9th Sep 2026 22:18
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Murray Income Trust PLC - Edinburgh-based company investing primarily in UK equities - Net asset value per share debt at fair value at June 30 rises to 1,045.0 pence from 944.8p a year ago. Shell PLC, IG Group Holdings PLC, Segro PLC and Informa PLC are among its top contributors. Ups dividend 2.5% to 41.0 pence from 40.0p per share. NAV total return is 15%, below its benchmark's return of 22%, however. Says its performance gap is "closing significantly" after the appointment of Artemis Fund Managers Ltd in March. Comments: "Your board has been pro-active in launching a strategic review and employing a new investment and administration team. It has also continued to monitor the discount on a regular basis and has been active in buying back 4.6 million shares, 4.7% of the opening share capital, over the past year at an average discount of 8.3%. The discount fell from 9.6% to 6.7% over the year with the effect of buying back shares adding a positive impact of 0.4% on the NAV total return. The board will continue to monitor the discount and will remain active as and when it deems it necessary. As such, the board will again be requesting shareholder approval at the AGM to renew the company's buyback and issuance powers."
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Corero Network Security PLC - London-based cybersecurity firm specialising in distributed denial of service protection - Revenue rises 42% to USD15.5 million in the six months to June 30 from USD10.9 million a year ago. Swings to pretax profit of USD1.4 million from a loss of USD2.4 million. For the full year, expects earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation to come in ahead of the USD3.3 million market consensus. In the half, Ebitda totals USD2.6 million, compared to a USD1.4 million loss a year ago. Chief Executive Carl Herberger says the positive half "reflects our ongoing transition towards a more predictable, recurring revenue model." Adds: "DDoS attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and thus demand for comprehensive protection solutions is continuing to grow. We therefore believe we are well-positioned to capitalise on our expanding product portfolio with new go-to-market partnerships and our strong sales pipeline. This positive momentum has continued into the second half with notable customer wins secured. With our strong customer retention, new Tier-1 customer wins, expanding global partner ecosystem, and the strength of our proposition, we remain confident in delivering continued growth and exceeding market expectations for the full year."
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Property Franchise Group PLC - First half revenue rises to GBP43.3 million from GBP40.3 million a year ago. Pretax profit falls to GBP11.3 million from GBP12.2 million. Raises dividend to 7.7 pence from 7.0p. Portfolio totals 149,000 properties at June 30, down slightly from 150,000 a year ago. Comments: "The group has entered the second half of the year with good momentum. Lettings continue to benefit from structural demand and an increasingly supportive regulatory environment for professional agents. Whilst the sales market remains subdued, the sales agreed pipeline of GBP44.6 million at the period end underpins second half completions and was up [around] 2.5% on [the first half of 2025]. The strength of TPFG's diversified model and growing recurring revenue base continues to provide resilience against market cyclicality. With the continued rollout of the Privilege programme, the integration of Smart Advice Financial Solutions, the investment in Meridian Holdco Ltd and the commercial launch of the group's first AI-enabled products, the board expects to deliver further growth in the second half and continues to expect full year trading to be in line with market expectations."
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NYCE International PLC - London-based provider of gaming technologies and services - First half pretax loss narrows to GBP307,000 from GBP493,000 a year ago as revenue rises to GBP394,000 from GBP337,000. Administrative costs rise to GBP633,000 from GBP601,000. "The first half of 2026 was a period of continued operational progress across the group's divisions, alongside a more challenging funding environment for growth-stage businesses. While the group continued to expand its commercial activities and develop its product portfolio, the Board devoted significant attention to its working capital position and future funding requirements while maintaining financial discipline and evaluating strategic options available," company says. Looking ahead, says its "immediate focus is on securing the necessary resources required to support the continued development of the group's operating business while evaluating the strategic alternatives available to it." Adds: "Alongside this process, management remains focused on supporting existing partners, progressing commercial opportunities, and bringing the group's technology and service offerings to market."
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Seneca Growth Capital VCT PLC - generalist VCT aiming to generate returns from a diverse portfolio of both private and AIM quoted growth capital investments - NAV per ordinary share rises to 12.6 pence at June 30 from 11.3p a year ago. NAV per B share totals 36.6p, down from 48.7p. Reports GBP695,000 in first-half realisations. Declares 1.5 pence per B share interim dividend and 4.0p per ordinary share interim capital dividend.
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Active Energy Group PLC - London-based Renewable energy solutions company - Says the summer period has "changed the scale of AEG's opportunity." Is now directing resources towards larger developments "capable of supporting institutional counterparties, while extracting more value from the land and power it already controls." Says this comes after it proved it can "secure, energise and commercially operate power-backed sites in the UAE". AEG says its Ghummud site is operating in line with expectations, generating revenue of USD110,000 per month. Says its 8-megawatt development is now complete and is awaiting Bitdeer deployment. Predicts an 8 MW deployment could generate around USD3.2 million per annum of infrastructure revenue, together with potential participation in digital asset production. "At an illustrative 30% share, this could equate to approximately 20 BTC per annum attributable to AEG, subject to final commercial terms, network difficulty, uptime and operating performance," company says. An additional 6 MW energised site is under proposed acquisition. Additionally, a proposed acquisition of an established client base and sales platform generating above USD7 million in annual revenue is in advanced discussions. CEO Paul Elliott says: "As the opportunities grow, we intend to finance them intelligently, using debt and structured capital where appropriate to protect shareholders from unnecessary dilution. We have moved from proving the model to securing scale. Our job now is to convert opportunity into assets, long-term customers and sustainable shareholder value."
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GenIP PLC - London-based generative AI services provider - Says it has given notice on its agreement with Phosphorix Ltd to bring full operation and management of GenIP's invention evaluator platform in-house. "This is a strategically important and positive development for GenIP which will enhance governance, strengthen operational resilience, and accelerate the company's ability to innovate and scale its technology platform. Following an agreed three-month transition period, during which Phosphorix will continue to provide support services, GenIP will possess the full internal resource, technical expertise, and leadership required to manage and scale the Invention Evaluator platform independently," company says. As part of the transition, appoints Harin Vaghela as chief product officer responsible for managing the Invention Evaluator platform in-house as well as driving the product strategy and GenIP's technology roadmap.
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Sunrise Resources PLC - London-based mineral exploration and development company - Intends to carry out a fundraise through the issue of new securities. Proceeds will fund geophysical work at its Lake and Reese Ridge projects, preparatory drilling work including permitting, and depending on the amount raised, drilling of priority targets at the Lake project and either the Reese Ridge Zinc-Lead-Silver Project in Nevada or the Bakers Gold Project in Australia. Part of the fundraise may be conditional upon shareholder approval. Says it will use the newly introduced capital access window facility under the AIM rules. As such, trading in its shares is halted.
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By Aidan Lane, Alliance News reporter
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