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Cerca Magnetics Limited

UK company 12766132, incorporated on 24 July 2020.

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The Cerca OPM-MEG system is the worlds most advanced functional brain scanner an integrated lightweight, ergonomic and wearable device that will offer an unparalleled window on human brain function, in health and disease.

Company number
12766132
Incorporated
24 Jul 2020
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Browse spinouts
Founded / incorporated
24 July 2020

Company number 12766132

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Legal name
CERCA MAGNETICS LIMITED
Company type
LTD
Region
East Midlands
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

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Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024

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Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
18

Company events

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02 Sep
2026

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2026

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2026

Memorandum Articles

Incorporation

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2026

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24 Jul
2020

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Spinout profile

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Company description

Cerca Magnetics develops brain scanning technology, specialising in wearable technology, for treating a range of neurological and psychiatric conditions.

Cerca magnetics build and sell equipment for human brain imaging

SME commercialising OPM MEG technology, developing OPM MEG systems for the research markets in the near term and driving the development of clinical systems for sale into the clinical market in the coming years.

Project impact

Cerca magnetics have spread novel human brain imaging technology, developed in the UK, to labs worldwide. Sales to date (between company launch in Dec 2020 and 2nd March 2023 total >£9M

First confirmed orders in excess of £1,000,000 achieved within 6 months of company creation.

Cerca magnetics have spread novel human brain imaging technology, developed in the UK, to labs worldwide. Sales to date (between company launch in Dec 2020 and 2nd March 2023 total £7.2M

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CERCA MAGNETICS LIMITED
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Public funding

3 awards
First funded
2021
Funded years
2021, 2023, 2024
Age at first award
1 years

Projects

2024 Small Business Research Initiative Lead participant

Quantum-Enabled Brain Imaging: A Pathway to Clinical Utility

1 Jan 2024 to 31 Mar 2025

Awarded
£2,386,530
Total cost £2,386,530

In this project, we will realise the potential of quantum technology for diagnosing and managing treatment of dementia. OPM-MEG is a new type of brain scan that uses quantum sensors to measure the tiny magnetic fields generated by the brain. In this way, OPM-MEG assesses electrical currents flowing through brain cells, and provides assessment of brain act...

2023 Lead participant

Quantum-Enabled Brain Imaging: A Pathway to Clinical Utility

1 Sep 2023 to 30 Nov 2023

Awarded
£117,296
Total cost £117,296

Our aim is to harness the potential of quantum technology in healthcare, by introducing a new type of scanner which has the potential to significantly impact human brain health. The human brain, and the disorders that affect it, represent an enormous challenge for 21st century healthcare. From diseases that strike in childhood, like epilepsy, to problems ...

2023 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Clinical deployment of wearable functional neuroimaging

1 Feb 2023 to 31 Jan 2026

Awarded
£960,896
Total cost £1,372,709

Understanding the human brain, and the many disorders that affect it, is a major challenge for 21st century healthcare. Significant progress has been made by scanning technologies, like MRI, which show what the brain looks like in exquisite detail. However, in many disorders brain structure looks normal and conventional imaging is of limited use. Instead,...

2021 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Brain Imaging Using OPM-MEG: Newborn to Toddler

1 Oct 2021 to 31 Mar 2022

Awarded
£15,000
Total cost £15,000

Medical imaging technologies, like MRI, have revolutionised healthcare. Modern scanners can image the structure of organs with millimetre precision, allowing things like growths or tumours to be pinpointed. This information is used by healthcare practitioners for everything from diagnosis to surgical planning. However, despite the success, the current gen...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies Small Business Research Initiative