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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: ---------- Everyman Media Group PLC - London-based premium cinema chain - Pretax loss is flat at £10.2 million in the 52 weeks to January 1. Revenue climbs 8.8% to £116.6 million from £107.2 million, with admissions up 6.1% on-year to 4.4 million. Food & Beverage spend per head rises 5.9% to £11.32 from £10.69 a year ago. Paidfor average ticket price advances by 4.3% to £12.51 from £11.99. Net debt increases to £21.6 million from £18.1 million, reflecting investment in venue expansion, purchase of the Barnet long leasehold and working capital requirements. Trading performance in the first quarter of 2026 has ‘started well’, and the firm is encouraged by a strong film slate this year. ‘We enter 2026 with positive momentum and clearly defined priorities. The year ahead is about resetting to drive growth by building strong audience engagement, creating operational efficiencies, unlocking emerging new sources of income whilst reducing debt,’ says Chief Executive Farah Golant. No dividends were declared or paid during the period, unchanged on-year. ---------- Cake Box Holdings PLC - Enfield, Middlesex-based retailer of fresh cream celebration cakes - Expects to report revenue of £61.2 million in the 52 weeks to March 29, up 43% from £42.8 million the year prior, with profit in line with market expectations. Excluding Ambala contributions, Cake Box revenue is expected to be £46.7 million, up 12% from £41.9 million on-year. Points to customer wins and a strong contribution to second-half sales growth from third-party delivery platforms, including Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat. Looking ahead, company says: ‘The impact of recent geopolitical developments is difficult to predict and we remain mindful of the inflationary risks and challenging consumer backdrop.’ ---------- Pebble Beach Systems Group PLC - Surrey, England-based software company - Swings to pretax profit of £2.2 million in 2026 from £1.3 million loss the year prior. Revenue increases 6.1% to £12.2 million from £11.5 million, with annual recurring revenue up 8.2% to £6.6 million from £6.1 million. ARR provides ‘good revenue visibility’, it says. Total new orders up to £13.9 million from £13.6 million, with project orders rising 25%. Basic earnings per share balloons to 2.2 pence from losses of 1.1p. Notes annualised savings of £2.0 million achieved. ‘Trading in Q1 2026 has been encouraging and the board believes that Pebble is well-positioned to achieve its objectives for FY26 and beyond,’ it adds. ---------- Symphony Environmental Technologies PLC - Hertfordshire, England-based biodegradable plastic technology developer - Now expects that, as a result of managementdriven strategic change in its Middle East operations, group revenue for 2025 will be higher than previously guided, at £5.7 million, with an adjusted loss before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation broadly comparable to that incurred in the prior year, at £900,000. Net loss including provisions and strategic costs for 2025 is expected to be £2.5 million, widened on-year from £1.3 million. Symphony says sales momentum ‘has not just continued but accelerated’ during the first four months of 2026, running at more than 10% ahead year-on-year. Margins are also improving, company says. Firm says it is Ebitda positive in the first quarter of 2026 and expects to deliver a net profit for the first half. ---------- Tracsis PLC - Leeds, England-based rail software company - Posts modest pretax profit of £29,000 in the six months to January 31, swung from a £742,000 pretax loss the year prior. Revenue edges up to £38.9 million from £36.3 million, with diluted earnings per share of 0.01 pence versus LPS of 1.51p. Recurring software licence revenue increases 4% to £10.4 million and consumer-driven transactional revenue is up 24% to £2.4 million. For the current financial year, expects adjusted Ebitda to be in line with market expectations for £13.4 million. ‘While near-term UK rail market headwinds remain, Tracsis remains well placed to benefit from compelling long-term structural trends in our end markets,’ company says. ---------- Aquila European Renewables PLC - currently in a managed wind-down, had previously invested in European renewable energy assets - Net asset value per share is 56.7 euro cents at December 31, down from 84.7 cents the year prior, with total NAV return per share of 29.5%, up from 8.2%. ‘2025 has been a challenging year and profoundly disappointing for our shareholders. Even after applying a more aggressive discount rate as at 30 June 2025, some assets have subsequently been realised below net asset value. The secondary market in these assets has been limited, with the Investment Adviser being the only buyer. The board’s priority remains to complete the managed wind-down in a disciplined way and to return capital to shareholders as efficiently as possible,’ it says. ---------- Xeros Technology Group PLC - Rotherham, England-based laundry technology firm - Pretax loss narrows to £3.6 million in 2025 from £4.7 million the year prior. Revenue increases by 50% to £242,000 from £161,000, largely from the sale of XOrbs as licensees readied machines for sale. Adjusted Ebitda loss reduces to £3.3 million from £4.4 million, reflecting lower ongoing costs and increased revenue. Chief Executive Neil Austin says: ‘Xeros is now in a strong position. It’s important to remember that we are not reliant on the success of just one technology; and that currently all three of our technologies have market leading commercial partners with the potential to take them to scale. The high level of uptake at the recent fundraise has allowed us to reflect on the best way to achieve our significant commercial goals over the short and medium term. We believe that by making some additional investment in the Group’s commercial and technical delivery capability we can maximise and accelerate the substantial opportunities that we have before us.’ ---------- Nexus Infrastructure PLC - Braintree, England-based provider of civil engineering and infrastructure services to the UK housebuilding sector - Expects to report revenue in line with management expectations of £32.2 million in the six months to March, up 6.6% from a year prior. This is despite early signs of a modest recovery in market conditions being impacted by the Middle East conflict. Chief Executive Charles Sweeney says: ‘We have continued to grow and make good progress against our strategic objectives, despite a challenging market backdrop. Tamdown maintained its upward trajectory, and in addition secured new contracts to further enhance its order book. Coleman performance also improved.’ ---------- Eleco PLC - London-based software provider for the construction and built environment sectors - Pretax profit drops 35% to £2.8 million in 2025 from £4.3 million the year prior, with basic earnings per share of 1.6 pence, down 60% from 4.0p. This is despite revenue rising 20% to £38.8 million from £32.4 million, with annualised recurring revenue at December 31 of £34.3 million, 29% higher year-on-year than £26.6 million. Profit is held back by the impairment of the carrying value of assets relating to the group’s former Visualisation business, Veeuze GmbH of £2.3 million versus nil the year prior. On an adjusted basis, pretax profit increased by 24% to £5.2 million from £4.2 million. Eleco proposes a final dividend of 0.85p per share, up 21% from 0.70p a year ago, making total dividends of 1.20p per share, up 20% from 1.00p per share. Chief Executive Jonathan Hunter says: ‘Performance for the year was ahead of market expectations across revenue, adjusted profitability, and cash generation, reflecting the resilience of the group’s business model, the execution of our strategy and our continued focus on customers.’ Confident in the outlook for 2026, he adds. ---------- Likewise Group PLC - Birmingham, England-based floor coverings distributor - Pretax profit balloons to £1.1 million in 2025 from £25,467 the year prior, with underlying pretax profit up by 56% to £3.1 million from £2.0 million. Revenue increases 8.9% to £163.1 million from £149.8 million. In addition, says sales for January to March increased by 15%, with April maintaining similar momentum. Likewise proposes final dividend of 0.275 pence per share, up 10% on-year, taking total dividend to 0.4125 pence per share, also 10% higher. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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