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Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of comprehensive loss
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||
| Note | $'000 | $'000 | ||||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | 3 | ( 7,852 | ) | ( 8,658 | ) | |||||||
| General and administration | 3 | ( 4,880 | ) | ( 2,870 | ) | |||||||
| Loss from operations | ( 12,732 | ) | ( 11,528 | ) | ||||||||
| Finance income | 4 | 2,759 | 2,670 | |||||||||
| Finance expense | 4 | ( 178 | ) | ( 179 | ) | |||||||
| Movement of expected credit loss | ( 19 | ) | 50 | |||||||||
| Foreign exchange (loss)/gain | ( 642 | ) | 1,321 | |||||||||
| Total other income | 1,920 | 3,862 | ||||||||||
| Loss before tax | ( 10,812 | ) | ( 7,666 | ) | ||||||||
| Tax charge/(credit) | - | - | ||||||||||
| Loss for the period | ( 10,812 | ) | ( 7,666 | ) | ||||||||
| Other comprehensive income/(expense) | ||||||||||||
| Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss | ||||||||||||
| Fair value movement on marketable securities | 60 | ( 543 | ) | |||||||||
| Currency translation adjustment | 532 | ( 1,289 | ) | |||||||||
| Total comprehensive loss for the period | ( 10,220 | ) | ( 9,498 | ) | ||||||||
| Attributable to owners: | ||||||||||||
| Loss for the period | ( 10,812 | ) | ( 7,666 | ) | ||||||||
| Total comprehensive loss for the period | ( 10,220 | ) | ( 9,498 | ) | ||||||||
| Loss per share | ||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted loss per share (in USD) | 15 | ( 0.19 | ) | ( 0.15 | ) |
Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position
| At March 31, | At December 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||
| Note | $'000 | $'000 | ||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 5 | 244,954 | 100,791 | |||||||||
| Other financial assets | 12,558 | 19,387 | ||||||||||
| Marketable securities | 6 | 33,835 | 29,146 | |||||||||
| Other current assets | 7 | 3,321 | 4,901 | |||||||||
| Total current assets | 294,668 | 154,225 | ||||||||||
| Non-current assets | ||||||||||||
| Marketable securities | 6 | 23,991 | 33,300 | |||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment | 705 | 748 | ||||||||||
| Other non-current assets | 8 | 1,090 | - | |||||||||
| Total non-current assets | 25,786 | 34,048 | ||||||||||
| Total assets | 320,454 | 188,273 | ||||||||||
| LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | ||||||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||||||
| Trade payables | 9 | 4,774 | 3,741 | |||||||||
| Lease liability | 336 | 255 | ||||||||||
| Other current liabilities | 10 | 4,808 | 4,957 | |||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 9,918 | 8,953 | ||||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||||||||||
| Lease liability | 322 | 369 | ||||||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | 322 | 369 | ||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 10,240 | 9,322 | ||||||||||
| Equity attributable to owners | ||||||||||||
| Share capital | 1,551 | 1,301 | ||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 431,061 | 291,463 | ||||||||||
| Other reserves | 6,671 | 5,194 | ||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation reserve | ( 12,029 | ) | ( 12,561 | ) | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( 117,040 | ) | ( 106,446 | ) | ||||||||
| Total equity | 310,214 | 178,951 | ||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | 320,454 | 188,273 |
Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of changes in equity
| Attributable to owners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Share capital | Additional paid-in capital | Other reserves | Foreign currency translation reserve | Accumulated deficit | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| At January 1, 2024 | 1,301 | 291,463 | 4,651 | ( 10,507 | ) | ( 67,940 | ) | 218,968 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loss for the period | - | - | - | - | ( 7,666 | ) | ( 7,666 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive expense | - | - | ( 543 | ) | ( 1,289 | ) | - | ( 1,832 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive loss for the period | - | - | ( 543 | ) | ( 1,289 | ) | ( 7,666 | ) | ( 9,498 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | - | - | 277 | - | - | 277 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of share options | - | - | ( 92 | ) | - | 92 | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Total transactions with owners | - | - | 185 | - | 92 | 277 | ||||||||||||||||||
| At March 31, 2024 | 1,301 | 291,463 | 4,293 | ( 11,796 | ) | ( 75,514 | ) | 209,747 | ||||||||||||||||
| At January 1, 2025 | 1,301 | 291,463 | 5,194 | ( 12,561 | ) | ( 106,446 | ) | 178,951 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loss for the period | - | - | - | - | ( 10,812 | ) | ( 10,812 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | - | - | 60 | 532 | - | 592 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive loss for the period | - | - | 60 | 532 | ( 10,812 | ) | ( 10,220 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | - | - | 1,635 | - | - | 1,635 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of share options | - | - | ( 218 | ) | - | 218 | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Issue of share capital | 250 | 139,598 | - | - | - | 139,848 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total transactions with owners | 250 | 139,598 | 1,417 | - | 218 | 141,483 | ||||||||||||||||||
| At March 31, 2025 | 1,551 | 431,061 | 6,671 | ( 12,029 | ) | ( 117,040 | ) | 310,214 |
Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of cash flows
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| $'000 | $'000 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||
| Loss for the period | ( 10,812 | ) | ( 7,666 | ) | ||||
| Depreciation | 76 | 80 | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 1,635 | 277 | ||||||
| Finance income | ( 2,759 | ) | ( 2,670 | ) | ||||
| Finance expense | 178 | 179 | ||||||
| Movement of expected credit loss | 19 | ( 50 | ) | |||||
| Foreign exchange loss/(gain) | 642 | ( 1,321 | ) | |||||
| Movement in working capital | 213 | 557 | ||||||
| Cash flows used in operating activities | ( 10,808 | ) | ( 10,614 | ) | ||||
| Finance expense paid | ( 172 | ) | ( 169 | ) | ||||
| Finance income received | 2,407 | 1,187 | ||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( 8,573 | ) | ( 9,596 | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | ( 4 | ) | ( 12 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from sale of other financial assets | 7,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Proceeds from redemptions and disposals of marketable securities | 4,842 | 3,800 | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | 11,838 | 8,788 | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||
| Payment of lease liability | - | ( 71 | ) | |||||
| Proceeds from equity public offering | 150,000 | - | ||||||
| Transaction costs from equity public offering | ( 9,142 | ) | - | |||||
| Net cash flows from/(used in) financing activities | 140,858 | ( 71 | ) | |||||
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 144,123 | ( 879 | ) | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | 100,791 | 78,420 | ||||||
| Impact of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents | 40 | ( 58 | ) | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 244,954 | 77,483 |
| GH RESEARCH PLC |
| NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
GH Research PLC (the "Company") was incorporated on March 29, 2021. The registered office of the Company is located at Joshua Dawson House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2,
The Company is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients by developing a practice-changing treatment
in depression. Its initial focus is on developing the novel and proprietary mebufotenin therapies for the treatment of patients with Treatment Resistant Depression, or TRD. Its portfolio currently includes GH001, a proprietary inhalable
mebufotenin product candidate and GH002, a proprietary intravenous mebufotenin product candidate.
On February 6, 2025, the Company completed a public offering on the Nasdaq Global Market ("Nasdaq") in which it issued and sold an aggregate of 10,000,000 ordinary shares at $15.00 per share. The estimated net proceeds
of the offering were $139.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated directly attributable transaction costs of
These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements were presented to the board of directors and approved by them for issue on May 8, 2025.
Basis of preparation
Compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards
The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months
ended March 31, 2025, have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting". The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements do not include all of the information required for full annual financial
statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, which were prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards as adopted by the International Accounting Standards
Board ("IASB"). These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are presented in U.S. dollar ("USD" or "$"), which is the Company's functional currency and the Group's presentation currency.
The financial information presented in this interim report does not represent full statutory accounts as defined by the Companies Act 2014. The statutory accounts of
GH Research PLC for the year ended December 31, 2024, are expected to be filed with the Companies Registration Office by November 26th, 2025.
New and amended IFRS standards
There are no new IFRS standards, amendments to standards or interpretations that are mandatory for the financial year beginning on January 1, 2025, that are relevant
to the Group and that have had any material impact in the interim period. The
review of the impact of new standards on the Group's financial statements which are not yet effective and which have not been early adopted by the Group is ongoing. This includes IFRS 18 "Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements". IFRS 18 will replace IAS 1 "Presentation of financial statements", introducing new
requirements that will help to achieve comparability of the financial performance of similar entities and provide more relevant information and transparency to users. Even though IFRS 18 will not impact the recognition or measurement of items in
the financial statements, its impact on presentation and disclosure is expected to be extensive. Management is currently assessing the detailed implications of applying the new standard on the Group's financial statements.
GH Research is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics. The Group is exposed to all risks inherent in establishing and developing
its business, including the substantial uncertainty that current projects will succeed. Research and development expenses have been incurred from the start of the Group's activities, generating negative cash flows from operating activities since
Since its incorporation, the Group has funded its growth through capital increases. The Group has no bank loans or other debt outstanding, except lease liabilities, as of March 31, 2025. As a result, the Group is not exposed to liquidity risk through requests for early
As of March 31, 2025, the Group's cash and cash equivalents amounted to $245.0
million (December 31, 2024: $100.8 million). The Group also held marketable securities of $57.8 million and other financial assets of $12.6 million as of
March 31, 2025, (December 31, 2024: marketable securities of $62.4 million and other financial assets of $19.4 million). The marketable securities held by the Group are quoted in active markets and are an additional source of liquidity.
| GH RESEARCH PLC |
| NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) |
The board of directors believes that the Group has sufficient financial resources available to cover its planned cash outflows for at least the next twelve months from
the date of issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements. The Group, therefore, continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Use of estimates and judgments
The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the
application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expense. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
In preparing these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Group's accounting
policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty are as follows:
compensation expense
In preparing the share based-compensation expense in prior periods, the expected volatility assumption was based on selected volatility
determined by median values observed among other comparable public companies.
In preparing the share-based compensation expense for these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the Group has
used a blended rate taking into account its own historical volatility alongside other comparable public companies. This change has been made due to the historical share price information now available for the Group. Judgment has been applied, for
all periods presented, in the selection of comparable public companies and of the relevant period of observation used to determine the values.
Research and development tax credits
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, $1.2
million relating to research and development tax credits has been recognized (March 31, 2024, $0.8 million). Included in this amount
is an estimate of the claim for the year ended December 31, 2024, and for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
A portion of the research and development tax credit claimed remains unrecognized at March 31, 2025, as management has assessed that some
uncertainty remains and therefore, reasonable assurance has not been achieved. Reasonable assurance is achieved using internal experience, judgment and assistance from our professional advisors. If the portion of the research and development
tax credit which remains unrecognized at March 31, 2025, increased or decreased by 5%, this would not have a material impact on the
financial statements.
Aside from those highlighted above, in preparing these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Group's accounting policies and the key sources of
estimation uncertainty are consistent with those that applied in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.
The accounting policies, presentation and methods of computation followed in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are consistent with
those applied in the Group's most recent annual financial statements and have been applied consistently to all periods presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Current and deferred income tax
The interim income tax expense is calculated based on the Company's estimate of the weighted average effective annual income tax rate expected for the full year. The
current and deferred income tax charge was $nil for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, which is in line with the
Company's estimate for the full year. No deferred tax assets have been recognized as there is no certainty that sufficient taxable
profits will be generated within the required timeframe to be able to utilize these tax loss carry-forwards in full.
| GH RESEARCH PLC |
| NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) |
Management considers the Group to have only a single
segment: Research and Development ("R&D"). This is consistent with the way that information is reported internally within the Group for the purpose of allocating resources and assessing performance.
The following table provides the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss classification of our expense by nature:
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| $'000 | $'000 | |||||||
| External research and development expenses | 5,422 | 7,047 | ||||||
| Employee expenses 1 | 2,385 | 1,548 | ||||||
| Depreciation | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Other expenses | 39 | 57 | ||||||
| Total research and development expenses | 7,852 | 8,658 | ||||||
| External costs | 2,869 | 1,915 | ||||||
| Employee expenses 2 | 1,941 | 881 | ||||||
| Depreciation | 70 | 74 | ||||||
| Total general and administrative expenses | 4,880 | 2,870 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 12,732 | 11,528 |
1Included in employee expenses is share based compensation
expense of $0.7 million and $0.2
million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, relating to employees in the research and development department.
2Included in employee expenses is share based compensation expense of $0.9 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, relating to employees in the general and administrative department.
Foreign exchange loss/gain
Foreign exchange loss of $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 (foreign exchange gain of $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024) consists primarily of losses (2024: gains) related to the translation of the U.S. dollar cash and other financial assets balance into euro in the accounts
of the Company's subsidiary, GH Research Ireland Limited, whose functional currency is euro as explained in the Group's consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.
At March 31, 2025, if the U.S. dollar had weakened/strengthened by 10% against
the euro with all other variables held constant, the loss before tax for the three months ended March 31, 2025, would have been $1.3
million higher/lower, mainly related to the translation of cash and other financial assets held in U.S. dollar in the Company's subsidiary, GH Research Ireland Limited. This would be offset by an equivalent amount within Other Comprehensive
| GH RESEARCH PLC |
| NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) |
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| $'000 | $'000 | |||||||
| Finance income | ||||||||
| Finance income on cash, cash equivalents a nd other financial assets | 1,292 | 558 | ||||||
| Gain on cash equivalents and other financial assets at fair value through profit and loss ("FVTPL") | 745 | 1,057 | ||||||
| Interest income under effective interest rate method at fair value through other comprehensive income ("FVOCI") | 722 | 1,055 | ||||||
| Finance income | 2,759 | 2,670 | ||||||
| Finance expense | ||||||||
| Finance expense on investments | ( 168 | ) | ( 166 | ) | ||||
| Finance expense on lease liability | ( 10 | ) | ( 13 | ) | ||||
| Finance expense | ( 178 | ) | ( 179 | ) |
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| $'000 | $'000 | |||||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 27,575 | 28,577 | ||||||
| Cash equivalents | 217,379 | 72,214 | ||||||
| 244,954 | 100,791 |
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, proceeds of $7.0 million were received from the sale of
other financial assets which were used to fund the operating activities of the Group, and proceeds of $5.2 million were received from the redemption of marketable securities, which includes accrued interest. On redemption of the marketable
securities, the funds are invested in cash equivalents.
| Marketable securities | ||||
| $'000 | ||||
| Fair value | ||||
| At January 1, 2025 | 62,446 | |||
| Accrued interest | 721 | |||
| Interest received | ( 212 | ) | ||
| Redemptions and disposals of marketable securities | ( 5,170 | ) | ||
| Revaluation adjustment | 41 | |||
| At March 31, 2025 | 57,826 |
At March 31, 2025, the Group's marketable securities mature at varying dates within the next three years.
| GH RESEARCH PLC |
| NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) |
The movement through OCI for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and March 31, 2024, is shown in the table below:
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| $'000 | $'000 | |||||||
| Revaluation adjustments | 41 | ( 493 | ) | |||||
| Movement of expected credit losses on assets measured at FVOCI | 19 | ( 50 | ) | |||||
| Movement on marketable securities through OCI | 60 | ( 543 | ) |
Other current assets primarily represent prepayments and research
and development tax credit receivable.
Other non-current assets represent research and development tax credit receivable.
Trade payables primarily represents amounts incurred for the provision of manufacturing, research and consulting services and professional fees, which are
outstanding at the end of the period. Trade payables are due to be settled at different times within 12 months.
Other current liabilities primarily represent accruals for operating expenses and employee tax payable and are expected to be settled within one year.
On February 6, 2025, GH Research PLC completed a public offering on the Nasdaq in which it issued and sold an aggregate of 10,000,000 ordinary shares at $15.00 per share. The estimated