TRADING UPDATES: Empresaria to beta market view; Winking revenue up
The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Empresaria Group PLC - Crawley, England-based specialist staffing group - Net fee income in the first half of 2026 climbs 5% on-year "despite generally challenging market conditions", the recruitment firm says. It expects adjusted pretax profit to be three-and-a-half times higher on-year in the first half of 2026 and now sees it amounting to £5.2 million for the whole of 2026, 27% above the market forecast. Adjusted pretax profit in 2025 amounted to £4.0 million and in the half-year alone, totalled £900,000.
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Winking Studios Ltd - Singapore-based video game services firm - Winking expects to report a revenue rise of at least 20% in the first six months of 2026, from USD19.4 million a year prior. "Revenue growth was driven principally by sustained demand for the Group's art outsourcing services. This was supported by the continued scaling of Vertic Studios, the high-end AAA art production studio established by the group in July 2025, together with a full six-month contribution from Shanghai Mineloader Digital Technology Co Ltd, acquired in April 2025," Winking adds. However, adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation are to decline to a USD1.0 million to USD1.3 million range, from USD2.4 million a year prior. "The industry continues to consolidate around large-scale, integrated outsourcing partners, as game developers and publishers increasingly favour partners offering high-quality end-to-end external production capabilities across geographies. Against this backdrop, the group accelerated investment during the period in talent, technology and business development in support of two strategic growth initiatives," it says, adding that the earnings fall reflects the investment.
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everplay group PLC - Wakefield, England-based app and video game company - Trades in line with board expectations in the first half of 2026, "supported by new releases", strong performances from last year's releases and a "pleasing performance in the summer sales". It expects annual results in line with market expectations, which it puts at £175.3 million for revenue and £50.7 million for adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. Revenue in 2025 amounted to £166.0 million and adjusted Ebitda £48.5 million.
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Gaming Realms PLC - London-based mobile betting games developer - Gaming Realms expects to report a revenue decline to £15.5 million in the six months to June 30, from £16.0 million a year prior, with adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation falling to £6.6 million from £7.5 million. "The board is confident in the outlook for the second half of 2026 and remains on track to meet full year market expectations. Our core licensing business continues to deliver strong growth in North America, supported by the addition of Alberta as a newly regulated market. Combined with further market regulation and a robust pipeline of new game launches, we expect this positive momentum to continue," it adds.
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PCI-PAL PLC - London-based secure payments provider - It expects revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for the financial year ended June 30 to be above consensus. Revenue is expected to have risen 9% to £24.6 million from £22.5 million, and adjusted Ebitda is expected to have fallen to £1.1 million from £2.3 million. It puts consensus at £23.7 million for revenue and £850,000 for adjusted Ebitda. CEO James Barham says: "PCI Pal has had an excellent year, with new business momentum continuing to build as the period progressed. At the start of FY26, as part of a new three-year plan, we made the deliberate decision to increase investment across our partner go-to-market model, our marketing capability, and product development resources to accelerate sustainable long-term organic growth. I am pleased to report that those investments are delivering, enabling the group to not only beat market expectations for FY26 but also deliver significant growth in our key forward looking metrics of annual recurring revenue and contracted annual recurring revenue."
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Novacyt SA - biotechnology group focused on clinical diagnostics - Novacyt expects to report revenue of £11.6 million for the first half of 2026, up 18% from £9.8 million a year prior. "We have delivered a strong first half, with robust revenue growth driven by organic momentum alongside the successful integration of Southern Cross Diagnostics, and I am particularly encouraged to see growth across all our regions. We are making good progress with our restructuring programme, which is expected to deliver meaningful cost savings, extending our cash runway and strengthening our financial position," CEO Lyn Rees says. A "workforce consultation process" is still ongoing. In June, it announced plans to streamline its operations and cost base, which may result in a reduction of up to 40% in the group's headcount from 230 as at May 26. Novacyt says Tuesday: "The board still expects up to £4.0 million of annualised cost savings, which will materially reduce the group's cash burn and strengthen its financial position."
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Gem Diamonds Ltd - Lesotho-focused diamond miner - Carats recovered in the first half of the year fall 12% to 41,695, with the number sold down 4% to 42,624. However, the price per carat improves 38% to USD1,395. "Market prices for lower-quality, small, rough diamonds remain severely impacted by synthetic diamonds. This has resulted in a number of mines, with this particular size and quality diamond footprint, suspending operations," CEO Clifford Elphick says. "Letseng, with its exceptional quality and large diamond recoveries, however, has been less impacted, with encouragingly strong demand leading to an improvement in prices during H1 2026."
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Sunrise Resources PLC - focused on industrial mineral projects in Nevada - Sunrise hails a "regulatory breakthrough" as it strikes an agreement with Yugunga-Nya Native Title Aboriginal Corp for the Baker's gold project in Western Australia. The deal means YNPBC must "withdraw its objection" to a Sunrise's application for the 51/3378 prospecting licence, clearing the way for it being granted. "This is significant development for the Bakers project and concludes protracted negotiations over a nearly two-year period. We are pleased to have developed a framework agreement that recognises both the company's exploration objectives and the importance of protecting aboriginal heritage," Executive Chair Patrick Cheetham says. YNPBC acts on behalf of the Yugunga-Nya People.
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Geo Exploration Ltd - oil and gas exploration company focused on Africa, Australia and the Mediterranean - Final results from processing and interpretation of airborne geophysical surveys at the Gorge project in Western Australia shows "nine further exploration targets identified". It ups the target inventory to 12 target areas. "The interpretation of airborne geophysical datasets has confirmed and generated new high priority targets that warrant further investigation and drill testing. I am excited that the LIDAR data clearly shows that there are far more historical vertical shafts than anticipated. I look forward to receiving assay results from the trial soil geochemistry and commencement of the next phase of field work," Exploration Manager Tom Harris says.
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