RE: WeShop Interview with CEO23 Nov 2025 11:38
Davey
You were around years ago when GKP first hit oil but despite that, an II was liquidating their position because they were wanted or needed the cash.
Nobody could understand why it stayed at 2.5 p (ish), or why the II was selling until after they'd offloaded, then when they stopped selling, it shot to 25p, partially retraced, then raced up to over a £1. Different sector but the wish for the II to offload for financial reasons, or in this case, Peel Hunt to shore up forthcoming Results, could have some bearing when you read the Peel Hunt Results in June this year.
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16 June 2025
Peel Hunt Limited
Full-Year Results for the year ended 31 March 2025
o The Group produced a loss before tax (LBT) of £3.5m (FY24: LBT £3.3m), due to an increase in our costs, predominantly from exceptional Group restructuring costs. On an adjusted basis1 the Group was profitable with a profit before tax of £0.8m (FY24: adjusted LBT £2.7m)
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Their turnover increased, yet they're still making next to no profit, so 'busy fool' syndrome.
'Adjusted', they made £800k. That's next to nothing considering the turnover.
They'll be keen not to wait and to take any profit they can in haste, to shore up their performance, which considering their turnover, is really poor. They've got their Results due in December, so they'll be keen to show an improvement on June's Results.