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The following is a round-up of earnings for London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: ---------- Vp PLC - Harrogate, England-based equipment rental - Pretax profit in the year ended March 31 soars to £21.7 million from £2.8 million. Revenue improves 3.1% to £380.0 million from £368.7 million. Vp ups its final dividend to 28.0 pence per share from 27.5p. Total dividend amounts to 39.5p, a rise from 39.0p. ‘We have delivered a resilient performance against a period of varied economic and geopolitical headwinds, with our diverse and increasingly collaborative specialist businesses driving sector leading returns. As a result of this performance and our robust balance sheet, we are pleased to propose an improved full year dividend - maintaining our 30+ year uninterrupted track record and aligning with our commitment to deliver long-term sustainable shareholder returns,’ Chief Executive Officer Anna Bielby says. It expects a performance in line with current market expectations in the new year. It puts consensus at £383.2 million for revenue. ---------- Caffyns PLC - car dealership chain - Swings to pretax profit of £246,000 in the year to March 31, from a loss of £1.5 million. Revenue rises 5.1% to £275.5 million from £262.1 million. Maintains final dividend at 5.0p per share, and total payout at 10p. ‘A strong performance from new cars and aftersales generated an improved gross profit and, despite inflationary pressures on the cost base, a significant turnaround in underlying profit before tax,’ CEO Simon Caffyn says. Reports ‘trading conditions in the early part of the current financial year have remained challenging’. ---------- Baronsmead Venture Trust PLC, Baronsmead Second Venture Trust PLC - venture capital trusts -Baronsmead Venture Trust reports its net asset value per share at the March 31 half-year end amounts to 49.4p, a decline of 6.4% from 52.8p in September. It maintains its interim dividend at 1.75p per share. Baronsmead Second Venture Trust’s NAV over the same period declines 7.1% to 51.3p from 55.2p. Baronsmead Second Venture says it made £3.8 million of new investments in the period. Baronsmead Venture Trust made £3.6 million worth. ---------- Reabold Resources PLC - investor focused on developing strategic gas projects for European energy security - Reports no revenue in 2024, unchanged from 2023. Pretax loss narrows to £3.4 million from £7.2 million. ---------- Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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