The following is a round-up of earnings for London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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XP Factory PLC - London-based leisure and entertainment company - Pretax loss narrows to £1.8 million in the 26 weeks ended September 28 from £2.2 million the year prior, with loss per share of 1.05 pence compared to 1.26p. Revenue increases 13% to £28.2 million from £24.9 million with Escape Hunt owner operated site revenue up 13% and Boom Battle Bar sales up 16%. XP calls results a ‘creditable performance amidst a tough market environment.’ Escape like-for-like sales grow 1.8%, but Boom Bar LFL drop 6.8%. In the 9 weeks to November 30, XP reports Escape Hunt LFL sales growth of 8.3%, with Boom Bar LFL sales down 9.8% in a ‘very tough competitive socialising market.’ XP says Boom has ‘performed ahead of the experiential leisure industry as a whole over the period, with softer consumer demand being mitigated by improved cost control and record corporate pre-bookings for the crucial Christmas period on which, as ever, the outturn for the financial year is heavily dependent.’ In addition, XP says the budget outcome is ‘expected to be neutral to modestly positive’ after detailed evaluation with net lower business rates offsetting higher than planned net living wage increases. Further, Chief Financial Officer Graham Bird says to retire effective March 29.
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Naked Wines PLC - Norwich, England-based online wine seller - Pretax loss reduces to £3.0 million in the 26 weeks to September 29 from £5.6 million the year prior although revenue drops to £89.5 million from £112.3 million. Naked Wines says lower revenue reflects a focus on more profitable ’core members’, the removal of ‘inefficient acquisition investment’ and cautious consumer behaviour. Customer acquisition costs fall to £3.9 million from £9.4 million in line with a ‘redefined’ marketing strategy, which will ‘lead to a smaller more profitable business.’ In addition, notes initial revenue is coming from new US growth opportunities. Since period-end, trading is in line with guidance, gross profit margin continues to improve and liquidation of excess inventory continues as planned. Chief Executive Rodrigo Maza is pleased with the ‘tangible progress’ in the half-year and notes ‘improved margins have helped reduce acquisition break-even from 75 to 44 months - significant progress.’
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Gateley Holdings PLC - Birmingham, England-based legal and consultancy firm - Pretax profit jumps 90% to £6.3 million in the six months to October from £3.3 million the year prior. Revenue rises 9.3% to £94.3 million from £86.3 million and basic earnings per share balloon to 3.73 pence from 1.44p. Revenue growth is driven by increased fee earner utilisation of 89%, up from 88% a year ago, and positive returns from prior patient investment and implementation of pricing and conversion strategy, Gateley says. Legal services revenue grows 11% and consultancy services sales rise 5.5%. Underlying operating profit margin drops to 9.2% from 10.5%, resulting from the pre-budget slowdown in transactional services alongside ongoing patient investment. The dividend is unchanged at 3.3p per share. Looking ahead, management is confident of meeting full year consensus expectations for revenue of £189.4 million and underlying pretax profit of £23.8 million. In the financial year to April, Gateley reported revenue of £179.5 million and underlying pretax profit of £23.3 million.
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Sutton Harbour Group PLC - Plymouth, England-based owner and operator of Sutton Harbour specialising in waterfront regeneration projects and waterfront real estate - Pretax loss from continuing operations falls to £474,000 in the six months to September from £825,000 the year prior. Net asset value per share dips to 24.2 pence at September 30 from 24.6p at March 31. ‘The sale of 5 properties between September 2024 and June 2025 has resulted in a material reduction in rental income together with one off accounting adjustments to write off accrued income in the period,’ Sutton Harbour says. Net debt drops to £26.1 million from £26.8 million with gearing down to 75.3% from 76.4% at March 31. ‘The company has progressively reduced bank borrowing through the disposal of selected properties, though this has in turn reduced the income earning asset base. The company is now working actively towards a new financing strategy which will allow the company to weather the current economic environment, which does not favour new development, whilst supporting the existing trading activities and intensifying interim uses of available assets to provide stable returns and to underpin the quality of the Sutton Harbour location,’ company says.
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Lowland Investment Co PLC - UK-focused investment trust managed by Janus Henderson - Net asset value per share at fair value is 168.6 pence at September 30 compared to 146.1p the year prior. Reports total NAV return of 20.8% in the six months to September up from 16.8% a year ago, outperforming the benchmark FTSE All-Share Index which rose 16.2%. Declares dividend of 6.625p per share, up from 6.425p last year.
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Insig AI PLC - London-based data science and machine learning firm - Pretax loss shrinks to £1.1 million in the six months to September from £5.3 million a year prior. Bottom line benefits from the absence of impairments compared to £4.4 million charge a year ago. Revenue balloons to £437,800 from £165,780, administration expenses increase to £1.3 million from £914,823. ‘We delivered a successful first half with strong revenue growth and several new client wins. Since the period end, we have secured further new client wins reinforcing the momentum in our core commercial activities,’ observes Chief Executive Richard Bernstein. In 2026, looks to deploy capital within the ‘digital assets and AI space.’ ‘We believe this can also generate very substantial returns for our shareholders. I am excited about our prospects for 2026 and beyond,’ CEO Bernstein says.
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