Company registration number 06828501 (England and Wales)
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 DECEMBER 2025
3 Acorn Business Centre
Northarbour Road
Cosham
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3TH
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Company information
1
Strategic report
2 - 6
Directors' report
7 - 11
Directors' responsibilities statement
12
Independent auditor's report
13 - 16
Statement of comprehensive income
17
Balance sheet
18 - 19
Statement of changes in equity
20
Notes to the financial statements
21 - 45
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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Directors
Mr. G Buckley
Mr. J May
Mr. R Condon
Secretary
Mr. G Buckley
Company number
06828501
Registered office
102 High Street
Godalming
Surrey
United Kingdom
GU7 1DS
Auditor
TC Group
3 Acorn Business Centre
Northarbour Road
Cosham
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3TH
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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The directors present their strategic report and audited financial statements of Aspire Pharma Limited for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Principal Activities
The principal activity of the Company during the year was that of the development, registration, marketing, and distribution of branded and generic pharmaceutical products and medical devices.
As a healthcare business, our expertise lies in the research, development and licensing of new products. The company identifies niche molecules in a wide range of therapeutic areas which have enabled it to develop products and devices that are difficult to source and emulate. All Aspire Pharma products are manufactured to the highest standard, in MHRA/ EU, GMP compliant and approved manufacturing sites.
Group Structure & Ownership
On the 3rd September 2021 an affiliate of H.I.G Capital LLC. (H.I.G) took majority of the Aspire Pharma Group. H.I.G., with its significant financial and geographic reach and experience in supporting portfolio companies through organic and acquisitive growth, paired with Aspires track record of identifying and delivering products, will help the company to further build on its success as it moves into an exciting new phase for its customers and people.
In September 2022, Morningside Healthcare Ltd and Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd were acquired by the group. Core processes and activities of the group have been integrated with a single leadership team and strategy. The acquisition added scale, expertise and enhanced opportunities for the new group. Two further strategic acquisitions were made in 2024 in acquiring Cenote Pharma Ltd & the assets of Canute Pharma Ltd, both bringing complementary products to the Aspire portfolio that align to our strategy in providing cost effective niche medicines to patients, healthcare professionals and providers.
In 2025, Aspire completed the acquisition of Charlwood Pharma Ltd, and Saint Germain Pharma Ltd. The acquisitions came as a result of a long standing a valuable partnership with the previous founders, and brings both in market and pipeline assets into Aspire’s full ownership spanning across multiple therapy areas.
Aspire also agreed terms (completing in February 2026) for the acquisition of Caragen Limited, an Irish pharmaceutical business with distribution rights to 100+ products and strong local presence in hospital channels. The acquisition supporting Aspire’s strategic goal of investment in new markets giving immediate access to high commercial capabilities across the team, a proven business model and local infrastructure where Aspire’s business development assets can be utilised. In 2025, reported Turnover of the Caragen business was €21.3m, delivering Operating Profit of €2.7m.
A key part of Aspire’s strategy is to expand internationally, firstly into the EU. The group now has a legal entity in Germany (Aspire Pharma GmbH) and Ireland (APIE Ltd) which provide important infrastructure as Aspire continues to embark on this journey.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Performance in the Year
Aspire Pharma specialises in the development, licensing and marketing of branded & generic medicines, medical devices, and OTC medicines, with a clear focus on quality, value, and sustainability. Each product within the Aspire portfolio is able to provide significant value to patients, healthcare professionals and the National Health Service itself.
The company produced a strong set of results underlining the strength across the portfolio and operations.
2025 vs 2024 – Aspire Pharma Limited
£118.2m Turnover – an increase of £3.2m (3%)
£47.0m Gross Profit – an increase of £2.4m (7%)
£24.1m Operating Profit – a decrease of £0.6m (3%) *
*Operating Profit Includes Group Management Cost Recharges
The company financial statements highlighting the strong performance across all metrics with group costs and EU expansion investment impacting Operating Margin in year.
Shareholders funds at 31.12.2025 amounted to £87.6m (2024: £65.8m).
Setting key performance measures (KPl’s) directly linked to objectives is an important annual exercise for the business. The directors monitor performance against targets on a regular basis, which are measured by financial and non-financial indicators. The objectives and measures are set following SMART principles and are focused on compliance, long-term growth, profitability, continuous improvement and innovation. Overall, the directors are satisfied with the Company's performance during the year and are confident of the Company's future. Outlined below are some of the key considerations for growth in 2025 and beyond.
Price Risk
The Company is exposed to a certain level of price risk, which is managed by having a wide range of products held as stock for sale to customers.
Foreign Exchange Risk
The company is exposed to moderate foreign exchange risks in the normal course of business and mainly with Euro currency suppliers. The group monitors the currency risk and considers the impact across the wider group and this did not have a material impact to trading across 2025. There are no forward exchange contracts as at 31st December 2025.
Credit Risk
The company is exposed to moderate credit risk and maintains a well-controlled credit process to mitigate this risk. All new customers are credit checked prior to offering credit and Aspire works closely with a professional ratings company to monitor the risk. There is ongoing review of customer accounts and their credit history, both inside and outside the company.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Section 172(1) of the Companies Act 2006
A director of a company must act in the way he/she considers, in good faith, would be most likely to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its members, and in doing so have regard (amongst other matters) to:
1. The likely consequences of any decision in the long term
The Board of Directors have the future of the company at the forefront of all decisions. The development and investment strategy (enhanced by the ownership of H.I.G.) is in place to future-proof the business and provide it with a continuous flow of new products and opportunities, while still focusing on what we believe to be sustainable and high quality, in line with Aspire’s strengths and performance to date. The Board and senior leadership team meet regularly to discuss all matters related to the business and, where relevant, specific matters are raised with the board and ultimate controlling party, H.I.G.
2. The interests of the company's employees
The Company is committed to being a responsible employer and the culture is supported by the core values of the group, generated with direct input from employees. These being, Accountability, Integrity, Innovation, Collaboration and Inclusivity.
Our behaviour is aligned with our core values and the expectations of our staff, customers, patients, shareholders and communities as a whole. People are at the heart of our business, and to succeed we manage performance, develop, and bring through talent whilst operating as efficiently as possible. Our core benefits continue to be enhanced and we remain at mid-point or above benchmarks.
Good communication underpins the Company culture, which is focused on developing an innovative and ideas- led environment. To keep colleagues informed the Company has a people-first approach, where any changes/ updates are communicated through a number of channels including: parent company townhalls, company intranet, all colleague emails and regular 1:1 meetings.
3. The need to foster the company's business relationships with suppliers, customers and others
Our strategy prioritises the development of niche and innovative products “to make a difference in the lives of patients through the development and supply of innovative products and medicines throughout the world”.
Aspire’s success would not have occurred without the strong relationships and support of key stakeholders. We maintained focus on high service levels throughout 2025 and see our key customers and suppliers as partners, working with them to ensure sufficient stock levels are maintained so patient access is not disrupted.
We continue to add new business development partnerships, and through integration of the acquisitions made, ensure that those partnerships in place are nurtured. We ensure all customers and NHS stakeholders are engaged at the point any issues are known and as a result have further built our trust and reputation as an honest and reliable partner for the NHS.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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4. The impact of the company's operations on the community and the environment
Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
The Board identified the need for Aspire to gain a better understanding of its ESG impact and strategy, so embarked on a project to instil ESG policies and processes throughout the company. At the end of 2021, an ESG committee was established that is sponsored by a Director and led by the Compliance & Sustainability Manager.
Aspire have partnered with an independent specialist ESG audit and consulting firm called Sustainable Advantage who provided and initial assessment and score of the policies and processes in place across the business. The company continues to approve its metrics and the level of reporting with the support of Sustainable Advantage across 2025, whilst incorporating the wider group of Morningside since 2023.
The outputs of this work are reported to the ultimate owners of the group (H.I.G. Capital) and also provide outputs that are used to support tendering and procurement requirements in the NHS. The ESG committee work alongside the CSR team who are specifically focussed on the work for charities and programs in the community.
NHS Net Zero
The NHS is a key stakeholder of the company and has initiated a large-scale project working towards a target of being the world’s first net zero national health service by 2045. The objective includes any emissions that can be controlled directly, as well as those that can be influenced. As suppliers to the NHS, we are eager to engage with them and support this goal and as part of the ESG Committee’s goals, we Aspire to better understand its own emissions and carbon footprint, identify what we may be able to influence externally and using this data, set our own carbon emissions targets that support the NHS objectives.
Corporate, Social Responsibility
As part of the business' approach to creating positive change for people and communities, Morningside focuses its corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities on a number of core areas, including:
• Skills, education and preparing young people for the world of work;
• Supporting learning through sport, team work and promoting healthy living;
• Community, health and mental health - both in the UK and internationally;
• Promoting the benefits of innovation, Research & Development (R&D) and international trade.
To deliver against these aspirations the group provides substantial financial support to charities and communities in the UK and around the world. Examples of this include its involvement in local and national community awards, the sponsorship of Chichester/Leicestershire Pride coming from a group wide team focussed on the groups CSR activities. As part of the integration with Aspire, all staff members are encouraged to dedicate and take part in two CSR days per annum. The group has also partnered with Hospice UK as its charity of choice again for 2025, enabling a dedication of effort and resource to build a stronger relationship with a single charity and support the great things they are doing for people across the UK.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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5. The desirability of the company maintaining a reputation for high standards of business conduct
The board and senior management team places the company’s reputation at the centre of every important decision. Being a key supplier to the NHS and to patients, it is paramount to ensure that we continue to deliver a transparent, reliable and good value service, maintaining and building on the good reputation we have today. The company has also developed an ESG strategy, supported by a focussed ESG Committee of employee volunteers and a specialist independent external party.
6. The need to act fairly as between members of the company.
The company remains privately owned with an institution (H.I.G.) now holding a majority shareholding, the previous shareholders and management team holding a minority share interest in the parent company of the group. It is at this level were significant points regarding the operations, challenges, key decisions, and strategies of the company are discussed and voted upon. All decisions are made in line with the Articles of Association of the company. Board quorum is represented by members of the H.I.G. team, the previous majority shareholders and founder and senior members of the Aspire management team (with one specifically nominated as a representative of management team holding minority shares). This dynamic ensures are made with all views and considerations of the minority members shared.
The Company endeavours to behave responsibly toward all shareholders and employees and to treat them fairly and equally, so they benefit from the successful delivery of the business plan.
Mr. G Buckley
Director
26 June 2026
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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The directors present their annual report and audited financial statements of Aspire Pharma Limited for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 17.
No ordinary dividends were paid.
No preference dividends were paid.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Mr. G Buckley
Mr. J May
Mr. R Condon
Qualifying third party indemnity provisions
The company has made qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the benefit of its directors during the year. These provisions remain in force at the reporting date.
Post reporting date events
Following the year end, the Company completed the acquisition of Caragen Limited in February 2026, a company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland, following satisfaction of the relevant completion conditions. The acquisition is expected to support the further development of the Group’s product offering and broader commercial strategy.
As completion took place after the reporting date, the transaction has been treated as a non-adjusting event after the end of the reporting period. Further information is provided in the relevant notes to the financial statements.
Future developments
The Company will strive to continue to launch new niche products for future revenue while maintaining robust supply chains as it continues to integrate with the wider Aspire Group which will bring additional opportunities and improvements to the way each group business operates.
Auditor
TC Group have indicated their willingness to be reappointed for another term and appropriate arrangements have been put in place for them to be deemed to be reappointed as auditors in the absence of an Annual General Meeting.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Energy and carbon report
Introduction
This report presents the results of Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) for Aspire Pharma. Data has been assessed and the report provided by Sustainable Advantage (SA).
The Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018 implement the government’s latest policy on SECR. SECR replaced the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme in April 2019. This new framework aims to simplify carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) and energy reporting requirements while still ensuring that companies have the information required to understand and reduce their CO2e emissions and energy costs.
Approach
The UK Government’s environmental reporting guidance on how to measure and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been used, along with the provided GHG reporting figures for the relevant year. The financial control approach has been used to define the Scope boundary.
Reporting Period
The reporting period is 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025, aligning with the company’s financial year.
Comparative Year & Changes in Emissions
A base year of 1st January to 31st December 2024 has been used. The comparative year is provides a basis for comparison and helps in understanding trends as the benchmark for CO2e emission data and consumption changes. The changes between this reporting period and the comparative year have been recorded and detailed.
Operational Scopes
Scope 1, 2 and partial Scope 3 CO2e emissions have been included within this report. Aspire Pharma occupied three office facilities across Petersfield, Leicester and Cheshire within the reporting period. Electricity and natural gas are the utilities used within the scope of SECR. In addition to electricity consumption across office locations, natural gas is combusted for space heating purposes at the Petersfield and Cheshire sites. Aspire does own company vehicles; they are all battery electric vehicles (BEVs) or plug-in electric hybrids. Scope 3 grey fleet is the staff mileage reclaims for business related travel. All activities are based within the UK.
Scope 1 CO2e emissions consist of the refrigerant emissions from the buildings heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units
Scope 2 CO2e emissions consist of electricity usage at the offices that Aspire leases and the BEVs and plug-in hybrids that Aspire owns
Scope 3 SECR CO2e emissions are associated with the grey fleet (miles reclaimed by employee personal vehicles used as part of business trips for Aspire Pharma as well as the associated fuel and energy related activities)
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Strategic report
The company has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) to set out in the company's strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the directors' report.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
On behalf of the board
Mr. G Buckley
Director
26 June 2026
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Aspire Pharma Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2025 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
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Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
The objectives of our audit, in respect to fraud, are: to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud; to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud, through designing and implementing appropriate responses; and to respond appropriately to fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit. However, the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both those charged with governance of the entity and its management.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
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Our approach was as follows:
We identified areas of laws and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our general commercial and sector experience, and through discussion with the directors and other management (as required by auditing standards), and discussed with the directors and other management the policies and procedures regarding compliance with laws and regulations;
We considered the legal and regulatory frameworks directly applicable to the financial statements reporting framework (FRS 102 and the Companies Act 2006) and the relevant tax compliance regulations in the UK;
We considered the nature of the industry, the control environment and business performance, including the key drivers for management’s remuneration;
We communicated identified laws and regulations throughout our team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit;
We considered the procedures and controls that the company has established to address risks identified, or that otherwise prevent, deter and detect fraud; and how senior management monitors those programmes and controls.
Based on this understanding we designed our audit procedures to identify non-compliance with such laws and regulations. Where the risk was considered to be higher, we performed audit procedures to address each identified fraud risk. These procedures included: testing manual journals; reviewing the financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation; performing analytical procedures; and enquiring of management, and were designed to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements were free from fraud or error.
Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations (irregularities) is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities .This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
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Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
James Blake FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of TC Group
Statutory Auditor
26 June 2026
Office: Portsmouth
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£'000
£'000
Turnover
3
118,167
114,959
Cost of sales
(71,185)
(70,399)
Gross profit
46,982
44,560
Administrative expenses
(23,055)
(20,168)
Other operating income
158
299
Operating profit
4
24,085
24,691
Interest receivable and similar income
140
452
Interest payable and similar expenses
(4)
Amounts written off investments
-
(215)
Profit before taxation
24,221
24,928
Tax on profit
8
(2,397)
(1,836)
Profit for the financial year
21,824
23,092
The Statement of Comprehensive Income has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
The notes on pages 21 to 45 form part of these financial statements
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2025
31 December 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£'000
£'000
£'000
£'000
Fixed assets
Goodwill
10
8,318
9,987
Other intangible assets
10
34,113
14,139
Total intangible assets
42,431
24,126
Tangible assets
11
875
168
Investments
12
297
26
43,603
24,320
Current assets
Stocks
15
32,374
30,857
Debtors
16
40,617
32,680
Cash at bank and in hand
7,034
8,507
80,025
72,044
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
17
(34,450)
(29,463)
Net current assets
45,575
42,581
Total assets less current liabilities
89,178
66,901
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
18
1,554
1,101
(1,554)
(1,101)
Net assets
87,624
65,800
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2025
31 December 2025
2025
2024
Notes
£'000
£'000
£'000
£'000
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Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
20
2,600
2,600
Share premium account
900
900
Profit and loss reserves
84,124
62,300
Total equity
87,624
65,800
The notes on pages 21 to 45 form part of these financial statements.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 26 June 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr. G Buckley
Director
Company Registration No. 06828501
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Share capital
Share premium account
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£'000
£'000
£'000
£'000
Balance at 1 January 2024
2,600
900
45,008
48,508
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
23,092
23,092
Dividends
9
-
-
(5,800)
(5,800)
Balance at 31 December 2024
2,600
900
62,300
65,800
Year ended 31 December 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
21,824
21,824
Balance at 31 December 2025
2,600
900
84,124
87,624
The notes on pages 21 to 45 form part of these financial statements.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Aspire Pharma Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 102 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU7 1DS.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £'000.
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
Section 4 ‘Statement of Financial Position’ – Reconciliation of the opening and closing number of shares;
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’ – Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues’ – Carrying amounts, interest income/expense and net gains/losses for each category of financial instrument; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’ – Compensation for key management personnel.
Aspire Pharma Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of APHL 2 Limited and is therefore exempt from preparing consolidated financial statements in accordance with Section 400 of Companies Act 2006. As such, the results of Aspire Pharma Limited are included within the consolidated financial statements of APHL 2 Limited, which are available from 4 Rotherbrook Court, Bedford Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3QG.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.2
Business combinations
The cost of a business combination is the fair value at the acquisition date of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed, plus costs directly attributable to the business combination. The excess of the cost of a business combination over the fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities acquired is recognised as goodwill.
The cost of the combination includes the estimated amount of contingent consideration that is probable and can be measured reliably, and is adjusted for changes in contingent consideration after the acquisition date.
Provisional fair values recognised for business combinations in previous periods are adjusted retrospectively for final fair values determined in the 12 months following the acquisition date.
Deferred tax is recognised on differences between the value of assets (other than goodwill) and liabilities recognised in a business combination accounted for using the purchase method and the amounts that can be deducted or assessed for tax, considering the manner in which the carrying amount of the asset or liability is expected to be recovered or settled. The deferred tax recognised is adjusted against goodwill or negative goodwill.
1.3
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.4
Turnover
Turnover represents amounts receivable from the sale of pharmaceutical products and other goods in the ordinary course of business, stated net of value added tax, trade discounts, customer rebates and other similar sales price adjustments.
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the company and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably.
Sale of Goods
Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to the customer, the company retains neither continuing managerial involvement nor effective control over the goods sold, the amount of revenue and the related costs can be measured reliably, and it is probable that the company will receive the consideration due.
In the case of product sales, this is generally the point at which the goods are dispatched or delivered to the customer in accordance with the agreed contractual terms.
Turnover is recognised net of expected rebates, discounts, credit notes and other variable consideration where these arise as part of the sales arrangement. Such amounts are estimated at the point of sale based on contractual terms, historical experience and management’s expectation of future settlement.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
Intangible fixed assets - goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of acquisition of a business over the fair value of net assets acquired. It is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is considered to have a finite useful life and is amortised on a systematic basis over its expected life, which is 10 years.
For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to the cash-generating units expected to benefit from the acquisition. Cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated are tested for impairment at least annually, or more frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired. If the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is less than the carrying amount of the unit, the impairment loss is allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit and then to the other assets of the unit pro-rata on the basis of the carrying amount of each asset in the unit.
1.6
Intangible fixed assets other than goodwill
Intangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. Intangible assets are amortised to the profit and loss account over their estimated useful economic lives.
For externally generated development costs and other product-related intangible assets, amortisation commences when the related product is available for distribution or otherwise available for use. Where a licence application or development project is unsuccessful, the costs previously capitalised are written off to the profit and loss account as the asset is no longer expected to generate future economic benefit.
Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets, less their residual values, over their estimated useful economic lives. Useful economic lives are determined on an asset-by-asset basis, having regard to the nature of the asset and the period over which future economic benefits are expected to be realised. Intangible assets are typically amortised on the following bases:
Software
25% straight line
Product acquisitions
20% straight line
Development Costs
20% straight line
Marketing authorisations
20% straight line
1.7
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Plant and machinery
25% straight line
Office equipment
25% - 50% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.8
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.
1.9
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
1.10
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.
Cost comprises purchase price, including import duties and non-refundable taxes, together with other costs directly attributable to bringing the stocks to their present location and condition. Where appropriate, this includes an attributable proportion of directly related freight, laboratory and other procurement-related costs. Trade discounts, rebates and similar items are deducted in determining the cost of purchase.
At each reporting date, stocks are reviewed for impairment and any excess of carrying amount over estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in the profit and loss account. In assessing recoverability, management considers factors including expiry profile, recent and expected sales demand, selling prices and other product-specific circumstances.
Where the circumstances that previously caused stocks to be impaired no longer exist, or where there is clear evidence of an increase in estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell, the impairment is reversed to the extent that the revised carrying amount does not exceed the lower of the original cost and the revised estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.
1.11
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.12
Financial instruments
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as either financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Loans and receivables
Trade and other receivables are recognised at fair value, less provision for impairment. A provision for impairment is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of he receivable.
Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganisation and default or delinquency in payments are considered indicators that the trade receivable is impaired.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities are initially measured at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Other financial liabilities classified as fair value through profit or loss are measured at fair value.
1.13
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.14
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.15
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.16
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.17
Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
1.18
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.
1.19
Research costs are expensed to the profit and loss. Development costs are capitalised when they meet the criteria set out under Section 18 of FRS 102, until this point they are expensed to the profit and loss.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are outlined below.
Critical judgements
The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Capitalisation of development costs
The company capitalises development expenditure where the recognition criteria in FRS 102 Section 18 are met. The assessment of whether a project meets these criteria requires management judgement, including consideration of:
• technical feasibility of completing the asset;
• the intention and ability to complete and use or sell the asset;
• the existence of probable future economic benefits;
• the availability of adequate technical, financial and other resources; and
• the ability to measure reliably the expenditure attributable to the asset.
This assessment is inherently judgemental, particularly in relation to pharmaceutical development projects where regulatory approval, technical progress and future commercial success are key considerations. Only expenditure incurred once management concludes that the Section 18 recognition criteria are satisfied is capitalised.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
(Continued)
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Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
Useful economic life and impairment of intangible assets
The company’s intangible assets include goodwill, product acquisitions, marketing authorisations and development costs.
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. Following initial recognition, finite life intangible assets are amortised over their estimated useful economic lives.
The determination of useful economic life requires management judgement. In assessing the appropriate life of product acquisitions, marketing authorisations and development costs, management considers a range of factors including:
• the remaining legal or contractual life of the asset, where relevant;
• expected product life cycle and commercial longevity;
• likely future competition, including generic or alternative products;
• regulatory and market developments; and
• the expected period over which future economic benefits will be generated.
For product acquisitions and marketing authorisations, the legal or contractual life of the asset is an important consideration, but the useful economic life may be shorter or longer depending on the specific commercial circumstances of the product concerned. For development costs, the useful economic life is determined primarily by reference to the expected commercial life of the underlying product or project once available for use.
Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment where events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. In performing such reviews, management is required to estimate the future economic benefits expected to arise from the relevant asset or cash-generating product portfolio. This involves judgement over assumptions such as future sales volumes, pricing, margins, market conditions and the timing of expected cash flows.
Changes in these assumptions may affect both the amortisation charge recognised in the period and the carrying value of intangible assets in the balance sheet.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
(Continued)
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Stock provision
The company maintains a provision against inventory to ensure stock is stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. The provision is inherently judgemental and is based on management’s assessment of whether stock is expected to be realised before it reaches a point at which recoverability becomes uncertain due to remaining shelf life.
For a significant part of the inventory population, the company applies a forecast demand-led model which estimates the expected rate of stock utilisation by product and compares this to the remaining expiry profile of the related batches. The provision is then determined by reference to the proportion of stock expected to remain unsold when the batch reaches the final 180 days to expiry. Management may also apply specific overlays where product-specific circumstances indicate that the model output should be adjusted.
In determining the provision, management is required to make assumptions regarding:
• future demand;
• the practical selling window before expiry; and
• the extent to which short-dated stock remains recoverable.
Changes in these assumptions may affect the carrying value of inventory and the amount recognised in cost of sales.
Freight and laboratory cost absorption into inventory
The company includes an appropriate proportion of freight and laboratory-related costs within the carrying value of inventory where those costs are directly attributable to bringing inventory to its present location and condition.
During the year, the company introduced a methodology to absorb such costs into inventory. This requires management to estimate the amount of freight and laboratory cost attributable to stock held at the reporting date. The estimate is made by allocating relevant costs across inventory on a systematic basis, including the use of average cost per unit by reference to the origin and nature of the related stock.
This requires management judgement in determining:
• which freight and laboratory costs are directly attributable to inventory;
• the appropriate basis of allocation across the stock population; and
• the amount of such cost that should be included in stock on hand at the balance sheet date.
As a result, the carrying value of inventory is subject to estimation uncertainty. Changes in the assumptions or allocation basis applied may affect the value of inventory recognised in the balance sheet and the amount charged to cost of sales in the period.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
(Continued)
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Direct tax
The calculation of the company’s corporation tax charge requires management to make estimates at the date the financial statements are authorised for issue. In particular, this includes judgement over the expected availability and allocation of group relief from fellow group entities and the measurement of amounts recoverable in respect of research and development claims.
These estimates are dependent on the finalisation of tax positions and submissions across the wider group and may therefore differ from the amounts ultimately agreed. As disclosed in note 8, the company recorded a current tax adjustment in the year following the finalisation of group relief and research and development claims, arising principally because the actual surrender of losses and value of research and development claims was different than previously estimated.
Changes in the assumptions applied in determining these tax balances may affect the current tax charge and related current tax assets or liabilities recognised in the financial statements.
Useful life of goodwill
Goodwill is amortised over its estimated useful economic life, which represents the period over which the directors expect the company to derive future economic benefit from the acquired business or asset base.
The determination of useful economic life is inherently judgemental and takes account of factors including the nature of the acquired products or business, expected commercial longevity, historic performance, market conditions, future profitability and the expected period over which the underlying assets will generate economic benefit.
Goodwill is also reviewed for impairment where events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. This requires management to assess the future economic benefit expected to arise from the related asset base using assumptions such as future sales, margins, market conditions and timing of cash flows. Changes in these assumptions may affect both the amortisation charge and any impairment recognised in the financial statements.
3
Turnover and other revenue
An analysis of the company's turnover is as follows:
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of pharmaceutical and healthcare products
118,167
114,959
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
3
Turnover and other revenue
(Continued)
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2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United Kingdom
116,505
113,277
Rest of the world
1,662
1,682
118,167
114,959
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Other revenue
Interest income
140
237
Dividends received
-
215
4
Operating profit
2025
2024
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£'000
£'000
Exchange losses/(gains)
269
(123)
Research and development costs
228
210
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
175
103
(Profit)/loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets
-
1
Amortisation of intangible assets
4,141
3,051
Loss on disposal of intangible assets
35
1
Impairment of stocks recognised or reversed
753
1,158
Operating lease charges
271
251
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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5
Impairments
2025
2024
Notes
£'000
£'000
In respect of:
Investments in subsidiaries
12
-
215
Stocks
15
753
1,158
Recognised in:
Cost of sales
753
1,158
Amounts written off investments
-
215
Impairments of stock relates to the write-down of stock which has either expired and is unavailable for sale, or is expected to expire, under the stock provision model disclosed in note 2.
Amounts written off investments in the prior year relate to the the impairment of the investment in Cenoté Pharma Limited subsequent to the hive up of the company's assets.
6
Auditor's remuneration
2025
2024
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£'000
£'000
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
35
30
For other services
Taxation compliance services
3
3
All other non-audit services
3
3
6
6
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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7
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Administrative
38
40
Regulatory
37
31
Sales and distribution
39
29
Total
114
100
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Wages and salaries
6,619
6,299
Social security costs
880
595
Pension costs
477
368
7,976
7,262
The directors are remunerated through another entity within the group.
8
Taxation
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
2,073
1,878
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(129)
(123)
Total current tax
1,944
1,755
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
8
Taxation
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
(Continued)
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Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
453
443
Adjustment in respect of prior periods
(362)
Total deferred tax
453
81
Total tax charge
2,397
1,836
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Profit before taxation
24,221
24,928
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2024: 25.00%)
6,055
6,232
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
470
423
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(129)
(485)
Group relief
(3,999)
(4,334)
Taxation charge for the year
2,397
1,836
9
Dividends
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Final paid
5,800
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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10
Intangible fixed assets
Goodwill
Software
Product acquisitions
Development Costs
Marketing authorisations
Total
£'000
£'000
£'000
£'000
£'000
£'000
Cost
At 1 January 2025
16,851
570
14,148
5,489
2,962
40,020
Additions - separately acquired
1,630
4,544
1,060
7,234
Additions - business combinations
15,247
15,247
Disposals
(35)
(35)
At 31 December 2025
16,851
570
31,025
10,033
3,987
62,466
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
6,864
3
6,408
921
1,698
15,894
Amortisation charged for the year
1,669
104
1,889
312
167
4,141
At 31 December 2025
8,533
107
8,297
1,233
1,865
20,035
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
8,318
463
22,728
8,800
2,122
42,431
At 31 December 2024
9,987
567
7,740
4,568
1,264
24,126
Additions arising on business combinations represent the fair value attributed to identifiable product-related intangible assets acquired as part of subsidiary acquisitions completed during the year. These balances have been recognised separately from goodwill as part of the purchase price allocation exercise. Further details of the relevant acquisitions and the associated fair value adjustments are provided in Note 14.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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11
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery
Office equipment
Total
£'000
£'000
£'000
Cost
At 1 January 2025
137
497
634
Additions
88
794
882
At 31 December 2025
225
1,291
1,516
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
65
401
466
Depreciation charged in the year
30
145
175
At 31 December 2025
95
546
641
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
130
745
875
At 31 December 2024
72
96
168
12
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
Notes
£'000
£'000
Investments in subsidiaries
13
26
26
Loans to subsidiaries
13
271
297
26
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
12
Fixed asset investments
(Continued)
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Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
Loans to subsidiaries
Total
£'000
£'000
£'000
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2025
26
-
26
Capital contribution
-
271
271
At 31 December 2025
26
271
297
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
26
271
297
At 31 December 2024
26
-
26
13
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2025 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Dermato Logical Limited
England
Dormant company
Ordinary shares
100.00
Cenote Pharma Limited
England
Dormant company
Ordinary shares
100.00
Aspire Pharma GmbH
Germany
Registration, marketing and distribution of branded and generic pharmaceutical products, and research & development activities
Ordinary shares
100.00
APIE Limited
Republic of Ireland
Marketing and distribution of branded and generic pharmaceutical products to EU customers
Ordinary shares
100.00
Charlwood Pharma Limited
England
Dormant company
Ordinary shares
100.00
Saint-Germain Pharma Limited
England
Dormant company
Ordinary shares
100.00
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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14
Acquisitions
On 1 October 2025 the company acquired 100% of the share capital of Charlwood Pharma Limited, a company registered in the UK. Immediately on acquisition the company hived up the trade and assets of Charlwood Pharma Limited. Charlwood Pharma Limited has subsequently become dormant post-acquisition.
The business combination was accounted for using the purchase method. The cost of the business combination has been allocated as follows:
Book Value
Adjustments
Fair Value
£'000
£'000
£'000
Intangible assets
1,383
10,178
11,561
Cash and cash equivalents
837
-
837
Trade and other payables
(1,280)
-
(1,280)
Corporation tax
(30)
-
(30)
Total identifiable net assets
910
10,178
11,088
Goodwill
-
Total consideration
11,088
Satisfied by:
£'000
Cash
9,518
Contingent consideration
1,341
Other acquisition costs
229
11,088
No goodwill has been recorded as a result of the acquisition of the business.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Acquisitions
(Continued)
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On 1 October 2025 the company acquired 100% of the share capital of Saint-Germain Pharma Limited, a company registered in the UK. Immediately on acquisition the company hived up the trade and assets of Saint-Germain Pharma Limited. Saint-Germain Pharma Limited has subsequently become dormant post-acquisition.
The business combination was accounted for using the purchase method. The cost of the business combination has been allocated as follows:
Book Value
Adjustments
Fair Value
£'000
£'000
£'000
Intangible assets
-
3,686
3,686
Cash and cash equivalents
20
-
20
Trade and other payables
(20)
-
(20)
Total identifiable net assets
-
3,686
3,686
Goodwill
-
Total consideration
3,686
Satisfied by:
£'000
Cash
3,179
Contingent consideration
489
Other acquisition costs
18
3,686
No goodwill has been recorded as a result of the acquisition of the business.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Acquisitions
(Continued)
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Business combinations and valuation of acquired intangible assets
In accounting for business combinations, the Company is required to determine the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired at the acquisition date. This process involves significant judgement, particularly in relation to the identification and valuation of acquired intangible assets, including product-related intangible assets and the residual goodwill recognised.
Where market-observable prices are not available, fair values are determined using valuation techniques based on management’s estimates of future economic benefits expected to arise from the acquired assets. These estimates may include assumptions relating to forecast revenues, product life cycles, expected margins, market share, discount rates and the timing of future cash flows.
The directors consider the valuation of acquired intangible assets to be a significant area of judgement and estimation due to the inherent uncertainty in forecasting the future performance of acquired products and rights. Changes in these assumptions could affect:
• the allocation of value between identifiable intangible assets and goodwill;
• the useful economic lives attributed to the acquired assets;
• the future amortisation charge recognised in the profit and loss account; and
• the outcome of subsequent impairment reviews.
The directors have applied their best estimate at the reporting date based on the information available and external and internal valuation evidence where appropriate.
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Stocks
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Finished goods and goods for resale
32,374
30,857
Finished goods stock is inclusive of freight and laboratory-related costs totalling £1,265,613 (2024: £nil) which are considered directly attributable to bringing inventory to its present location and condition.
Finished goods stock is shown net of an impairment allowance of £6,106,143 (2024: £1,896,365). Included within this balance is £3,457,028 relating to specific stock lines affected by a supplier-related product quality issue. Management has recognised a corresponding receivable within trade debtors in respect of amounts expected to be recoverable from the supplier. The remaining impairment allowance has been recognised through cost of sales.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£'000
£'000
Trade debtors
25,067
16,380
Corporation tax recoverable
834
2,961
Amounts owed by group undertakings
12,748
11,772
Prepayments and accrued income
1,968
1,567
40,617
32,680
As at December 2025 an impairment loss allowance of £106,683 (2024: £101,008) was recognised in respect of trade debtors due from customers. The associated expense or reversal has been recorded within administrative expenses.
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Trade creditors
17,240
19,473
Amounts owed to group undertakings
6,597
5
Taxation and social security
2,164
2,219
Other creditors
8,449
7,766
34,450
29,463
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Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Balances:
£'000
£'000
Fixed asset timing differences
193
25
R&D claim assets
1,361
1,076
1,554
1,101
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Deferred taxation
(Continued)
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2025
Movements in the year:
£'000
Liability at 1 January 2025
1,101
Charge to profit or loss
453
Liability at 31 December 2025
1,554
Deferred tax balances have been calculated at the prevailing future corporation tax rate of 25% in order to accurately reflect the tax implications of the unwinding of deferred tax from the date of these financial statements.
The deferred tax liability in respect of fixed asset timing differences and R&D claim assets is expected to reverse over the course of the asset lives.
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Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£'000
£'000
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
477
368
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
20
Share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£'000
£'000
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary A shares of £1 each
30,000
30,000
30
30
Ordinary B shares of £1 each
70,002
70,002
70
70
100,002
100,002
100
100
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Share capital
(Continued)
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2025
2024
2025
2024
Preference share capital
Number
Number
£'000
£'000
Issued and fully paid
Preference shares of £1 each
2,500,001
2,500,001
2,500
2,500
Preference shares classified as equity
2,500
2,500
Total equity share capital
2,600
2,600
All Ordinary shares rank pari passu in respect of voting rights, rights to dividends and on winding up.
Preference shares carry no voting rights and no entitlement to interest or dividends.
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Operating lease commitments
Lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Within one year
459
502
Between two and five years
718
1,090
1,177
1,592
Payments under operating leases include totalling outstanding commitments of £325,463 (2024: £448,463) payable to a related party.
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Events after the reporting date
In February 2026, the Company completed the acquisition of all of the share capital in Caragen Limited, a company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland, for consideration of €19,909,622.
As completion occurred after the reporting date of 31 December 2025, the transaction has been treated as a non-adjusting event after the end of the reporting period and has therefore not been recognised in these financial statements.
The acquisition will be reflected in the Company’s financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2026, principally through the recognition of an investment in subsidiary undertaking and the corresponding reduction in cash and recognition of the related funding.
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Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties
During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:
Sales
Sales
Purchases
Purchases
2025
2024
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
£'000
£'000
Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the company
16
Entities controlled by Key Management Personnel of the group or close family members
22
302
154
317
Entities under the same common control or significant influence as the company
75
-
-
-
The following amounts (including those balances already disclosed within debtor and creditors) were outstanding at the reporting end date:
2025
2024
Amounts due to related parties
£'000
£'000
Entities controlled by Key Management Personnel of the group or close family members
37
37
Entities under the same common control or significant influence as the company
28
-
ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Related party transactions
(Continued)
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The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:
2025
2024
Amounts due from related parties
£'000
£'000
Entities controlled by Key Management Personnel of the group or close family members
-
200
Other related parties
28
-
The company has provided guarantees in respect of loans held by another company within the group. No losses are anticipated as a result of these guarantees, which at 31 December 2025 totalled £349.4m (2024: £336.2m).
Other information
The company has taken exemption under Section 33.1A of FRS102 from disclosing transactions between wholly owned members of the same group.
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Ultimate controlling party
The company is wholly owned by APHL 2 Limited, a company registered in England. The smallest company within which the accounts are consolidated is APHL 2 Limited.
The ultimate controlling party is considered to be H.I.G Europe Middle Market LBO Fund L.P. (Cayman), a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
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