Manolete Partners swings to interim loss thanks to increased expenses

(Alliance News) - Manolete Partners PLC on Tuesday said it swung to a loss in the first half of its current financial year despite revenue growth, due to an increase in its expenses.

The Buckinghamshire, England-based insolvency litigation financing firm said it swung to a pretax loss of GBP185,000 during the six months that ended September 30, from a profit of GBP920,000 the year before.

This was primarily due to cost of sales increasing 61% to GBP10.0 million from GBP6.2 million last year, and administrative expenses rising 8.8% to GBP3.7 million from GBP3.4 million. Finance expenses were up 33% to GBP859,000 from GBP647,000.

Revenue grew 29% to GBP14.4 million from GBP11.2 million, slightly offsetting the increase in expenses.

Chief Executive Officer Steven Cooklin said: "As a consequence of Manolete completing a record number of 137 case completions, realised revenues rose by 60% to a further record high of GBP15 million. That is a strong indicator of further, and similarly high levels, of near-term future cash generation. A record pipeline of 437 new cast investment opportunities were received in this latest six-month trading period, underpinning the further strong growth prospects for the business.

"New cast investment opportunities arise daily from our wide-ranging, proprietary, UK referral network of insolvency practitioner firms and specialist insolvency and restructuring solicitor practices. We are delighted to report that the referrals for the first half of financial 2025 reached a new first-half company record of 437. A 27% higher volume than in the first half of financial 2024, which was itself a new record for the company this time last year. That points to a very health pipeline as we move forward into the second half of the trading year."

Shares in Manolete Partners were down 11% at 101.00 pence each in London on Tuesday morning.

By Emily Parsons, Alliance News reporter

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