Franchise Brands

FRAN · AIM · Industrial Goods and Services · mcap £298m · 155.5p

Beta Briefing, track record and bull & bear case are not ready for Franchise Brands yet.

We follow 817 UK small caps and every one of their announcements – often hundreds per company. 34 companies are already wired into a briefing: browse them.

Financials · LTM to 30 Jun 26

Source: results 29 Jul 26 ↗

Revenue: £147m
Operating profit: £20.3m
Net income: £10.9m
Free cash flow: £19.0m
Net debt: £40.3m
Market cap: £303m
EV / EBIT: 16.9×
FCF yield: +6.3%
Price / book: 1.4×

Latest half-year · H1 26 vs H1 25 results 29 Jul 26 ↗

Revenue: £75.6m
Operating profit: £11.0m
Net income: £6.1m
Cash from operations: £12.0m

Extracted automatically from the company's results announcements; check the source before relying on a figure. Not investment advice.

Income statement Cash flow Balance sheet

Annual Half-yearly

Latest report: H1 26 (six months to 30 Jun 26), published 29 Jul 26 · read the results ↗

£m unless stated · newest first · italic = calculated (LTM, H2 = FY − H1) · hover a value for its source

	LTM Jun 26	FY 25	FY 24
Revenue	147.4	142.2	139.2
Gross profit	86.1	84.8	83.3
Adjusted EBITDA	36.4	35.2	35.1
Exceptional / adjusting items	–	0.0	(0.4)
Operating profit	20.3	17.9	17.0
Depreciation (owned assets)	–	1.3	1.1
Depreciation (right-of-use)	3.9	3.7	3.7
Amortisation	(10.3)	(10.3)	10.2
Share-based payments	0.7	(0.9)	(1.5)
Finance costs	(5.1)	(5.6)	(7.4)
Profit before tax	14.7	12.3	9.2
Tax	(4.3)	(3.7)	(1.9)
Net income (owners)	10.9	9.0	7.3
EPS basic	5.7p	4.7p	3.8p
EPS diluted	5.6p	4.6p	3.7p

	H1 26	vs H1 25	H2 25	H1 25
Revenue	75.6	+7%	71.8	70.4
Gross profit	43.9	+3%	42.2	42.6
Adjusted EBITDA	18.5	+6%	17.8	17.4
Operating profit	11.0	+28%	9.3	8.6
Depreciation (right-of-use)	1.9	+13%	2.0	1.7
Amortisation	(5.1)	0%	(5.1)	(5.1)
Share-based payments	0.9	n/m	(0.2)	(0.7)
Finance costs	(2.6)	−16%	(2.5)	(3.0)
Profit before tax	8.4	+42%	6.4	5.9
Tax	(2.2)	+36%	(2.1)	(1.6)
Net income (owners)	6.1	+44%	4.7	4.2
EPS basic	3.2p	–	2.5p	2.2p
EPS diluted	3.2p	–	2.4p	2.2p

	LTM Jun 26	FY 25	FY 24
Cash from operations	27.9	28.1	28.2
Interest paid	(3.7)	(4.3)	(6.7)
Tax paid	(6.4)	(5.6)	(4.0)
Capex (PP&E)	(1.1)	(1.0)	(1.5)
Capex (intangibles)	(3.2)	(2.1)	(1.7)
Lease principal paid	(4.0)	(3.8)	(3.7)
Lease interest paid	(0.6)	(0.6)	(0.6)
Dividends paid	(4.8)	(4.7)	(4.4)
Share buybacks	–	(1.5)	(0.1)

	H1 26	vs H1 25	H2 25	H1 25
Cash from operations	12.0	−2%	15.9	12.3
Interest paid	(2.1)	−22%	(1.6)	(2.7)
Tax paid	(2.9)	+34%	(3.4)	(2.2)
Capex (PP&E)	(0.6)	+13%	(0.4)	(0.6)
Capex (intangibles)	(1.7)	+172%	(1.5)	(0.6)
Lease principal paid	(2.0)	+13%	(2.0)	(1.8)
Lease interest paid	(0.3)	+5%	(0.3)	(0.3)
Dividends paid	(2.6)	+3%	(2.2)	(2.5)

	Latest Jun 26	FY 25	FY 24
Goodwill	–	286.2	295.5
Property, plant & equipment	4.2	4.3	4.7
Inventories	7.5	7.3	7.6
Trade receivables	50.7	43.9	40.2
Cash	18.4	15.3	12.9
Current assets	77.1	67.5	61.2
Total assets	377.1	372.7	373.3
Trade payables	39.3	35.7	31.0
Borrowings, current	9.7	9.7	9.3
Lease liabilities, current	3.3	3.2	3.1
Current liabilities	65.4	58.6	46.4
Borrowings, non-current	49.0	51.6	67.4
Lease liabilities, non-current	7.5	8.4	8.2
Total liabilities	152.9	151.2	154.7
Total equity	224.2	221.5	218.6

	H1 26	H2 25	H2 24
Goodwill	–	286.2	295.5
Property, plant & equipment	4.2	4.3	4.7
Inventories	7.5	7.3	7.6
Trade receivables	50.7	43.9	40.2
Cash	18.4	15.3	12.9
Current assets	77.1	67.5	61.2
Total assets	377.1	372.7	373.3
Trade payables	39.3	35.7	31.0
Borrowings, current	9.7	9.7	9.3
Lease liabilities, current	3.3	3.2	3.1
Current liabilities	65.4	58.6	46.4
Borrowings, non-current	49.0	51.6	67.4
Lease liabilities, non-current	7.5	8.4	8.2
Total liabilities	152.9	151.2	154.7
Total equity	224.2	221.5	218.6

Line items extracted automatically from each results announcement; when a later report restates a period, the later figure is shown. LTM and H2 are calculated from reported periods. Check the source before relying on a figure.

Company filings. Not investment advice.