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RNS Number : 2814C  Angling Direct PLC  07 October 2025

7 October 2025

 

Angling Direct PLC

('Angling Direct', the 'Company' or the 'Group')

 

Half Year Results

 

Sustained strategic progress delivering revenue and margin growth, trading
ahead of FY26 market expectations

 

Angling Direct PLC (AIM: ANG), the leading omni-channel specialist fishing
tackle and equipment retailer, is pleased to announce its unaudited financial
results for the six months ended 31 July 2025 (H1 FY26).

 

 £m                                             H1 FY26  H1 FY25  % Change
 Revenue                                        53.6     45.8     +17.0%
 UK retail store sales                          30.5     26.4     +15.4%
 UK online sales                                20.6     17.0     +21.2%
 Total UK sales                                 51.1     43.5     +17.7%
 European sales                                 2.5      2.4      +5.1%
 Gross profit                                   20.4     16.8     +21.3%
 Gross margin %                                 38.0%    36.7%    +130bps
 Adj. EBITDA(1)                                 3.9      2.8      +39.4%
 UK Adj. EBITDA                                 4.1      3.2      +27.4%
 European Adj. EBITDA                           (0.2)    (0.5)    +45.8%
 Adj. Profit before tax(2)                      3.0      2.2      +34.7%
 Basic EPS                                      2.91p    2.24p    +29.9%
 Net cash & cash equivalents at period end      12.5     17.0     -26.5%

 

Financial highlights:

 ·             Group revenue increased by 17% to £53.6m
 ·             Total UK sales grew 17.7% to £51.1m, +17.8% during key Q2 trading period
 ·             Total UK(3) like-for-like sales growth of 14.2% reflecting the strength of the
               omni-channel proposition and increasing customer reach
 ·             UK retail store estate continued to deliver strong growth, with total store
               sales increasing by 15.4%, like-for-like store sales increased 9.8%
               underpinned by improved customer footfall
 ·             UK online sales grew 21.2% with increasing unique customer numbers and
               transaction growth
 ·             In Europe, overall sales grew 5.1% to £2.5m, with improved growth from our
               Utrecht store while the digital business continued to prioritise profitable
               sales in the key territories of Germany and the Netherlands
 ·             Gross margin increased by +130 bps, driven in part by a higher mix in sales
               from own brand products alongside working more closely with key brands to
               drive volume and improved terms because of the Group's scale and presence in
               the UK and Europe
 ·             Adj. EBITDA grew by 39.4% to £3.9m and Adj. EBITDA margin increased +120 bps
               to 7.2%, benefitting from operating leverage
 ·             Adj Profit before tax increased by 34.7% to £3.0m
 ·             Operating cashflow of £4.9m (HY25: £4.9m)
 ·             Strong balance sheet with Group net cash of £12.5m at 31 July 2025 (31 July
               2024: £17.0m), reflecting the investment in the H1 FY26 UK store roll out,
               new digital shelf edge technology  and continued share buyback programme
 ·             At the period end and at the reporting date, £1.7m had been deployed under
               the buyback

 

Operational highlights:

 ·             MyAD membership increased 21% in the period to over 496k subscribers (31
               January 2025: 409k), reflecting the enhanced member only benefits. This was a
               key component of capturing new customers during the period
 ·             Contracted with a digital shelf edge labelling technology provider as an
               enabler to mitigate living wage and NI inflationary headwinds, alongside
               improving pricing flexibility. Roll out over the entire estate due to be
               completed by the end of FY26
 ·             Leveraging new customer insights platform to drive omni-channel customer
               participation
 ·             Opened a new UK retail catchment in Chester, and developed a strong pipeline
               of opportunities for H2
 ·             Higher margin own brand gross profits grew by c55%, leveraged through new
               ranges, everyday pricing, and improved sourcing, buying and UK logistics

 

Current trading and outlook

 ·             Group revenues increased 10.8% over August and September, with a combination
               of softer consumer demand and the lack of summer rainfall impacting fisheries
               moderating revenue growth in the post reporting period
 ·             Post period end, the Group opened a further three new UK locations in
               Bradford, Stourport and Burnley, taking total UK store footprint to 57
 ·             Overall, a combination of continued UK sales and the further reduction in
               European losses, means the Group is well placed to deliver revenue and Adj.
               EBITDA ahead of market expectations for FY26(4) with upgraded forecast Group
               revenues of not less than £102.0m and Adjusted EBITDA outturn for FY26, of
               not less than £4.35m
 ·             Management remains focused on delivering its medium-term financial
               objectives(5)

 

Steve Crowe, CEO of Angling Direct, said:

 

"We are pleased to report that the momentum generated in FY25 has continued
into the first half, with strong in-store and online sales providing
confidence that the Group will deliver a FY26 trading performance ahead of
market expectations. During the period, we made continued progress against our
strategic objectives, with Group revenue increasing 17% to £53.6m and
adjusted EBITDA increasing 39.4% to £3.9m. This performance has been
underpinned by the success of our loyalty and repeat purchase membership club,
MyAD, which increased 21% to over 496k subscribers, driving engagement with
existing and new customers across our stores and online platforms. On behalf
of the Board, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our
employees, whose hard work and dedication have been central to our sustained
success.

 

Despite the challenging consumer backdrop, our ongoing investment in
technology and the leveraging of unique customer insights has allowed us to
attract new customers, complementing our ongoing UK store roll out programme,
which saw Angling Direct open a new catchment in Chester during the period,
alongside locations in Bradford, Stourport, Burnley post period-end, bringing
our UK store footprint to 57.

 

Looking ahead, our performance to date has served to vindicate our strategy
and we remain focused on executing against our strategic objectives. Our
continued UK store roll out strategy alongside the development of the UK
digital business further extends our competitive moat. This provides the Board
with confidence that the solid foundations that we have established will
continue to position us well to take advantage of the growth opportunities
available in the UK, at the same time enabling us to retain optionality over a
presence in Europe which will significantly grow our addressable market and
support our longer term growth ambitions.

 

 

 (1)  Adjusted EBITDA figures are presented on a Pre IFRS 16 and Pre IFRS 2 basis
      unless otherwise stated
 (2)  Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Profit before tax figures are presented on a pre
      IFRS 16 and pre IFRS 2 basis unless otherwise stated
 (3)  The calculation of the like-for-like sales performance for the UK business
      includes the total sales of the UK digital business (excluding AD Win) and the
      UK like-for-like stores
 (4)  Angling Direct believes that, prior to publication of this announcement,
      consensus market expectations for the year ending 31 January 2026 are for
      revenues of £97.7 million and pre-IFRS 16 EBITDA of £3.75 million
 (5)  The Company's medium-term financial objectives were published in the Company's
      FY24 Preliminary Results announcement on 14 May 2024 and comprise: 1. UK
      business generating £100m annual revenues; 2 An Adjusted EBITDA in excess of
      £6m; 3. Moving the European business through the early stages of development
      to break-even; and 4. Deployment of surplus capital to accelerate growth
      beyond our medium-term targets, including selective M&A, with investment
      weighted towards the UK business

 

 

Investor Meet Company presentation - 13 October 2025

Steve Crowe (CEO) and Sam Copeman (CFO) will provide a live presentation via
the Investor Meet Company platform at 11.00 a.m. BST on 13 October. The
presentation is open to all existing and potential shareholders. Questions can
be submitted pre-event via the Investor Meet Company platform up until 9.00
a.m. the day before the meeting or at any time during the live presentation.

 

Investors can sign up to Investor Meet Company for free via the following
link: https://www.investormeetcompany.com/angling-direct-plc/register-investor
(http://www.investormeetcompany.com/angling-direct-plc/register-investor) .
Investors who already follow Angling Direct on the platform will automatically
be invited.

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

 Angling Direct PLC                         +44 (0) 1603 258 658
 Steven Crowe, Chief Executive Officer

 Sam Copeman, Chief Financial Officer

 Singer Capital Markets - NOMAD and Broker  +44 (0) 20 7496 3000
 Peter Steel

 Tom Salvesen

Alex Bond

 James Todd

 FTI Consulting - Financial PR              +44 (0) 20 3727 1000
 Alex Beagley                               anglingdirect@fticonsulting.com (mailto:anglingdirect@fticonsulting.com)

Matthew Young

 

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by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"). Upon the
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About Angling Direct

 

Angling Direct is the leading omni-channel specialist fishing tackle retailer
in the UK, with an established and growing presence in Europe. Headquartered
in Norfolk UK, the Company sells fishing tackle products and related equipment
through its network of in excess of 50 UK retail stores, as well as through
its leading digital platform (www.anglingdirect.co.uk
(https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=anglingdirect.co.uk&u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbmdsaW5nZGlyZWN0LmNvLnVrLw==&i=NWZmMzFiMDlmNTYxZTYwZGYyODQyMzUz&t=K2FWYTRxeDV6cWRxd2I5dVpOODk5dnFObVU2U2p5WElLNndSM01SaStUcz0=&h=704002e0ebe140b99f9f3842770cb87e&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVapg934Yb5nAolTQ9o0CeldsCYWuT9YetF_pLFbutVHOzk4kq9BEj_vGoYOcSbmh2Q)
) and the MyAD Fishing Club app. The Company has three further native language
websites in its key European territories (www.anglingdirect.de,
(https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=anglingdirect.de&u=d3d3LmFuZ2xpbmdkaXJlY3QuZGU=&i=NWZmMzFiMDlmNTYxZTYwZGYyODQyMzUz&t=VVRndGRoM1kvaFpNWnRpMzZ0M3NsT2I1NFdGTEp6ZllkYnFBaFFZb2FNWT0=&h=704002e0ebe140b99f9f3842770cb87e&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVapg934Yb5nAolTQ9o0CeldsCYWuT9YetF_pLFbutVHOzk4kq9BEj_vGoYOcSbmh2Q)
.fr, .nl), with orders fulfilled by its international distribution centre in
The Netherlands.

 

Angling Direct's purpose is to inspire everyone to get out and enjoy an
exceptional fishing experience, regardless of background or ability, in the
great outdoors. Angling Direct's active digital channels and over 500
colleagues contribute to the Company's ethos of care for the wider community
and the environment (www.anglingdirect.co.uk/sustainability
(https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=anglingdirect.co.uk&u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbmdsaW5nZGlyZWN0LmNvLnVrL3N1c3RhaW5hYmlsaXR5&i=NWZmMzFiMDlmNTYxZTYwZGYyODQyMzUz&t=a25La0pYblhuR0diWS9OWVhUTEJtSjRiNmhCdktRWnNiUG9ibXlUMjNuTT0=&h=704002e0ebe140b99f9f3842770cb87e&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVapg934Yb5nAolTQ9o0CeldsCYWuT9YetF_pLFbutVHOzk4kq9BEj_vGoYOcSbmh2Q)
). Angling Direct currently sells over 25,000 fishing tackle products from
industry leading brands alongside its own brands 'Advanta', and entry level
offering 'Discover'.

 

Delivering against our strategy - Building Europe's largest fishing club

Angling Direct is the UK's largest scale omni-channel fishing tackle retailer
and the Group holds a leading position in this attractive market. The Group's
published medium-term objectives(5), as introduced in May 2024 and are
commented on in further detail below.

 

The MyAD proposition continues to bring together our complete offering under
one banner, bridging the gap between our physical stores and our digital
offering. This unified positioning continues to help us deepen our
understanding of our customer while significantly enhancing our customer
proposition and marketing efficiency.

 

As the UK market leader with a purpose of 'Getting Everyone Fishing', Angling
Direct is uniquely placed to deliver further profitable growth within the UK
and, in the medium term, in the significant European fishing tackle markets as
people of all backgrounds discover the restorative pleasure, challenge and
wellbeing benefits of angling.

 

The Board is confident that delivery of our strategy and medium-term
objectives will further differentiate us from our competitors and unlock the
unique opportunity we see ahead, generating long-term sustainable value for
all stakeholders.

 

1.   UK business on a flightpath to revenue of £100m

 

The UK business delivered revenue of £51.1m, growing 17.7% against the prior
period (H1 FY25: 6.2%). The growth was delivered both online and in-store,
with both channels seeing increases in customer numbers as our omni-channel
model, underpinned by MyAD and our price promise, continued to increase its
reach and gain traction in a consolidating market. Our UK like-for-like
sales(3) increased 14.2% as we continue to adapt our proposition to better
engage with a customer base who shop with us both physically and digitally,
alongside becoming the natural consolidator in the market.

 

UK Retail Stores

Total store sales in the period increased 15.4% to £30.5m (H1 FY25: £26.4m).
Like-for-like store sales grew by 9.8% (H1 FY25: 1.8%). Recent new stores
(opened since January 2024 - Cannock, Walsall, Crewe, Newark, Shrewsbury,
Derby and Chester) contributed £2.6m of sales in the period with our UK
estate increasing to 54 stores overall.

During the period, we saw an increase in footfall and customer numbers across
both our established and new spaces. This has been driven by the success of
our MyAD loyalty and repeat purchase membership club launched in June 2024,
alongside the growing demand for our in-store services and our valued assisted
selling model.

In line with our medium-term objectives of delivering a UK retail store
portfolio with annual sales in excess of £60m, we continued to invest in new
UK retail stores with the opening of a site in Chester.

We have agreed a contract with a digital shelf edge partner and commenced the
roll out in the first cohort of three stores the final weeks of H1 FY26. The
roll out for the entire store estate is planned to complete by December 2025.
The benefits of this technology will not only enable colleagues to
increasingly focus on the customer rather than in-store tasks, but will also
enable increased dynamism in our approach to product pricing.

To support the drive to access a greater share of customer wallets and
increase our penetration of the number of customers who shop with us both
physically and digitally, we rolled out in-store technology across the entire
estate to offer customers access to our full product range, delivered next day
to home or the store of their choice ("shop the range").

UK Online

UK online sales grew by 21.2% to £20.6m (FY25: £17.0m) as our MyAD, everyday
low-price propositions, and leveraging store footfall to offer our broader
digital range of "shop the range" technology, resulted in the UK online
business continuing to take greater share of the higher ticket item market.

As part of our drive to grow market share and customer loyalty, we continue to
invest in contemporary digital infrastructure and customer marketing, further
increasing our competitive moat. These investments delivered an increase in
customer numbers of 17.9% alongside improved conversion (+160 bps).

Utilising a data led approach to our digital marketing continues to prove a
clear differentiator and a source of competitive advantage with a focus on
driving incremental customers and bringing them into our MyAD wrapper. Our
YouTube channel surpassed 3.9 million views in the period, 15% higher than
HY25. Alongside this, our social media reach, in particular TikTok and
Instagram, continues to scale, with our total social followers increasing 31%
to c.546k since 31 July 2024. These initiatives are key to opening up our
offering to new target customer audiences and providing opportunities for
further growth in the longer-term.

We remain committed to utilising innovative digital technologies to provide
our customers with market leading advice, engagement, service and inspiration.
Our in-house web development team has continued to progressively deploy
digital technologies through the interaction of our new customer insights
platform which is embedded within our search and recommend functionality.

 

2.   UK business on a flightpath to >£6m EBITDA

 

UK Trading

The UK business increased Adjusted EBITDA by 27.4% to £4.1m, exceeding sales
growth by c.1.5 times, with the business able to offset inflationary cost
pressures and cost investment with revenue and gross margin growth to deliver
earnings aligned to the medium-term ambition of achieving Adjusted EBITDA of
greater than £6m.

A key component of delivering our UK profitability ambitions requires further
progress on our gross margin. During the period our increasingly sophisticated
and agile ranging, buying and pricing practices have increased both the Group
and the overall UK gross margins +130 bps to 38.0% and 38.4% respectively.

Higher margin own brand gross profit grew by c55% (third party brands c18%),
playing an increasingly pivotal role in the overall UK gross margin profile.
Stock availability within own brand ranges remains at good levels and the own
brand distribution centre brought online in H2 FY25 is operating effectively
to fuel this continued growth.

Alongside our growing scale, we have continued to deepen our relationships
with key suppliers, increasingly allowing us to secure stock which balance
terms and surety of supply. In conjunction with this, we have continued the
sale of physical and digital space to join up with our MyAD strategy and these
revenues increased c25% in the period.

Our technology deployment and AI adoption remains focused on operational
efficiency improvements to reduce the exposure of the business to further cost
pressures and in particular above inflationary living wage and employers NI
increases in FY26 and beyond. Our UK stores and distribution centres continue
to explore and test improved ways of operating. Despite strong wage and
operational cost headwinds, both operations delivered carriage and colleague
ratios in line with H1 FY25.

 

We continue to operate a lean Group central cost base and will leverage this
further as we remain focused on UK revenue growth. Our ambition remains to
operate these costs below 7% of UK revenue on a full year basis and during the
period we improved the ratio by 10 bps to 6.1%, underpinning a full year
flightpath of less than 7%.

 

 

UK Retail Stores

We have continued to deploy customer targeted colleague working rotas and
store opening hours, which have gone some way towards mitigating significant
inflationary pressures from the c.7% increase in the living wage alongside the
increased employers NI in April 2025. We continue to investigate further
deployment model changes through our digital shelf edge labelling solutions
alongside leveraging the development of our handheld digital technologies to
support store colleagues with increasingly efficient delivery of in-store
tasks.

We have continued to promote in-store services as a means of further
differentiating ourselves from our competitors and providing customers with
more valued offerings. This now includes the role out of reel servicing across
the full estate to complement our existing offer of reel spooling and pole
elastication.

 

Aligned with the wider retail sector during the period, the business continues
to observe persistent levels of attempted theft from its stores and we
continue to trial and adapt new protocols to tackle this wider retail
challenge. These measures have abated some of the impact on earnings with the
year-on-year UK retail stores gross margin improving by +10 bps in H1 FY26 as
a result and providing a resilient platform moving into H2.

Investment in in-store space planning technology is delivering insight and
recommendations as we look to optimise stock holding levels within the store
portfolio with momentum gaining in H2.

UK Online

The online business delivered strong revenue progression as we leveraged the
"shop the range" technology alongside our capability to access our full store
stock file for digital orders when basket dynamics make this attractive to do
so. This, combined with our cash generative focus to digital marketing, drove
increased customer numbers and absolute Adjusted EBITDA progress. A deeper
understanding of our customer from the technology deployments in H1 is helping
us grow the percentage of our customers who shop with us through both channels
by +160 bps.

Operationally, separating own brand logistics from our customer fulfilment
operation has allowed us to make improvements in processes to deliver future
value from our semi-automated picking and automated packing capabilities.

3.   Development of a sustainable European business

 

Given the continuing success of our UK strategy, which has resulted in the
Group achieving substantial market share gains, the Board is increasingly
focused on establishing a long term growth trajectory for the business. The
opportunity to grow market share in Europe remains a realistic ambition with
the cumulative addressable markets in Germany and the Netherlands alone over
twice the size of the UK's.

 

During the period, the European digital trading landscape remained challenging
with significant pressure on both customer price and paid advertising costs.
We continued to concentrate on optimising trading in our key target
territories of Germany and the Netherlands. This approach provides a clear
focus on delivering profitable sales in order to protect margins and further
reduce the trading losses of the digital business and their associated drag on
Group earnings whilst retaining optionality, ahead of any market recovery
which would justify further material capital deployment in Europe. At the end
of the period the European business scaled a "just in time" stock offering
with a number of key European suppliers to increase our range by over 25%
without any investment into working capital. We will report further on the
impact of this strategy at the year end.

 

In the period, the Group made strong progress against the like-for-like loss
reduction plan and associated KPIs:

 

 ·             Gross margins +20 bps to 29.4%;
 ·             Digital channel margin improvement of +330 bps to -8.3%;
 ·             Adj. EBITDA losses reduced c40% to £0.2m with an associated +630 bps
               improvement in the Adj EBITDA margin.

 

Our first European store in Utrecht, the Netherlands traded during its maiden
full summer season. Customer numbers and revenues scaled with MyAD customer
numbers growing over 200% and revenues c.269%. Our marketing focus amplifies
our product and price credentials, underpinned by MyAD. The store delivered a
breakeven position for HY 26, a milestone for the business as we continue to
learn in this new market 14 months after first opening.

 

During the period the European business switched from an owned logistics
facility to a  third-party logistics operator who began the servicing of our
European customer fulfilment. This is enabling our European business to access
labour and carriage rates which allow us to benefit from access to the new
third party operator's greater economies of scale. This agreement has also
enabled our European business to reduce property costs and provides greater
flexibility on property space requirements in FY26 and beyond.

 

The European consumer landscape is currently more uncertain than the UK and
intense pricing competition has continued. Whilst the competitive market is
creating opportunity for the Group, we will keep EU trading progress under
continual evaluation, maintaining a balance between market optionality and a
forward looking view of the likely returns in this area of the business. In
summary, we continue to believe that there is a significant longer term
opportunity to underpin a sustained growth trajectory for the Group, and
despite the current unsustainable market trends, this will create opportunity
for the Group much as it has done in the UK.

 

4.   Creating Europe's largest fishing club, MyAD and leveraging its value

 

MyAD has attracted over 496k members as of 31 July 2025, growing 21% since
January 2025. The proposition provides access to everyday deals, 'money can't
buy' prizes, special MyAD bundles and monthly free prize giveaways, which
continue to resonate well and attract new customers. Alongside this, we held
our second MyAD Choice awards in H1 FY26 which allows customers to vote for
products across a number of categories. We then share the results with
suppliers to leverage the exposure of these products which has proven to be
engaging for customers and value accretive for suppliers. To further
supplement the "why wouldn't I join" appeal of MyAD to help us understand our
customer more deeply, MyAD now offers wider benefits enabling members to
access discounts and offers from complementary organisations.

 

In May the team launched AD Win, our own competition website to take a share
of this expanding market and at the same time give MyAD another avenue to
offer value to its members through free entry tickets to some of the
competitions.

 

We are increasingly confident that our deepening and unique data-driven
insights into anglers' needs and preferences will drive improved performance
in revenues and operations through growing levels of loyalty, repeat
purchasing and better ability to engage with our customer base. To underpin
this, we started the journey of personalised offers to customers based on data
and behaviours and are now fully engaged with our established customer data
and experience platform provider to leverage this opportunity. This provides
clear data points around the value of our omni-channel customers and is
increasing our understanding of how a store or digital only customer
transitioning into an omnichannel customer enables us to capture a greater
share of their angling wallet.

 

5.   Deployment of surplus liquidity to further grow the business beyond the
medium-term objectives

 

We have a strong balance sheet which allows us to remain focused on deploying
surplus capital into accelerating the growth of the UK business. There is
significant opportunity to scale the UK store roll out programme and we
continue to develop existing "greenfield" sites, our store acquisition
pipeline both in traditional size and more latterly smaller format locations
to ensure that we are best positioned to fully capitalise on the opportunities
available to us in the market. Since the period end, we opened a further three
locations in Bradford, Burnley and Stourport and, alongside Chester, £1.5m
was invested in assets and working capital in total across these locations.

 

There is a distinct opportunity for the Group to further scale investment in
owned brands and we continue to actively develop this pipeline both
organically and inorganically.

 

In December 2024 the Group published its Capital Allocation Policy and is
fully focused on both deploying and returning capital to shareholders in
accordance with this, maintaining our overarching objective to maximise
shareholder returns. In accordance with the Capital Allocation Policy the
Company commenced a £4m share buyback programme in December 2024. At the
period end and at the reporting date, £1.7m had been deployed under the
buyback, with the Board and its advisors continuing to closely scrutinise the
effectiveness of this current strategy ahead of the end of the current buyback
programme in December 2025.

 

6.   Angling retail's largest responsible employer

 

We remain fully committed to acting responsibly and sustainably within the
environment and communities in which we operate. We continue to be the
employer of choice for an increasing number of anglers with our colleague
count remaining over 500 as we balance increasing our operational footprint
against automation in key areas of the business.

 

We continue to support the Anglers National Line recycling scheme through our
recycling bins for fisheries from suppliers alongside our recycling points in
our new retail stores. We have set ourselves the ambitious target of
increasing our line recycling by over 33% in FY26 and we are on target to
deliver this.

 

Protecting the environment is core to everything we do and we remain focused
on leveraging our size and scale to reduce our environmental impact. We are
proud to support and sponsor the Angling Trust's "Anglers Against Pollution"
campaign by providing essential funding and logistical support to expand the
Water Quality Monitoring Network (WQMN), a vital initiative that empowers
anglers to test and report on water pollution across England and Wales. During
the period we have supplied 86 water testing kits to organisations

 

During the period we have established the AD Community fund. The fund was
established to support angling and environmental projects in the UK, with
grants available from 2026 to fishing clubs, charities, and communities for
work on fishery restoration, pollution, and well-being initiatives. At least
5% of revenue from the new AD Win competitions website is dedicated to this
fund, alongside additional partnerships and funding efforts to grow its
impact.

 

Coarse fishing licence sales remain broadly flat against those of the pre
COVID landscape, but with over 20% increases in young people and disabled
licence sales, it is pleasing to see growing engagement from people new to the
pastime.

 

We take our ESG responsibilities seriously and that extends to ensuring
Angling Direct is continually working towards enhancing sustainable business
practices across the areas of environmental protection, economic viability,
and social diversity.

 

Current trading and Outlook

We have a clear ambition to scale the UK business to our medium-term £100m
revenue target and we are accelerating towards this. Our MyAD fishing club
will be pivotal to achieving this objective. MyAD provides the platform to
continue to take market share through leveraging our physical and digital
infrastructure, in turn enabling us to serve new and existing customers.
Alongside this, we will maintain the pace of our UK physical estate roll out
by taking advantage of continuing market consolidation and acquiring existing
retailers or reaching new unserved catchments where we believe we can make
accretive returns. The UK digital business will continue its development,
accessing and developing new retail and AI technologies to maintain its
competitive advantage. Our technology deployments will continue to focus on
accessing efficiency benefits to mitigate further inflationary cost headwinds.

 

In Europe, we will continue with a considered and risk-based approach,
reducing  losses and their drag on overall Group earnings, balancing this
against current market conditions whilst retaining the option to significantly
grow our addressable market and support long term growth.

 

Against these ambitions, in the two months to 30 September 2025, the Group
grew overall revenue 10.8%. In the UK a combination of softer consumer demand
and the lack of summer rainfall impacting fisheries moderated revenue growth
in the post reporting period.

 

We continue to focus on gross margin development, and at the same time, our
tight operational control and focus on efficiency means that we are continuing
to mitigate ongoing inflationary cost headwinds.

 

With a significant level of cash on the balance sheet, the Group will continue
to strategically invest in UK market share gains alongside leveraging customer
insights and the MyAD proposition whilst also further benefiting from
operational leverage.

 

As a result of the strong trading over the first half and now that we have
traded  the final two months of the key trading season, the Board believes
the Company will exceed current market expectations with upgraded forecast
Group revenues of not less than £102.0m and Adjusted EBITDA outturn for FY26,
of not less than £4.35m. Whilst the Board is confident that its market
leading position, strategy and resilient business model positions it well for
further profitable growth, we remain vigilant to the external headwinds facing
the sector, including inflationary pressures and consumer spending capacity.
This ongoing wider uncertainty mean that the Board will continue to adopt a
prudent approach to planning for the next financial year.

 

The Board would like to acknowledge and thank all members of the Angling
Direct team for their efforts and we look forward to sharing continued success
through 2025 and beyond.

Condensed consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive
income

For the period ended 31 July 2025

 

                                                                                                        Unaudited six months ended 31 July          Audited

year ended

31 January
                                                                                 Note                   2025                        2024            2025
                                                                                                        £'000                       £'000           £'000

 Revenue from contracts with customers                                           4 (#_ArvNote_TOC)      53,628                      45,838          91,339
 Cost of sales of goods                                                                                 (33,243)                    (29,031)        (58,287)

 Gross profit                                                                                           20,385                      16,807          33,052

 Other income                                                                                           62                          17              45
 Interest revenue calculated using the effective interest method                                        177                         309             575

 Expenses
 Administrative expenses                                                                                (15,240)                    (12,764)        (27,301)
 Distribution expenses                                                                                  (2,131)                     (1,719)         (3,754)
 Finance costs                                                                                          (366)                       (315)           (659)

 Profit before income tax expense                                                                       2,887                       2,335           1,958

 Income tax expense                                                              6 (#_AitNote_TOC)      (735)                       (601)           (530)

 Profit after income tax expense for the period attributable to the owners of                           2,152                       1,734           1,428
 Angling Direct PLC

 Other comprehensive income

 Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
 Foreign currency translation                                                                           77                          (68)            (74)

 Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax                                                  77                          (68)            (74)

 Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to the owners of                                2,229                       1,666           1,354
 Angling Direct PLC

                                                                                                        Pence                       Pence           Pence

 Basic earnings                                                                  14                     2.91                        2.24            1.85
 Diluted earnings                                                                14                     2.88                        2.22            1.84

 

Condensed consolidated statements of financial position

As at 31 July 2025

 

                                                                    Unaudited six months ended 31 July            Audited

year ended

31 January
                                            Note                    2025                        2024              2025
                                                                    £'000                       £'000             £'000

 Non-current assets
 Intangibles                                7 (#_NaiNote_TOC)       6,353                       6,315             6,355
 Property, plant and equipment              8 (#_NaaNote_TOC)       12,082                      9,674             10,950
 Right-of-use assets                        9 (#_NauNote_TOC)       12,011                      12,822            12,352
 Total non-current assets                                           30,446                      28,811            29,657

 Current assets
 Inventories                                                        26,188                      21,899            21,279
 Trade and other receivables                                        1,109                       770               598
 Derivative financial instruments                                   14                          -                 15
 Income tax refund due                                              -                           -                 37
 Prepayments                                                        549                         875               698
 Cash and cash equivalents                                          12,456                      16,955            12,060
 Total current assets                                               40,316                      40,499            34,687

 Current liabilities
 Trade and other payables                   10 (#_ClpNote_TOC)      13,517                      12,697            8,522
 Contract liabilities                                               649                         518               946
 Lease liabilities                                                  2,287                       2,059             2,211
 Derivative financial instruments                                   -                           14                -
 Income tax                                                         153                         235               -
 Total current liabilities                                          16,606                      15,523            11,679

 Net current assets                                                 23,710                      24,976            23,008

 Total assets less current liabilities                              54,156                      53,787            52,665

 Non-current liabilities
 Lease liabilities                                                  10,246                      11,071            10,649
 Restoration provision                                              954                         914               922
 Deferred tax                                                       2,185                       1,569             1,673
 Total non-current liabilities                                      13,385                      13,554            13,244

 Net assets                                                         40,771                      40,233            39,421

 Equity
 Share capital                              11 (#_EqcNote_TOC)      773                         773               773
 Treasury shares                            11 (#_EqcNote_TOC)      (1,634)                     -                 (605)
 Share premium                                                      31,037                      31,037            31,037
 Reserves                                                           919                         593               692
 Retained profits                                                   9,676                       7,830             7,524

 Total equity                                                       40,771                      40,233            39,421

 

 Condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity
 For the period ended 31 July 2025

                                                          Share      Treasury    Share                        Retained     Total equity

premium
                                                          capital    shares      account          Reserves    profits
 Unaudited six months ended 31 July 2025                  £'000      £'000       £'000            £'000       £'000        £'000

 Balance at 1 February 2025                               773        (605)       31,037           692         7,524        39,421

 Profit after income tax expense for the period           -          -           -                -           2,152        2,152
 Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax    -          -           -                77          -            77

 Total comprehensive income for the period                -          -           -                77          2,152        2,229

 Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners:
 Share-based payments                                     -          -           -                150         -            150
 Own shares acquired in the period                        -          (1,029)     -                -           -            (1,029)

 Balance at 31 July 2025                                  773        (1,634)     31,037           919         9,676        40,771
                                                          Share      Treasury    Share premium                Retained     Total equity

                                                          capital    shares      account          Reserves     profits
 Unaudited six months ended 31 July 2024                  £'000      £'000       £'000            £'000       £'000        £'000

 Balance at 1 February 2024                               773        -           31,037           619         6,096        38,525

 Profit after income tax expense for the period           -          -           -                -           1,734        1,734
 Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax    -          -           -                (68)        -            (68)

 Total comprehensive income for the period                -          -           -                (68)        1,734        1,666

 Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners:
 Share-based payments                                     -          -           -                42          -            42

 Balance at 31 January 2025                               773        -           31,037           593         7,830        40,233

 Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows
 For the period ended 31 July 2025
                                                                                   Unaudited six months ended 31 July            Audited

year ended

31 January
                                                                         Note      2025                        2024              2025
                                                                                   £'000                       £'000             £'000

 Cash flows from operating activities
 Profit before income tax expense for the period                                   2,887                       2,335             1,958

 Adjustments for:
 Depreciation and amortisation                                                     2,310                       1,973             4,236
 Share-based payments                                                              150                         42                147
 Net movement in provisions                                                        22                          17                40
 Net variance in derivative liabilities                                            1                           5                 (24)
 Interest received                                                                 (177)                       (309)             (575)
 Interest and other finance costs                                                  344                         298               643

                                                                                   5,537                       4,361             6,425

 Change in operating assets and liabilities:
 (Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables                                (508)                       (364)             (195)
 (Increase)/decrease in inventories                                                (4,924)                     (4,431)           (3,837)
 Decrease/(increase) in prepayments                                                152                         (63)              113
 Increase in trade and other payables                                              5,182                       5,621             1,384
 (Decrease)/increase in contract liabilities                                       (297)                       (272)             156

                                                                                   5,142                       4,852             4,046
 Interest received                                                                 177                         309               575
 Interest and other finance costs                                                  (344)                       (298)             (643)
 Income taxes (paid)/refunded                                                      (34)                        -                 (97)

 Net cash from operating activities                                                4,941                       4,863             3,881

 Cash flows from investing activities
 Payment for purchase of business, net of cash acquired                            -                           (740)             (740)
 Payments for property, plant and equipment                                        (1,878)                     (1,535)           (3,674)
 Payments for intangibles                                                          (178)                       (232)             (482)
 Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment                           4                           -                 17

 Net cash used in investing activities                                             (2,052)                     (2,507)           (4,879)

 Cash flows from financing activities
 Proceeds from sale of treasury shares                                             57                          -                 -
 Payments for shares buy-back (treasury shares)                                    (1,086)                     -                 (605)
 Repayment of lease liabilities                                                    (1,439)                     (1,086)           (2,007)

 Net cash used in financing activities                                             (2,468)                     (1,086)           (2,612)

 Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                              421                         1,270             (3,610)
 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the financial period                12,060                      15,765            15,765
 Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents                     (25)                        (80)              (95)

 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial period                      12,456                      16,955            12,060
 Notes to the consolidated financial statements
 31 July 2025

 

Note 1. General information

 

The financial statements cover Angling Direct PLC as a Group consisting of
Angling Direct PLC ('Company' or 'parent entity') and the entities it
controlled at the end of, or during, the half-year (collectively referred to
in these financial statements as the 'Group'). The financial statements are
presented in British Pound Sterling ('GBP'), which is Angling Direct PLC's
functional and presentation currency.

 

Angling Direct PLC is a listed public company limited by shares incorporated
under the Companies Act 2006, listed on the AIM (Alternative Investment
Market), a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company is
incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales within the United Kingdom. The
registered number of the Company is 05151321. Its registered office and
principal place of business is:

 

 2d Wendover Road,
 Rackheath Industrial Estate
 Rackheath
 Norwich

Norfolk
 NR13 6LH

 

The principal activity of the Group is the sale of fishing tackle through its
websites and stores. The Group's business model is designed to generate growth
by providing excellent customer service, expert advice and ensuring product
lines include a complete range of premium equipment. Customers range from the
casual hobbyist through to the professional angler.

 

The financial statements were authorised for issue, in accordance with a
resolution of Directors, on 6 October 2025. The Directors have the power to
amend and reissue the financial statements.

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies

 

These financial statements for the interim half-year reporting period ended 31
July 2025 have been prepared in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies,
International Accounting Standard IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting' and the
Companies Act for for-profit oriented entities.

 

These interim financial statements do not include all the notes of the type
normally included in annual financial statements. Accordingly, these financial
statements are to be read in conjunction with the annual report for the year
ended 31 January 2025 and any public announcements made by the Company during
the interim reporting period.

 

The interim consolidated financial information has been prepared on a
going-concern basis.

 

The principal accounting policies adopted are consistent with those set out on
pages 70 to 96 of the consolidated financial statements of Angling Direct PLC
for the year ending 31 January 2025, except for taxation which has been
accounted for as described in note 6.

 

New or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations adopted

The Group has adopted all of the new or amended Accounting Standards and
Interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board that
are mandatory for the current reporting period. There was no impact on the
adoption of these new or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations on
the financial performance or position of the Group during the financial
half-year ended 31 July 2025 and is not expected to have an impact for the
full financial year ending 31 January 2026.

 

Any new or amended Accounting Standards or Interpretations that are not yet
mandatory have not been early adopted.

 

Note 3. Segmental reporting

 

Segment information is presented in respect of the Group's operating segments,
based on the Group's management and internal reporting structure, and
monitored by the Group's Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM).

 

Segment results, assets and liabilities include items directly attributable to
a segment as well as those that can be allocated on a reasonable basis.
Unallocated items comprise mainly own brand stock in transit from the
manufacturers, group cash and cash equivalents, taxation related assets and
liabilities, centralised support functions salary and premises costs, and
government grant income.

 

Operating segments

Management has made a judgement that there are three operating segments
(Stores, UK Online and Europe). The business operated predominantly in the UK,
also operating three native language web sites for Germany, France and the
Netherlands, and one store in the Netherlands, being the European segment.

 

Each of these operating segments is managed separately as each segment
requires different specialisms, marketing approaches and resources. Head
Office includes costs relating to the employees, property and other overhead
costs associated with the centralised support functions.

 

Where the customer contract is fulfilled by an operating segment other than
the segment to which the customer order was placed, the revenue is recognised
in the operating segment to which the order originates, and the profit
attributable to that transaction is recognised in the operating segment
fulfilling the order. In HY26, revenue of £2,063,000 (HY25: £757,000) was
recognised in the UK Online and fulfilled by the Stores, and profit of
£358,000 (HY25: £158,000) was transferred to the Stores from the UK Online
segment.

 

The CODM reviews EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and
amortisation) pre IFRS 16 and IFRS 2. The accounting policies adopted for
internal reporting to the CODM are consistent with those adopted in the
financial statements, save for IFRS 16 and IFRS 2. A full reconciliation of
pre IFRS 16 and IFRS 2 EBITDA to post IFRS 16 and IFRS 2 EBITDA performance is
provided to the CODM.

 

The information reported to the CODM is on a monthly basis.

 

At 31 July 2025, £29,614,000 of non-current assets are located in the UK (31
July 2024 £27,767,000) and £834,000 of non-current assets are located in the
Netherlands (31 July 2024 £1,044,000).

 

Operating segment information

 

                                                       UK          UK          Europe     Head Office    Total

Stores
Online
Online
 31 July 2025                                          £'000       £'000       £'000      £'000          £'000

 Revenue                                               30,489      20,600      2,539      -              53,628
 Profit/(loss) before income tax                       4,190       2,103       (273)      (3,133)        2,887
 EBITDA post IFRS 16 and IFRS 2                        6,209       2,409       (107)      (3,125)        5,386
 Total assets                                          38,695      9,266       1,452      21,349         70,762
 Total liabilities                                     (12,659)    (10,736)    (1,135)    (5,461)        (29,991)

 EBITDA Reconciliation
 Profit/(loss) before income tax                       4,190       2,103       (273)      (3,133)        2,887
 Less: Interest income                                 -           -           -          (177)          (177)
 Add: Interest expense                                 332         16          13         5              366
 Add: Depreciation and amortisation                    1,687       290         153        180            2,310
 EBITDA post IFRS 16 and IFRS 2                        6,209       2,409       (107)      (3,125)        5,386

 Less: Costs relating to IFRS 16 lease liabilities     (1,345)     (85)        (139)      (109)          (1,678)
 Add: Costs relating to IFRS 2 share-based payments    -           -           -          150            150

 Adjusted EBITDA                                       4,864       2,324       (246)      (3,084)        3,858

 

                                    UK          UK         Europe     Head Office    Total

Stores
Online
Online
 31 July 2024                       £'000       £'000      £'000      £'000          £'000

 Revenue                            26,422      17,001     2,415      -              45,838
 Profit/(loss) before income tax    3,369       1,902      (479)      (2,457)        2,335
 EBITDA post IFRS 16 and IFRS 2     5,004       2,206      (321)      (2,575)        4,314
 Total assets                       33,746      8,392      1,962      25,210         69,310
 Total liabilities                  (15,190)    (9,760)    (1,495)    (2,632)        (29,077)

 

 EBITDA Reconciliation
 Profit/(loss) before income tax                       3,369      1,902    (479)    (2,457)    2,335
 Less: Interest income                                 -          -        -        (309)      (309)
 Add: Interest expense                                 263        21       19       12         315
 Add: Depreciation and amortisation                    1,372      283      139      179        1,973
 EBITDA post IFRS 16 and IFRS 2                        5,004      2,206    (321)    (2,575)    4,314

 Less: Costs relating to IFRS 16 lease liabilities     (1,195)    (126)    (133)    (134)      (1,588)
 Add: Costs relating to IFRS 2 share-based payments    -          -        -        42         42

 Adjusted EBITDA                                       3,809      2,080    (454)    (2,667)    2,768

 

Note 4. Revenue from contracts with customers

 

Disaggregation of revenue

The disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers is as follows:

 

                                         Unaudited six months ended 31 July          Audited

year ended

31 January
                                         2025                  2024                  2025
                                         £'000                 £'000                 £'000

 Route to market
 Retail store sales                      30,774                26,499                51,040
 E-commerce                              22,854                19,339                40,299

                                         53,628                45,838                91,339

 Geographical regions
 United Kingdom                          51,089                43,423                86,449
 Europe and Rest of the World            2,539                 2,415                 4,890

                                         53,628                45,838                91,339

 Timing of revenue recognition
 Goods transferred at a point in time    53,628                45,838                91,339

 

Note 5. EBITDA reconciliation (earnings before interest, taxation,
depreciation and amortisation)

 

The Directors believe that adjusted profit provides additional useful
information for shareholders on performance. This is used for internal
performance analysis. This measure is not defined by IFRS and is not intended
to be a substitute for, or superior to, IFRS measurements of profit. The
following table is provided to show the comparative earnings before interest,
tax, depreciation and amortisation ('EBITDA') after adjusting for rents,
dilapidation charges and associated legal costs, where applicable, relating to
IFRS 16 lease liabilities, and adjusting for IFRS 2 share-based payments.

 

                                                       Unaudited six months ended               Audited year ended
                                                       2025              2024                   31 January 2025
 EBITDA reconciliation                                 £'000              £'000                  £'000 

 Profit before income tax expense                      2,887             2,335                  1,958
 Less: Interest income                                 (177)             (309)                  (575)
 Add: Interest expense                                 366               315                    659
 Add: Depreciation and amortisation                    2,310             1,973                  4,236
 EBITDA post IFRS 16 and IFRS 2                        5,386             4,314                  6,278

 Less: Costs relating to IFRS 16 lease liabilities     (1,678)           (1,588)                (3,061)
 Add: Costs relating to IFRS 2 share-based payments    150               42                     147

 Adjusted EBITDA                                       3,858             2,768                  3,364

 

Note 6. Income tax expense

 

The tax charge for the six months ended 31 July 2025 is recognised based on
management's estimate of the weighted average annual effective tax rate
expected for the full financial year, adjusted for the tax impact of any
discrete items arising in the period. Deferred tax balances are calculated
using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance
sheet date and that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is
settled or the asset realised.

 

Note 7. Intangibles

 

                                   Unaudited six months ended 31 July          Audited

year ended

31 January
                                   2025                  2024                  2025
                                   £'000                 £'000                 £'000

 Non-current assets
 Goodwill - at cost                6,015                 6,015                 6,015
 Less: Impairment                  (182)                 (182)                 (182)
                                   5,833                 5,833                 5,833

 Software - at cost                2,711                 2,283                 2,534
 Less: Accumulated amortisation    (2,191)               (1,801)               (2,012)
                                   520                   482                   522

                                   6,353                 6,315                 6,355

 

Reconciliations

Reconciliations of the written down values at the beginning and end of the
current financial period are set out below:

 

                                       Goodwill    Software    Total
 Unaudited six months ended 31 July    £'000       £'000       £'000

 Balance at 1 February 2025            5,833       522         6,355
 Additions                             -           178         178
 Amortisation expense                  -           (180)       (180)

 Balance at 31 July 2025               5,833       520         6,353

 

Reconciliations for the prior year can be found in note 11 of the consolidated
financial statements of Angling Direct Plc for the year ending 31 January
2025.

 

Note 8. Property, plant and equipment

 

                                              Unaudited six months ended 31 July          Audited

year ended

31 January
                                              2025                  2024                  2025
                                              £'000                 £'000                 £'000

 Non-current assets
 Land and buildings improvements - at cost    1,002                 1,002                 1,002
 Less: Accumulated depreciation               (365)                 (357)                 (361)
                                              637                   645                   641

 Plant and equipment - at cost                16,682                12,754                14,759
 Less: Accumulated depreciation               (5,701)               (4,186)               (4,910)
                                              10,981                8,568                 9,849

 Motor vehicles - at cost                     61                    44                    59
 Less: Accumulated depreciation               (6)                   (10)                  (12)
                                              55                    34                    47

 Computer equipment - at cost                 1,620                 1,444                 1,526
 Less: Accumulated depreciation               (1,211)               (1,017)               (1,113)
                                              409                   427                   413

                                              12,082                9,674                 10,950

 

Reconciliations

Reconciliations of the written down values at the beginning and end of the
current financial period are set out below:

 

                                       Land and        Plant and    Motor       Computer

buildings
                                       improvements    equipment    vehicles    equipment    Total
 Unaudited six months ended 31 July    £'000           £'000        £'000       £'000        £'000

 Balance at 1 February 2025            641             9,849        47          413          10,950
 Additions                             -               1,908        15          92           2,015
 Disposals                             -               -            (4)         -            (4)
 Exchange differences                  -               13           -           1            14
 Depreciation expense                  (4)             (789)        (3)         (97)         (893)

 Balance at 31 July 2025               637             10,981       55          409          12,082

 

Reconciliations for the prior year can be found in note 12 of the consolidated
financial statements of Angling Direct Plc for the year ending 31 January
2025.

 

 

Note 9. Right-of-use assets

 

                                                       Unaudited six months ended 31 July          Audited

year ended

31 January
                                                       2025                  2024                  2025
                                                       £'000                 £'000                 £'000

 Non-current assets
 Land and buildings - long leasehold - right-of-use    22,734                21,292                22,033
 Less: Accumulated depreciation                        (10,772)              (8,594)               (9,765)
                                                       11,962                12,698                12,268

 Plant and equipment - right-of-use                    80                    80                    80
 Less: Accumulated depreciation                        (72)                  (66)                  (69)
                                                       8                     14                    11

 Motor vehicles - right-of-use                         248                   269                   248
 Less: Accumulated depreciation                        (207)                 (164)                 (177)
                                                       41                    105                   71

 Computer equipment - right-of-use                     59                    59                    59
 Less: Accumulated depreciation                        (59)                  (54)                  (57)
                                                       -                     5                     2

                                                       12,011                12,822                12,352

 

Reconciliations

Reconciliations of the written down values at the beginning and end of the
current financial period are set out below:

 

                                       Land and     Plant and    Motor       Computer
                                       buildings    equipment    vehicles    equipment    Total
 Unaudited six months ended 31 July    £'000        £'000        £'000       £'000        £'000

 Balance at 1 February 2025            12,268       11           71          2            12,352
 Additions                             1,028        -            -           -            1,028
 Disposals                             (194)        -            -           -            (194)
 Remeasurement                         45           -            -           -            45
 Exchange differences                  17           -            -           -            17
 Depreciation expense                  (1,202)      (3)          (30)        (2)          (1,237)

 Balance at 31 July 2025               11,962       8            41          -            12,011

 

Reconciliations for the prior year can be found in note 13 of the consolidated
financial statements of Angling Direct Plc for the year ending 31 January
2025.

 

Note 10. Trade and other payables

 

                                    Unaudited six months ended 31 July          Audited

year ended

31 January
                                    2025                  2024                  2025
                                    £'000                 £'000                 £'000

 Current liabilities
 Trade payables                     9,077                 8,729                 5,028
 Accrued expenses                   1,915                 1,499                 1,970
 Refund liabilities                 63                    49                    36
 Social security and other taxes    1,415                 1,458                 687
 Other payables                     1,047                 962                   801

                                    13,517                12,697                8,522

 

 

Note 11. Share capital

 

                                                Unaudited six months ended 31 July
                                                 2025               2024               2025            2024
                                                Shares             Shares             £'000            £'000

 Ordinary shares of £0.01 each - fully paid     77,267,304         77,267,304         773             773
 Share buy-back (treasury shares)               -                  -                  (1,634)         -

                                                77,267,304         77,267,304         (861)           773

 

Comparatives for the prior year can be found in note 21 of the consolidated
financial statements of Angling Direct Plc for the year ending 31 January
2025.

 

On 9 December 2024, the Company announced the commencement of a share buyback
of up to £4m of ordinary shares. The shareholders approved a buyback
provision in the June 2024 annual general meeting resolutions. The total
number of ordinary shares purchased and held in treasury at 31 July 2025 was
4,398,000, representing 5.7% of the Company's ordinary shares. These shares
were purchased through Singer Capital Markets Securities Limited at an average
price of 38.2p per share, with prices ranging from 34.0p to 44.0p per share.
The total cost of £1,634k included £10k of transaction costs.

 

Note 12. Dividends

 

There were no dividends paid, recommended or declared during the current or
previous financial period.

 

Note 13. Contingent liabilities

 

The Group had no material contingent liabilities as at 31 July 2025, 31
January 2025 and 31 July 2024.

 

Note 14. Earnings per share

 

                                                                             Unaudited six months ended 31 July          Audited

year ended

31 January
                                                                             2025                  2024                  2025
                                                                             £'000                 £'000                 £'000

 Profit after income tax attributable to the owners of Angling Direct PLC    2,152                 1,734                 1,428

 

                                                                                  Number of shares    Number of shares    Number of shares

 Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in calculating basic earnings    73,980,492          77,267,304          77,139,433
 per share
 Adjustments for calculation of diluted earnings per share:                       711,615             612,946             618,263

    Options over ordinary shares
 Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in calculating diluted           74,692,107          77,880,250          77,757,696
 earnings per share

 

                               Pence    Pence    Pence

 Basic earnings per share      2.91     2.24     1.85
 Diluted earnings per share    2.88     2.22     1.84

 

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