the likelihood that it will be sustained upon external examination by the taxing authorities. If the tax position is deemed more-likely-than-not to be sustained, the tax position is then assessed as the amount of benefit to recognize in the consolidated financial statements. The amount of benefit that may be used is the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The provision for income taxes includes the effects of any resulting tax reserves, or unrecognized tax benefits, that are considered appropriate, as well as the related net interest and penalties. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company has not identified any material uncertain tax positions.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits on the income tax expense line in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024 no accrued interest or penalties are included on the related tax liability line in the consolidated balance sheets.
The Company carries out extensive research and development (“R&D”) activities and benefits from the UK R&D tax credit regime. Under the UK R&D tax credit regime, the Company is able to claim a cash rebate based on a portion of such qualifying R&D expenditure. The Company assesses its research and development activities and expenditures to determine whether the nature of the activities and expenditures will qualify for credit under the UK R&D tax credit regime and whether the claims will ultimately be realized based on the allowable reimbursable expense criteria established by the U.K. government, which are subject to interpretation. For the portion of the expense that the Company expects to qualify under the programs and plans to submit a claim for, the Company records a benefit within other (expense) income, net which is included in the loss before income tax.
As a Company, we currently meet the conditions of the SME regime. A large portion of costs relating to R&D, clinical trials and clinical manufacturing activities are eligible for inclusion within these tax credit cash rebate claims. We carry out extensive R&D activities and, therefore, have historically benefited from the UK R&D tax credit regime under the scheme for small or medium-sized enterprises, (“SME’s”). For accounting periods starting on or after April 1, 2024, the UK R&D regimes have changed, such that the effective cash credit will be 16.2% for in-house expenditure and 10.5% for any work that is contracted out.
However, new rules were introduced by the Finance Act 2024 for an enhanced rate of relief for research intensive companies (“ERIS”), which are approximately 27.0% for qualifying expenditure and approximately 17.5% for qualifying subcontracted expenditure (paid to an unconnected subcontractor). Beginning January 1, 2025, to be eligible as a research intensive company, the qualifying R&D expenditure for tax purposes must be at least 30% of the aggregate expenditure across the consolidated group. During the year ended December 31, 2024 the threshold was 40%.
For the years ended December 31, 2023 to 2025, the Company is currently having discussions with HMRC regarding whether it has met the R&D intensity condition and therefore are eligible for the enhanced effective rate due to uncertainties over whether impairments on intercompany loans and investments in subsidiary companies should be taken into account in determining the R&D intensity threshold. The outcome of this matter under discussion with HMRC is currently unknown. As a result of these discussions the Company recorded a change in estimate for the 2023 claim, which was initially recorded during the first quarter of 2025, of $4.1 million to reduce its receivable for amounts claimed at the enhanced rate. The Company recorded a change in estimate for the 2024 claim, which was initially recorded during the year ended December 31, 2025, of $7.0 million to reduce its receivable for amounts previously claimed at the enhanced rate.
The Company believes that the impairments of intercompany loans and investments in subsidiary companies should be disregarded and that it meets the R&D intensity condition in the year ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024. As the Company believes that it meets the R&D intensity condition for the year ended December 31, 2024, it should automatically fulfil the expenditure conditions to be eligible for the enhanced rate in the year ended December 31, 2025 as a company remains research intensive unless it fails to meet the eligibility requirement for two consecutive years. However, given the uncertainty over the outcome of the discussions with HMRC the enhanced R&D credits have not been reflected in the financial statements. If the Company reached a successful conclusion with HMRC additional credits of $4.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2023, $7.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2024 and $7.3 million in the year to December 31, 2025 could be claimed.
The Company is subject to corporation tax in the UK. Due to the nature of the business, the Company has generated losses since inception. The benefit from R&D tax credits is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as a component of other income, net, and represents the sum of the R&D tax credits recoverable in the UK.
The UK R&D tax credit is fully refundable to the Company and is not dependent on current or future taxable income. As a result, the Company has recorded the entire benefit from the UK R&D tax credit as a benefit which is included in net loss before income tax and accordingly, not reflected as part of the income tax provision. If, in the future, any UK R&D tax credits generated are needed to offset a corporation tax liability in the UK, that portion would be recorded as a benefit within the income tax provision and any refundable portion not dependent on taxable income would continue to be recorded within other income, net.
Unsurrendered UK losses may be carried forward indefinitely to be offset against future taxable profits, subject to numerous utilization criteria and restrictions. The amount that can be offset each year is limited to £5.0 million plus an incremental 50% of UK taxable profits.
Comprehensive Loss
Comprehensive loss includes net loss as well as other changes in shareholders’ equity that result from transactions and economic events other than those with shareholders. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the only component of accumulated other comprehensive loss is foreign currency translation adjustment.
Net Loss per Share
The Company has reported losses since inception and has computed basic net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders by dividing net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the period, without consideration for potentially dilutive securities. The Company computes diluted net loss per ordinary share after giving consideration to all potentially dilutive ordinary shares, including unvested restricted shares, outstanding options and warrants. Because the Company has reported net losses since inception, these potential ordinary shares have been anti-dilutive and basic and diluted loss per share were the same for all periods presented.
Long-term Debt
On June 30, 2023, the Company entered into the Loan Agreement with Hercules. The Company assessed all terms and features of the Loan Agreement in order to identify any potential embedded features that would require bifurcation. As part of this analysis, the Company assessed the economic characteristics and risks of the debt. The Company determined that all features of the Loan Agreement are clearly and closely associated with a debt host and, as such, do not require separate accounting as a derivative liability.
Debt issuance costs consist of costs incurred in obtaining long-term financing. These costs are classified on the consolidated balance sheets as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability. These expenses are deferred and amortized as part of interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss using the effective interest rate method over the term of the debt agreement.
Warrants
On June 30, 2023, the Company entered into a warrant agreement with Hercules. The Company assessed all terms and features of the Warrant Agreement in order to determine accounting classification of the warrants as equity or liability. As part of this analysis, the Company determined it appropriate to account for the warrants issued under the Loan Agreement as equity.
On August 18, 2023, in connection with the PIPE, the Company issued and sold PIPE Warrants to purchase up to 16,076,750 ADSs, each representingone ordinary share, at an exercise price of $9.93 per ADS. The PIPE Warrants are exercisable for athree year period beginning in February 2024. The Company assessed all terms and features of the PIPE Warrant Agreement in order to determine accounting classification of the warrants as equity or liability. As part of this analysis, the Company determined it appropriate to account for the PIPE Warrants as equity.
On January 13, 2025, in connection with the 2025 Financing, the Company issued and sold (i)24,014,728 ADSs, each representingone ordinary share, (ii) in lieu of ADSs, Pre-funded Warrants to purchase up to 11,044,720 ADSs, and (iii) accompanying 2025 ADS Warrants to purchase up to 11,044,720 ADSs, each representing one ordinary share. The Pre-funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.0001 per ADS and are exercisable immediately. The Pre-funded Warrants expire when exercised in full. The 2025 ADS Warrants have an exercise price of $5.7960 per ADS and are exercisable following a specified data milestone. The 2025 ADS Warrants will expire three years after such warrants become exercisable. Once the 2025 ADS Warrants become exercisable, the Company may force the exercise of the 2025 ADS Warrants (by way of cash or cashless exercise, at the Company’s option), in whole or in part, by delivering a notice of forced exercise to the holders, provided that the closing price for the Company’s ADSs on Nasdaq exceeded the warrant exercise price of $5.7960 for thethree consecutive trading days prior to the date on which the notice of forced exercise is delivered. The Company assessed all terms and features of the Pre-funded Warrants and the 2025 ADS Warrants in order to determine accounting classification of the warrants as equity or liability. As part of this analysis, the Company determined it appropriate to account for the Pre-funded Warrants and 2025 ADS Warrants as liabilities.
We account for the warrants in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC Topic 815-40-15-7D, (“Derivatives and Hedging”), under which the warrants that do not meet the criteria for equity treatment must be recorded as liabilities. Accordingly, we classify the warrants as liabilities at their fair value and adjust the warrants to fair value at each reporting period. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until the warrants are exercised or expire, and any change in fair value will be recognized in our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The fair values of these warrants are determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model.
The warrant liabilities are classified as current on the consolidated balance sheets due to the likelihood of exercise and it is reasonably expected that the Company would be required to use existing resources classified as current assets, or create other current liabilities, to settle the warrant liabilities at this time. Management reviews the classification of warrant liabilities at each reporting period to determine whether any change in classification is warranted based on changes in facts or circumstances, including the proximity to expiration or likelihood of exercise.
The Company measured warrants at inception at fair value using the Black-Scholes valuation model. Assumptions used in the warrant pricing model include the following:
Expected volatility. The Company calculates expected volatility based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock over a period consistent with the expected term of the awards. The Company believes that its historical volatility is representative of future stock price volatility. In some situations the Company may lack sufficient company-specific historical data, in which the Company will estimate its expected volatility using a blended rate of: (1) historical volatility of publicly traded peer companies and (2) the Company’s historical volatility since being publicly traded since September 2020.
Expected term. The expected term of the Hercules warrants is 7.5 years. The expected term of the PIPE Warrants is 1.1 year. The expected term of the Pre-funded Warrants and the 2025 ADS Warrant is 3 years.
Risk-free interest rate. The risk-free interest rate is determined by reference to the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the issuance for time periods that are approximately equal to the expected term of the warrant.
Expected dividend. Expected dividend yield ofzero is based on the fact that the Company has never paid cash dividends on ordinary shares and does not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, the Loan Agreement with Hercules currently prohibits, and any future debt financing arrangements may contain terms prohibiting or limiting the number of dividends that may be declared or paid on our ordinary shares.
Fair value of ordinary shares. The fair value of the warrants is determined by reference to the closing price of ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the day of issuance.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which focuses on the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. ASU No. 2023-09 requires a public business entity (PBE) to disclose, on an annual basis, a tabular rate reconciliation using both percentages and currency amounts, broken out into specified categories with certain reconciling items further broken out by nature and jurisdiction to the extent those items exceed a specified threshold. In addition, all entities are required to disclose income taxes paid, net of refunds received disaggregated by federal, state/local, and foreign and by jurisdiction if the amount is at least 5% of total income tax payments, net of refunds received. For PBEs, the new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. For entities other than PBEs, the requirements will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025. An entity may apply the amendments in this ASU prospectively by providing the revised disclosures for the period ending December 31, 2025 and continuing to provide the pre-ASU disclosures for the prior periods, or may apply the amendments retrospectively by providing the revised disclosures for all period presented. As of December 31, 2025, the Company adopted this new ASU prospectively and it only impacts the Company's income tax disclosures with no impact to its operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03 - Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, designed to improve disclosures, primarily through increased expense disaggregation. Additionally, in January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01 to clarify the effective date of ASU 2024-03. The guidance is effective for all fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The new standard can be adopted on a prospective basis with an option to be adopted retrospectively and early adoption is permitted. The Company is not early adopting the standard. We are currently evaluating this guidance to determine its impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statement disclosures.
- Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities
The following tables present information about the Company’s financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level of the fair value hierarchy used to determine such fair values:
| Fair Value Measurements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| as of December 31, 2025 | ||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |
| Assets: | ||||
| Cash equivalents | 43,053 | — | — | 43,053 |
| $43,053 | $— | $— | $43,053 | |
| Fair Value Measurements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| as of December 31, 2024 | ||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |
| Assets: | ||||
| Cash equivalents | 41,355 | — | — | 41,355 |
| $41,355 | $— | $— | $41,355 | |
During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. Excluded from the table above, is $60.8 million and $73.7 million, as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, of cash held in notice accounts of less than 90 days, for which the carrying value approximates fair value due to the short-term nature.
- Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| UK R&D tax credit | $15,387 | $20,712 |
| Prepaid research and development | 17,102 | 11,332 |
| Prepaid income tax | 3,434 | 197 |
| Other current assets | 5,580 | 3,580 |
| $41,503 | $35,821 | |
For the years ended December 31, 2023 to 2025, the Company is uncertain whether it met the R&D intensity condition and is eligible for the enhanced effective rate due to uncertainties over whether impairments on intercompany loans and investments in subsidiary companies should be taken into account in determining the R&D intensity threshold. This matter is currently under discussion with HMRC and the outcome is unknown. Given the uncertainty over the outcome of the discussions with HMRC, the enhanced R&D credits as a research intensive company have not been reflected in the financial statements. As a result of these discussions the Company recorded a change in estimate for the 2023 claim, which was initially recorded during the first quarter of 2025, of $4.1 million to reduce its receivable for amounts claimed at the enhanced rate. The Company recorded a change in estimate for the 2024 claim, which was initially recorded during the year ended December 31, 2025, of $7.0 million to reduce its receivable for amounts previously claimed at the enhanced rate. If the Company reaches a successful conclusion with HMRC, additional credits of $4.1 million in the year ended December 31, 2023, $7.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2024 and $7.3 million in the year to December 31, 2025 could be claimed.
- Long-term Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets
Long-term prepaid expenses and other assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| UK R&D tax credit | $10,950 | $— |
| Prepaid research and development - long-term | — | 5,737 |
| Other assets | 734 | 858 |
| $11,684 | $6,595 | |
- Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Accrued compensation and benefit costs | $5,445 | $7,914 |
| Accrued research and development expense | 1,868 | 3,724 |
| Accrued professional expenses | 1,342 | 1,532 |
| Other liabilities | 559 | 1,325 |
| $9,214 | $14,495 | |
- Debt
On June 30, 2023, or the Effective Date, the Company entered into the Loan Agreement with Hercules, which was subsequently amended on October 31, 2024, and July 30, 2025 (the “Loan Agreement”). The Company evaluated the amendments in accordance with applicable accounting guidance and concluded that they did not result in a debt modification or extinguishment. The Loan Agreement provides for aggregate maximum borrowings of up to $50.0 million, consisting of (i)
a term loan of $30.0 million, which was funded on the Effective Date, and (ii) subject to the approval of Hercules’ investment committee in its sole discretion, and available during the interest-only period, an additional term loan of $20.0 million.
The term loan will mature on July 1, 2027. The outstanding principal balance of the term loan bears interest at an annual rate equal to the greater of either (i) the prime rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal plus 1.50% or (ii)9.75%. Accrued interest is payable monthly following the funding of each term loan. In addition to accrued interest, payment-in-kind (PIK) interest of 1.40% will be added to the balance of the loan. Payments under the Loan Agreement are interest only until the first principal payment is due on January 2, 2026 (subject to extension if a certain performance milestone is met), followed by equal monthly payments of principal and interest through the scheduled maturity date, July 1, 2027. The carrying value of the Company’s outstanding debt approximates fair value, reflecting interest rates currently available to the Company.
The Company incurred fees and transaction costs totaling $3.3 million associated with the initial term loan, which are recorded as a reduction to the carrying value of the long-term debt in the consolidated balance sheets. These fees included $0.4 million of facility fees, $0.8 million of company fees, $0.7 million in warrants, and $1.4 million of end of term charges. The fees, transaction costs, and the end of term charges are amortized to interest expense through the maturity date using the effective interest method. The effective interest rate of the Loan Agreement was 14.8% as of December 31, 2025.
The Company issued warrants to Hercules to purchase the Company’s Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient derived by dividing (i) the amount equal to (a)2.5% times (b) the aggregate principal amount of term loan advances made and funded under the Loan Agreement by (ii) the exercise price of the warrants. Upon receipt of the first term loan in June 2023,94,222 shares became exercisable to Hercules with a fair market value of $0.7 million.
The Loan Agreement includes a financial covenant requiring us to maintain a minimum level of $22.5 million of cash during the period commencing on July 1, 2024 (subject to adjustment if certain performance milestones are met). If the Company meets the performance milestones, the minimum cash covenant will not apply if its market capitalization is at least $750.0 million. The Company was in compliance with all covenants of the Loan Agreement as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Long-term debt consisted of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Term loan payable | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| End of term charge | 1,425 | 1,425 |
| Future principal payments and end of term charge | $31,425 | $31,425 |
| PIK interest payable | 1,088 | 649 |
| Unamortized debt issuance costs | (880) | (1,909) |
| Carrying value of long-term debt | $31,633 | $30,165 |
| Less: current portion | (17,523) | (5,513) |
| Non-current portion | $14,110 | $24,652 |
Future principal payments, including End of Term Charge, are as follows (in thousands):
| Year ending December 31, 2026 | 18,252 |
|---|---|
| Year ending December 31, 2027 | 13,173 |
| Total | $31,425 |
Interest expense associated with the Loan Agreement for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $4.5 million and $4.5 million, respectively.
- Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents, as of December 31, 2025, information about the Company’s warrant liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
| January 13, 2025 · December 31, 2025 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level · Amount · Level · Amount | |||||
| Warrant Liabilities: | |||||
| Pre-funded Warrants | 2 | $37,220 | 2 | $60,029 | |
| 2025 ADS Warrants | 3 | 55,726 | 3 | 143,697 | |
| Total Warrant Liabilities | $92,946 | $203,726 | |||
The Pre-funded Warrants and 2025 ADS Warrants are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging, Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity(“ASC 815-40”), as both warrants contain contingent exercise provisions that do not meet the requirements of the indexation guidance under ASC 815-40 and could require the Company to pay cash to settle the warrants. The warrants are presented within warrant liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The warrant liabilities were measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
The Pre-funded Warrants are considered to be Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy as the inputs used to determine fair market value are observable against the Company’s stock price. The 2025 ADS Warrant are considered to be Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy as they have been recorded at fair value using the Black-Scholes model, using unobservable assumptions that have been probability-weighted for specified data milestones. As of December 31, 2025, the assumptions are as follows:
| January 13, 2025 | December 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise price | $5.7960 | $5.7960 |
| Market price | $3.37 | $6.90 |
| Volatility | 146.1% to 158.7% | 143.4% to 144.8% |
| Risk-free rate | 4.6% | 3.6% |
| Dividend yield | —% | —% |
| Term (in years) | 4.0 to 4.4 years | 3.1 to 3.2 years |
The following table reflects the fair value of the Company’s warrant liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2025:
| Pre-Funded Warrants | ADS Warrants | |
|---|---|---|
| Fair value as of December 31, 2024 | $— | $— |
| Initial fair value as of January 13, 2025 | 37,220 | 55,726 |
| Exercise of warrant liabilities | (10,153) | — |
| Fair value change of warrant liabilities | 32,962 | 87,971 |
| Fair value as of December 31, 2025 | $60,029 | $143,697 |
The fair value change of warrant liabilities at December 31, 2025 was $122.6 million, which included a $1.6 million loss upon issuance of the Pre-funded warrants and a $120.9 million loss in fair value between the initial fair value and the fair value as of the balance sheet date. During the year ended December 31, 2025, there were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3.
- Shareholders’ Equity
Ordinary Shares
Each ordinary share entitles the holder toone vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to receive dividends, if any, as may be declared by the board of directors. Through December 31, 2025, no cash dividends had been declared or paid by the Company.
During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company issued ordinary shares in the amount of 925,179 and 189,214, respectively, to settle share options exercised by employees and non-employees.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, a total of 189,174 restricted share units vested, of which 156,245 shares were issued and 32,929 shares were settled.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, a total of 107,644 restricted share units vested, of which 83,527 shares were issued and 24,117 shares were settled.
During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company issued in total 92,752 and 74,155 shares, respectively, under the employee share purchase plan.
At-the-Market Facility
On October 8, 2021, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement with Cowen and Company, LLC, or Cowen, under which the Company was permitted to issue and sell from time to time up to $150.0 million of its ADSs, each representingone ordinary share, through Cowen as the sales agent. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement dated October 8, 2021, through February 27, 2025, we sold 5,491,836 ADSs underour ATM offering program, resulting in $54.8 million in net proceeds. On February 27, 2025, the Company entered into a new Sales Agreement under which the Company may issue and sell from time to time up to $150.0 million of our ADSs, subject to the terms of the Sales Agreement. Sales of the Company’s ADSs, if any, will generally be made at market prices. To date, the Company has not sold any ADSs under this Sales Agreement.
Warrants
Equity-classified
On June 30, 2023, the Company entered into a Warrant Agreement with Hercules, which provides Hercules with the right to purchase a number of the Company’s Ordinary Shares, equal to the quotient derived by dividing (i) the amount equal to (a)2.5% times (b) the aggregate principal amount of term loan advances made and funded under the Loan Agreement by (ii) the exercise price. Upon receipt of each term loan, the Warrant will automatically become exercisable and will expire in 10 years (on June 30, 2033). On June 30, 2023, with the receipt of the first term loan,94,222 shares became exercisable to Hercules with a fair market value of $0.7 million.
On August 18, 2023, in connection with the PIPE, the Company issued and sold warrants to purchase up to 16,076,750 ADSs, each representingone ordinary share, at a purchase price of $9.93 per ADS. The PIPE Warrants became exercisable for athree year period beginning in February 2024. During December 31, 2024, PIPE Warrants were exercised for 3,752,050 ADSs, resulting in $37.3 million in exercise proceeds. During the year ended December 31, 2025, no PIPE warrants were exercised.
Liability-classified
On January 13, 2025, in connection with the 2025 Financing, the Company issued and sold (i)24,014,728 ADSs, each representingone ordinary share, (ii) in lieu of ADSs, Pre-funded Warrants to purchase up to 11,044,720 ADSs, and (iii) accompanying 2025 ADS Warrants to purchase up to 11,044,720 ADSs, each representing one ordinary share. The Pre-funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.0001 per ADS and are exercisable immediately. The Pre-funded Warrants expire when exercised in full. The 2025 ADS Warrants have an exercise price of $5.7960 per ADS and are exercisable following a specified data milestone. The 2025 ADS Warrants will expire three years after such warrants become exercisable. Once the 2025 ADS Warrants become exercisable, the Company may force the exercise of the 2025 ADS Warrants (by way of cash or cashless exercise, at the Company’s option), in whole or in part, by delivering a notice of forced exercise to the holders, provided that the closing price for the Company’s ADSs on Nasdaq exceeded the warrant exercise price of $5.7960 for thethree consecutive trading days prior to the date on which the notice of forced exercise is delivered. During the year ended December 31, 2025,2,344,720 Pre-funded Warrants were exercised, resulting in a $10.2 million reduction in warrant liabilities.
The 2025 Financing comprised of ADSs, Pre-funded Warrants and 2025 ADS Warrants, resulted in aggregate proceeds of $149.8 million, with issuance costs of $9.4 million. Since the Pre-funded Warrants and 2025 ADS Warrants have been classified as a liability and recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in the consolidated income statement, the aggregate proceeds have been allocated first to these warrants at their respective fair values at the issuance date. The residual has been allocated to the ADSs issued as part of the 2025 Financing and recognized within equity.
- Share-Based Compensation
2017 Equity Incentive Plan
Under the Company’s historical shareholder and subscription agreements, the Company was authorized to issue restricted shares, restricted share units, as well as options, as incentives to its employees, non-employees and members of its board of directors. To the extent such incentives were in the form of share options, the options were granted pursuant to the terms of the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, or the 2017 Plan. In July 2019, the Company’s board of directors adopted the 2017 Plan. The 2017 Plan provided for the grant of Enterprise Management Incentive, or EMI, options, to its UK employees, for the grant of options to its U.S. employees and non-employees of the Company. The 2017 Plan was administered by the board of directors.
Options granted under the 2017 Plan, typically vest over athree orfour-year service period with 33.3% and 25% respectively, of the award vesting on the first anniversary of the commencement date and the balance vesting monthly over the remaining years. Options granted under the 2017 Plan generally expire 10 years from the date of grant. Restricted share units granted under the 2017 Plan typically vest over afour-year service period with 25% of the award vesting on the first anniversary of the commencement date and quarterly thereafter.
The options granted on June 30, 2020 were subject to 25% vesting upon the earlier occurrence of (i) theone year anniversary of the date of grant, or (ii) the date of the listing of the Company's ordinary shares on any stock exchange, followed by straight line vesting forthree years for the remaining 75% of the allocation until vested in full.
The restricted share units granted on June 30, 2020 were subject to 25% vesting upon the earlier of (i) theone year anniversary of the date of grant, or (ii) the first day following the six-month anniversary of the listing of the Company's ordinary shares on any stock exchange on which the closing price of the shares is 20% higher than the listing price for at least five consecutive trading days.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company was authorized to issue a total of 417,254 ordinary shares underlying outstanding options granted under the 2017 Plan prior to our initial public offering, or IPO.
2020 Employee Share Purchase Plan
The Company’s 2020 Employee Share Purchase Plan, or the ESPP, provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance will automatically increase each January 1, beginning on January 1, 2022 and each January 1 thereafter through termination of the 2020 Plan, by the lesser of (i)1% of the outstanding number of ordinary shares on the immediately preceding December 31, (ii)510,080 ordinary shares or (iii) such lesser number of ordinary shares as determined by the plan administrator. The number of shares reserved under the ESPP is subject to change in the event of a share split, share dividend or other change in our capitalization.
On October 1, 2021, the Company launched the SIP and the ESPP, through which employees can purchase shares at a discounted price. At the end ofsix months, shares will automatically be purchased at the lower of the opening and closing price of the shares for the saving period minus a 15% discount.
2020 Share Option Plan
The Company’s 2020 Share Option and Incentive Plan, or the 2020 Plan, allows the compensation and leadership development committee to make equity-based, including options and restricted share units, and cash-based incentive awards to the Company’s officers, employees, directors and other key persons (including consultants).
Options granted under the 2020 Plan generally expire 10 years from the date of grant and typically vest over a 4 year service period with 25% of the options vesting on the first anniversary of the commencement date and the balance vesting monthly over the remaining years.
The Company initially reserved 2,074,325 of its ordinary shares for the issuance of awards under the 2020 Plan. The 2020 Plan provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the plan will automatically increase each January 1, beginning on January 1, 2022, by up to 4% of the outstanding number of ordinary shares on the immediately preceding December 31, or such lesser number of shares as determined by the Company’s compensation and leadership development committee. The total number of ordinary shares that were authorized for issuance under the 2020 Plan is 10,680,217 shares as of December 31, 2025, of which 3,184,218 shares remained available for future grant.
The options granted in 2025 under the 2020 Plan to employees generally expire 10 years from the date of grant. There are three potential vesting terms for the 2025 grants including: (i)25% per year over four year service period, (ii)four year service period with 25% of the vesting on the first anniversary of the commencement date and the balance vesting monthly over the remaining years; and (iii) monthly vesting over four year service period.
2022 Inducement Option Award
During 2022, the Company granted a non-qualified share option to purchase up to 600,000 ordinary shares as an inducement grant to our chief executive officer. The non-qualified share option has a 10 year term and one-fourth vested on August 1, 2023 and the remaining three-fourths will vest in equal monthly installments over the following 36 months. The non-qualified share option has other terms that mirror those of non-qualified share options granted under the Company’s 2020 Plan and the Company’s standard form of non-qualified share option agreement.
Restricted Share Units
A summary of the changes in the Company’s unvested restricted share units during the year ended December 31, 2025 is as follows:
| Number of Shares | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Unvested and Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 | 658,553 | $10.96 |
| Granted | 531,110 | 3.76 |
| Vested | (189,174) | 11.21 |
| Forfeited | (226,062) | 8.12 |
| Unvested and Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 | 774,427 | $6.79 |
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, there was$3.8 million and$5.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted share units, respectively, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.5 years and 2.8 years, respectively. The exercise price of restricted share units is at a nominal value less than £0.01 per share.
Share Options
The following table summarizes the Company’s share options activity for the year ended December 31, 2025:
| Number of Shares | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 | 8,235,619 | $12.01 | 6.95 | $6,009 |
| Granted | 2,581,977 | $6.19 | ||
| Exercised | (925,179) | $0.08 | ||
| Cancelled or forfeited | (2,289,124) | $15.13 | ||
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 | 7,603,293 | $10.52 | 6.87 | $10,972 |
| Exercisable as of December 31, 2025 | 4,492,506 | $13.58 | 5.67 | $3,950 |
| Unvested as of December 31, 2025 | 3,110,787 | $6.11 | 8.62 | $7,022 |
The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024 was $3.5 million and $1.2 million, respectively.
The aggregate intrinsic value of share options is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the share options and the fair value of the Company’s ordinary shares for those share options that had exercise prices lower than the fair value of the Company’s ordinary shares.
The weighted average grant-date fair value of share options granted was$2.48 and$7.00 per share during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, there was$15.0 million and$25.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years and 2.4 years, respectively.
Share Option Valuation
The weighted-average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of the share options granted to employees and directors during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Expected option life (years) | 5.0 years | 5.1 years |
| Expected volatility | 89.42% | 86.05% |
| Risk-free interest rate | 4.06% | 4.12% |
| Expected dividend yield | —% | —% |
Share-based Compensation Expense
Share-based compensation expense recorded as research and development and general and administrative expenses is as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Research and development | 5,088 | 10,309 |
| General and administrative | 8,502 | 9,208 |
| Total share-based compensation expense | $13,590 | $19,517 |
- Income Taxes
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes consisted of the following (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| United Kingdom | (293,932) | (156,711) |
| Foreign | 3,597 | 3,183 |
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (290,335) | (153,528) |
The provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was computed at the UK statutory income tax rate. The income tax provision for the years then ended comprised (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Current income tax provision | ||
| United Kingdom | $— | $— |
| Foreign | (2,495) | 2,031 |
| Total current (benefit) expense: | $(2,495) | $2,031 |
| Deferred income tax (benefit) expense: | ||
| United Kingdom | — | — |
| Foreign | 22 | (437) |
| Total deferred income tax (benefit) expense: | $22 | $(437) |
| Total provision for income taxes | $(2,473) | $1,594 |
A reconciliation of income tax expense computed at the statutory UK corporation tax rate to income taxes as reflected in the consolidated financial statements, in accordance with the guidance in ASU 2023-09, is as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||
| Amount | Rate | |
| Pretax loss | $(290,335) | |
| UK Federal Statutory Tax Rate | (72,584) | 25.0% |
| Foreign tax effects: | ||
| United States: | ||
| Foreign rate differential | (144) | —% |
| Foreign-derived intangible income (FDII) deduction | (2,772) | 1.0% |
| Tax credits - federal research and development credit | (1,478) | 0.5% |
| State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit | 19 | —% |
| Other | 1,005 | (0.3)% |
| Change in valuation allowance | 21,860 | (7.5)% |
| Nontaxable or nondeductible items | ||
| R&D deduction | (64) | —% |
| R&D deductions surrendered | 138 | —% |
| R&D credit included in profit before tax | 3,305 | (1.1)% |
| Change in fair value warrant liabilities | 42,572 | (14.7)% |
| Group relief | 1,705 | (0.6)% |
| Other | 3,965 | (1.4)% |
| Income tax benefit | $(2,473) | 0.9% |
A reconciliation of income tax expense computed at the statutory UK corporation tax rate to income taxes as reflected in the consolidated financial statements, in accordance with the guidance prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09, is as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | |
| Corporation tax at UK statutory rate | $(38,382) |
| Permanent differences | 27 |
| UK R&D tax credit | 14,375 |
| Change in valuation allowance | 25,410 |
| State income taxes | 57 |
| Deferred tax asset true-up | 676 |
| Return to provision | (1,214) |
| Share-based compensation | 774 |
| Change in UK tax rate | — |
| Other | (129) |
| $1,594 |
The Company's effective tax rate includes the effects of state and local income taxes, net of the federal income tax benefit, which are primarily attributable to New York and New York City, where the Company has significant business activities. These states have higher tax rates compared to other jurisdictions where the Company operates, and together, they account for more than half of the Company's total state tax expense.
Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 consist of the following (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Net operating loss carryforward | $110,742 | $84,927 |
| Reserves and accruals | 2,954 | 647 |
| Share-based compensation | 18,662 | 18,205 |
| Charitable contributions | 44 | 126 |
| Total deferred tax assets | 132,402 | 103,905 |
| Valuation allowance | (128,651) | (100,090) |
| Depreciation | — | (41) |
| Total deferred tax liabilities | — | (41) |
| Net deferred tax assets | $3,751 | $3,774 |
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had UK net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $577.9 million, and $280.8 million, respectively, that can be carried forward indefinitely.
Changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 related primarily to the increases in net operating loss and were as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Valuation allowance at beginning of year | $100,090 | $76,072 |
| Increases recorded to income tax provision | 21,860 | 25,411 |
| Increases recorded to CTA | 6,701 | (1,393) |
| Valuation allowance at end of year | $128,651 | $100,090 |
Future realization of the tax benefits of existing temporary differences and net operating loss carryforwards ultimately depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income within the carryforward period. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company performed an evaluation to determine whether a valuation allowance was needed. The Company considered all available evidence, both positive and negative, which included the results of operations for the current and preceding years. The Company determined that it was not possible to reasonably quantify future taxable income and determined that it is more likely than not that all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Accordingly, the Company maintained a full valuation allowance against its net UK deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. The deferred tax asset recognized relates entirely to the US entity.
The Company applies the authoritative guidance on accounting for and disclosure of uncertainty in tax positions, which requires the Company to determine whether a tax position of the Company is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals of litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. For tax positions meeting the more likely than not threshold, the tax amount recognized in the financial statements is reduced by the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon the ultimate settlement with the relevant taxing authority. There were no material uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.
The Company will recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company hadno accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions andno amounts have been recognized in the Company’s statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
The Company and its subsidiaries file corporation tax returns in the UK and income tax returns in the U.S. To the extent the Company has tax attribute carryforwards, the tax years in which the attribute was generated may still be adjusted upon examination by the federal, state, or foreign tax authorities, if such tax attributes are utilized in a future period.
The following summarizes the Company’s income taxes paid, net of refunds received for the year presented below, in accordance with the guidance in ASU 2023-09 (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | |
| United Kingdom | $— |
| United States | 755 |
| Total | $755 |
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") was signed into law. The OBBBA introduced multiple U.S. federal income tax changes such as deductibility of domestic research and development expenses, deductibility on certain property additions and limitations on interest expense deduction. The OBBBA did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2025. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of the OBBBA as further information becomes available.
- Net Loss Per Share
The Company computes basic net loss per share by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding. The Company computes diluted net loss per share by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of shares and dilutive potential share equivalents then outstanding during the period. The Company’s potentially dilutive securities, which include unvested ordinary shares, unvested restricted share units, options granted and warrants, have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be to reduce the net loss per share. Therefore, the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders is the same.
The Company excluded the following potential ordinary shares, presented based on amounts outstanding at each period end, from the computation of diluted net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Employee share purchase plan | 29,943 | 37,755 |
| Unvested restricted share units | 774,427 | 658,553 |
| Share options | 7,603,293 | 8,235,619 |
| Warrants - equity-classified | 12,418,922 | 12,418,922 |
| Warrants - liability-classified | 43,759,448 | — |
| 64,586,033 | 21,350,849 | |
- Right of use assets
New York, USA
In September 2023, the Company entered into a lease agreement for office space located in New York, NY, that was undergoing construction to get the space ready for use. The required improvements were subsequently completed in October 2023 and the space was made available for use, resulting in the lease commencing on October 9, 2023. The stated lease term isthree years. Lease payments will be made on a monthly basis and increase approximately 3.5% each year over the lease term. The total commitment for lease payments over the stated term is $0.7 million.
Soho, London, UK
In September 2025, the Company entered into atwo-year operating lease with Fora Space Limited commencing on September 1, 2025 to remain in its current premises. The recurring residency fee per month is £113,420, and the Company has paid a refundable deposit of £156,000 at the execution of its initial agreement.
Denmark Hill, London, UK
In March 2022, the Company entered into an agreement for a lease with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust for land and buildings at 5 Windsor Walk, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK. The lease commenced on June 21, 2022 and has a contractual term offive years. The rent is £180,000 per year, withno deposit payable.
The following table summarizes our costs included in our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss related to right of use lease assets we have entered for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Lease cost | ||
| Operating lease cost | $2,408 | $2,570 |
| $2,408 | $2,570 | |
| Other information: | ||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | ||
| Operating cash flows used in operating leases | $2,452 | $2,533 |
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities | $3,572 | $17 |
| Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Weighted average discount rate | 7.8% | 8.5% |
The following table summarizes the future minimum lease payments due under operating leases as of December 31, 2025, (in thousands):
| December 31, 2026 | 2,285 |
|---|---|
| December 31, 2027 | 1,320 |
| Total future minimum lease payments | $3,605 |
| Less: imputed interest | 203 |
| Total | $3,402 |
- Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, the Company may be a party to litigation or subject to claims incident to the ordinary course of business. The Company was not a party to any material litigation and did not have material contingency reserves established for any liabilities as of December 31, 2025 or 2024.
Indemnification
In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into agreements that may include indemnification provisions. Pursuant to such agreements, the Company may indemnify, hold harmless and defend an indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party. Some of the provisions will limit losses to those arising from third party actions. In some cases, the indemnification will continue after the termination of the agreement. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these provisions is not determinable. The Company has not incurred material costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification provisions. The Company has also entered into deeds of indemnity with its directors and officers that may require the Company to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers in accordance with the indemnification obligations under its Articles of Association. The Company currently has directors’ and officers’ insurance.
- Segment Reporting
The Company hasone operating segment. The table below is a summary of the segment loss, including significant segment expenses (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Operating expenses: | ||
| Research and Development: | ||
| Development expenses | $82,372 | $76,993 |
| Personnel expenses | 24,420 | 26,707 |
| Non-cash share-based compensation expense | 5,088 | 10,309 |
| Facilities and other expenses1 | 6,556 | 5,030 |
| General and Administrative: | ||
| Personnel expenses | 19,716 | 23,422 |
| Legal and professional fees | 23,521 | 14,535 |
| Facilities and other expenses1 | 8,862 | 12,001 |
| Non-cash share-based compensation expense | 8,502 | 9,208 |
| Total operating expenses | 179,037 | 178,205 |
| Operating loss | (179,037) | (178,205) |
| Fair value change of warrant liabilities | (122,561) | — |
| Benefit from R&D tax credit | 3,747 | 21,097 |
| Interest income | 7,182 | 8,268 |
| Interest expense | (4,517) | (4,479) |
| Foreign exchange gains (losses) | 3,471 | (1,032) |
| Other income | 1,380 | 823 |
| Income tax benefit (expense) | 2,473 | (1,594) |
| Net loss | $(287,862) | $(155,122) |
1 Other expenses include subscriptions and memberships, consulting fees and company insurance.
- Subsequent Events
On January 5, 2026, or the “Effective Date”, the Company entered into a third amendment to the Loan Agreement with Hercules. The Loan Agreement provides for five tranches of term loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $150.0 million, consisting of (i) a term loan of $50.0 million, which was funded on the Effective Date, (ii) term loans of up to $30.0 million subject to achievement of a clinical milestone (which was achieved in February 2026), (iii) term loans of up to $30.0 million subject to achievement of a milestone relating to certain FDA approvals being granted, (iv) term loans of up to $20.0 million subject to achievement of a specified commercial milestone, and (v) term loans of up to $20.0 million, plus any remaining unborrowed amounts from the earlier tranches, subject to the approval of Hercules’ investment committee. If the conditions of each term loan are met, these tranches may be borrowed in drawings of a minimum of $5.0 million each. The Loan Agreement further provides that a portion of the proceeds from the Tranche 1 Advance shall be used to repay the outstanding principal amounts and PIK due under the second amendment to the Loan Agreement, which is approximately $31.1 million.
Borrowings under the Loan Agreement bear interest at an annual rate equal to the greater of (i)9.75% or (ii)2.75% plus the Wall Street Journal prime rate. Payments under the Loan Agreement are interest only until the first principal payment is due in the first quarter of 2029, as may be deferred if the Borrowers achieve certain milestones until the scheduled maturity date on January 5, 2031.
In February 2026, the Company issued and sold in an underwritten offering, or the February 2026 Offering,17,500,000 ADSs at a public offering price of $8.00 per ADS, each representingone ordinary share, and in lieu of ADSs, to certain institutional investors, Pre-funded Warrants to purchase up to 1,250,000 ADSs at a public offering price of $7.9999 per Pre-funded Warrant. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $140.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering costs.
In February 2026, subsequent to the February 2026 Offering, the Company received net proceeds of $203.2 million following the exercise of 35,059,448 2025 ADS Warrants, which were issued on January 13, 2025 as part of the 2025 Financing. Upon exercise of these outstanding warrants, the Company issued 15,160,619 ADSs and in lieu of ADSs, to certain institutional investors, Pre-funded Warrants to purchase up to 19,898,829 ADSs.
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