FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Merchant Ann Louise

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

03/18/2026

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Biodexa Pharmaceuticals Plc [BDRX]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)


C/O BIODEXA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC, 1 CASPIAN POINT, CASPIAN WAY

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

CARDIFF CF104DQ
(City)
(State)
(Zip)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing

(Check applicable line)

__X__ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
_____ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person


Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)

2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)

3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)



Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (right to buy)

  (1) 01/23/2034

American Depositary Shares (2)

288 $475 (3) D 



Explanation of Responses:

The shares underlying this option vest over a four-year period with (i) 25% vesting on the one-year anniversary of grant, and (ii) 6.25% vesting every three months thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through the applicable vesting date.

Each American Depositary Share represents 100,000 ordinary shares, nominal value PS0.000001 per share, of the Issuer.

The exercise price for this option is denominated in British pounds sterling at a price of GBP 373.936 per American Depositary Share. The exercise price reported herein was converted into British pound sterling to United States dollars at a conversion rate of GBP 1.00 to USD 1.2703. The exercise price is the actual British pound sterling amount regardless of the exchange rate on the date of exercise.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24.1 -- Power of Attorney



Signatures

/s/ Fiona Mary Powell, Attorney-in-Fact

03/18/2026
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                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Stephen Stamp and Fiona Powell (nee Sharp), each of Biodexa
Pharmaceuticals Plc, and Jason S. McCaffrey, Page R. Hubben, Arieanna
Sallie-Schmidt, Maura Foley, and Robyn Frattali, each of Mintz, Levin, Cohn,
Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., signing singly, with full power of
substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, forms and
authentication documents for EDGAR Filing Access;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such forms and
authentication documents;

(3)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(4)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or
5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and;

(5)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could  do  if  personally  present,  with  full  power  of  substitution  or
revocation,  hereby  ratifying  and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of March 18, 2026.

                                          By: /s/ Ann Merchant
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                                                Ann Merchant