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Digistain Limited

UK company 12329264, incorporated on 22 November 2019.

DIGISTAIN - The UKs First Breast Cancer Risk Profiling Technology -

DIGISTAIN is a Digital Solution To Cancer Grading And Prognosis approved by the UKs Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

Company number
12329264
Incorporated
22 Nov 2019
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Browse spinouts
Founded / incorporated
22 November 2019

Company number 12329264

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Legal name
DIGISTAIN LIMITED
Company type
LTD
Region
South East England
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024

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Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
3

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

2 events
22 Sep
2026

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Published 22 Sep 2026 13:47

22 Nov
2019

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Spinout profile

3 entries

Company description

Digistain develops a risk-profiling test for breast cancer, aiming to determine the most effective course of treatment.

Chris Phillips has formed a mid-IR Imaging Company, Digistain Ltd., (http://digistain.co.uk) incorporated just before Christmas 2019, Company number 12329264, with himself and Dr Hemmel Amrania as directors.

Project impact

The company has been granted an IP patent portfolio, (previously operated by Imperial Innovations) and is actively seeking investors to commercialize his mid-IR cancer detection technology.

Digistain
2019
Digistain
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DIGISTAIN LIMITED
2019

Public funding

2 awards
First funded
2023
Funded years
2023, 2024
Age at first award
3 years

Projects

2024 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Digistain mid-IR Cancer detection technology; a calibration and validation study.

1 Oct 2024 to 31 Dec 2024

Awarded
£9,900
Total cost £9,900

Most cancers are first discovered when they manifest themselves physically. In the case of breast, a lump is found, and a biopsy is taken with a hollow needle. The tissue sample is fixed in formalin, embedded in wax, and slices are stained with dyes and mounted on a microscope slide. The slide is then visually evaluated using an optical microscope, using ...

2023 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Digistain - Breast Cancer Companion Diagnostic for over-prescribed chemotherapy

1 Jan 2023 to 30 Jun 2024

Awarded
£349,912
Total cost £499,874

Digistain is a market-ready, UK-based clinical diagnostics company transforming breast cancer treatment to save time, money, and lives. Where current companion diagnostics delay treatment decisions for up to a month, our technology provides oncologists with decision-making data in just 15 minutes. This means chemotherapy can be avoided where appropriate a...

Product types

Collaborative R&D