Samuel Heath Regulatory News (HSM)

HEATH (Samuel) & SONS PLC

12th JULY 2012

PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2012

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

I have pleasure in reporting an increased profit before tax for the year of £632,000 (2011: £550,000) on sales of £9,782,000 down 0.5% on last year.

Had I been writing this report at the end of January, and not after the end of March, it would have been very different and the results much more in line with my forecasts at the time of the interim report.

It was to the great credit of our sales and marketing team that they obtained every order available to us throughout the world in far from easy trading climates. It was equally to the credit of those on the manufacturing side of the business that they were able to respond to the increased, and it has to be said rather unexpected, demand when it did come towards the end of the trading year.

The future, as so often these days, is extremely difficult to assess. Because there is no clear pattern to the increased business we have experienced in the last few months, we have again budgeted cautiously. We have taken into account the turmoil in some of our markets around the world, not the least being the uncertainties in the U.K. one, still our largest.

Our net assets remain strong amounting to £5,246,000 (2011: £6,350,000). We therefore propose a same again final dividend of 6.25p per share, making a total of 11.75p for the year.

Sam Heath

Chairman

11th July 2012

For further information:

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2012

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AT 31 MARCH 2012

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2012

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASHFLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2012

1 Adoption of new and revised Standards

The Group has adopted all of the new and revised Standards and Interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) of the IASB that are relevant to its operations and effective for accounting periods beginning on 1st April 2011. The adoption of the following IFRSs has not impacted upon the financial statements:

Amendment to IAS 24 - Related Party Disclosures

Amendment to IFRIC 14 - Payments of a minimum funding requirement

IFRIC 19 - Extinguishing Financial liabilities with Equity Instruments

Improvements to IFRS 2010

At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, the following Standards and Interpretations which have not been applied in these financial statements were in issue but not yet effective:

Amendments to IFRS 7 - Financial Instrument Disclosures

IFRS 9 - Financial Instruments

IFRS 10 - Consolidated Financial Statements

IFRS 11 - Joint Arrangements

IFRS 12 - Disclosure of Interest in Other Entities

IFRS 13 - Fair Value Measurement

IAS 19 - Employee Benefits

IAS 12 - Deferred Tax

Amendments to IAS 1 - Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income

Amendments to IAS 32 - Financial Instruments Presentation

Improvements to IFRS 2011

2 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation of preliminary financial information

The financial statements, upon which this financial information is based, have been prepared using accounting policies consistent with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

This financial information does not constitute the Company's statutory accounts as defined in Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006 and has been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies set out in the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2012. Statutory accounts for 2011 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies, and those for 2012 will be delivered in due course following the company's Annual General Meeting. The auditors have reported on the 2011 accounts and their report was unqualified, did not include references to any matters by way of emphasis without qualifying their report and did not contain statements under Section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

The Annual Report and Financial Statements will be posted to shareholders shortly and thereafter will be available from the Company's registered office, and from the Company's website www.samuel-heath.com.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost basis except for the valuation of Available for Sale Assets which have been revalued to market value.

3 Critical accounting and key sources of estimation

Critical judgements in applying the entity's accounting policies

In the process of applying the entity's accounting policies, which are described above, the directors have made the following judgements that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Income taxes

The Group is subject to income taxes in the United Kingdom. Judgment is required in determining the provision for income taxes. There are many transactions and calculations for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain during the ordinary course of business. The Group recognises liabilities for anticipated tax audit issues based on estimates of whether additional taxes will be due. Where the final tax outcome of these matters is different from the amounts that were initially recorded, such differences will impact the income tax and deferred tax provisions in the period in which such determination is made.

The recoverable amounts of the Group's deferred tax assets have been determined based on the Board's estimates of future taxable profits and income and tax rates.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The key assumptions concerning the future, and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the balance sheet date, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year, are discussed below.

Valuation of intangible assets

Intangible assets are initially valued at their cost and then evaluated periodically for impairment. For purposes of valuation an intangible asset is considered impaired if its carrying value is less than the expected net cash flow from the asset.

Valuation of inventories

Determining the valuation of inventories requires an estimation of the obsolescence provision required to write down items to their realisable value.

Retirement benefit scheme deficit

The valuation of expected returns on assets and the present value of the liabilities of the scheme are determined by assumptions and estimates made by the directors based on the current information to hand. Therefore amounts are open to fluctuations in the future due to unforeseen changes or additional factors that come to light following the year end.

4. Income taxes

Corporation tax is calculated at 26% (2011: 28%) of the estimated assessable profit for the year.

Tax rate reconciliation

5. Dividends

In addition to the dividends paid during the year the directors are recommending a final dividend for 2012 of 6.25 pence per share amounting to £158,000. The proposed final dividend is subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting (see note 8) and has not been included as a liability in these accounts.

6. Earnings per share

The basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated by dividing the relevant profit after taxation of £515,000 (2011: £423,000) by the average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year being 2,534,322 (2011: 2,534,322). The number of shares used in the calculation is the same for both basic and diluted earnings.

7. Notes to the cash flow statement

Cash and cash equivalents (which are presented as a single class of assets on the face of the Statement of Financial Position) comprise cash at bank and other short-term highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less.

8. Notice of annual general meeting

Notice is hereby given that the 2012 Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the registered office of the Company, Leopold Street, Birmingham, on 17th August 2012 at 12.00 noon. The final Ordinary Share dividend of 6.25 pence, if approved, will be payable on 24th August 2012 to ordinary shareholders registered at close of business on 3rd August 2012.