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***Arranged by type of listing and date of announcement.
****Alphabetically arranged and priced on Share Price and Market Capitalisation during the time of writing on the day of Publication.
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What’s baking in the oven?
Potential IPOs:***
8 April: Rift Helium intends to IPO onto AIM late April. Rift is a helium exploration and development company currently focused on the exploration of a discovery-ready, non-hydrocarbon associated helium bearing acreage at its early-stage Upepo Project, located in southwestern Tanzania, within the Rukwa Rift - forming part of the East Africa Rift System (the "Upepo Project"). The Upepo Project comprises three prospecting licences over 283 km2 in the Rukwa Basin, near to existing helium projects operated by Helium One Global Ltd (AIM: HE1) ("Helium One") and Noble Helium Limited (ASX: NHE) ("Noble Helium"). The Company is raising £8.0m.
17 March: Vista Parcs Group has announced its intention to IPO onto AIM. The newly incorporated entity is proposing to acquire a portfolio of 13 UK-based holiday and residential parks currently owned by Barney Group 2 Ltd (BG2) and operated by Baslow Parks Ltd. Deal details TBC and expected Admission date anticipated mid-April.
4 March: Scotch Corner Designer Village Holdings plc, which is developing a largely pre-let retail and leisure destination in the North of England, announced its intention to apply for Admission to trading on the Aquis Real Asset Market (ARAM) segment of the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market. The Company is seeking to raise £25.5m. The listing is expected to complete in April.
Market Movers:***
1st April: Oscillate (AQSE: SRVL), the Company focused on building an independent copper and future metals developer, announced that further to the announcement on 9 February of the conditional acquisition of Kalahari Copper, it has conditionally completed an equity fundraising of £2.9m and plans to move to AIM from AQSE. Net proceeds of the Fundraising will allow for the advancement of the Company's proposed exploration assets in Namibia and Botswana. In addition, the Company will change its name to Serval Resources. Admission to AIM is expected to occur on 27 April.
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Arc Minerals Limited 0.53p £7.60m (ARCM.L)
The exploration Company focused on discovering and developing Tier 1 copper deposits in Africa summarises activities for Q1 to 31 March 2026. A new CEO has been appointed, Rémy Welschinger who has undertaken a detailed review of the portfolio. This included a site visit, and he is confident of the quality of the assets and the scale of opportunity across Botswana and Zambia. Virgo is delivering encouraging progress, while Kabompo West represents a significant, large-scale opportunity. A ground-based geophysical programme has commenced at the Virgo Project in the Kalahari Copper Belt. There is also a dual-track strategy progressing at the Kabompo West Project in the Central African Copperbelt, assessing potential strategic transactions alongside a standalone development pathway. The Company continues to make steady progress in resolving several legal cases in Zambia.
Cooks Coffee Company Limited 8.00p £5.31m (AQSE: COOK)
The coffee focused café chain reports its Esquires brand has received multiple awards at the recent Irish Franchise Association Awards 2026. Esquires Coffee was shortlisted as a finalist in seven of the fourteen award categories and received two awards. The Esquires portfolio has grown from one store at the beginning of 2025 to six stores by April 2026. This growth includes the development of Esquires locations within Tesco stores across multiple locations in Ireland, with further sites planned. The award, the CEO considers, is a recognition of the strength of the Company’s franchise model.
Celebrus Technologies 84.50p £36.73m (CLBS.L)
The data solutions provider updates on trading for FY March 2026: Revenues for FY26 are expected to be approximately $23.3m, broadly in line with expectations, compared to $38.7m in the prior year. The pre-tax adjusted loss is around $0.2m against $8.7m profit in FY 25, which is slightly ahead of expectations reflecting careful cost control. The ARR is expected to be increase by 10.3% to $15.0m whilst several deals at contractual stage were lost or further delayed in Q4. The Company is debt free and YE cash was $32.0m, which is little changed from last year’s $31.5m. The ARR success shows an ability to retain customers and there is a challenge of building better consistency in new business generation.
Fintel 180.0p £186.51m (FNTL.L)
The provider of software and services to the UK retail financial services sector reports recorded lending figures for 2025. Figures show that its subsidiary Simplybiz Mortgages increased its Mortgages' market share from 4.68% in 2024 to 4.74% in 2025. There is a rise of 19.8% in Simplybiz Mortgages with total lending figures, growing from £23.7bn in 2024 to £28.4bn in 2025. This reflects an outperformance of the overall lending market in business sectors - including purchase/remortgage and product transfer. Simplybiz Mortgages, the CEO states, is delivering solutions to help advisors make better financial outcomes for their clients.
Great Southern Copper 2.95p £19.70m (GSCU.L)
The Company is focused on copper-gold-silver exploration in Chile and has received results from a recently completed ground magnetic survey at its Viuda porphyry gold-copper prospect. The survey comprised 198 line-km of ground magnetics confirming magnetic-low anomalies and lineaments demonstrate strong correlation with mapped porphyry-style alteration, structures and known gold-copper mineralisation. There are multiple new targets identified consistent with porphyry-style mineralisation. Planning and permitting for Phase II drilling at Viuda are in progress. The integration of the geophysics with ongoing detailed mapping and surface sampling will directly support refined drill targeting for the Phase II drilling programme anticipated in Q2 2026.
Lexington Gold Limited 3.45p £15.40m (LEX.L)
The gold exploration and development Company with a growing portfolio of high-quality projects in South Africa and the US updates on operations at its key projects. There is continuing progress across its South African and US project portfolio. Encouraging progress is being made both regarding the mining right application and the ongoing technical study for the Jelani JV. The recent resource increase at the JKL project and the successful Jennings-Pioneer drilling programme have materially strengthened the strategic positioning for potentially seeking a JV partner. The Kroonstad project is progressing important early-stage technical and strategic work that could help unlock the longer-term potential of this highly prospective area.
Light Science Technologies Holdings 1.10p £4.80m (LST.L)
The controlled environment agriculture and passive fire protection Company notes the recent publication of the UK Government's Building Safety Regulator Strategic Plan which highlights the need to cut delays. The Plan sets out an ambition to deliver decisions on a significant proportion of remediation applications within a 12-week period. The Company’s Passive Fire Protection division, which specialises in fire remediation solutions, has experienced delays in project mobilisation due to extended approval timelines. This has contributed to a build-up of a substantial pipeline of contracted and near-term projects awaiting regulatory sign-off. This commitment to removing approval bottlenecks will help support the conversion of the Company's existing project backlog into active revenue-generating contracts.
Rentguarantor Holdings 26.5p £34.16m (RGG.L)
The provider of rent guarantee services to prospective tenants seeking to rent property in the UK private rental sector updates on Q1 trading to end March 2026. Revenue increased by 105% year-on-year which is ahead of Company forecasts. The growth was driven by a substantial increase in tenant contracts, and the Company is cautiously optimistic that its FY 2026 revenues will be ahead of current market expectations. The Company entered a two-year strategic partnership contract with the National Residential Landlords Association which has a membership of over 111,000. This Company will continue to invest in digital infrastructure and announced the development of AI infrastructure to reduce application times and increase capacity, supporting future growth.
Rome Resources 0.30p £20.05m (RMR.L)
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) focused tin and copper explorer updates on its drilling operations at the Kalayi prospect which is located approximately 8km from the world-class Alphamin Mpama tin mine complex. The current drilling campaign was completed on 4 April, having been active since December 2025. The Kalayi prospect represented 91% of the total metres drilled and the Board believes that the drilling confirms the presence of high-grade tin mineralisation which continues at depth and across multiple holes, supporting the Company's structural model. These results will in turn be incorporated into the subsurface model, which could deliver a meaningful uplift Mineral Resource Estimate. While final assays are pending, these early indicators provide a compelling case for Kalayi's economic potential and suggest a clear step forward.
System1 Group 315.00p £39.08m (SYS1.L)
The marketing decision-making platform launches the next phase of its creative measurement tool Test Your Ad. The Test Your Ad platform combines proven consumer-based measurement with smarter diagnostics, more intuitive reporting, and new AI-enabled capabilities. Together these help marketers understand not just how an ad is likely to perform, but why, and what to do next. System1 is currently beta testing a predictive AI creative measurement tool in select markets which has been trained against its Test Your Ad Competitive Edge database, the world's largest database of emotional norms. The tool accurately estimates the likely human emotional response and distinctiveness response to advertising to help marketers make better and more confident creative decisions.
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