12 June 2018 – final results
The group has announced its final results for the year to 31 March and these have confirmed that the group continues to progress with revenues up by 2% to £412.8m (2017: £404.5m) whilst pre-tax profits increased by 4.1% to £12.9m (2017: £12.4m). Earnings per share increased 4.5% to 5.62p (2017: 5.38p) and the dividend for the year was raised to 3.05p (2017: 2.90p). The year end cash balance was £40.3m (2017: £34.2m). These are clearly solid results and the new financial year has started well. With the shares some way off their high point last year of 92p they remain ATTRACTIVE.