HELPERBY THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
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Executive summary
Helperby Therapeutics Limited operates in the challenging UK antimicrobial development sub-sector, where extended pre-revenue periods are industry norms but the company's 22-year track record without commercial traction and critically thin capitalisation (£17,591 cash, £26.1M accumulated losses) place it well below typical sector benchmarks for R&D-stage biotechs. While the macro policy environment for AMR-focused companies is improving and the drug repurposing approach offers theoretical advantages, the company's extreme dependence on parent entity funding, worsening loss trajectory, and negligible asset base suggest it functions primarily as an IP-holding vehicle within the Helperby Therapeutics Group rather than as a commercially viable standalone enterprise. Survival and any potential value realisation remain entirely contingent on continued group-level financial support and successful progression of the IP portfolio toward partnership or licensing outcomes.
Shareholders' funds
-£26,131,377
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-03-08
- Employees
- 3 (2024 accounts · was 2 in 2023)
- Registered office
- C/O Dragon Argent Limited, 3 More London Riverside, London, United Kingdom, SE1 2RE
- Postcode
- SE1 2RE
- Capital
- 137,116 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-11
- Next due by
- 2027-03-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 16 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by HELPERBY THERAPEUTICS GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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HELPERBY NOMINEES LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA813852 (Tier 1), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- helperby.com
- Phone
- +44 2072054624
Helperby has nearly 20 years experience designing combinations of antimicrobials in order to rejuvenate old drugs and to find more uses for drugs that already exist on the market.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BIOTHERAPIES LIMITED | 2003-02-04 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 25 MANCHESTER SQUARE, LONDON, W1U 3PY | 2014-01-15 |
| 20-24 PARK STREET, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, YO8 4PW | 2010-02-08 |
| 135 GLOUCESTER ROAD, LONDON, SW7 4TH | 2003-02-09 |
| CHESHAM HOUSE, 150 REGENT STREET, LONDON, W1R 5FA | 2002-11-25 |
| OCTAGON HOUSE, FIR ROAD, BRAMHALL, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE SK7 2NP | 2002-03-21 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 1,237 similar companies in SE, with 3 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors London
This company ranks 2027 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in London.
The class of 2002
28%
of the 9,102 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 71% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.