FINAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR TO 31 JANUARY 2018

B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc (AIM: BPM), the niche venture capital provider to early stage financial services businesses, announces its audited Group final results for the year to 31 January 2018.

The highlights of the results are:

  • Increase in the Equity Value of the Portfolio of 31.3% (£18.9m)
  • Net Asset Value of £98.9m (31 January 2017: £79.7m), a 24.1% increase, net of Dividend
  • Net Asset Value increased to 339p per share (31 January 2017: 273p)
  • Total return to Shareholders in the year of 25.5% (2017: 13.9%)
  • Consolidated profit after tax of £20.2m (31 January 2017: £9.8m)
  • Average Net Asset Value annual compound growth rate of 12.0% since 1990
  • Final Dividend of 4.76p per share declared (31 January 2017: 3.76p), a 27% increase
  • Cash and treasury funds balance of £5.4m at year end
  • Four new investments – two in Lloyd’s Brokers and two in the USA
  • Two disposals – Besso and Trireme
  • Further investment into LEBC of £7.1m
  • Provision of follow-on funding to Nexus of £4m
  • Current uncommitted cash of £0.5m

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