UK short selling: week 39, 2026

From 22 Sep 2026 to 25 Sep 2026, 424 United Kingdom companies had disclosed short positions across 4 publication days. Changes are percentage points (pp) of issued share capital, between each company's last figure before the week and its last figure of the week, from official FCA data.

Biggest rises

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
PUBLIC POLICY HOLDING COMPANY, INC.	1.02%	3.22%	+2.20
Central Asia Metals Plc	6.38%	7.83%	+1.45
WORKSPACE GROUP PLC	5.58%	6.97%	+1.39
BRIDGEPOINT GROUP PLC	1.10%	2.33%	+1.23
OXFORD BIOMEDICA PLC	6.86%	8.09%	+1.23
Pan African Resources Plc	5.42%	6.57%	+1.15
GENUIT GROUP PLC	11.42%	12.22%	+0.80
JD SPORTS FASHION PLC	2.85%	3.64%	+0.79
GEORGIA CAPITAL PLC	0.70%	1.47%	+0.77
MORTGAGE ADVICE BUREAU (HOLDINGS) PLC	2.05%	2.79%	+0.74

Biggest falls

Company	Start	End	Change (pp)
Vistry Group PLC	17.47%	15.62%	−1.85
PAGEGROUP PLC	4.79%	3.28%	−1.51
NCC GROUP PLC	8.86%	7.53%	−1.33
C & C GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY	4.11%	3.08%	−1.03
SANDOZ GROUP AG	2.30%	1.49%	−0.81
BOOHOO GROUP PLC	2.40%	1.77%	−0.63
CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC	12.05%	11.49%	−0.56
FERREXPO PLC	0.91%	0.38%	−0.53
Pinewood Technologies Group Plc	5.65%	5.17%	−0.48
Breedon Group Plc	11.09%	10.62%	−0.47

New disclosures

AMAROQ LTD, first disclosed figure 0.46%
FUNDING CIRCLE HOLDINGS PLC, first disclosed figure 0.20%
PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL PLC, first disclosed figure 0.20%

Left the dataset

Last published by the FCA this week, and in no publication since: the figure shown is the one each carried in that final publication. Leaving usually means the position fell below the disclosure threshold, not that shorting stopped entirely.

S4 CAPITAL PLC, last figure 0.29% on 23 Sep 2026
XP POWER LIMITED, last figure 0.29% on 22 Sep 2026
MIDWICH GROUP PLC, last figure 0.22% on 23 Sep 2026
FRESNILLO PLC, last figure 0.20% on 25 Sep 2026

Most shorted at week end

Full table: most shorted UK stocks.