Best of the Best Plc is a profitable business that displays luxury cars as competition prizes in rented retail space within airport terminals, at shopping centres and online. Best of the Best's revenue is largely derived from ticket sales to passing airport passengers, as well as from online customers via its website.

Best of the Best operates from eight UK and two international airport sites, as well as from three shopping centres. As well as providing income for the airport operators, the cars are also considered to provide an interesting attraction for passengers which is looked upon favourably by airport operators.

On 14th August 2006 Best of the Best plc was admitted to AIM and raised approximately £2 million (net of expenses). The proceeds have been and continue to be used for the financing of new sites, adapting existing locations, marketing and to augment the Company's existing working capital facilities.

As an AIM traded UK registered company, Best of the Best Plc is subject to the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers legislation.

Best of the Best Plc is a Company incorporated and registered in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 3755182 and VAT registration number 756233526.

Best of the Best Plc carries out its principle operations in the UK

https://www.botb.com/About/investor-relations.aspx

Back to near highs

Half year report

Key Highlights



· Revenue up 30.0% to £4.98 million (2014: £3.83 million)



· Profit before tax increased by 10.9% to £0.48 million (2014: £0.43 million)



· Online revenues increased to £3.26 million (2014: £1.73 million) - representing 66.5% of total revenue



· Significant investment in digital marketing and commencement of TV advertising



· Net assets of £2.79 million, underpinned by cash balances of £2.19 million (2014: £2.43 million)



· Company rebranded from Best of the Best to BOTB



· Weekly car competitions continue to drive sales

Dividend Declaration
RNS
RNS Number : 9939O
Best of the Best PLC
15 February 2016

Best of the Best plc

("Best of the Best" or "the Company")









Announcement of Special Interim Dividend

The Directors of the Company are pleased to announce a Special Interim Dividend of 19.5 pence per ordinary share ("Special Interim Dividend").



The Company continues to be both profitable and cash generative and benefits from a strong balance sheet with significant cash reserves. As a result of this, the Company has a cash balance surplus to the operational requirements of its continuing activities and deems it appropriate to declare the Special Interim Dividend.



After the Special Interim Dividend the Company will retain cash balances in excess of £1.0 million, which the Directors consider to be sufficient working capital to fund its activities over the next 12 month period.



The Special Interim Dividend will be paid on 18 March 2016 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 4 March 2016.

Shares - Panmure Gordon increased its pre-tax profit forecast for 2016, 2017 and 2018 by 10% following the interim results. It expects a profit of £1 million in the year to April 2016, 5.3% higher than the previous year. It also raised its target price from 155p to 220p, implying 12.8% upside.

Best Of The Best PLC (BOTB:LSE) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 225.00. Over this period, the share price is up 208.22%.

Good pick DC :) ..

Cheers jimmy. :-))

Could have told me about this last April :)

Point your binoculars :-)) at post 2. lol

Ex dividend 03 Mar 2016 Best Of The Best Plc (19.5 P)

Trading Update

RNS


RNS Number : 2882X

Best of the Best PLC

05 May 2016




Best of the Best plc

("Best of the Best" or "the Company")





Trading Update

Best of the Best plc, which runs competitions to win luxury cars online and at retail locations, is pleased to announce that trading for the year to 30 April 2016 has been solid with both revenues and profit before tax in line with market expectations.



The results for the 12 months ended 30 April 2016 are expected to be announced on 8 June 2016 and the Directors look forward to updating shareholders with further detail at that time.



As previously reported, following a VAT decision at the First-tier Tribunal concerning Sportech Plc, a company with similar activities in our sector, the Company submitted a protective claim to recover overpaid VAT. Sportech Plc announced yesterday that the Court of Appeal Judges have ruled in favour of Sportech in its appeal case relating to a VAT repayment claim on the "Spot the Ball" game.



Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs ("HMRC") has been given until 13 May 2016 to apply to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. At present, therefore, this VAT litigation has not been concluded and it remains uncertain whether the Company will receive any repayment from HM Revenue & Customs, but we will update shareholders as this matter progresses.

Final Results

RNS


RNS Number : 5025A

Best of the Best PLC

08 June 2016






Best of the Best plc

("Best of the Best", "BOTB", "the Company" or "the Group")



Preliminary results for the twelve months ended 30 April 2016





BOTB runs competitions to win cars both online and at retail locations







Key Highlights:



· Revenue up 12.6% to £10.10 million (2015: £8.97 million)



· Profit before tax increased by 10.9% to £1.06 million (2015: £0.96 million)



· Online revenue increased by 40.6% to £7.06 million (2015: £5.02 million) - representing 70.5% of total revenue



· Net assets of £1.59 million, underpinned by cash balances of £1.2 million (following 1.2p ordinary dividend paid in October 2015, and19.5p special dividend paid in March 2016)



· Significant investment in digital marketing and commencement of TV advertising



· Company and operations rebranded from Best of the Best to BOTB



· Weekly car competition well received and continues to drive sales







William Hindmarch, Chief Executive, said:



"I am pleased to announce a solid set of preliminary results with increasing revenues and profits. The transformation from a retail business to a predominantly online operation has continued, with the majority of our revenues driven by digital channels, realised through our website, www.botb.com.



Our online customer acquisition spend has significantly increased during the year, with encouraging results. On the back of these successful trials, we will be further increasing our player acquisition and marketing investment this year.



Our weekly car competition continues to benefit from incremental changes and continues to be well received by our customers both online and at our airports and retail locations.



The business is well placed for future growth and we look forward to updating shareholders on further progress in due course."

Nice bounce

Trading Update and Notice of Results
RNS
RNS Number : 3014O
Best of the Best PLC
04 November 2016
 
Best of the Best plc
("Best of the Best", "BOTB" or "the Company")
Trading Update & Notice of Results
Best of the Best plc, which runs competitions to win luxury cars online and at retail locations, is pleased to announce that trading for the six months ended 31 October 2016 has been strong with profits before tax generated ahead of management expectations. Revenues have been in line with management expectations and the proportion of online sales continues to increase. Operating margins have improved and marketing investment in customer acquisition during the period was slightly lower than originally anticipated.
Notice of Results
The results for six months ended 31 October 2016 are expected to be announced on 18 January 2017 and the Directors look forward to updating shareholders with further details at that time.

Small mention in todays DM.

Do people win supercar giveaways

Dividend Declaration
RNS
RNS Number : 7963O
Best of the Best PLC
10 November 2016
 
Best of the Best plc
("Best of the Best", "BOTB" or "the Company")
Announcement of Special Dividend
Best of the Best plc, which runs competitions to win luxury cars online and at retail locations, is pleased to declare the return of approximately £1.0m to shareholders in the form of a special dividend of 10 pence per ordinary share (the "Special Dividend"). The Company continues to be both profitable and cash generative, benefits from a robust balance sheet and as such the Board deems it appropriate to return surplus funds to shareholders via the Special Dividend.
In order to pay the Special Dividend the Company is required to produce and file a new balance sheet with Companies House, demonstrating that it has sufficient distributable reserves.  Accordingly, the Company will shortly file an unaudited Company balance sheet as at 30 September 2016. 
The principal movements since the Company's last reported balance sheet of 30 April 2016, are the improvement in the cash and cash equivalents and an improvement in retained earnings as detailed below. As a result of profitable trading since 30 April 2016, at 30 September 2016 the Company had unaudited Cash and Cash Equivalents of £2,033,000 (YE 30 April 2016: £1,168,000), an increase of £865,000 and Retained Earnings of £1,262,000 (FY 30 April 2016: £595,000), an increase of £667,000.  Copies of the full unaudited Company balance sheet as at 30 September 2016 will shortly be available from Companies House.
Following payment of the Special Dividend, the Company will retain cash balances in excess of £1.0 million, which the Directors consider to be sufficient working capital to fund its activities over the next 12 month period.
The Special Dividend will be paid on 2 December 2016 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 18 November 2016. The Ex-dividend date is 17 November 2016

Best Of The Best PLC (BOTB:LSE) set a new 52-week high during Tuesday's trading session when it reached 270.00. Over this period, the share price is up 61.93%.
52-week range

Half Yearly Report
RNS
RNS Number : 3890U
Best of the Best PLC
18 January 2017
 
 
Best of the Best plc
("Best of the Best", "the Company" or "the Group")
 
Interim results for the six months ended 31 October 2016
 
 
 
Best of the Best runs competitions to win cars both online and at retail locations
 
 
Key Highlights 
 
·              Revenue up 10.9% to £5.52 million (2015: £4.98 million)
 
·              Profit before tax increased to £0.92 million (2015: £0.48 million)
 
·              Net assets of 2.22 million (2015: £2.92 million), with cash balances of £2.28 million (2015: £2.19 million)
 
·              Online revenues increased by 24.6% to £4.16 million (2015: £3.34 million)
 
·              Online revenues represented 75.4% of total revenue in the period
 
·              Earnings per share increased from 3.68 pence per share to 7.50 pence per share
 
·              Special dividend of 10.0 pence per share paid in December 2016
 
·              Growing investment in online marketing to increase player acquisition
 
 
 
William Hindmarch, Chief Executive, said:
 
 
"I am pleased to announce an encouraging set of interim results with increased revenues and profits. 
 
We have continued to grow our investment in all forms of marketing which has helped drive revenues and increase awareness of the BOTB brand and the Dream Car competition.  It is our intention to gradually accelerate the rate of this investment to build on these results.
 
We are placing a strong emphasis on social media to share our winners' experiences and this in turn is proving an effective medium through which to acquire new customers. 
 
The business is well placed for future growth and we look forward to updating shareholders on progress in due course."
 

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