Tax                                                             -              -              - 
PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD                                           279            9,643          9,922 
EARNINGS PER SHARE 
Ordinary shares (pence)                                   4     0.39p          13.58p         13.97p 

The total return column of this statement represents the Group's profit and loss account, prepared in accordance with IFRS. The supplementary Revenue Return and Capital Return columns are both prepared under guidance published by the Association of Investment Companies. All items in the above statement derive from continuing operations. No operations were acquired or discontinued during the period.

All income is attributable to the equity holders of the parent company. There are no minority interests.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

for the six months ended 31st December 2019 and the year ended 30th June 2020


                                                        Six months ended                Year ended 
                                                        31st December 2019              30th June 2020 
                                                        (unaudited)                     (audited) 
                                                        Revenue    Capital    Total     Revenue    Capital    Total 
                                                  Notes Return     Return     Return    Return     Return     Return 
                                                        GBP'000      GBP'000      GBP'000     GBP'000      GBP'000      GBP'000 
INCOME 
Investment income                                       1,127      -          1,127     2,169      -          2,169 
Other operating income                                  167        -          167       250        -          250 
Total income                                      2     1,294      -          1,294     2,419      -          2,419 
 
GAINS AND LOSSES ON INVESTMENTS 
 
Gains/(losses) on investments at fair value 
through profit or loss 
                                                  5 
                                                        -          5,023      5,023     -          (212)      (212) 
Other exchange (losses)/gains                           -          (612)      (612)     -          414        414 
Trail rebates                                           -          2          2         -          4          4 
                                                        1,294      4,413      5,707     2,419      206        2,625 
EXPENSES 
Management and performance fees                   3     (364)      (623)      (987)     (697)      (623)      (1,320) 
Other expenses                                          (138)      -          (138)     (397)      -          (397) 
                                                        (502)      (623)      (1,125)   (1,094)    (623)      (1,717) 
PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAX                                792        3,790      4,582     1,325      (417)      908 
Tax                                                     -          -          -         -          -          - 
PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD                                   792        3,790      4,582     1,325      (417)      908 
EARNINGS PER SHARE 
Ordinary shares (pence)                           4     1.11p      5.34p      6.45p     1.87p      (0.59)p    1.28p 

The total return column of this statement represents the Group's profit and loss account, prepared in accordance with IFRS. The supplementary Revenue Return and Capital Return columns are both prepared under guidance published by the Association of Investment Companies. All items in the above statement derive from continuing operations. No operations were acquired or discontinued during the periods.

All income is attributable to the equity holders of the parent company. There are no minority interests.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

for the six months ended 31st December 2020 (unaudited)


                                          Share 
                                                  Share premium Special reserve Retained earnings 
                                          capital                                                 Total 
                                                  GBP '000        GBP '000          GBP '000 
                                          GBP '000                                                  GBP '000 
 
At 30th JUNE 2020                         710     21,573        56,908          34,694            113,885 
 
Total comprehensive income for the period 
                                          -       -             -               9,922             9,922 
Dividend paid                             -       -             -               (994)             (994) 
At 31st DECEMBER 2020                     710     21,573        56,908          43,622            122,813 

Included within retained earnings were GBP1,298,000 of Company reserves available for distribution.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

for the six months ended 31st December 2019 (unaudited)


                                          Share 
                                                  Share premium Special reserve Retained earnings 
                                          capital                                                 Total 
                                                  GBP '000        GBP '000          GBP '000 
                                          GBP '000                                                  GBP '000 
 
At 30th JUNE 2019                         710     21,573        56,908          34,780            113,971 
 
Total comprehensive income for the period 
                                          -       -             -               4,582             4,582 
Dividend paid                             -       -             -               (994)             (994) 
At 31st DECEMBER 2019                     710     21,573        56,908          38,368            117,559 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

for the year ended 30th June 2020 (audited)


                                        Share 
                                                Share premium Special reserve Retained earnings 
                                        capital                                                 Total 
                                                GBP '000        GBP '000          GBP '000 
                                        GBP '000                                                  GBP '000 
 
At 30th JUNE 2019                       710     21,573        56,908          34,780            113,971 
Total comprehensive income for the year -       -             -               908               908 
Dividend paid                           -       -             -               (994)             (994) 
At 30th JUNE 2020                       710     21,573        56,908          34,694            113,885 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

at 31st December 2020


                                                       31st December 31st December 30th June 
                                                       2020          2019          2020 
                                                 Notes 
                                                       (unaudited)   (unaudited)   (audited) 
                                                       GBP '000        GBP '000        GBP '000 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS 
 
Investments at fair value through profit or loss 
                                                 5     111,261       101,518       103,015 
CURRENT ASSETS 
Other receivables                                      101           100           137 
Cash and cash equivalents                              11,682        16,786        10,962 
                                                       11,783        16,886        11,099 
TOTAL ASSETS                                           123,044       118,404       114,114 
CURRENT LIABILITIES 
Other payables                                         (231)         (845)         (229) 
 
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 
                                                       122,813       117,559       113,885 
NET ASSETS                                             122,813       117,559       113,885 
 
EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY HOLDERS 
Called-up share capital                                710           710           710 
Share premium                                          21,573        21,573        21,573 
Special reserve                                        56,908        56,908        56,908 
Retained earnings                                6     43,622        38,368        34,694 
 
TOTAL EQUITY                                           122,813       117,559       113,885 
 
NET ASSET VALUE PER ORDINARY SHARE (PENCE)       7     172.92p       165.52p       160.35p 

The interim report was approved and authorised for issue by the Board on 18th March 2021.

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

for the six months ended 31st December 2020


                                                                                      Six months  Six months  Year 
                                                                                      ended       ended       ended 
                                                                                      31st        31st        30th June 
                                                                                      December    December 
                                                                                                              2020 
                                                                                      2020        2019 
                                                                                                              (audited) 
                                                                                      (unaudited) (unaudited) 

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