AQSE Quarterly Update Q3 2026

As we look back over the summer months, the AQSE team has been out across a range of events from IPO ceremonies to investor evenings, roundtables to business festivals — meeting issuers, founders, investors, and partners and continuing to build the community around Aquis Stock Exchange.

A real highlight of Q3 was the Aquis IPO Academy Kick-off Event in September, welcoming our inaugural cohort of 26 companies (meet the cohort) and bringing together some brilliant perspectives from across the public markets landscape. Seeing the energy and ambition in the room was a real reminder of what we are building with this programme, and we look forward to supporting each of these companies over the coming months.

Our Chair Danny Lopez also wrote in City AM, making the case that growth companies must not be excluded from Prime Minister Andy Burnham's £1bn Scale-Up Fund. Public and private markets are complementary, and the Fund should back Britain's high-growth businesses at every stage, regardless of how they are structured. You can read the full piece here.

Looking ahead, our flagship Aquis Showcase returns on 3rd November this year with an exciting new format. Tickets are available now and we'd love to see you there. Details in the Stay Tuned section below.

Reveille Resources PLC joined the Access segment of the Aquis Stock Exchange on Tuesday 7th July having raised approximately £2m. The natural resources exploration and development company is established to pursue uranium opportunities in Europe with a primary focus on Italy's largest uranium deposits. Read more

IntelliAM AI Plc expanded its relationship with Mars UK to a sixth site, with total orders now standing at approximately £425,000. Read more

The Company also reported its final results for the year ended March 2026, with revenue up 64% to £5.3m. Read more

Ajax Resources PLC confirmed the commencement of the environmental permitting process for its maiden drilling campaign at the Pereira Velho Gold Project in Brazil, with drilling expected to follow in approximately three months. Read more

Adsure Services PLC reported final results for the year ended March 2026, with profit before tax up 22.7% to £1m and EBITDA growing 13% to £1.34m, the third consecutive year of growth. Read more

Cooks Coffee Company Limited reported a positive trading update for Q1 FY27 with Group systemwide store sales in the UK and Ireland up 14%. The Group also outperformed the wider UK branded coffee market, increasing its UK store estate by 14.9% against a market-wide outlet growth of 3.5%. Read more

Oberon Investments Group Plc reported record revenues of £11.7m for the year ended March 2026, up 24.7% on the prior year. Read more

The Company also raised £1.4m through a share subscription. Read more

Connecting Excellence Group PLC signed Heads of Terms for its first acquisition, a specialist recruitment business with £1.79m revenue, while its flagship business Spencer Riley grew revenue 20% to £1.84m and strategic investor Adam Back increased his Bitcoin investment in the Company. Read more1Read more2

Sterling Digital Plc announced its first verified Bitcoin mining output at its West Texas site, marking the first end-to-end operation of its gas-to-power-to-Bitcoin infrastructure. Read more

Sulnox Group PLC reported final results for the year ended March 2026, with revenue increasing 134% to £2.62m and every quarter outperforming the same period the prior year. The Group now has products sold in more than 50 countries and is engaged with approximately 100 shipping companies globally, almost double the number from the same time last year. Read more

Majestic Corporation Plc reported interim results with revenue doubling to US$37m and profit before tax up 450% to US$3.3m in the six months ended June 2026. Read more

Ethtry PLC signed binding agreements to acquire Dunbar Energy, establishing a US data centre and energy platform with existing shareholders and vendors each set to hold 50% on completion. Read more

We were delighted to welcome Reveille Resources PLC with an IPO ceremony marking the Company’s admission to the Access segment. Reveille raised £2m at IPO and joins our growing community of early-stage companies using public markets as a platform for growth. Watch the welcome video here

**VNXD: Preparing Portfolio Companies for Global Growth and Exit (July) **

We attended the VirtualNonExecs and Briars Group event in Manchester, bringing together founders, investors, operators, NEDs and advisers for an honest discussion on what it takes to build, scale and exit a business successfully.

We were delighted to sponsor a session at the Women Are Good Business stage at Ideas Fest, hosting a panel titled ‘Blueprint to Bell: Navigating the IPO Journey’. We were joined by a fantastic group: Sophie Eleftheriou from Sulnox - one of our own issuers, Karen Rudich - founder of sherloc and a member of our inaugural IPO Academy cohort, and Evangeline Klassen from Academy partner and corporate adviser firm Guild Financial Advisory. The conversations throughout the day were inspiring and it was great to meet so many ambitious companies in such a unique setting.

September brought one of the highlights of our calendar, welcoming the inaugural Aquis IPO Academy cohort to their kick-off event in London. The session featured perspectives from across the public markets landscape, covering the small-cap climate, the role of retail investors, and a candid first-hand account of the listing experience from one of our own issuers. The evening continued with our Summer Drinks, bringing together issuers, investors, partners and the wider AQSE community. A really enjoyable way to round off the quarter.

We co-hosted an Investor Evening with UK Investor Magazine, bringing together retail investors and two companies quoted on Aquis Stock Exchange - Adsure Services and Connecting Excellence. Both spoke candidly about their journeys since going public covering milestones, growth strategies, and what access to public markets has made possible for their businesses.

We attended the Investor Summit at The Brewery in London, a full-day event bringing together over 330 delegates including private investors, fund managers and finance professionals for expert talks, panel discussions and networking. It provided a great opportunity to connect with the UK's investor community.

We hosted a roundtable with a number of our issuers and an IPO Academy participant to explore opportunities within the digital asset sector. A positive and energising conversation, reflecting the growing presence of innovative digital asset businesses on our exchange. 

3rd November – The Aquis Showcase, IET London, 2 Savoy Place
The Showcase brings together some of the most exciting growth companies listed on Aquis Stock Exchange, pitching to a room of investors, capital markets professionals and an expert judging panel, competing for The Judges' Prize and the Audience Retail Choice Award. Whether you're an investor, adviser, or simply passionate about the UK's growth company ecosystem, this is a great opportunity to connect with the wider AQSE community. Get your tickets here, use AQSE25 for 25% discount.

26th November - The Exit and Beyond in partnership with Female Founders Rise, London. More details coming soon.

QCA membership offer for Aquis-quoted companies: The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) is an independent membership organisation for small and mid-cap quoted companies. It is offering Aquis-quoted companies 20% off their first year of Corporate Membership when they join before 30 June 2027. See the QCA's flyer for details.