28th Aug 2026 20:04
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Goodwin PLC - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire-based mechanical and refractory engineering - Pretax profit falls to GBP10.9 million in the year to April 30 from GBP11.0 million a year ago. Revenue rises to GBP68.9 million from GBP67.3 million. Administration costs rise to GBP16.4 million from GBP13.6 million. Proposes final dividend of 330p, up from 280p in 2025. Says 2026 results were supported by a sharp rise in demand for precision-machined castings. Looking ahead, says mechanical engineering activity remains high and that it will have sufficient funds regardless of the outcome of a potential unit sale.
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Dotlines Global Ltd - operating in the telecommunications, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity and financial technology sectors - Malaysian subsidiary Dotlines Sdn Bhd agrees to a MYR7 million, GBP1.3 million, loan facility with OSK Ventures ET Fund I Ltd. "The purpose of the facility is to bolster the company and its subsidiaries' power to bulk purchase airtime/data top-ups and airline tickets that are offered on the company's Sohoj platform. By bulk purchasing the products offered on the Sohoj platform, the group will be able to benefit from higher margins for supplying these products as well as strengthening relationships with suppliers," the company says. Interest is at a rate of 16% per annum, payable monthly in arrears. The facility has a minimum term of 12 months and is repayable over a period of 24 months after the initial drawdown with the first repayment occurring on the seventh month after the initial drawdown. Additionally, OSKVI will receive new ordinary shares of no-par value each in the capital of Dotlines, equal to 7% of the amount drawn under the facility.
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Pharos Energy PLC - London-based energy company with assets in Vietnam and Egypt - Shareholders vote to approve the recommended acquisition by Ratio Petroleum Energy LP. Says 98.45% of votes cast at the court meeting and 98.46% of votes cast at the general meeting were in favour. The acquisition follows an increased all-cash offer from Ratio after a competing bid from Serica Energy PLC lapsed on August 13. The scheme is expected to become effective in the first half of 2027. Ratio's final offer comprised 28.82 pence per Pharos share, and 4.0p per share through a special dividend, valuing it at GBP146.4 million. The competing bid from Serica Energy PLC was rejected after Ratio improved its initial offer of 28p per share, around GBP124.3 million.
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Caledonia Mining Corp PLC - operator of the Blanket gold mine in Zimbabwe - Announce maiden mineral resource estimate for its 100%-owned Motapa property in Zimbabwe. Measured and indicated mineral resource estimate is 7.8 million tonnes at a grade of 1.51 grammes per tonne, containing 379,000 ounces of gold at a cut-off grade of 0.5 g/t. Reports a further inferred mineral resource estimate of 2.7 million tonnes at a grade of 1.48 g/t, containing 131,000 ounces of gold at a cut-off grade of 0.5g/t. The exploration spend of USD7.08 million, with an initial acquisition cost of USD8.25 million, results in an exploration discovery and acquisition cost of USD40.45 per ounce per measured and indicated resource ounce. "This maiden mineral resource estimate supports our view that the combined Bilboes and Motapa properties may ultimately support a larger operation and/or extend the current planned production profile for Bilboes of 1.5 million ounces over a 10.8 year life of mine[1]. While considerable work remains to be completed, including further exploration, metallurgical test work, technical studies and economic evaluation, the proximity of the two properties presents a compelling long-term opportunity. Our immediate priority remains bringing Bilboes into production on schedule, with first gold expected in late 2028. At the same time, we expect to continue exploration at Motapa during the Bilboes construction period," says CEO Mark Learmonth.
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Tekcapital PLC - intellectual property investment group - Portfolio company Guident Corp has announced a strategic collaboration with Florida State College at Jacksonville to advance workforce development for the rapidly evolving autonomous transportation industry. "The partnership will support the development of an autonomous vehicle remote monitoring and control training program at FSCJ's Downtown Campus. The program gives students, faculty, and transportation professionals practical exposure to the technologies, workflows, and operating models required for transportation systems to transition from conventionally driven vehicles to autonomous and human-supervised mobility services," company says.
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Imaging Biometrics Ltd - medical imaging technology company - Enters an annual subscription agreement with a "major academic medical centre" in the Midwest region of the US. The agreement is for usage of IB Clinic, the firms automated brain tumour imaging software. Chief Executive Officer Trevor Brown says: "IB Clinic is the platform through which our technology reaches routine hospital practice at scale. Discussions continue with a number of medical centres interested in subscribing to our latest technology and we hope to update shareholders as and when they conclude." Says the agreement is a renewable annual subscription on terms consistent with IB's other client contracts, with revenue recognised across the term.
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Jarvis Securities PLC - Kent, England-based provider of stock broking services - Says "no offers have emerged, and the sale process has now been terminated". "The wind down process of JIML will continue as previously announced, but the directors consider it is now unlikely that Jarvis will realise any further value from its investment in Jarvis Investment Management unit. The firm in May announced a process to explore the sale of JIML. The directors are considering the future of the company, and in the absence of a suitable opportunity to create future shareholder value in the short term, they intend to make arrangements to return any remaining capital to shareholders later in the year," Jarvis says.
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Zenova Group PLC - Essex, England-based fire suppression and interdiction solutions company - Says it will not be in a position to publish its unaudited interim results for the six months ended May 31 by the August 31 deadline. Says this is due to delays in the completion of the audit of its financial statements for the year ended November 30 2025. Is working with auditors to complete the audit "as soon as practicable." Adds: "The company continues to work towards completion of its proposed acquisitions and re-admission to trading on AIM, and its resources remain directed to that process. For the avoidance of doubt, the company's ordinary shares remain suspended from trading on AIM pending completion of the proposed reverse takeover."
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Tungsten West PLC - London-based miner and owner of Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon, England - Repays in full the USD25.0 million bridging loan facility with an entity controlled by Gregory Coffey, announced in May. Following repayment, the debt facility provided by the National Wealth Fund has become effective.
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Roundhouse AI Ltd - Singapore-based technology company specialising in artificial intelligence agent deployment infrastructure - Announces intention to apply for admission to trading on the AIM and to cancel its listing on the Access segment of the AQSE Growth Market. "Over the past few months, the Company has further developed its technology considerably and in conjunction with its intended move to AIM will be launching a public analytics dashboard at roundhouseai.io serving as trust and data infrastructure solution for the AI agent economy. The directors of the company consider that a move to AIM at this pivotal stage of its development will be in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. The board believes that AIM is a more appropriate market for the company and that admission may enable it to attract a wider international pool of investors, potentially improve liquidity in the ordinary shares over time and enhance the company's profile with customers, partners and the wider investment community. The company intends to raise new capital in conjunction with the admission and further details will be announced in due course," Roundhouse says.
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Everyman Media Group PLC - London-based chain of 49 premium cinemas - Appoints Joe Lewis as non-executive director, effective immediately. Lewis is the managing director of Blue Coast Capital Properties Ltd and is an alternate director to Michael Rosehill, who is stepping back for health reasons. Additionally, says it "continues to engage with stakeholders regarding the potential cancellation of trading in the company's ordinary shares on AIM." Intends to publish its interim results for the 26 weeks to July 2 on September 3 instead of September 24, as previously announced. "The trading performance of the group remains in line with guidance provided at the time of the interim trading update," company says.
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By Aidan Lane, Alliance News reporter
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