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The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: ---------- Triad Group PLC - Godalming, England-based technology consultant - Revenue for the six months ended September 30 rises to £12.0 million from £10.2 million the year before. Pretax profit increases to £824,000 from £747,000. Company declares 3 pence per share interim dividend, up from 2p. Executive Chair John Rigg says: ‘I must emphasise that Triad has no particular political affiliation...We are closely observing recent developments, and I believe that it is possible to say, on a neutral and commonsense basis, that we are approaching a change in the landscape...We are very well placed in terms of robustness and resilience to handle any challenges with which events may confront us. I continue to be absolutely confident of our ability to handle any changes and indeed to profit from the opportunities which they will present. I believe that much of the current general uncertainty will have been resolved by the time of my statement in the coming summer.’ ---------- Unicorn Mineral Resources PLC - mineral exploration company - Reports for the six months ended September 30 an €222,603 attributable loss, narrowed on-year from €252,173. Losses consist mainly of salary costs, which decreased to €116,565 from €136,173; professional and other costs associated with the quotation on the London Stock Exchange, which decreased to €56,788 from €75,198; and administrative expenses, which decreased to €361,861 from €405,981. Says at the end of the half year it had cash in hand totalling €361,861, down from €405,981 at the same time one year prior. ‘The main focus for the Company has been the due diligence on the Klein Aub project in Namibia,’ comments Chair Patrick Doherty. ‘The potential value is clear, with an in-situ metal value of over $240 million at current prices...Tests are underway with results expected in January 2026. Meanwhile at home, the potential for our Kilmallock and Lisheen licences remains exciting...The reopening of the old Galmoy mine by Shanoon Resources on licences contiguous with our Lisheen ground demonstrates the potential of the area and we look forward to the results of our 3D modelling as a prelude to future work. With results due on key work for Klein Aub and Lisheen over the next couple of months, the Company is looking for a strong start to calendar 2026.’ ---------- PipeHawk PLC - Cinderford, England-based engineering solutions provider - Group turnover was £3.7 million for the year ended June 30, down from £9.1 million the prior year. Pretax loss narrows on-year to £310,000 from £1.6 million. Executive Chair Gordon Watt comments: ‘Well, that was another very challenging year!’ Adds: ‘Whilst I was cautiously optimistic this time last year that our core businesses were in the right industries which would be less affected by private sector lack of confidence...it sadly transpires that either funding has been cut or delayed or, where it has been made available, there is significant indecision...we are increasingly looking to overseas markets to sell our products and expertise. This bodes well for the future but does involve longer gestation periods.’ He continues: ‘Despite wider current market conditions, all divisions of the group are currently performing well, and I remain optimistic in my outlook for the group.’ ---------- Sosandar PLC - Cheshire, England-based online women’s fashion brand - Revenue for the six months ended September 30 rises 15% on-year to £18.7 million from £16.7 million, with own-site revenue up 28%. Pretax loss widens ‘in line with our expectations’ to £1.1 million from £659,000, which Sosandar says reflects ‘traditional second half weighting of profitability alongside the impact of own stores and [the Marks & Spencer Group PLC] cyber incident’. Says trading is in line with full-year expectations for both revenue and pretax profit, believing that current market guidance for the 12 months ended March 31 is for revenue of £43.6 million and profit of around £400,000. ‘We are really pleased with how the business has performed over the past six months,’ say Co-Chief Executive Officers Ali Hall and Julie Lavington. ‘During this period, we delivered a return to revenue growth, supported by strong momentum through our own website which remains a key driver of both sales and customer engagement, alongside a resilient gross margin. The Autumn/Winter season has delivered another robust trading performance, with customers continuing to respond positively...Looking forward, the foundations have been laid for sustainable, profitable, cash generative growth.’ ---------- Autins Group PLC - Rugby, Warwickshire-based acoustic and thermal insulation solutions company - Revenue for the six months ended September 30 decreases 12% to £8.6 million from £9.8 million. Pretax loss narrows to £590,000 from £824,000. Administrative expenses decrease to £3.1 million from £3.4 million. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation surge 47% to around £650,000 from about £440,000. Autins notes that its largest UK customer ‘experienced a significant cyber incident which resulted in a complete suspension of vehicle production for the month of September’, which had ‘a material impact on the group’s operations’. Says its enters its second half with good momentum and remains on track to deliver full-year revenue and profit in line with market guidance, which it understands to be £20.0 million in revenue and £2.3 million in adjusted Ebitda. ---------- Thruvision Group PLC - Abingdon, England-based provider of walkthrough people-screening technology - Reports revenue of £2.6 million for the six months ended September 30, rising 36% on-year from £1.9 million. Includes ‘significantly higher’ Entrance Security revenue at £1.6 million, up from around £200,000. Pretax loss narrows slightly to £2.3 million from £2.5 million. Company now expects between £5 million and £7 million in revenue for the full year, up from the year ended March 31, 2025, when revenue fell 47% to £4.2 million from £7.8 million. ‘Revenue in the first half grew...made up of a number of smaller orders from new and existing customers, mainly in the US Retail Distribution market, and a large award from a new government customer in South-East Asia,’ comments Executive Chair Tom Black. ‘However, the UK Retail Distribution market has been much weaker and this has continued into the second half. As a result, the Board has concluded that current market expectations for the full year are unlikely to be achieved and now expects revenue to be between £5 million and £7 million.’ ---------- Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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