EARNINGS: Lords Group loss widens; CT Automotive profit motors higher

Wed, 20th May 2026 13:39

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings for London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

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Integrated Diagnostics Holdings PLC - diagnostic services provider with operations in Egypt, Jordan, Nigeria, Sudan and Saudi Arabia - Net profit rises 78% to EGP437 million, around GBP6.1 million, in the three months to March from EGP245 million the year prior. Revenue increases 31% to EGP2.07 billion from EGP1.58 billion, driven by a 22% rise in tests performed and a 7% increase in average revenue per test. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation grows 23% to EGP611 million from EGP498 million at a margin of 29.5%, down from 31.5%. "Performance during the quarter reflected the seasonal impact of Ramadan and Eid, with a greater number of holiday days falling within Q1 2026 compared to the prior-year period, moderating revenue growth and temporarily weighing on operating leverage. Profitability was also impacted by pre-operating expenses related to a new Al Borg Scan branch," company says.

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Lords Group Trading PLC - London-headquartered building materials distributor - Pretax loss widens to GBP5.2 million in 2025 from GBP2.6 million the year prior, although revenue climbs 8.3% to a record GBP472.8 million from GBP436.7 million. Adjusted Ebitda drops 6.2% to GBP21.0 million from GBP22.4 million at a margin of 4.4%, reduced from 5.1% on-year. The total dividend falls 38% to 0.52 pence per share from 0.84p. Reports positive like-for-like sales growth of 0.7% despite subdued end markets. "Whilst market conditions are likely to remain subdued in the near term, with ongoing uncertainty around inflation and interest rates, we have built a more diversified, more scalable business and the Group is now better positioned operationally and strategically than at any point in its recent history," Chief Executive Shanker Patel says.

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CT Automotive Group PLC - Portsmouth, England-based maker of interior components for the automotive industry - Pretax profit rises 38% to USD9.1 million in 2025 from USD6.6 million in 2024, despite revenue falling 4.1% to USD114.8 million from USD119.7 million. Adjusted pretax profit climbs 20% to USD9.5 million from USD7.9 million. Gross profit margin improves by 295 basis points to 31%, driven by cost efficiencies, and integration of AI, automation, and digitisation strategies. Current trading is in line with management expectations and CT says USD47 million of new contract wins secured in 2025 provides "strong and visible revenue growth." "The sales team enters FY26 with the strongest pipeline and order book in the company's history and the USD47 million of new wins changes the picture materially for FY27," it says. As a result, CT is targeting a reduction in net debt in later years as cash builds.

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Home REIT PLC - London-based investor in the UK social housing sector - Pretax loss widens to GBP18.0 million in the six months to February from GBP15.8 million the year prior. Net asset value per share decreases to 18.10 pence as at February 28 from 20.38p at August 31. Home Reit notes it has previously indicated that its ability to make distributions to shareholders continues to be constrained whilst it faces potential group litigation or other claims. A pre-action letter of claim was sent to the company by Harcus Parker Ltd on behalf of certain current and past shareholders of the company in October 2023. No legal proceedings have been issued at this stage and correspondence is continuing between the parties.

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Strategic Minerals PLC - focused on Redmoor tungsten, tin, copper project in Cornwall -

Pretax profit drops to USD656,000 in 2025 from USD2.1 million the year prior on revenue of USD4.2 million, down from USD4.7 million. Lower profit is due to a non-cash share based payment expense, reduced Cobre profit, costs associated with the board restructuring and increased group wide activity levels including investment in the Redmoor Tungsten-Tin-Copper Project in Cornwall, company explains. Cash at the end of December increases to USD777,000 from USD621,000, with a further USD11.7 million raised post year-end through two equity placings. Executive Chair Charles Manners says: "We are looking forward to continuing to progress our clearly set out strategic goals in 2026. The Redmoor resource had been largely overlooked for too long, but this is no longer the case. We believe it is now widely recognised as one of the highest grade undeveloped tungsten projects in the world, and we will seek to use our now strong cash position, as well as potential sale proceeds from Leigh Creek and existing and hopefully enhanced positive cash flow from the Southern Minerals Group to advance Redmoor at an ever greater pace through a Pre-Feasibility study and on towards Production."

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Impax Asset Management Group PLC - London-based investment manager focused on sustainable ventures - IFRS pretax profit is GBP8.2 million in the half-year to March more than half last year's GBP18.6 million. Revenue falls to GBP58.8 million from GBP76.5 million, due to a reduction in the average assets under management, driven by net outflows of GBP3.6 billion and a modest negative market impact of GBP100 million. Assets under management decline to GBP22.3 billion from GBP25.3 billion. An interim dividend per share of 2.0 pence per share is declared, halved from 4.0p on-year. "We recognise that this has been a disappointing period for Impax shareholders, but we continue to have strong conviction in Impax's resilience and long-term potential," company says. "In the second half of the year, we will continue to execute on our plan to slow net outflows by demonstrating sustained investment performance, alongside targeted client retention activity," it adds.

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Chesterfield Special Cylinders Holdings PLC - Sheffield, England-based engineering firm - Pretax loss narrows to GBP1.1 million in the 26 weeks to March 28 from GBP2.5 million the year prior as revenue grows to GBP6.4 million from GB5.4 million. Adjusted loss before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation is GBP600,000 compared to GBP1.3 million the year before. "First-half trading was broadly in line with our expectations, and we still anticipate a strong and profitable second-half performance, supporting FY26 market forecasts with full-year revenue and adjusted Ebitda at levels similar to FY25," company says. In 2025, company reports revenue of GBP16.6 million and adjusted Ebitda of GBP800,000. "Uncertainty remains around the rollout of UK government-backed hydrogen projects included in our mid-term growth targets," company says. But the outlook and prospects are "underpinned" by a "robust defence order book and strong contract pipeline across UK and overseas naval newbuild programmes."

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By Jeremy Cutler, Alliance News reporter

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