Profit jumps more than 40% last year
Brick firm Michelmersh said revenue was back above pre-pandemic levels with the firm posting income of close to 拢60m last year.
The AIM-listed business said it turnover of 拢59.5m was up 11% on 2019鈥檚 figure and 14% more than the lockdown-affected 2020.
Pre-tax profit last year was up 41% to 拢9.7m although the number was still nearly 7% down on the 拢10.4m it posted in 2019.
It added that it had secured 90% of its expected energy requirements for the year ahead. 鈥淲e are well placed to manage the impact of gas price volatility over the medium term, with our requirements materially hedged for 2022 with further contracts into 2024,鈥� it said.
But it warned: 鈥淲e will remain watchful of higher input costs and will respond in collaboration with our customers, if necessary, to ensure that we are well placed to manage any further margin pressures.鈥�
The firm said it had net cash of 拢7.7m at the year-end compared to 拢800,000 at the end of 2020.
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